Promoting Lotus Cars throughout Chicago
Years ago, when I was a national driver, campaigning my ol’ Lotus Super 7 in SCCA’s D-Production, I entered a race near Brainard, Minnesota, on a track titled Donnybrooke International. It was late in the season, always hot and humid,
So, I was in the final stage of assembly and testing of the Detroit car. Also known as Elan restoration #12. I had taken multiple rides through the neighborhood forest preserve. Everything was working as it should. Most things worked
So things are moving along pretty well on my latest Elan restoration, which I refer to as the Detroit car or Elan restoration #12. Dash is all wired up. Rubber carpet installed. Interior side panels done. So I went and
So, maybe it’s a matter of getting older, but highway driving at 70+ mph with the engine buzzing at 4000+ and lots of wind noise is less appealing today than 30 years ago. I had a Hyundai Elantra recently and
There’s something to be said about a “Crate” motor. You see them being used on car and motorcycle shows shown on cable TV all the time. They eliminate a lot of the potential pitfalls in doing a car restoration or
The next and hopefully final stage of my Europa revival moves the car to Northshore Sportscars where Norb, Keith, Rich and Michelle took custody. Prior to sending the car, my friend Ron and I lifted the body shell off the
So my cell phone went “Ding” one day, telling me that someone sent me a Facebook text. Usually that is my brother, sending me a picture of some fabulous meal he is having in Barcelona or maybe a picture of
I graduated from DeVry with an Associates Degree in Electronics in late December of 1973. After taking a quick one week drive out to California and back with my buddies, I started work at the Illinois Bell Telephone company on
By Rick Barenholtz On July 5th 2019, I dropped off my Twin Cam engine parts to Barry Sales at PHP Racengines. I say engine parts because the engine was disassembled nearly 30 years ago. So was the 1973 Twin Cam
In the Fall of 2018 I was facing a small problem – Too many Elan projects. At least too many for the amount of storage I had. I was just finishing up the second restoration of my own S1 Elan.