I have always wanted a Europa Twin Cam. It is one of my "Bucket List" cars (the GT40 and Cobra boxes have been ticked off now) and I acquired a 1973 blue "Big Valve" Europa with the hard to find five speed transaxle.
This car was disassembled in 1988 and has been stored since. Reality has taken hold (!) and I know that I don't have the time right now to reassemble/restore this to the level I want. I can part it out for way more than I can sell it for, but I really don't want to see this car disappear to the four winds, it's too nice a Europa to do that to!
I will post more pictures, this photo is of the car where it was stored. I just moved it to my shop so there are boxes stacked on the floor, the frame is sitting on the floor and the body is currently in my trailer. Please let me know any questions or detailed photo requests.
This has a pair on new fuel tanks (very clean units from a parts car) that are a normal problem on the Europa. This is truly disassembled, virtually everything that comes apart, is apart however the person that did it is an engineer so there is a full, detailed log and Polaroid (1988..pre digital!) photos of the process and all fasteners are bagged and labeled. An original Lotus shop manual is included.
The body is straight and undamaged, the frame is good with minor surface rust. My plan was to have it dipped and galvanized, repaint the body and rebuild the engine and transmission.
I am asking $6000 for this Lotus. I can get almost $10,000 parting it out but I can't do that. You can, but please lie to me and tell me you won't!
rick(AT)timemachinesauto.com or 716.407.0975
I will get detailed photos up in a couple of days when I can get the body out of the trailer and onto our GT roller cart.
This car was disassembled in 1988 and has been stored since. Reality has taken hold (!) and I know that I don't have the time right now to reassemble/restore this to the level I want. I can part it out for way more than I can sell it for, but I really don't want to see this car disappear to the four winds, it's too nice a Europa to do that to!
I will post more pictures, this photo is of the car where it was stored. I just moved it to my shop so there are boxes stacked on the floor, the frame is sitting on the floor and the body is currently in my trailer. Please let me know any questions or detailed photo requests.
This has a pair on new fuel tanks (very clean units from a parts car) that are a normal problem on the Europa. This is truly disassembled, virtually everything that comes apart, is apart however the person that did it is an engineer so there is a full, detailed log and Polaroid (1988..pre digital!) photos of the process and all fasteners are bagged and labeled. An original Lotus shop manual is included.
The body is straight and undamaged, the frame is good with minor surface rust. My plan was to have it dipped and galvanized, repaint the body and rebuild the engine and transmission.
I am asking $6000 for this Lotus. I can get almost $10,000 parting it out but I can't do that. You can, but please lie to me and tell me you won't!
rick(AT)timemachinesauto.com or 716.407.0975
I will get detailed photos up in a couple of days when I can get the body out of the trailer and onto our GT roller cart.