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Not professing experience to confirm, but I believe the answer is yes. In fact, one of the "tells" if an S2 or S3 is largely original vs potentially a build-up is looking at the windscreen frame. If the "a" or triangle is solid/one piece, it is a Caterham frame - whereas you can see the joints on the Lotus ones. That would suggest to me a common fit.

@SevenAmerica

You can cool in the air or water - cooling in water is just quicker than waiting - and for the purpose of removing work hardening and brittleness in copper washers works just as well

Reading this thread reminds me I need to trial my Samsung Galaxy earbuds. I read recently that they utilize 2 microphones, and that if exterior noise is loud that in addition to noise canceling they also flip over to an internal microphone to capture voice through the vibrations traveling up the ear (or at medium external noise they blend the inner and outer microphone pickups to provide clearer voice). Do other earbuds have similar technology? Wouldn't this solve the issue, if implemented well?

@slowdude, love the Cortina!

Just received a Christmas present for myself - some Melvill and Moon seat covers for aforementioned LR3. The leather seats are in surprisingly good shape, just a little wear/tear on the outside of the driver's seat, so this is a combination of protecting them and covering the black I'm not hugely fond of (in hot summers particularly)

This LR3 took over the daily driver and towing duties from the F250. A 2007 with 130k miles, it is my first Land Rover. The body and interior were clean and the motor strong, and it is a vehicle I can do most other work on - thus my preference over a new or newer vehicle. I've been extremely happy (even surprised) at the comfort of the ride on the road both in town and on the highway - better in my opinion than my wife's 2020 X3. It also tows much better than the X3, with a 7700 pound towing capacity - and the air suspension is fantastic when hooking up a loaded trailer. I've done a little work to it, mainly catching up deferred maintenance, and the drive train is a little whiny so planning to replace the front diff this winter as I'm 90% sure the current diff pinion bearing is what is causing the noise. These vehicles are pretty much at the bottom of the depreciation curve and I picked it up for $5,500, so don't mind a little extra investment if I can get another 100k or so on it. The terrain management system is fantastic, and this one has a rear locking diff so I should be set for most trouble I get into hunting/fishing. All that, and I love the classic boxy shape. Fuel mileage isn't great (about 20 on the highway), but better than my F250 was so still feels like a win.

Great little car, and better story!

The green F250 was my daily driver from 2010 until earlier this year, when I sold it and bought an LR3. I used to tow horses when my girls were younger, and it was a great vehicle for that purpose. In fact, it was a great vehicle all around and I miss it, but just didn't need anything that huge any longer. It was quite a transition moving from F250 to Elan and back.

@JohnCh - Great looking Elan! I have a similar picture. And, yes, ridiculously narrow, not too different from the Seven.

1969 Lotus Elan S4. This is the car that stoked my interest in wrenching on cars. My dad bought it from the first (maybe second) owner around 1980 - it had been used for rallies and the like. Dad always liked these little cars and had grown up working on cars, so this one that needed some love was perfect for him. He restored it mechanically and had it resprayed (original color), and it was a daily driver for him for a number of years. He also rallied it a bit. I bought it from him about 10 years ago, as he had gotten to the age he couldn't get under it to work on it anymore - and 20+ years after it's restoration (a lot of them outside), it was needing a refresh. I'd never really worked on cars other than helping him as a child. I started out working on the brakes and then suspension, and found I really enjoyed it. The gearbox leaked badly, so it came out (with the engine) and I rebuilt it. The car is off the road again now as I need to investigate a valve issue. A hugely fun little car.

I have custom-molded plugs from BigEar - though there are several other similar companies. I'm a hunter and shooter so initially had their pure noise suppression for those sports, so when I wanted a combination of exterior noise suppression and access to phone/music I used them again. I went wired, but have a small, cheap BT transmitter with a noise suppression mic it plugs into. Telephone/music quality is perfectly acceptable, though I generally have everything off as I prefer the car sound. On the latter, the plugs cut down the volume and the wind noise enough to protect my ears and keep me from getting road-weary... but let me hear enough to be aware of whats going on in the car and it's surroundings.

You'll like the Pirellis. I put a set on mine (took off a way outdated and hard set of Pirellis). They look the part and ride great - a perfect match for our light and nimble cars - and better on our diffs than wider, stickier tires.

I agree!

Amazing range from unripe blueberry to raspberry jam - a car as fruity as its owner! Seriously, congratulations on finally having her home, she looks great.

Holy shit, it's purple!

Maybe we need to start a pool. I want keys, just can't decide between ignition keys and locking wheel nut key.

Jerk!

What's inside?

Hoping for no more surprises or delays!

Happy Thanksgiving!

If it were only purple.

On a brighter front, how's the NSX?