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Lotus Carlton Insurance

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:20 pm
by Nictrix
Argyll Andy wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:08 pm
Nictrix wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:03 pm Was there not a famous story about a carlton in a police chase

Reg 40 RA lots of YouTube stuff available :thumbsup: .

My first buy if I win the lottery is a LC. Had the chance to buy one from a dealer late 90’s for sub £20k in Rutherglen or a Calibra turbo, Bought the Calibra as insurance was proving difficult at the time :oops:
The reg appears to be on a green carlton now

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:03 am
by Argyll Andy
Nictrix wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:20 pm
Argyll Andy wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:08 pm
Nictrix wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:03 pm Was there not a famous story about a carlton in a police chase

Reg 40 RA lots of YouTube stuff available :thumbsup: .

My first buy if I win the lottery is a LC. Had the chance to buy one from a dealer late 90’s for sub £20k in Rutherglen or a Calibra turbo, Bought the Calibra as insurance was proving difficult at the time :oops:
The reg appears to be on a green carlton now

Original owner recently purchased another and assigned 40 RA to it :thumbsup:


If you can be arsed, tells the story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhnZ7vKuJjE

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:18 am
by darich
Used to be a Lotus Carlton parked up at a house near me in a East kilbride back in the early/mid 90s. Used to admire it every time I passed on the way to my mate's house.
Don't remember ever seeing another one on the road.

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:51 am
by Pondrew
darich wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:18 am Don't remember ever seeing another one on the road.
That's because they were all owned by City bankers and stock brokers. They were more common on the A40 going into London than 911s in 1991, and there were a LOT of those! :D

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:53 am
by pvr
But they were still fugly Carltons (or Omega as they were really called) . That shape was horrendous ....

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:05 pm
by jenniferlouise
pvr wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:53 am But they were still fugly Carltons (or Omega as they were really called) . That shape was horrendous ....
It’s a view. I’ll wager not everyone will agree

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:53 pm
by craig3.2
pvr wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:53 am But they were still fugly Carltons (or Omega as they were really called) . That shape was horrendous ....
I liked them,they were great cars in some people's eyes
Not cheap when new,and not surprised at cost now, given their rarity