I screwed up the mags.

Posted by ghost of olddude55 (A) on October 31, 2024 at 06:28:17

In Reply to: I always liked those, though .... posted by reelsmith. on October 30, 2024 at 17:26:42:

They were chrome plated in the kit, too shiny. What I should have done was painted the black accents like the real car has and then dull coated the chrome.
Instead I stripped the chrome with some floor stripper and then tried adding an aluminum look back to the wheel and it didn't quite work.
Also, black paint on the kit is exactly like black paint on a real car, shows every hickey and zit. I've owned one black car and don't plan on owning another.
I like the Europa you pictured, actually, with the dog dish hubcaps. That car has a Renault 16 engine and transaxle. The 16 was a typical French oddball, front drive but with the engine mounted behind the transaxle for better weight distribution. Lotus liked it because the entire drive train could be flipped around for the mid engine configuration.
And Lotus kept on using that Renault transaxle right up through the Lotus Esprit, including the Esprit V8. Lotus built a V8 engine easily capable of 500 HP but had to derate it to 300HP because the Renault tranny couldn't take that much power.

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Topic - Lotus Europa Special - ghost of olddude55 12:25:40 10/30/24 (23)

cool model - stan2 11:49:37 10/31/24 (0)

I drove one of those in 1975. - srdavis2000 09:14:36 10/31/24 (1)

Better off. - ghost of olddude55 10:07:44 10/31/24 (0)

Kid in my high school drove one - E-Stat 05:39:51 10/31/24 (2)

Nothing that some Bondo would not fix. nt - Victor Khomenko 06:24:01 10/31/24 (1)

Just like the Plastic Chevy! -nt - E-Stat 06:25:06 10/31/24 (0)

If an El Camino and a Ranchero had a midget kid...-* - Chris Garrett 19:00:46 10/30/24 (1)

Some oddities about the Europa - ghost of olddude55 03:41:48 10/31/24 (0)

I always liked those, though .... - reelsmith. 17:26:42 10/30/24 (1)

I screwed up the mags. - ghost of olddude55 06:28:17 10/31/24 (0)

Nice. Black with gold always reminds me of John Player. nt - hcman 15:03:03 10/30/24 (0)

does it come with a Mrs. Peel model behind the wheel? /nt - Story 14:55:00 10/30/24 (1)

Emma Peel drove an Elan. - ghost of olddude55 15:30:09 10/30/24 (0)

Looks like a hatch, but there's a catch. (nt - peppy m. 12:49:23 10/30/24 (9)

The engine lives under there. - ghost of olddude55 13:05:59 10/30/24 (8)

It's mid-engine so finally figured it out. So my Honda Civic hatch smokes it. (nt - peppy m. 13:12:49 10/30/24 (7)

Probably. But drag racing wasn't the Europa's forte. - ghost of olddude55 13:17:30 10/30/24 (6)

Mine's a 1991 DX hatch, VG overall w/ little rust, clean in/out, works well... - peppy m. 13:53:11 10/30/24 (5)

Keeping the old cars on the road. - ghost of olddude55 14:04:15 10/30/24 (4)

Driveability, great visibility all around are my favorite features... - peppy m. 14:12:29 10/30/24 (3)

How I like them. - ghost of olddude55 14:23:10 10/30/24 (2)

RE: How I like them. - Inmate51 14:38:28 10/30/24 (1)

Saw a good treatise on those old cars... - ghost of olddude55 15:37:54 10/30/24 (0)

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