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post Jan 16 2006, 10:26 AM
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post Jan 16 2006, 10:27 AM
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Original twin cam engine in the car above....



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post Jan 16 2006, 10:27 AM
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Lotus?
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post Jan 16 2006, 10:27 AM
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lotus europa... i think... i think they look kinda ugly...but at the same time beatiful.... kinda like the 914 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Jan 16 2006, 10:29 AM
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Man.....You guys are quick! It's a Lotus elite. In Seattle.
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post Jan 16 2006, 10:35 AM
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thats a Europa. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Jan 16 2006, 10:38 AM
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QUOTE (brer @ Jan 16 2006, 08:35 AM)
thats a Europa. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

Definitely a Europa, suckers will stick to the road, like a hmmm

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post Jan 16 2006, 10:38 AM
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How much? I have a friend looking for a Lotus motor for his Cortina.
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post Jan 16 2006, 10:41 AM
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Definitely a Europa. (I like the Elans better.) There are some fairly devoted Lotus folks on the net. Some of y'all (especially AX-ers) might find this site interesting: Team.Net

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post Jan 16 2006, 10:48 AM
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This is an Elite......


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post Jan 16 2006, 10:53 AM
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This is an original Elite. The Elite preceeded the Elan. It was also a fibreglass bodied car. Very pretty and very hard to manufacture, Lotus replaced it with the Elan.

You can read a brief synopsis here: Wiki

Oh, and the car from the OP is a Europa Twin-cam.


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post Jan 16 2006, 10:56 AM
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You are right...Europa...I have no idea where I came up with"Elite"....Haven't had my coffee yet. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Here is a link to the add.

http://victoria.craigslist.org/car/125592521.html
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post Jan 16 2006, 10:57 AM
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i will own a europa someday
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post Jan 16 2006, 11:00 AM
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The original Elite was a pretty rare car and light.....!!!

dad had one new.
rolled it on I-70 (I think grandma was in the passenger seat)

they popped the fiberglass roof back out and repainted only the top.

pretty amazing car and I think around 10-1 power to weight. A giant killer

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post Jan 16 2006, 11:12 AM
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QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jan 16 2006, 09:57 AM)
i will own a europa someday

You might as well. You don't own anything that runs anyway. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/poke.gif)
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post Jan 16 2006, 11:28 AM
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I have a friend looking for a Lotus motor for his Cortina.

This has a different motor than the Lotus Cortinas...they were 1600 cc 8 valve with chain driven cams. The twin cam Europa used the 2L 16 valve version (different block)...belt driven cams....same motor as the Jensen Healey and early Lotus Esprit. It's a great motor but takes about 8 hours to adjust the valves.
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Plus it has...yeeeeeeech....Strombergs
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post Jan 16 2006, 11:49 AM
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QUOTE (goose2 @ Jan 16 2006, 09:28 AM)
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I have a friend looking for a Lotus motor for his Cortina.

This has a different motor than the Lotus Cortinas...they were 1600 cc 8 valve with chain driven cams. The twin cam Europa used the 2L 16 valve version (different block)...belt driven cams....same motor as the Jensen Healey and early Lotus Esprit. It's a great motor but takes about 8 hours to adjust the valves.

I thought the older ones used the 1600cc engine, and it's only the new ones that use the 2L...
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post Jan 16 2006, 11:54 AM
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Wonder if they wan to sell the Mustang fastback??
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post Jan 16 2006, 12:34 PM
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