Type Of Chasis

[jonnyconcrete]

Quick question for a Saturday morning...how do I know if I have a Lotus or Spyder chassis?

[Craig Elliott]

The lotus one will be folded steel, the spyder one is (at least in part) a tubular spaceframe. Look either side of the engine block and you should be able to tell. There's an example of a spider chassis if you follow the "The moral of the story is..." thread in Free Parking at the mo.

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[bcmc33]

The Lotus and Spyder stressed skin chassis are very similar, but the easy way to identify the difference is that Lotus has a square pressed steel vacuum chamber where the Spyder had a heavy round steel tube.

[jonnyconcrete]

Thanks every one...it's a Lotus!