DeanG

There are now 190 rooms reserved for LOG attendees at the Eisenhower Inn & Conference Center. http://www.eisenhower.com/ On google maps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=39.764817,-77.267307&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.483365,79.013672&ie=UTF8&ll=39.764985,-77.267672&spn=0.002833,0.004823&t=h&z=18 zoom out a bit and you will see the sites of the hotel, trailer parking (marked) auto-cross and car show site (Boyd's Bears across Emmitsburg rd)

Gustafson is a fan of Lotus. I remember when he sold starters out of the trunk of his car. I also remember him talking about his new 1/2 million dollar machine tool dedicated to making the end plates. A good guy, hopefully he will make an appearance at LOG this year.

I've tried the worm-drive hose clamps on my Elan. They had too much preload. I noticed them slipping before they did damage. Scary

Is that a standard grill or custom? It looks like you folks were having a good time. Keep up the good work.

Anyone on the list? Love the V6 grill. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LxZ4Mi3rR3Q/TH6TraVW8xI/AAAAAAAAins/ZLj36ZugWKQ/s1600/img_4144.jpg Caption was wasted seat http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LxZ4Mi3rR3Q/TGukwBp3itI/AAAAAAAAiNU/FQ4X5OjQibY/s1600/img_0212.jpg

Get your LOG Preregistration done and in the mail! Two reasons to do it now: "Preregistration must be postmarked by September 1, 2010" Normal registration is an additional $25. Apparel "Orders received after Sept. 1 will be mailed after LOG, subject to S&H of $8 for 1st item, $5 each add’l item" So it will cost you more and you won't have that snazzy shirt or fleece to wear at LOG.

The car show and main banquet are Saturday. Some of the minor events are still being moved about. I need to mention that the car show is being held at Boyd's Bears http://www.boydsbearsonline.com/items/list.htm just across the street from the hotel. This makes it very easy to snag a gift for your significant other, children, grand children... Because Boyd's Bears is large, with heating and air conditioning and has a few places to buy food (e.g., ice cream shop) I expect my wife will spend some quality time in there during the car show. Since it is so close to the hotel it will be easy to bail out or return to the hotel to steal another towel to assist in detailing. Actually the last time I was there the hotel provided detailing towels. This is in addition to the car wash area at the hotel that is being handled by the LOG committee.

Wow! Some pictures and a writeup when you get to that stage of construction would be great. An aluminum nose on a Se7en looks wonderful. Good luck.

The LOG30 T-shirt graphics have been finalized. Note the presence of a 7 series 4. We have ordered a few long sleeve versions to ward off the sun and sand when driving.

OK but we need pictures of the interior and back. Don't hold out on us.

I like the polished front bicycle fenders in the picture but it has too much contrast with the black. Maybe black cherry or something of similar darkness. Of course I want to see a harlequin Se7en. So my tastes are suspect.

Unfortunately not many details concerning LOG have been posted. Besides the already announced Friday night reception, Saturday's formal banquet and Sunday's less formal banquet, people's choice car show, judged car show, auto-x, scenic drives, gimmick rally and the arts & crafts exhibit. I know of the following. Satch Carlson longtime Lotus lover and comic car writer will be the Saturday evening speaker. Bob Dance, long time Team Lotus mechanic and Ken Szymanski Lotus F1 tire change (his is an amazing story http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/15/sports/auto-racing-east-side-resident-helps-lotus-team.html) should be there. The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum will have a presence although I don't know exactly what will be exhibiting. Lotus Cars USA will be there. The Lotus factory seems to be cooking up something. They have given hints but have not said anything firm as yet. I'm hoping that they will bring the Evora GT4 and the T127 but that is just my wishful thinking and not anything more that that. I believe there will be technical sessions for the very early cars (e.g., MK6, XI...) Elans, and the Elise/Exige. I think I heard of a detailing session but I may be wrong. I was getting desert when this was covered. There is likely to be some authors doing book signings. Actually it seems like the place will be crawling with various editors, authors and publishers. There will be a car wash area and informal slot car racing. A few specialty vendors will be there as well as having a low key swap meet. A confirmation letter will be sent to all registrants. A lot of people will be showing up on Thursday including 20 or so LOG volunteers.

Show DHL the old block. Tell them that when it was sent out it was OK so they must of damaged it in transit.

Yum!

45's are a bit big but not outrageous. Most if not all came from the factory with a pair of 40DCOE18's. If properly set up the 45's should be fine. When you get it take some time to go over the car giving it a good cleaning and spanner check. Change the fluids and get some driving in. You will have plenty of winter to think about what you would like to do to the car and to do it. A Caterham will reward you with better reliability for driving it. Sitting doesn't help any car. Oh, if you change your mind about the engine I'll be happy to take the whole engine & transmission set up off your hands for $500

A running Twink (English slang) with a Webber head with dry sump, carburetors... should be worth a couple thousand. Don't expect to get big horsepower out of a Twink without spending cubic dollars. I have heard of 190 - 220 out of full race engines. For that you throw everything away except the castings. Even then the engine is only good for 20 hours or so. A hot street engine may go as high as 140 hp. If I could up the power of my Twink from 100 up to 120 hp for a thousand I would be very happy. (I spent over $4,000 US to freshen the bottom end of mine and that was 20 years ago). I would keep the Twink. If I wanted a different engine I would buy a different car. You could be going down a path of different engine, transmission, differential, fuel pump, plumbing, ECU, wiring... Good Luck

I need to see the Lotus Barn someday! The shelf looks like spares for an Elan +2 and assorted others. Thanks for posting.

I like the way you routed the hoses... very clean engine bay. We are all waiting to some pictures of it being drive.

The last picture looks best to me. I also like a color band around the intake.

Bad boy, scaring poor mom.

I'm interested. $10 I'd take 1, $2 I'd take 20.

Is that an Alfa grill I see at 34 seconds?

Someone has been playing on the dragon and not sharing http://killboy.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-07-28T06%3A51%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=20

Al; Bummer. Consider heading back to LOG on Saturday night or Sunday morning. xflow7; Take in a technical session or two, run the auto-x & tour the battlefield. Everyone; Read, or listen to a book on tape, about the battle before LOG. I'm not a Civil War History buff by any stretch but it made my visit much more interesting and moving. Anyone; My wife wants to take a horse back ride of the battlefield and doesn't want to be among total strangers. I want to stay away from horses unless they come smothered in onions. Anyone please, help me out here.

Definitely a Lotus twin cam. Late-early style valve cover. Funky oil cap???