Lotus Europa 1966-1975 & tuning & conversions etc

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GTRene said:

sounds great.

the banks cars like type 62 are great looking me thinks, they also use more sorts engines, also V6 and even V8 I believe, but how many were made I don't know.
There is a banks car on sale but its the narrow version 47 or so, the yellow one.

i like the type 47, bit closer to a 46, not so wild. this is high on my list! I cant fit in a ginetta G12!

[GTRene]

this one cost come's at a price...thats a lot.





http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/95019/index.h...

there was a nice one newly build special in NL for sale, but since my pc crash lost a lot info...can't find it back but it had also a new spyder chassis and special roll bar and interior etc also type 47 air scoops? forgot the name...and a fast engine I believe.

this is nice too>

[GTRene]

I found that special Europa, build from the ground up and with special features.
also 160hp I believe and new chassis etc etc etc (lost the emails sadly)

















more and bigger pictures here>

http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/lotus-europa-...

translated said:

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[anonymous-user]

Beauty is in the eye and all that! Is there a universe in which this:-





is an improvement on this?

[GTRene]

agree, not all is an improvement, most though is under the skin.
for me I would like it in another colour and a more classic style dash, so the alu/rvs sheet style out.
I like the black interior, not so a fan of the light/creme colour.

[P5Nij]

I like a bit of both but have often wondered if a Europa's interior would cope well with something along these lines, from a Gordon Keeble no less...



It would have to be all black for me... and dare I say it the above pic is giving me ideas on how to do the interior on my next '60s / '70s Mini.

[GTRene]

could be nice in such style.

[GTRene]

[anonymous-user]

Now that is a proper one.

[GTRene]

[anonymous-user]

In my opinion one of the best looking sportscars ever built. It was almost impossible to find a decent one 30 years ago so I bought an Esprit instead - can't imagine how hard it is to find a decent Europa TC today!

[GTRene]

I guess nowadays a lot are restored and or new chassis etc.
I love them also, I never forgot the time I saw a purple Lotus Europa type 74 for the first time when I came out of school (just a kid) on my bike
and wondered how the car looked, out of the normal world and low and that colour etc, good times.





special BDR engine with 185hp>

[mark387mw]

Searching for Europas, as you do, I found one of my old ones for sale.

This was my second one.
Here is a picture from when I viewed and bought it at the previous owners house.



Subsequently sold to a Lotus enthusiast at the Lotus show, Donington 2006.

Found it here whilst searching, it's had a bit of work during the new ownership;



http://www.classicwise.co.uk/cars/1974m-lotus-euro...

I'm sure if I was back in the UK, I'd be going to view - but take off the rose tinted glasses, I don't really need one...

...do I? The dealer said he'll ship to New Zealand!

[GTRene]

:-)
Interesting find, they've done a lot of work, the new fresh colour looks OK too, me thinks.
also great (I think) it now has a fresh (better?) spyder chassis.

all in all looks like a fine example...

shipping it too new Zealand etc will cost you some extra, is new Zealand import friendly when it comes to classics?

I bought me this Lotus Europa last week,





but sadly I would not fit in...

So I also bought another>



hm, can't fit in this one either ;-)

[dinkel]

Rode shotgun in a very special one:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...



They are tiny cars!

Not sure they really suit the tracks:

[GTRene]

that is indeed a very nice example of a Europa.

not suitable for track? what you mean by that :-)

maybe those wide body versions or type 62 or 47 racers? must be good enough I guess, I though I have read somewhere in those Europa books they were hard to beat in their class sometimes?
lightweight with mid engine, maybe even better then the elans? not sure though.

[72twink]

Chris Meek might disagree that they aren't suited to tracks!

[dinkel]

Track: the ones I saw at Spa ran times like 3:15, which is on par with FIA App K MGB cars.

[mark387mw]

Update on the Yahoo Europa Group page, the 5th French Europa meeting photos.

I don't know if they're available for all to view if you're not signed in...

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/LOTUSEUROPA/ph...

[GTRene]

nope...can't see them :-(