Hello group, I was thinking or buying this car for a restomod, yet it is 3,000 miles away from me. Who is up for a dream car, that is a little rough? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Elan-Series-3-Body-Shell-Read-Listing-Pickup-Ship-out-Message-us-First-/182442960761?hash=item2a7a72a779:g:VncAAOSw-CpX~wO6&vxp=mtr
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It's just a body, well not really it's halfs of 2 different bodies sort of screwed together.
Left front of one and right rear of another.
If you talk with the seller, he has a frame too.
When I clicked on the listing - it showed this pair of Europas for $2000 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-1974-Lotus-Europas-cars/262817365064?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41376%26meid%3D366051f096ed44afaaea700554d289da%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D182442960761
In florida...
Would make a cool body for a Locost style build (I realize the Locost frame wouldn't fit).
Don't need a frame, just stick it over a Miata and get the best of both worlds, vintage and modern.
I had dreams of buying the body and frame and then taking everything else from a miata to build it. The present, once influenced by the past, now rebuilding the two into a current restomod. Well, it was a sweet dream.
Dave wrote: Would make a cool body for a Locost style build (I realize the Locost frame wouldn't fit).
When I see Europas, all I can think is a structural CF tunnel. Somewhat like a stripped modern formula car. that would be interesting.
alfadriver wrote:Dave wrote: Would make a cool body for a Locost style build (I realize the Locost frame wouldn't fit).When I see Europas, all I can think is a structural CF tunnel. Somewhat like a stripped modern formula car. that would be interesting.
Why stop with just the tunnel? 
petegossett wrote:alfadriver wrote:Why stop with just the tunnel?Dave wrote: Would make a cool body for a Locost style build (I realize the Locost frame wouldn't fit).When I see Europas, all I can think is a structural CF tunnel. Somewhat like a stripped modern formula car. that would be interesting.
agreed, seems like a great beginning to something unbelievably awesome.
Rufledt wrote:petegossett wrote:agreed, seems like a great beginning to something unbelievably awesome.alfadriver wrote:Why stop with just the tunnel?Dave wrote: Would make a cool body for a Locost style build (I realize the Locost frame wouldn't fit).When I see Europas, all I can think is a structural CF tunnel. Somewhat like a stripped modern formula car. that would be interesting.
If you can find good molds.
I kind of figured that the shape of the tunnel integrated with the front and rear suspension is basic enough that it could be done reasonably well at home.
It's also small enough that the curing device for the CF could be fabricated at home. It needs to be overbuilt to compensate for the lack of an actual autoclave, but I think it would still be light and STRONG enough to make a Europa quite the car.
And it would be funny to see a clapped out Europa body that fast.
That looks infinitely better than the car Tim is currently working on: Restoration Impossible
Be careful! That guy is the Marquis de Sade.
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