I am officially the best husband ever!

[TOMGREEN413]

A mate of mine had an M12 a few years back, same story.....looked amazing, sounded amazing but spent to much time on a low loader. It's a shame but it is what it is.......I've been fortunate with a few lotus I've owned but never kept them long as I figured they were kinda like a hand grenade with a pulled pin, you know it's gonna blow but no warning of when

[Pondrew]

A mate of mine had an M12 a few years back, same story.....looked amazing, sounded amazing but spent to much time on a low loader. It's a shame but it is what it is.......I've been fortunate with a few lotus I've owned but never kept them long as I figured they were kinda like a hand grenade with a pulled pin, you know it's gonna blow but no warning of when

I had an 'Excel' which was a later Elite or Eclat. The engine was a Vauxhall 2.2 from about 1974, canted over at 40 degrees to fit. The wheels, hubs and brakes were from a 1983 Toyota Supra. The electrics were worse than the French could manage and yet the word 'kitcar' is still met with derision unless it has a proper badge!

It was the best handling front-engined car I've ever been in TBH (of it's time) but was a shoddy thing at best. To think I sold a pristine Mk3 RS Turbo Escort (the white ones) to buy it aswell.