Lotus Carlton

[Ernie]

I spotted this old girl looking sorry for itself today.





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[turbojolt]

picture dont work

[Spudly]

Pic fixed, look at the camber on the nearside rear wheel :eek:



Poor thing must have a bit of damage hiding behind that covered car!

[turbojolt]

is it a real one? bet that plate is worth a fair bit of wonga!

[Spudly]

Yep definately real, comes back as a 'Lotus Carlton Turbo' 3615cc in green :eek:

[pie]

bad times :(

[Calamity Josh]

buy it, nova shell wide arched on top, job done ;)

[Spudly]

buy it, nova shell wide arched on top, job done ;)




Or buy it, fix it, then drive it to Josh's house, slap him and drive away lol

[John]

Pic fixed, look at the camber on the nearside rear wheel :eek:



Poor thing must have a bit of damage hiding behind that covered car!

Think that's just a shadow spud. Shame tho!

[mk1nova_rich]

Or buy it, fix it, then drive it to Josh's house, slap him and drive away lol

Don't, he'll cry lol

[Calamity Josh]

i'm 16 does that class as child abuse? lol

[Spudly]

Think that's just a shadow spud. Shame tho!




Even so it looks like its still toe'd in a bit, aswell as cambered, if you hold a straight edge up to the center line of the tread in the tyre, looks way skwiffy!

[mk1nova_rich]

i'm 16 does that class as child abuse? lol

Only if you have witnesses lol

[TeddyThom]

Bit of tea cut will sort that right out...

I swear there is a white one of these near to where I live... However I have never had the chance to stop and look properly...

[mowgli]

Bit of tea cut will sort that right out...

I swear there is a white one of these near to where I live... However I have never had the chance to stop and look properly...
can i suggest you stop & look properly..

[Andy]

haha brilliant mowgli lol
You should get community service for crimes like this!

[TeddyThom]

can i suggest you stop & look properly..

I shall certainly do my best to... I'm usually heading out past it at like 60mph (which is the speed limit on that stretch before you all panic lol)

All I know is that it appears to have never moved from it's spot... So unless the person who drives it manages to park it in virtually the same spot everytime... I think it doesn't move. From the brief flash I get, looks rather tasty...

[Spudly]

I think you will find its a GSi 3000 and not a Lotus mr Thom!

[mk1nova_rich]

Mowgli is politely trying to tell you that Lotus Carltons never came in any other colour than the above ;)

[TeddyThom]

I think you will find its a GSi 3000 and not a Lotus mr Thom!

I see...


Mowgli is politely trying to tell you that Lotus Carltons never came in any other colour than the above ;)

Not exactly clued up on them to be fair...

[Andy]

Examples like the above pic are probably the reason why not many folk are.Sad sight is that,an iconic 90s super saloon just sat rotting

[paul080803]

I will own a LC, one day!

[mk1nova_rich]

I bet you a tenner if you offered to buy it he would refuse, then let it sit there til the end of the world :( such a waste, there was a Lotus Sunbeam near me in that situation. Loads of people wanted to buy it...I bet theres only its roof and glass left now

[mowgli]

I will own a LC, one day!
if you can find one, buy a carlton gsi with a good shell... cos that's what they made LC's out of...

they were delivered to lotus complete, then stripped & refitted with all the clever bits..

[paul080803]

if you can find one, buy a carlton gsi with a good shell... cos that's what they made LC's out of...

they were delivered to lotus complete, then stripped & refitted with all the clever bits..

Had a 24v manual gsi a few years back was great. However when I get one it will be a genuine one, and a vauxhall not an opel! For me it needs to be a real one. Lke getting a white nova and turning it into a sport rep, yes it may be as good but it is not 'right'.

[Spudly]

Sad sight is that,an iconic 90s super saloon just sat rotting




Iirc, they were the fastest production saloon car in the world, back in their day :d

[turbojolt]

dont these go for 20 odd grand now days :O

[sport]

Iirc, they were the fastest production saloon car in the world, back in their day :d

And for many years after.

[paul080803]

dont these go for 20 odd grand now days :O

Can get an opel around 15k upwards, a vauxhall is about 18k upwards dependant on condition etc.

[turbojolt]

serious bit of wedge then

[sport]

serious bit of wedge then

Serious bit of car though

[paul080803]

Serious bit of car though

lol exactly what I was going to say!

Plus look after it and it will never lose money!

[Keif]

Can get an opel around 15k upwards, a vauxhall is about 18k upwards dependant on condition etc.

Nah, can get an Opel from £8k upwards and a Vauxhall from £12k upward.

[dean054033]

ha either way i wud luv 1. just to make all the jap boys cry at the lights!!!

[Keif]

Yep, and the chavs who have no idea what they're "playing" with.

[paul080803]

Nah, can get an Opel from £8k upwards and a Vauxhall from £12k upward.

Ooops, I stand corrected :thumb:

[andyredtop83]

I'd love one of those, but then who wouldn't lol

[steviegsi]

Iirc, they were the fastest production saloon car in the world, back in their day :d


And for many years after.

Knocked off the podium by the e39 M5 ( when the limiter was binned obviously) afaik.

[Alex J]

i can just picture the drifting and burnouts id do in one if i owned it lol

[ratboy]

one keeps poping up in our local vaxhaull showroom, about every 3 years. last time i think it was 24k ouch
but as said, if i won the lotto it would be in my garage :)

[TeddyThom]

Mr Spudly, I managed to get a closer look at the white one I mentioned (although no pictures), and yes, it is a GSi 3000

[Benn]

i can just picture the drifting and burnouts id do in one if i owned it lol

With a kitchen set in the back? First thing i'd do. Bathroom suite in the back, fully sideways on a roundabout then 160mph.

[Chay84]

There's 3 on autotrader web site priced @ 16-30k stunning tho

[bazil]

Was that the same one that was sitting side on in a garden before?

[Spudly]

Was that the same one that was sitting side on in a garden before?




I did wonder that, hopefully it is as that means there is only one neglected/abandoned LC out there and not two lol

[pie]

any pics of the other one in the garden?

[bazil]

There was a thread about it ages ago. Think it was in the google street view thread

Maybe use search with google street view in the search? I'm only on the phone and to be honest, canny be arsed looking lol

[womble sri]

I saw one of these on the roadlast week for the first time in a long while, driving down the a1(m)

[L14MNP]

^ I saw one a few months back too. Cool iconic cars.

There used to be a GSi 3000 LC looker a couple of miles from me not so long ago. Was a shame too, as it was bright red initially. Joyridertastic!

[TonySR]

/\ Was probably Johnny A's LC Rep with a c20let...

[Spudly]

I was taking my mates (proper) mini for mot a few months back and we had one behind us on the A1079, we were both bouncing about like little kids at it, they menace your rearview mirror and are a proper evil looking motor, specially when youre in a mini lol