[Johan]

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Thanks Ron.
I am not really going to "restore" it in the traditional sense of the word. I am going to put a new fuel cell in it, and then re-assemble the car in it's current configuration, if for no other reason to see what may be missing. At the same time, I'm trying to locate of fabricate the parts required to convert the car back to a spyder.I'm making pretty good progress there already.
I really like the coupe bodywork and hate to remove it. I suppose I shall at some point do so, but not until I've got it all up and working properly. I happen to have two semi monocoque T70 chassis laying about (The heritage chassis's) and a running, driving (racing actually) T70 replica that I could utilize in "using up" all these Lola parts that I have all of a sudden.
At any rate, goal #1 is to get the car to the point that the previous owner can drive the car to the neighborhood bar, as he had always wanted to do, but was never able , due to the fuel cell foam problem. He would get a couple of blocks, the car would die, and he would have to call a wrecker(and a limo). I bet it happened 6 or 7 times.
We ( my neighbor and I ) just finished restoring a Lola T332 CS and it took a year. It too began with a case of foamitis in the fuel system. We were able to rebuild the entire car without losing the car's race patina. I do not have any desire to restore the car to "like new" condition.
And I want to leave that little label on the dash about women needing to remove tight garments due to the g-force capabilities !
One big problem is that I really like my replica and I do not want to ruin it to turn it into a coupe and ruin the coupe to turn it into an original spyder. I'm just going to plop myself down in the midst of my Lola pile and drink beer as I ponder my options.