1981 Lotus Eclat 2.2
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My friend's Elite 503 deets here, from page 36 -
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It's always a pleasure to see an Eclat being appreciated. They have been hugely and unfairly maligned by the motoring press and the uninitiated (almost synonymous on too-frequent occasion) since production ceased.
I ran one over 2 years and 20,000 miles as my only car in the mid-90's, and whilst it certainly had foibles and minor faults, it provided huge pleasure as well.
Mine was the 906 2-litre '78 521 model in yellow with black marcacite trim. I loved the overhead tiny lamp which bathed the centre console with light at night time. I loved the windscreen washer bottle which could be easily removed from the car to refill.
I came to love the comedy vacuum arrangement which powered the pop-up lights. In common with most, it developed a leak somewhere inaccessible which caused one light only to raise slightly on its own overnight.
Walking towards it in the morning, it looked as if it were raising a quizzical eyebrow at my approach.
Which is why I called it Roger.
Anyway, if anyone with knowledge of FNA547T is out there, I'd really rather like it back please.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/DjjmvCdM.jpg)
I ran one over 2 years and 20,000 miles as my only car in the mid-90's, and whilst it certainly had foibles and minor faults, it provided huge pleasure as well.
Mine was the 906 2-litre '78 521 model in yellow with black marcacite trim. I loved the overhead tiny lamp which bathed the centre console with light at night time. I loved the windscreen washer bottle which could be easily removed from the car to refill.
I came to love the comedy vacuum arrangement which powered the pop-up lights. In common with most, it developed a leak somewhere inaccessible which caused one light only to raise slightly on its own overnight.
Walking towards it in the morning, it looked as if it were raising a quizzical eyebrow at my approach.
Which is why I called it Roger.
Anyway, if anyone with knowledge of FNA547T is out there, I'd really rather like it back please.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/DjjmvCdM.jpg)
Breadvan72 said:
Thread revival!
I sold the black Eclat in mid 2015. ..... then the guy to whom I had sold the Eclat suddenly sent me a Whatsapp asking me if I wanted to buy the car back from him as he has too many cars (I know someone else with that problem ...).
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I sold the black Eclat in mid 2015. ..... then the guy to whom I had sold the Eclat suddenly sent me a Whatsapp asking me if I wanted to buy the car back from him as he has too many cars (I know someone else with that problem ...).
....
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/jlmVdH2W.jpg)
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/NFrjpXf4.jpg)
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HOW MANY cars do you have now, BV?
You've a really good selection from what I've seen too!
mickyveloce said:
It's always a pleasure to see an Eclat being appreciated. They have been hugely and unfairly maligned by the motoring press and the uninitiated (almost synonymous on too-frequent occasion) since production ceased.
I ran one over 2 years and 20,000 miles as my only car in the mid-90's, and whilst it certainly had foibles and minor faults, it provided huge pleasure as well.
Mine was the 906 2-litre '78 521 model in yellow with black marcacite trim. I loved the overhead tiny lamp which bathed the centre console with light at night time. I loved the windscreen washer bottle which could be easily removed from the car to refill.
I came to love the comedy vacuum arrangement which powered the pop-up lights. In common with most, it developed a leak somewhere inaccessible which caused one light only to raise slightly on its own overnight.
Walking towards it in the morning, it looked as if it were raising a quizzical eyebrow at my approach.
Which is why I called it Roger.
Anyway, if anyone with knowledge of FNA547T is out there, I'd really rather like it back please.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/DjjmvCdM.jpg)
sadly not insured at the moment and last MOT'd in 2006. I ran one over 2 years and 20,000 miles as my only car in the mid-90's, and whilst it certainly had foibles and minor faults, it provided huge pleasure as well.
Mine was the 906 2-litre '78 521 model in yellow with black marcacite trim. I loved the overhead tiny lamp which bathed the centre console with light at night time. I loved the windscreen washer bottle which could be easily removed from the car to refill.
I came to love the comedy vacuum arrangement which powered the pop-up lights. In common with most, it developed a leak somewhere inaccessible which caused one light only to raise slightly on its own overnight.
Walking towards it in the morning, it looked as if it were raising a quizzical eyebrow at my approach.
Which is why I called it Roger.
Anyway, if anyone with knowledge of FNA547T is out there, I'd really rather like it back please.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/DjjmvCdM.jpg)
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