What car is this?

Lotus 11

stafford1500 said:

Lotus 11

Yes, but probably a Westfield Eleven. 

Looks like a doctors car to me.

mtn said:

Looks like a doctors car to me.

Did Dr. Hess go back to Lotuses while we weren't looking?

I wonder if a 2zz-ge will fit in one? The price of the kit is pretty reasonable.

The0retical said:

I wonder if a 2zz-ge will fit in one? The price of the kit is pretty reasonable.

It would probably be a tight fit as BMC A series engines are pretty tiny. But it can't be harder than the time a couple Chrysler engineers stuffed a 170 slant six in the original.

I asked Westfield about alternate engines a few years ago. They were thinking bike engines, it's pretty much shrink-wrapped around that tiny A.

The CMC guys were building one up based on a Miata when they folded, I wonder what ever happened to that car.  It was pretty much complete and sitting in the corner of their shop.  

It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.

They are wrapped fairly tightly around the engine, but it's a coventry climax twin cam engine, so larger in square footage than a BMC A-series.

Local car club member has a Westfield 11.  I have witnessed people doing triple and quadruple takes when encountering him on the road...

Lotus 11s are really cool, but I never thought that they were good looking. And I Love Lotus. 

However, even in the original Lotus 11 it doesn't take too much of a scoop to fit a BOPR V8...And as usual, flares do make everything awesomer.

Ooooooo.

Keith Tanner said:

It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.

They were making their own to market next to their 7 kit.  Not sure where the body molds came from or went too.  It was larger than an 11 however, but only marginally so if I remember correctly.  That was a few years ago of course.  They've been gone since what, 2007 or so.

In reply to Driven5 :

Okay... that one is good looking. 

racerdave600 said:

Keith Tanner said:

It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.

They were making their own to market next to their 7 kit.  Not sure where the body molds came from or went too.  It was larger than an 11 however, but only marginally so if I remember correctly.  That was a few years ago of course.  They've been gone since what, 2007 or so.

It does sound familiar. By the time they shut down, I had stopped believing a word they said.

travellering said:

They are wrapped fairly tightly around the engine, but it's a coventry climax twin cam engine, so larger in square footage than a BMC A-series.

Local car club member has a Westfield 11.  I have witnessed people doing triple and quadruple takes when encountering him on the road...

SOHC Climax 1100 engine. Not the DOHC  that was in the Lotus 17 

I used to see that exact car pretty regularly but I can't remember where. North side of Indy maybe?

What color was RoddyMac's? Blue?

I'm sure Speed Racer beat it along with the rest of the Alpha Team.

stafford1500 said:

Lotus 11

That took one minute.  

racerdave600 said:

Keith Tanner said:

It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.

They were making their own to market next to their 7 kit.  Not sure where the body molds came from or went too.  It was larger than an 11 however, but only marginally so if I remember correctly.  That was a few years ago of course.  They've been gone since what, 2007 or so.

I'd been to their shop in Madison before they shut down. I've heard a couple years later that all their molds and templates were sitting in a barn near Ardmore. Haven't heard anything in years though.

wlkelley3 said:

racerdave600 said:

Keith Tanner said:

It may have been a Kokopelli or something similar. The Kokopelli used a Miata donor and was considerably larger than an Eleven.

They were making their own to market next to their 7 kit.  Not sure where the body molds came from or went too.  It was larger than an 11 however, but only marginally so if I remember correctly.  That was a few years ago of course.  They've been gone since what, 2007 or so.

I'd been to their shop in Madison before they shut down. I've heard a couple years later that all their molds and templates were sitting in a barn near Ardmore. Haven't heard anything in years though.

The Kokopeli molds are safe and sound: https://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=16780