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17 years 7 months ago - 17 years 7 months ago #14228 by Chris Robinson
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I followed a Lotus Esprit s1 for a short while this morning. They're quite pretty looking things although it didn't go very fast (maybe he wasn't trying ?!).

Anyway, what I hadn't realised until this morning was that the s1 cars use X1/9 rear lights. It was a nice start to the day and I learnt something new !!

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17 years 7 months ago #14235 by David Maclean
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Chris, Im pretty sure the next generation of lotus esprit also use the same clusters - but they swapped sides and were turned through 180 degrees to make them look 'different'.

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17 years 7 months ago #14236 by Mark Perry
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Hey Chris
i can't get the link to work?
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17 years 7 months ago #14237 by Graham Frost
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Yep the original prototype Esprit used the X1/ rear light cluster might have had some thing to do with the designer ....whos name escapes me :oops:
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17 years 7 months ago #14238 by Tiff
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I'm a bit of a closet Esprit fan...

The designer was Giorgetto Giugiaro,and only the series 1 used X1/9 taillamps,series 2 used Rover SD1 lamps, and the later facelift Esprit used Toyota lamps, All of them used Morris Marina doorhandles though!

A nice series 2 Esprit turbo is one of those cars I would have to part with the X1/9 for I'm afraid.... :oops:

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17 years 7 months ago #14262 by Chris Robinson
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Funny you should say that Tiff .. I'm considering the s3 right now (but don't tell anyone :wink: )
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17 years 7 months ago #14279 by tinvek
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always been tempted by an esprite, trouble is the head says s3 but the heart says s1 with the wolfrace wheels and ( need i say ?) in white :D

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17 years 7 months ago #14327 by dino
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I think a lot of X/19 information must of been lying around the Lotus factory, The Daughter of the late Colin Chapman (Lotus Founder) had at least one X1/9 (A Lido in the 70'S), and what other car on earth would have given Lotus the Idea of the modern day Elise?.....
Maybe one day we will find out the Hethel factory has a floor full of pristine X1/9's and maybe one in full stainless steel, considering chapmans connections with D'Lorean???

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17 years 7 months ago #14329 by Graham Frost
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Some where or other, was advised that the late Colin Chapman did not trust his daughter in one of his Lotus,as for the odd chance of a X1/9 hidding in one of the hangers not as of a couple of years ago Matin Laws use to take his wifes X1/9 to work when she let him use it from the factory so who knows what in the car park at Hethel these days.
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17 years 7 months ago #14332 by Tiff
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From what I read, Chapman's daughter wrote off the X1/9 after a week....

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17 years 7 months ago #14333 by Mark Perry
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Is she a looker?
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17 years 7 months ago #14338 by Dave Farrell
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markp38 wrote: Is she a looker?


Funny, the standard bloke question :wink:

As for the Esprit, definitely an S1 and white.

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Smoking kills...But only love (and X1/9s) can break your heart.

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17 years 7 months ago #14339 by Chris Robinson
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Hello pretty baby ...

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17 years 7 months ago #14340 by Dave Farrell
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Cheers Chris,

That's the one 8)

I forgot to add that I would also need to chased everywhere by a hot brunette bird in a helicopter :wink:
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17 years 7 months ago #14341 by tinvek
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Dave wrote: Cheers Chris,

That's the one 8)

I forgot to add that I would also need to chased everywhere by a hot brunette bird in a helicopter :wink:


i'd be quite happy with ringo star's wife in the passenger seat, especially if she'd divorce him and bring half his money :D

re the picture, wonder why they never did that with an x1/9 ?

bond would probably walk out of a cloud of rusty water holding the steering wheel with nothing else left :D

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