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Title: My Old Lotus Carlton Replica
Post by: Davey on 03 August 2006, 19:39:28
Thought this might interest some of you; Its now been crushed into a cube  :-[
(http://www.dohc.co.uk/pics/lotus/trax2004/front.jpg)
(http://www.dohc.co.uk/pics/lotus/trax2004/rear.jpg)
(http://www.dohc.co.uk/pics/lotus/chargecooler.jpg)
Title: Re: My Old Lotus Carlton Replica
Post by: Jay w on 03 August 2006, 19:51:16
nooooo........how come it got crushed?

Looks really nice, must have been a lot of work there
Title: Re: My Old Lotus Carlton Replica
Post by: Davey on 03 August 2006, 19:54:35
A little bit ;)

I sold it a couple of years back and the new owner had the engine re-placed, the garage cowboy'ed it and it suffered a really bad electrical fire :(
Title: Re: My Old Lotus Carlton Replica
Post by: tunnie on 03 August 2006, 21:17:35
very impressive looking replica.... can hardly taste the differnce.

What a waste... i hope that garage was flogged publically... then had an electrical fire of its own  ;)
Title: Re: My Old Lotus Carlton Replica
Post by: MadOnVaux on 03 August 2006, 22:52:50
Shocking to know thats been crushed...obviously ruined at the hands of cretins :(
Title: Re: My Old Lotus Carlton Replica
Post by: Kev on 04 August 2006, 07:35:23
Very very nice. Pity she's no longer with us.

That's quite a shine you've got going there. What polish were you using on it?
Title: Re: My Old Lotus Carlton Replica
Post by: Davey on 04 August 2006, 08:08:29
I think the poor begger only had it insured as a standard GSI to save costs too!

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Very very nice. Pity she's no longer with us.

That's quite a shine you've got going there. What polish were you using on it?

I do all my own painting and body work so I have got a nice selection of professional polishes, glazes and compounds.

To get it like that I used G3 compound, 3M Finesse-IT and 3M Hand Glaze.

Title: Re: My Old Lotus Carlton Replica
Post by: Kev on 04 August 2006, 08:39:42
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To get it like that I used G3 compound, 3M Finesse-IT and 3M Hand Glaze.

A bit more involved than AutoGlym then.