By the way, this is the best kind of zombie thread there is (was it old enough to be zombie? Maybe just geriatric?)
Also, we might need to rename ourselves grassroots Europa sports, since like 5 people on here own one. I feel like it must be close to the car that we collectively own the highest percentage of the production run.
Dr. Hess said:I own two.
Y'all are on the yahoo list, right? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lotuseuropa/
I am indeed.
My neighbor has a yellow one of these in his garage. Think it's on jackstands lol looks clean from my drivebys
In reply to mblommel :
Link?
white_fly said:In reply to mblommel :
Link?
Found it: Europa in FL
Hard to tell if the price includes just the yellow/orange car or both. Ad says the car pictured does not have a title.
IMHO, the price seems high for a Free Range Europa.
In reply to Sofa King :
Sofa King Awesome!
In reply to Carbon (Forum Supporter) :
Automatic transmission ... ?
clshore said:In reply to Carbon (Forum Supporter) :
Automatic transmission ... ?
A Faceballs default thing... manual transmissions don't seem to exist in the FB world.
L15B7
Pro: Light, compact, ubiquitous, cheap, Honda reliability, 200+ stock HP, 350+ HP on stock internals with bolt ons.
Con: Transaxle adaptor.
In reply to clshore :
I'll have to get a tape measure on one, but the L15B is a tall engine. It has a stroke like engines almost twice its size (it is almost 90mm!), and takes up the whole engine bay in an Accord.
Somebody needs to get this for Challenge Glory.
The $1,400 includes a Gordini engine, a windscreen and "some spare parts". You can throw in the Renault engine/transaxle combo into the spare parts group too.
Just use Lexan for the windshield and trade the gordini and/or windscreen for one of the better transaxle options. Do the ford Zetec with whatever level of turbo that lets you keep the transaxle in one piece.
The Europa is at the top of a short list of mid-engined cars that you can get down to 1500 lbs and fit in a challenge budget. I swore I would run the CRX in 2020, otherwise I'd be all over this.
In reply to CrustyRedXpress (Forum Supporter) :
I'd been watching those cars waiting for them to drop within Challenge range. Even knowing the frames are bad on both cars(per a previous listing) that's still not a bad price.
Fortunately I did something sensible instead & bought a DSM.
In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :
I'm out, you're out, who else in the Southeast is interested?
Maybe @Maschinebau (Travis?)-he works quickly enough to get it done and I'm pretty sure he's in Atlanta.
White one sold
Not a crazy solution...
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/pts/d/simi-valley-lotus-europa-engine/7310098522.html
CrustyRedXpress (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :
I'm out, you're out, who else in the Southeast is interested?
Maybe @Maschinebau (Travis?)-he works quickly enough to get it done and I'm pretty sure he's in Atlanta.
In retrospect, after the way values have jumped over the last year I probably should have bought them. Oh well.
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