What did you do to your Lotus today...
Drove it. 100 miles with no purpose. Fab
1966 Elan S3 Coupe
1994 Caterham 7
1994 Caterham 7
- englishmaninwales
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What I did today won't be actually done to my Lotus for a while yet, but I bought a 5-speed gearbox for it!
1970 Elan Plus 2 (not S) 50/2036
2012 BMW R1200GS
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2012 BMW R1200GS
"It just wouldn't be a complete day if I didn't forget something!" -Me
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The Veg - Coveted Fifth Gear
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mbell wrote:Find that in the USA? Modified 4 speed bell housing?
Yes, about twenty miles from me, from one of my local Lotus-friends. That is indeed a 4-speed housing, mounted via an adapter-plate.
1970 Elan Plus 2 (not S) 50/2036
2012 BMW R1200GS
"It just wouldn't be a complete day if I didn't forget something!" -Me
2012 BMW R1200GS
"It just wouldn't be a complete day if I didn't forget something!" -Me
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The Veg wrote:Yes, about twenty miles from me, from one of my local Lotus-friends.
It's a small world. I bumped into the only other +2 owner in Austin last yeah at a show and he was getting a 5 speed fitted to his!
I was thinking the 5 speed was super rare and hard to find over here, seems like I was wrong!!!
'73 +2 130/5 RHD, now on the road and very slowly rolling though a "restoration"
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I still think that they're rare here, but that sometimes things happen close-by like that. Buying my Plus 2 was sort of like that. I got it from a friend to whom I'd been introduced a few years earlier by a mutual friend. I had an Esprit at the time and my friend said I should meet her other Lotus-friend.
1970 Elan Plus 2 (not S) 50/2036
2012 BMW R1200GS
"It just wouldn't be a complete day if I didn't forget something!" -Me
2012 BMW R1200GS
"It just wouldn't be a complete day if I didn't forget something!" -Me
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