1981 Lotus Eclat 2.2
Discussion
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.
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.
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 ...).
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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.
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.
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