Re: Federal or not
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:06 pm
Afternoon,
I may be able to answer this question; around 50 cars were due to be shipped to the states, and for some reason they were not transported. They sat in a barn for a while until Lotus decided to convert them back to UK -ish RH drive spec with the minimum of work and sell as kits, so if you are in the uk, you may have one of these cars. Some were also sold in europe.
I am fairly certain my car was one of these, although has been modified over the years, it originally had the following when sold
Stromburg carbs
Safety headlights
boot release on the passenger side
toggle switches
+2s seats with folding rear (I don't think it had headrests, but my seats could have been fitted later)
reflectors on each wing
single circuit brakes
The serial number is 50/2192 and it has an I (federal) suffix block.
I guess the cars were a sales problem, as by this stage the +2s was already on sale, which this batch were not, but then again they were not the original car either! I wold love to find one of the original sales leaflets for the cars.
Hope this explains the issue. I once spoke to the ex Lotus sales manager about these cars who confirmed my findings.He also said they had Hexagonal wheel nuts but my car has winged ones. so maybe these have been added as well.
David
I may be able to answer this question; around 50 cars were due to be shipped to the states, and for some reason they were not transported. They sat in a barn for a while until Lotus decided to convert them back to UK -ish RH drive spec with the minimum of work and sell as kits, so if you are in the uk, you may have one of these cars. Some were also sold in europe.
I am fairly certain my car was one of these, although has been modified over the years, it originally had the following when sold
Stromburg carbs
Safety headlights
boot release on the passenger side
toggle switches
+2s seats with folding rear (I don't think it had headrests, but my seats could have been fitted later)
reflectors on each wing
single circuit brakes
The serial number is 50/2192 and it has an I (federal) suffix block.
I guess the cars were a sales problem, as by this stage the +2s was already on sale, which this batch were not, but then again they were not the original car either! I wold love to find one of the original sales leaflets for the cars.
Hope this explains the issue. I once spoke to the ex Lotus sales manager about these cars who confirmed my findings.He also said they had Hexagonal wheel nuts but my car has winged ones. so maybe these have been added as well.
David