Cam Cover Red Paint

[barefoot]

Red black smooth crackle? Not for me



I not a purist or gonna win any concourse events!

[fasterbyelan]

Although I'm an originality freak that's impressive.

What's your interior like

[barefoot]

[Hegg]

Wow!

[Elanintheforest]

Dutch football supporter, child of the 60s, mobile phone marketeer, acid head or citrus fruit enthusiast...come on, own up
Mark

[Hegg]

Just curious - do UK cars not have seat belts in the back two seats, or did you just remove them?

Oh, and I vote for Cell Phone Marketer.

[gerrym]

For Lotus Engine parts grey paint, Land Tecnics 01622 813834 Maidstone Kent sell Massey Ferguson Vintage Grey Tractor Paint (just add the drop of blue & black to taste).

Part number is MF-3931028M5. They also sell it via an ebay shop

Gerry

[barefoot]

The pics were taken before my seat belts were fitted as I have a young un in the back normally. Car was orange when I bought it and I can't stand all black interiors so thought I would spice it up all is in leather. Car went from this


To this


Ending up like this




As for links to orange I started out my football career playing for Blackpool and my partner is Dutch!

[types26/36]

Can you tell whether an engine is an SE or not by the engine number prefix?

Yes, the letter on the block denotes the engine type as it left the factory (hopefully ). Later engines also had the letter stamped on the head in the spark plug area. The aforementioned Twin-cam book lists all the versions and the letter used to denote such..

I could be wrong but I dont think you can tell the engine spec by the engine number on the earlier cars, they all had LP (Lotus production?) and the LA/LB/LAA/LBA denotes the thickness of the block, the actual number dose'nt help as I've never seen a list equating numbers to power output.
The later cars (Sprint/Europa and later +2's) have a code letter, the chassis number/letters should give you a better idea of the spec.
http://www.lotuselan.net/publish/car_type_by_vin.shtml
You could always check th cams for the identification rings.

[dusty]

You could always check th cams for the identification rings.

Thanks, what am I looking for on the cams?

[Hegg]

The end of the cams should have either 0 grooves, 1 groove, or 2 grooves to indicate whether it's the standard, SE, or Sprint.

At least I think I have that right...

[types26/36]

The end of the cams should have either 0 grooves, 1 groove, or 2 grooves to indicate whether it's the standard, SE, or Sprint.

At least I think I have that right...

Yes, thats correct (see pic)

[dusty]

Thanks Guys, I'll take a look and let you know.

Cheers
Jon

[1964 S1]

Hello Jon, is this a picture of your orange Elise that's included in every one of your posts? Eric

[dusty]

Hello Jon, is this a picture of your orange Elise that's included in every one of your posts? Eric

Yes, Its actually Norfolk Mustard, in the flesh it looks much more Yellow.