Finally Found What I Have Been Looking For!

[kostas86]

Congrats on the beauty! Love the color combo! Enjoy!

[Andyww]

Looks great!

Although its a Turbo Esprit the interior is S3 style flat leather so guess it has been retrimmed? Looks to be, from the perfect condition.

Dont think many cars were produced with the body-coloured A pillar base but black mirrors/bumpers?

[silverfrost]

Stunning looking car  Enjoy it as I am sure you will do. 

Wheels look fantastic, but as some others have said, compomotive would compliment this car no end !  You only have to look at Jonnys on here aka The Pits 

Lets hope the compomotive reproduction wheels thread picks up speed in the near future. 

[LOTUSMAN33]

You can always go for a comp look...

 

[Vipers]

Hi Guys,

Well I finally got round to taking the Esprit out for its first drive yesterday, didn't end well unfortunately 

All was going well for around 5 miles or so then the clutch seemed to fail, luckily I joined the AA yesterday so they came out pretty quickly and the guy seemed to think that the seal on the slave clutch cylinder had failed as it was leaking fluid, does that make sense? would that be a big job?

I've approached UK Sports Cars to see how they want to handle it as supposedly has a 3 month warranty so we'll see how it all pans out, all part of the fun though, I had a feeling it could be a little troublesome as it hasn't really been driven since the re-build so I think the odd teething issue is to be expected, he says trying to stay positive :-)

[Steve4012]

The whole clutch hydraulic system is not difficult to replace and not particularly expensive either so don't worry too much. Easy diy if you feel like it.

[Vipers]

Thanks Steve, good to know, we actually have a garage next door, not sure he know's much about Esprit's but I'll pop round to see him shortly to see what he thinks.

[Steve4012]

If it's just the slave it's easily accessible and cheap. Replace/ repair, top up and bleed system. 

[Andyww]

On 03/07/2017 at 17:48, silverfrost said:

 

Lets hope the compomotive reproduction wheels thread picks up speed in the near future. 

Just a reminder I have a full CNC-ready CAD design for the centres of these if anyone wants to do anything with it.

[Vipers]

17 minutes ago, Steve4012 said:

If it's just the slave it's easily accessible and cheap. Replace/ repair, top up and bleed system. 

Thanks again Steve, UK Sports Cars have said they will send out a new Slave Cylinder for the garage next door to fit so hopefully they can do that this week as got a car show at Kimbolton I want to take it too this Sunday.

 

[Bibs]

That was a bit early to pop your Esprit cherry but it's good Cluggers has sorted you out

[Vipers]

Thanks Bibs, yes might as well get all the problems out the way now, I was half expecting a few issues so she's bang on form :-)

[cbclotus]

Hope you get it sorted  Paul .And then be able to enjoy the car ....Mike

[pete]

this is the trouble with cars that haven`t been driven. When i first got mine it seemed to break down everytime it went out, always something minor but it did go on for sometime,sorry

 

[Neverweaken]

Hi Paul,

Congratulations. I have been looking at the photos on uksportscars website for the last month. I have a project 1985 white turbo esprit the exact same spec as yours and I have been using your photos as inspiration. Just realised I never saved the photos and they're gone now, I might ask for a favour if you could email them to me please!

best of luck with the car

[Vipers]

14 hours ago, cbclotus said:

Hope you get it sorted  Paul .And then be able to enjoy the car ....Mike

Thanks Mike, really desperate to get her up and running now as really enjoyed the brief few miles I drove her for :-)

12 hours ago, pete said:

this is the trouble with cars that haven`t been driven. When i first got mine it seemed to break down everytime it went out, always something minor but it did go on for sometime,sorry

 

Yes I have kinda resigned myself to the fact that this won't be trouble free motoring but it will be worth it, even broken down she looked stunning :-)

 

9 hours ago, Neverweaken said:

Hi Paul,

Congratulations. I have been looking at the photos on uksportscars website for the last month. I have a project 1985 white turbo esprit the exact same spec as yours and I have been using your photos as inspiration. Just realised I never saved the photos and they're gone now, I might ask for a favour if you could email them to me please!

best of luck with the car

Thanks Kenny, pictures sent to your e-mail, good luck with your restoration, look forward to seeing it when it is finished.

[The Pits]

You've definitely got the right attitude for classic car ownership! Hopefully that's an end of it.

Took me a long time to get my car to where it is today.

[johnpwalsh]

The joy's and the memories of just getting the car you want and it goes pop. Always frustrating little niggles, get one done and another appears. I did the same with my first S3, but after all her little tantrums she ran like a dream. Looks bloody awesome by the way.

[Vipers]

Thanks again guys, at the end of the day she is a keeper so if it takes a while to get her on song then it is all part of the bonding process.

Funny as I never really connected with my LF1 Exige and wasn't really sorry to see it go a couple of weeks ago, maybe I'm just a sucker for a bit of drama but I'm already enjoying owning the Esprit much more :-)

Now I just hope I can get her back on the road in time for our Boys Toys Day II in a couple of weeks.

[stephenwhyte]

It's a stunning Esprit - looks like new! When's the Cup coming Paul? And what colour have you gone for - forgive me if this is posted elsewhere....

[Vipers]

2 hours ago, stephenwhyte said:

It's a stunning Esprit - looks like new! When's the Cup coming Paul? And what colour have you gone for - forgive me if this is posted elsewhere....

Thanks Stephen, the Cup is due late August so hope to take it to the Festival at Brands. Managed to twist Lotus's arm to do me a one off in Signature Orange with matching interior so hopefully it will look pretty cool :-)

[rizla603104]

Paul - looks amazing! I'll have to pay another visit in the Purple Nasty to the HiFi Lounge!

[Vipers]

30 minutes ago, rizla603104 said:

Paul - looks amazing! I'll have to pay another visit in the Purple Nasty to the HiFi Lounge!

Hey Paul, good to hear from you, are you around on July 22nd for our Boys Toys Day II? trying to get a few Esprit's together.

[Loose Cannon]

Beautiful car, black bumpers and side stripes to match the interior

Those gold centred BBS look fine IMHO, save yourself a load of heartache!

[Vipers]

54 minutes ago, Loose Cannon said:

Beautiful car, black bumpers and side stripes to match the interior

Those gold centred BBS look fine IMHO, save yourself a load of heartache!

Thanks Mark, yes I think the Comps will have to wait a while, need to get her reliable first :-)