Independent inspection, up t'north
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 5:40 pm
Hi, I?ve just started the process of buying my first Elan, a ?69 S4/SE DHC. Thanks to all the great information on this forum I feel like I had a reasonably well informed check over of the vehicle.
However, this being my first classic car, many things are alien to me such as stromberg carbs, wonky instrument gauges, backbone chassis etc, all part of the fun and experience you all say. With this in mind I?d really like to get the car checked out by someone with a lot more knowledge. I?ve searched on the forum but can?t find a definitive answer, for example Peter Morgan is a recognised Porsche specialist who carries out Pre Purchase Inspections (PPI).
So to my question, is there such a specialist for classic Lotus? If not are there any recommendations for someone who might be willing to carry out such an inspection in Yorkshire. More specifically in Knaresborough, which probably gives away which car I?m looking at.
http://www.lawtonbrook.co.uk/current-st ... TIBLE-1969
Not one for the purists I?ll grant you, but it?s had some interesting and for me appealing upgrades, plus I think it looks a stunner in the pistachio over white.
Not sure if any of you know this car, WKC 50H, it was originally blue and then spent many years being yellow, until the respray 2012-2013.
Lots of work has been done on this car recently, but I can?t establish when or if its had a new chassis. I didn?t have access to a ramp, but managed to get this photo of the front end, sorry I didn?t realise my camera was in B&W mode;
Excuse my ignorance but is this an original chassis, a galvanised or a Spyder??
I plan on getting in touch with Tiger Racing to establish how they extracted 127bhp from a non-big valve head. As I mentioned it?s still on strombergs, there was quite a whiff of petrol when lifting the bonnet and during the test drive, is this normal or does it point towards a fuel leak? It also seemed to be running pretty enriched for the first 10 mins or so, it was a cold day so is this just the automatic choke?
As you can see many naive questions which is why I?d like to get it check before completing on the deal.
Thanks in advance
James
However, this being my first classic car, many things are alien to me such as stromberg carbs, wonky instrument gauges, backbone chassis etc, all part of the fun and experience you all say. With this in mind I?d really like to get the car checked out by someone with a lot more knowledge. I?ve searched on the forum but can?t find a definitive answer, for example Peter Morgan is a recognised Porsche specialist who carries out Pre Purchase Inspections (PPI).
So to my question, is there such a specialist for classic Lotus? If not are there any recommendations for someone who might be willing to carry out such an inspection in Yorkshire. More specifically in Knaresborough, which probably gives away which car I?m looking at.
http://www.lawtonbrook.co.uk/current-st ... TIBLE-1969
Not one for the purists I?ll grant you, but it?s had some interesting and for me appealing upgrades, plus I think it looks a stunner in the pistachio over white.
Not sure if any of you know this car, WKC 50H, it was originally blue and then spent many years being yellow, until the respray 2012-2013.
Lots of work has been done on this car recently, but I can?t establish when or if its had a new chassis. I didn?t have access to a ramp, but managed to get this photo of the front end, sorry I didn?t realise my camera was in B&W mode;
Excuse my ignorance but is this an original chassis, a galvanised or a Spyder??
I plan on getting in touch with Tiger Racing to establish how they extracted 127bhp from a non-big valve head. As I mentioned it?s still on strombergs, there was quite a whiff of petrol when lifting the bonnet and during the test drive, is this normal or does it point towards a fuel leak? It also seemed to be running pretty enriched for the first 10 mins or so, it was a cold day so is this just the automatic choke?
As you can see many naive questions which is why I?d like to get it check before completing on the deal.
Thanks in advance
James