Over-restored cars ?

PostPost by: gordont » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:15 am

Me too, on that note has anyone heard from Gary and is he okay and how is the sows ear?
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PostPost by: terryp » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:20 am

me too!
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PostPost by: gordont » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:24 am

Argh bonjour terry how is France treating you?
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PostPost by: terryp » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:45 am

Not too bad. I have lost a bit of gusto with the car but it is quite cold here and the garage isn't heated
Hopefully this weekend will be warmer and I can remove the front cover and find my leak!

Bon Courage to all!

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PostPost by: pharriso » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:48 am

I'll reach out to Gary.

My car goes away for winter this upcoming weekend... :cry:
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PostPost by: ericbushby » Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:00 pm

I keep wondering about Gary,
I know he said he was leaving this forum, but I hope it is just a coincidence that we havn`t heard anything from him since that storm hit the Boston area. It would just be comforting to know that he is OK, even if he doesn`t want to speak to us. Does anybody know?
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PostPost by: pharriso » Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:57 pm

Eric, which storm are you refering to? Sandy last year maybe?

We saw Gary at the Elan 50th Celebration in early September, see my pictures here - http://www.lotuselan.net/forums/lotus-talk-f50/elan-years-the-usa-t29223.html
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PostPost by: ericbushby » Tue Nov 26, 2013 4:49 pm

Pharriso,
I don`t remember when it was, but the storm seemed to be on his patch and about the time we last heard from him. I am sure it was before September so that is allright. Thankyou for the update. That looks a great event.
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PostPost by: jono » Thu Nov 28, 2013 8:15 pm

I am happy to hold my hands up and plead guilty of over restoring my car, and I love it :)

I view this in 2 ways. In my case I bought the car as a basket case which would otherwise have been parted out and vanished into the ether. It's over restored perhaps but at least it's been saved. :wink:

On another level the difference between and over restored car and one otherwise restored is....about 3 years :mrgreen:

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PostPost by: terryp » Fri Nov 29, 2013 6:44 pm

jono wrote:On another level the difference between and over restored car and one otherwise restored is....about 3 years :mrgreen:

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