Lotus or Westfield?
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Can anyone tell if this is a Lotus or Westfield ?
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/228010...
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/228010...
Edited by nao on Monday 30th January 13:35
Westfield make a car that's very similar to the Lotus 7. It's probably 100% genuine Westfield.
I'd hesitate to call it a "copy", but the Lotus 7 was a very unusual looking car, even in its day, so other cars based on the same engineering principles will look a lot like it. Fax, Westfield, Robin Hood, etc.
I guess you could argue that doesn't apply to Caterham, as they're more of a continuous development/continuation of the original Lotus 7 as built by Colin Chapman.
I'd hesitate to call it a "copy", but the Lotus 7 was a very unusual looking car, even in its day, so other cars based on the same engineering principles will look a lot like it. Fax, Westfield, Robin Hood, etc.
I guess you could argue that doesn't apply to Caterham, as they're more of a continuous development/continuation of the original Lotus 7 as built by Colin Chapman.
kambites said:
Well it says 1988 in the text and Lotus certainly weren't still making 7s in 1988.
It is a bit odd having a Lotus VIN plate though.
88 might be when it was first registered in Japan, in the same ways 'Model: Westfield' might be random rubbish in the Japanese registration system; I'd suspect there's plenty of imported cars in the UK where the registered model details sound like complete rubbish to owners in their native countries.It is a bit odd having a Lotus VIN plate though.
I'd say there is quite a lot of Lotus in there but something of a bitza.
Rear wings are Caterham as too wide, but rear lights early S2 L7 turned 90 degrees.
Engine bay looks rather like my old S2 L7 except my old car 985VPG (currently believed to be in France) had a twin cam in it replacing the older Anglia or BMC engine that it came with.
It's the master cylinder and throttle cable mounts that make me think S2. The dash is not S2 but more like S3 as the speedo is in front of the driver.
Rear wings are Caterham as too wide, but rear lights early S2 L7 turned 90 degrees.
Engine bay looks rather like my old S2 L7 except my old car 985VPG (currently believed to be in France) had a twin cam in it replacing the older Anglia or BMC engine that it came with.
It's the master cylinder and throttle cable mounts that make me think S2. The dash is not S2 but more like S3 as the speedo is in front of the driver.
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