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Picked up the heads I just bought. They're very nice perfect condition. Doesn't look like they had too many miles on them actually. Once my gasket set gets here I can start doing the porting on them. Being aluminum should make it not too hard LOL

I love getting to play with new toys/tools. I bought the pneumatic riveter several years ago. Knowing I'd use it as I built the Lotus. But it'd just been setting on the shelf in the box. So I got it out today & started playing. Making the front air exit ducting for the radiator. Coming along The...

Yeah it's like Christmas just about every day when the Postman comes (only I have to pay for it LOL) My new front shocks & springs came & they look great. 150lb spring rate. Stock is 100# but with the added weight up front of the gas tank & the engine. Thought I'd better up the stiffness a bit.

Oh heck I thought you were keeping those roller wheels under the rear Like in the second pic. LOL Great looking project going to scare a lot of old ladies LOL Batman got nothin on you LOL

Not too shabby there Ben. Good job lookin like the real thing.

I think the sb100 follows the car. But the safest thing to do is just call the DMV & ask. Is it still as hard to get the sb100 "exemption"? Doug no I don't think so. A friend of mine went through the SB100 process last year & had little trouble. Fewer people are building "kit cars" these days...

What Dave says is true. A Europa is a street car built by a racing car company. The body is very very thin (in most areas). Collin Chapman (Owner of Lotus) believed in lightening everything till it broke. Then back up maybe 10% LOL. To do what I want would indeed require quite a bit of...

Got the radiator support pretty well finalized today. Have to finish up the welding (it's only tacked at this point) do some tidying up. Like closing off the ends of open tubes (I don't like having open ended tubes for moisture & crud to get into.) Then it'll be on to the aluminum ducting to get...

Thanks Cliff I have a good friend who's been in the business of race cars for many years. He knows a lot about such things & is my go to guy for such set ups. Ian thanks a lot I'll check out those leads. Over here in the States the Buick/Olds/Rover engine is much over looked. Every body wants a...

Yes the roof is quite thin as is the entire body. This is not the first Europa I've owned. I'm surprised that your roof sagged Stephan. I've had the windshield out of mine for years (actually it had been smashed by a tree branch falling on it before I bought it). But I'd planned on reinforcing...

WOW Thanks Ian those are what I really wanted. I particularly like the down draft look. Of course that means I'd have to but 4 carbs too LOL Now I'll have to make up my mind which I want. Their prices are about 1/2 of what I was looking at. Russel I suppose yes they could be fabricated from...

I already have a nice Ofenhauser 4bbl manifold & valve covers. But this car's going to be a road & show car. I've always lusted over the looks of a 4 carb set up. Whether cross over or down draft. I have 3 Webers (40 DCOE) & 4 solex side drafts. I'm not really sure about the original manifolds...

I'm looking at a cross over quad Weber set up for my Buick 215. It's basicly the same as the Olds Traco engine used in the original Mclaren M1a. Has anyone used this set up? I was wondering about any problems with keeping 4 carbs all in sinc & tuning. I've never had a multiple carb set up just...

Thanks Guys that's what I thought. I'm guessing it's also a water tight issue as well. Not that we drive these in the rain much. But when you wash it, it could be an issue. I know my Corvette T tops leak sometimes. Besides I couldn't hardly park another bicycle in my garage LOL It's just being...

Lambo doors? Yes I've thought of that too. I really like the way the Lola t70 3b & Chevron B16 doors open (the T70 3 were gull wings). But just don't seem to be able to quite get the hinges to work right.

For all you owners out there. I'd like to cut the roof of my Lotus Europa the way the GT40 is. They share much the same design in the doors except the roof cut out. The same head room problem getting in & out of the Lotus is I'm sure what prompted Ford to bring the door tops into the roof. The...

I didn't really say Hi a couple of weeks ago when I re-entered. It's been a couple of years since I was active here & with my car. I re-activated my membership & started back into working on my Lotus build. This time around I intend to get it built/done (famous last words?) LOL Have posted some...

Yes I live in California & a DOT approved laminated glass windshield is a must. That alone has stopped me from trying to design/build my own car. So many of them have such extremely curved & raked windshields. It would be impossible to make one that looked "right" without one. The closest thing...

Hi Vinny what you're doing looks great. Have you gotten a body yet? Unless you plan on building your own. It might be wise to find one you like. There will be a lot of variables in the design of the chassis dependent on a body. Such as wheel base & track width, attachment points etc. Make sure...