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Re: Go woke, or go broke...

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Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 12:29 pm
Ian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 12:22 pm
Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 12:15 pm I have it in my mind that in the past I worked on a car that had vacuum powered pop up headlights? But cant for the life of me think what car that would be, or maybe i'm imagining it?
Lotus?
How we took the piss out of a mate's one eyed Europa. Wish I had one now
Yes!!! It would have been a Lotus Eclat! They used washer fluid pipe! :D
No idea which Lotus this is, but it may be up for sale soon.

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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 8:45 am Someday I'll own a car with flip up headlights.

...starts searching eBay for Starions and 480s.
We used to have a Mk1 MX5 with the pop up lights.

Turning them on knocked a few mpg off and blocked about 30% of the forward view. :thumbup:
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 3:42 pm
KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 8:45 am Someday I'll own a car with flip up headlights.

...starts searching eBay for Starions and 480s.
We used to have a Mk1 MX5 with the pop up lights.

Turning them on knocked a few mpg off and blocked about 30% of the forward view. :thumbup:
No sleepy eyes module?

My mates MK1 had one, you could set them to only half open, not really sure why.
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Re: Go woke, or go broke...

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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 3:49 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 3:42 pm
KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 8:45 am Someday I'll own a car with flip up headlights.

...starts searching eBay for Starions and 480s.
We used to have a Mk1 MX5 with the pop up lights.

Turning them on knocked a few mpg off and blocked about 30% of the forward view. :thumbup:
No sleepy eyes module?

My mates MK1 had one, you could set them to only half open, not really sure why.
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Re: Go woke, or go broke...

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Horse wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 3:20 pm
Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 12:29 pm
Ian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 12:22 pm

Lotus?
How we took the piss out of a mate's one eyed Europa. Wish I had one now
Yes!!! It would have been a Lotus Eclat! They used washer fluid pipe! :D
No idea which Lotus this is, but it may be up for sale soon.

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I wont be buying it! Hateful things. Pretty much a british leyland parts bin with a bad Lotus engine in! :thumbdown:
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Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 4:38 pm
Horse wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 3:20 pm
Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 12:29 pm

Yes!!! It would have been a Lotus Eclat! They used washer fluid pipe! :D
No idea which Lotus this is, but it may be up for sale soon.

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I wont be buying it! Hateful things. Pretty much a british leyland parts bin with a bad Lotus engine in! :thumbdown:
Are they Allegro door latches I see before me?

(Having said that, I had a VW with Porsche door handles...or possibly it was vice versa :D ).
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Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 4:38 pm
I wont be buying it! Hateful things. Pretty much a british leyland parts bin with a bad Lotus engine in! :thumbdown:
That's disappointing.

I was hoping for some trade inside information and honest opinion ;)
Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 6:22 pm (Having said that, I had a VW with Porsche door handles...or possibly it was vice versa :D ).
IIRC the twirly air vents in the old BMR R-RT fairing were from the Ford parts bin.
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Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 6:22 pm (Having said that, I had a VW with Porsche door handles...or possibly it was vice versa :D ).
One of the guys I went to Uni with now has a Volvo with Ferrari alloys :D They used the same hole pattern at some point in the 80s/90s.

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