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04-10-12, 03:37 PM
Ernie

Lotus Carlton

I spotted this old girl looking sorry for itself today.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36...4DE5983DD7.jpg http://www.pngclub.com/forum/webkit-...BA44/imagejpeg
04-10-12, 04:03 PM
turbojolt

picture dont work
04-10-12, 07:39 PM
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!
04-10-12, 07:41 PM
turbojolt

is it a real one? bet that plate is worth a fair bit of wonga!
04-10-12, 07:42 PM
Spudly

Yep definately real, comes back as a 'Lotus Carlton Turbo' 3615cc in green :eek:
04-10-12, 07:42 PM
pie

bad times :(
04-10-12, 07:55 PM
Calamity Josh

buy it, nova shell wide arched on top, job done ;)
04-10-12, 08:30 PM
Spudly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calamity Josh

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
04-10-12, 08:31 PM
John

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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!

Think that's just a shadow spud. Shame tho!
04-10-12, 08:32 PM
mk1nova_rich

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spudly

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

Don't, he'll cry lol
04-10-12, 08:33 PM
Calamity Josh

i'm 16 does that class as child abuse? lol
04-10-12, 08:34 PM
Spudly

Quote:

Originally Posted by John

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!
04-10-12, 08:35 PM
mk1nova_rich

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calamity Josh

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

Only if you have witnesses lol
04-10-12, 08:48 PM
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...
04-10-12, 08:50 PM
mowgli

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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...

can i suggest you stop & look properly..
04-10-12, 08:53 PM
Andy

haha brilliant mowgli lol
You should get community service for crimes like this!
04-10-12, 08:53 PM
TeddyThom

Quote:

Originally Posted by mowgli

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...
04-10-12, 08:54 PM
Spudly

I think you will find its a GSi 3000 and not a Lotus mr Thom!
04-10-12, 08:55 PM
mk1nova_rich

Mowgli is politely trying to tell you that Lotus Carltons never came in any other colour than the above ;)
04-10-12, 08:56 PM
TeddyThom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spudly

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

I see...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mk1nova_rich

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...
04-10-12, 08:58 PM
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
04-10-12, 09:03 PM
paul080803

I will own a LC, one day!
04-10-12, 09:04 PM
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
04-10-12, 09:08 PM
mowgli

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul080803

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..
04-10-12, 09:11 PM
paul080803

Quote:

Originally Posted by mowgli

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'.
04-10-12, 09:14 PM
Spudly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy

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
04-10-12, 09:20 PM
turbojolt

dont these go for 20 odd grand now days :O
04-10-12, 09:22 PM
sport

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spudly

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

And for many years after.
04-10-12, 09:22 PM
paul080803

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbojolt

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.
04-10-12, 09:30 PM
turbojolt

serious bit of wedge then
04-10-12, 09:34 PM
sport

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbojolt

serious bit of wedge then

Serious bit of car though
04-10-12, 09:36 PM
paul080803

Quote:

Originally Posted by sport

Serious bit of car though

lol exactly what I was going to say!

Plus look after it and it will never lose money!
04-10-12, 09:37 PM
Keif

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul080803

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.
04-10-12, 09:40 PM
dean054033

ha either way i wud luv 1. just to make all the jap boys cry at the lights!!!
04-10-12, 09:41 PM
Keif

Yep, and the chavs who have no idea what they're "playing" with.
04-10-12, 10:02 PM
paul080803

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keif

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

Ooops, I stand corrected :thumb:
04-10-12, 10:30 PM
andyredtop83

I'd love one of those, but then who wouldn't lol
04-10-12, 11:59 PM
steviegsi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spudly

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by sport

And for many years after.

Knocked off the podium by the e39 M5 ( when the limiter was binned obviously) afaik.
05-10-12, 08:23 AM
Alex J

i can just picture the drifting and burnouts id do in one if i owned it lol
05-10-12, 09:36 AM
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 :)

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