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Re: Restomod Esprit
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 10:54 am
by Ascender
IanF wrote: Tue Dec 09, 2025 9:17 am
mik wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 8:40 am
Just in case anyone needs reminding how good the V8 that you’re about to pull apart looks. Particularly on these wheels (better than the Sport350 wheels for me).
I nearly bought one of those in 2000/01 - it was between that and a 4.5 Cerbera.. after seeing the many oil stains on the drive of the chap’s house, my father wisely suggested I get a more reliable car for my daily nd so I bought a CLK230 with a plan to get the Lotus/TVR in the future (obviously the future hasn’t happened yet, so I’m still waiting!)
I nearly did the same thing round about the same time. That car still looks really great, it's perfectly proportioned and I do wonder how they'd be to drive today.
Re: Restomod Esprit
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 1:22 pm
by jamcg
Didn’t someone on the forum of old have one?
Re: Restomod Esprit
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 1:43 pm
by 240PP
Mike Rainbird?
Re: Restomod Esprit
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 3:49 pm
by V8Granite
It was the chap married to the girl on here, for some reason I'm thinking stormtroopers.
I think it was a red one ?
Dave!
Re: Restomod Esprit
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 4:21 pm
by Beany
Cal and Foxy?
That was twenty years ago though!
Re: Restomod Esprit
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 4:29 pm
by V8Granite
That's the one!
Dave!
Re: Restomod Esprit
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 7:29 pm
by integrale_evo
Had a 355 though not an esprit didn’t they?
Mike was the one with a red esprit, and still has as I saw it a couple of months ago.
Re: Restomod Esprit
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 9:52 pm
by Beany
Yup, that's right actually.
Look it was mid engined - give me a break
Re: Restomod Esprit
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 6:24 pm
by nuttinnew