Lotus 11
stafford1500 said:Lotus 11
Yes, but probably a Westfield Eleven.
Looks like a doctors car to me.
mtn said:Looks like a doctors car to me.
Did Dr. Hess go back to Lotuses while we weren't looking?
I wonder if a 2zz-ge will fit in one? The price of the kit is pretty reasonable.
The0retical said:I wonder if a 2zz-ge will fit in one? The price of the kit is pretty reasonable.
It would probably be a tight fit as BMC A series engines are pretty tiny. But it can't be harder than the time a couple Chrysler engineers stuffed a 170 slant six in the original.
I asked Westfield about alternate engines a few years ago. They were thinking bike engines, it's pretty much shrink-wrapped around that tiny A.
The CMC guys were building one up based on a Miata when they folded, I wonder what ever happened to that car. It was pretty much complete and sitting in the corner of their shop.
It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.
They are wrapped fairly tightly around the engine, but it's a coventry climax twin cam engine, so larger in square footage than a BMC A-series.
Local car club member has a Westfield 11. I have witnessed people doing triple and quadruple takes when encountering him on the road...
Lotus 11s are really cool, but I never thought that they were good looking. And I Love Lotus.
However, even in the original Lotus 11 it doesn't take too much of a scoop to fit a BOPR V8...And as usual, flares do make everything awesomer.
Ooooooo.
Keith Tanner said:It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.
They were making their own to market next to their 7 kit. Not sure where the body molds came from or went too. It was larger than an 11 however, but only marginally so if I remember correctly. That was a few years ago of course. They've been gone since what, 2007 or so.
In reply to Driven5 :
Okay... that one is good looking.
racerdave600 said:Keith Tanner said:It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.
They were making their own to market next to their 7 kit. Not sure where the body molds came from or went too. It was larger than an 11 however, but only marginally so if I remember correctly. That was a few years ago of course. They've been gone since what, 2007 or so.
It does sound familiar. By the time they shut down, I had stopped believing a word they said.
travellering said:They are wrapped fairly tightly around the engine, but it's a coventry climax twin cam engine, so larger in square footage than a BMC A-series.
Local car club member has a Westfield 11. I have witnessed people doing triple and quadruple takes when encountering him on the road...
SOHC Climax 1100 engine. Not the DOHC that was in the Lotus 17
I used to see that exact car pretty regularly but I can't remember where. North side of Indy maybe?
What color was RoddyMac's? Blue?
I'm sure Speed Racer beat it along with the rest of the Alpha Team.
stafford1500 said:Lotus 11
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racerdave600 said:Keith Tanner said:It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.
They were making their own to market next to their 7 kit. Not sure where the body molds came from or went too. It was larger than an 11 however, but only marginally so if I remember correctly. That was a few years ago of course. They've been gone since what, 2007 or so.
I'd been to their shop in Madison before they shut down. I've heard a couple years later that all their molds and templates were sitting in a barn near Ardmore. Haven't heard anything in years though.
wlkelley3 said:racerdave600 said:Keith Tanner said:It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.
They were making their own to market next to their 7 kit. Not sure where the body molds came from or went too. It was larger than an 11 however, but only marginally so if I remember correctly. That was a few years ago of course. They've been gone since what, 2007 or so.
I'd been to their shop in Madison before they shut down. I've heard a couple years later that all their molds and templates were sitting in a barn near Ardmore. Haven't heard anything in years though.
The Kokopeli molds are safe and sound: https://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=16780
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