Still (stupidly perhaps) researching the possibility of Esprit ownership and came accross this.
Utterly bonkers. This guy's managed to shoehorn a BMW V12 powerplant into his Esprit. Just imagine the weight in the back compared to the titchy 4-pot it would have come with originally! If he spins it he'll end up going round like a spinning top!
Anyway, ff to around the 9.00 minute mark where he eventually manages to put his foot down for some instrument binnacle comedy shennanigans....
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BMW V12 powered Lotus Esprit
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You can just imagine it when he gets pulled over for speeding. Well officer I'm not sure how fast I was travelling. You see the speedo was face down in the foot well and I couldn't get my foot on the brake pedal.
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From my memories of test driving one 'back in the day' that's pretty much the standard of fit and finish when they left the factory
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That noise, those terrible rattles and squeaks, the internal Fog Cannon, bits falling off, bits just about to fall off - not exactly the best fit and finish but at least it was going so it was an improvement over the factory original.
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Looks like a WIP to me. Need to check his channel to see if he finished it/gave up/killed himself in it....
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Judging by the smoke in the cabin at the end of the clip,it probably burnt to a crisp.......looked a bit of a bodge up to me.Seriously Chris,unless you have boundless patience,walk away from the Esprit idea with the fond memories you hold......rose tinted glasses and all that.
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I thought I was imagining the smoke thing. Probably why the video ended there.Highlander wrote:Judging by the smoke in the cabin at the end of the clip,it probably burnt to a crisp.......looked a bit of a bodge up to me.Seriously Chris,unless you have boundless patience,walk away from the Esprit idea with the fond memories you hold......rose tinted glasses and all that.
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Hahah, sage advice perhaps. We'll see......Highlander wrote:Judging by the smoke in the cabin at the end of the clip,it probably burnt to a crisp.......looked a bit of a bodge up to me.Seriously Chris,unless you have boundless patience,walk away from the Esprit idea with the fond memories you hold......rose tinted glasses and all that.
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For those that don't know,a Fog Cannon is a security measure that very quickly fills an area up with impenetrable smoke. Not sure why he had one fitted, but I suspect it is because it is a half finished project. Unless it was a characteristic of the Lotus...
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