Well, it was getting about time to pull the body off. Always a momentous occasion, you work real hard to get to that point and when it happens, you reveal if the chassis will require just a little bit of
Europa Euphoria, Part 6
Europa Euphoria, Part 5
I’ve worked for the phone company for over 31 years where we have acronyms for everything. I had a real rough day in the garage the other day and I decided to put some acronyms together to try and classify what kind of
Europa Euphoria, Part 4
Once in a while in the disassembly stage you have to do a bit of clean up. Since I had just ripped (literally) the seats out, it was time to take the shop vac out to get rid of all the rotted
Europa Euphoria, Part 3
Time to Get Gooey. The window frame is held onto the door with two small self-tapping screws and lots of really gooey black tar type adhesive. Of course I didn’t really know this at first so I didn’t put on any rubber gloves.
Europa Euphoria, Part 2
Disassembly time. Lot’s of people ask me how many hours I put into a restoration. It seems like thousands, but I never really kept track on the other projects I’ve done. SO this time I’ve got a little clipboard and I’ll see how
Europa Euphoria, Part 1
Many of you recall that I wrote a series of articles from 1990-1997 when I took two very tired Lotus Cortina junkyard dogs and made one pretty nice one out of them. That car is gone, sold to a collector in
Tale of Two Tinas – Epilogue
In September of 1990 I embarked on a mission. I bought two rusty, beat-up, parts scavenged wrecks that were once Lotus Cortinas. I spent hundreds of hours over the next seven years tearing them both down, picking out the best body and parts, selling
My Next Project
Even though I am not yet done with my Seven America, I always have an eye open for Lotus projects. I found one on the net a couple of weeks ago and I went out to Dayton last week and picked it
A Tale of Two Tinas – Part 51
Tina’s coming out party! Her first car show! The British Car Festival is an annual event held in my hometown of Des Plaines, Illinois. Every year for the past 10 years, Oakton Community College has lent (for a small fee) it’s large parking
A Tale of Two Tinas – Part 50
Time to work on some more of the bugs. The exhaust leaks were two problems. One, some idiot didn’t install the number three exhaust gasket right. It was on one stud but not the other. Guess I’ll have to fire the mechanic. Wait