Not mine. No connections to the owner etc...
Im fairly close and could pick it up and hold it for a short time for whoever here will be buying it. Just gimme a meal or drink(
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Sept. 14, 2009 10:24 p.m. CarKid1989 Reader
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Sept. 15, 2009 3:06 a.m. 7pilot New Reader
Psst! Hey CarKid... Has it still got the "Handling by Lotus" tag on the rump? Grab that for me will ya?
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Sept. 15, 2009 9:46 a.m. Keith SuperDork
You can pick those up fairly easily on eBay - I got a set of 3 for $8.
One of the guys in our local autocross club used to run one of these Lotus I-Marks. Seemed to work pretty well, but he reported absolutely terrible problems finding parts.
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Sept. 15, 2009 3:30 p.m. captain_napalm Reader
Keith wrote: Seemed to work pretty well, but he reported absolutely terrible problems finding parts.
I'm surprised, there seemed to be so many of them out there at one time.
I had a Spectrum, base model while in college (4dsd). Pretty good car, always wondered what it could or would do with a little more oomph.
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Sept. 15, 2009 3:36 p.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 Dork
good thing its too far away, i would totally do a British Racing Green paint job and put massive Lotus badges on it...
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Sept. 15, 2009 4:09 p.m. Jay Dork
That engine looks mighty familiar.
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Sept. 15, 2009 4:20 p.m. Keith SuperDork
I like the fiber hood prop!
I guess the Lotus I-Mark had a bunch of special parts in it. There was some sort of story about a clutch, and I remember some talk about dampers. I don't remember, and he's driving a Miata now
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Sept. 15, 2009 4:29 p.m. Bobzilla HalfDork
I imagine the parts search for that car would make finding swift parts seem easy. Didn't the Imark come as a diesel too?
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Sept. 15, 2009 5:03 p.m. Jay Dork
Keith wrote:
I like the fiber hood prop!
Hey, it's eco-friendly, lightweight, and probably the most reliable thing on the car! I've been using it for over a year with zero failure rate. It's also from England and is period-correct - the tree it came off of looked to be around a 1992~1993. As usual the quality is in the little details.
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Sept. 15, 2009 5:08 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
I had a Isuzu Jr Turbo, with Lotus handling 87 model with a 2.6 "Big Block" from the Trooper
damn thing was more trouble than ten cheap Loti.
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Sept. 15, 2009 8:22 p.m. Woody SuperDork
An I-Mark hatchback with "Handling by Lotus" badges was the only car I ever saw that rolled at an autocross.
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Sept. 15, 2009 10:40 p.m. Keith SuperDork
I can see that happening...
