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Dave Lindemann · 03-09-08, 01:30 PM

Interesting thread. I own a 1977 Lotus Esprit and and a 1973 Lotus Europa TCS and the seats in both are bolted only to the fiberglass floor. While these are admittedly "old technology", it is my understanding that even the later Esprits have the seats bolted to the fiberglass. The bodies have no structural steel elements and the chassis is a backbone type so there is nothing else to bolt the seats to but the fiberglass floor.

Dave L

03-09-08, 01:30 PM	#30 (permalink)
Dave Lindemann dlindemann Rookie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minnesota, USA GT40: SLC Delivered! Posts: 98 Rep Power: 3	Re: Securing / Bolting Seats in a Tornado Interesting thread. I own a 1977 Lotus Esprit and and a 1973 Lotus Europa TCS and the seats in both are bolted only to the fiberglass floor. While these are admittedly "old technology", it is my understanding that even the later Esprits have the seats bolted to the fiberglass. The bodies have no structural steel elements and the chassis is a backbone type so there is nothing else to bolt the seats to but the fiberglass floor. Dave L