1981 Lotus Eclat 2.2
Discussion
Arrrrgh - the driver's door feels like it is falling off. It was fine until yesterday, but today something had popped out. The door sags, and is out at the front edge. Visually the nuts and hinges etc look the same as on the passenger side, which isn't broken, so I can't see the bit that has gone wrong. Anyone ever fixed such a thing?
I have to drive the Lotus from London to Oxfordshire today so that my mechanic can diagnose how fooked the door is. Cable ties and tape may be deployed to stop the door falling off on the M40. If it is the door beam that has failed I can get a replacement for fifty quid from Lotusbits, but fitting it may be a right old faff.
It is a good sign, I think, that the workshop services of Lotusbits are in high demand. SJ Sports are also good, but are in Devon, whereas Lotusbits are just up the road from my country pad. The West London old Lotus fixer upper dudes have closed down, sadly.
The door is still not quite falling off. It is locked and taped and whatnot. I enter and exit the car by doing limbo dancing via the passenger door. There are now footprints on the headlining, but not for the usual enjoyable reasons (the damage that Christian Louboutin heels can do to the headlining of a Jensen Interceptor is a story for another time).
I may or may not be driving the car tomorrow to go and look at a Series 2 Esprit, but I couldn't possibly comment on that.
The door is still not quite falling off. It is locked and taped and whatnot. I enter and exit the car by doing limbo dancing via the passenger door. There are now footprints on the headlining, but not for the usual enjoyable reasons (the damage that Christian Louboutin heels can do to the headlining of a Jensen Interceptor is a story for another time).
I may or may not be driving the car tomorrow to go and look at a Series 2 Esprit, but I couldn't possibly comment on that.
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