bsimon Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 :hurray: Page 87, March issue of Road and Track. :party:
slngsht Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 :hurray: Page 87, March issue of Road and Track. :party: I'll check it out tonight. What's the article about?
Alaskossie Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 Bob, Congrats to you (and your Seven VX)! Your car looks great in the lead photo in Peter Egan's March R&T article on LOG 27, and it's indisputable proof that we made it to the top of Independence Pass (12,095 ft. altitude, by the sign). That was a great trip! Tom
weconway Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 Egan's had a Seven on the brain for a few months now. That's your Seven? Beautiful! I've always loved the BRG/yellow combo.
Keith Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 Yeah, that's a pretty Cat. Very nice! I was wondering if this article would ever hit press. As always, well done. I wonder if this is going to get Peter back into a Lotus?
scannon Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 I wonder if this is going to get Peter back into a Lotus? One of his current projects is the restoration of an Elan. Bob's car is certainly a beauty. There are a couple more pictures of it posted here: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=1929 I still haven't received my copy of the March R&T. :banghead: The February issue just showed up a week ago.
bsimon Posted February 5, 2008 Author Posted February 5, 2008 get Peter back into a Lotus? Keith, Peter seemed quite enamored with your Westfield/Miata. I would not be surprised if someday he ordered one of the kits. He does have a bit of experience with Westfields having built an XI years back.
Keith Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 Duh, I forgot about the Elan. He even mentions it in the article, and we talked about it before his trip. I remember the Westfield build vividly, and Peter brought it up a few times. Who knows, maybe he will end up in a Westie. Or maybe it's not difficult enough and he'll buy another basket case 7 with a bent frame.
manik Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 Keith, Peter seemed quite enamored with your Westfield/Miata. I would not be surprised if someday he ordered one of the kits. He does have a bit of experience with Westfields having built an XI years back. A scan of that sidebar on the Westfield (bottom bar I suppose) is over on the Flyin Miata web forum: http://www.westfieldmiata.com/viewtopic.php?t=236 http://usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/546292949_RoadAndTrackArticle.jpg
MHKflyer52 Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 Now that is quite the endorsement for your Flyin'Miata Westfield. Very nice indeed.
Kitcat Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 While I must admit to a "slight" bias in favor of 7's, I still think your beautiful green and yellow car, next to all the other Lotus models, makes them all look like just so many near-misses. The Seven, tho, is perfect.
Alaskossie Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 Kitcat, I hope you'll admit, though, that the blue-green and silver original Lotus Elite in that photo is exquisitely beautiful -- not as a car, but as a piece of rolling sculpture! And, as Peter Egan wrote, "a fragile ecstasy." Tom Meacham
11Budlite Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 Those Elites are beautiful aren't they!! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/479453605_IMG_0970.JPG Bruce :7drive:
Kitcat Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 Yes, the Elite does get my vote for prettiest, esp in the green livery shown just above. It was partially obscured in the R &T photo and painted a two tone color (Whaaaa?). So my eyes were drawn to the Seven which, while spectacular, wouldn't be my number one. In fact I have no trouble casting my vote for the Elite as the most gorgeous sports car of all time. Does anyone else besides me remember the article R & T did on the Elite when it went out of production (in approx 1962)? I recall a 2 page picture of a rust colored Elite sitting on a red or orange brick road. It was stunning! My memory is probably off a bit since it has been 46 or so years. But I still remember feeling a great loss that such a car would cease production before I had a chance to buy it.
Alaskossie Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 Kitcat, The Lotus Elite photo and tribute you are recalling in Road & Track was June 1964, p. 52. The car was actually a cream color, on a red brick floor. This same photo is on the cover of Brooklands Books' "Lotus Elite 1957-1964." Many Elites came with a light-colored roof (usually silver) over a darker body. Some believe this denominated the Super 95, Super 100, and Super 105 limited-edition models tuned by an independent UK tuner, but I'm not sure about that. The biggest car-related mistake I ever made in my life was passing up a disassembled 1964 Lotus Elite in Anchorage for $10,000 in 1986. Turns out is was a Super 95 with ZF gearbox, oversized aluminum racing fuel tank and snap-top filler, and oil-cooler scoop under the nose (as well as the NACA duct in the bonnet). I was just getting interested in them at the time, and felt I didn't know enough to take the plunge. I even visited Mike Ostrov in California to discuss it, but was too chicken (and had two kids in junior high at the time). Attached are a few Elite photos from LOG 27 in Aspen last fall. Tom http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1912336817_DSC_0337.JPGhttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/2019797841_DSC_0217.JPGhttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1813408570_DSC_0313.JPG
Kitcat Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 Tom: Thanks for the refresher! Sounds like you have access to that particular R & T-or a photographic memory? I have a few semi-moldy early R & T's from '63-64 still lying around but not that one. An Elite in a basket truly would have been a project. Especially since it was put in a basket for a reason. But it is so pretty. Maybe you could have just reassembled it in non-running condition and just looked at it:)? Mike
DeanG Posted February 8, 2008 Posted February 8, 2008 I was able to get my first and so far onlya ride in an Elite at LOG 27. It was in the yellow car. Sweet. A Type 14 Elite may be our next hobby car. My list of fantasy next cars, some very much a fantasy are: Lotus Type 14 Elite Lotus Type 51 Ferrari Daytona Westfield 11 Ferrari Mondial Healy Bug Eye Sprite Triumph TR250 some are more a fantasy than others.
Alaskossie Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 Kitcat, I have subscribed to Road & Track Magazine since August 1958. I have since filled out the year 1958. I have kept every monthly issue of R&T dating from January 1958. Most of them are on a shelf 10 steps from where I am now typing. So it's easy for me to "refresh" my old memory any time I need to... Tom
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