Classic Lotus Shooting Brake..

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Wed May 30, 2007 1:15 pm

Looks

http://www.pistonheads.com/lotus/defaul ... ryId=16317

r055 · Post by **r055** » Wed May 30, 2007 1:18 pm

not really getting the point of it...

EDIT: however, there's some good workmanship!

SteveBanks · Post by **SteveBanks** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:06 pm

Is a shooting brake just a posh name for an estate?

SteveBanks · Post by **SteveBanks** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:10 pm

Ah...from wiki:

"Shooting-brake is a car body style indicating luxury estate cars built for use by hunters."

"A brake, also known as a break, was a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the nineteenth and early 20th centuries. It was a large or small, open-topped vehicle with four wheels and designed for country use . The form usually met, the "shooting brake", was designed to carry the driver and a gamekeeper at the front, facing forward and up to six sportsmen on longditudinal benches, with their dogs, guns and game carried alongside in slat-sided racks."

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:45 pm

Sound insulation, walnut trim and mini-bars? Better equipped than my flat and must weigh as much

850kg sounds a little optimistic.

Nice skills but wot ross said

Gazbo · Post by **Gazbo** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:07 pm

That car is wrong in so many ways!

Fluoxetine · Post by **Fluoxetine** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:26 am

Hmmmm...Some may remember this...A conversion carried out when the Elan (not Elan +2) was new...

Think they made two 'Elanbulances'...

I quite like them, in a Simitar / Beta HPE way...

Ross.

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:15 am

Gazbo wrote:That car is wrong in so many ways!

Sorry boys but I have to disagree... I have seen this in the flesh at the Donny show.

It is very well proportioned and the finish is stunning.

I would have one in a flash.

Post by **Shug** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:47 am

bertieduff wrote:Sound insulation, walnut trim and mini-bars? Better equipped than my flat and must weigh as much

850kg sounds a little optimistic.

Nice skills but wot ross said

Not really - remember the Elan was made when we didn't really have any safety regs. No safety cell, no door bars, no crash structures. Can't quote figures, but they were stupidly light (easy to see why when you see them in the flesh - the Mk1 MX5 looks like a scale model, 1/3 size bigger!)

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:43 pm

Shug wrote:
Not really - remember the Elan was made when we didn't really have any safety regs. No safety cell, no door bars, no crash structures. Can't quote figures, but they were stupidly light (easy to see why when you see them in the flesh - the Mk1 MX5 looks like a scale model, 1/3 size bigger!)

Fair point- think the original was less than 700kg IIRC

Must remember, think, then speak

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:44 pm

But still- a soddin minibar in a lotus

Blaque · Post by **Blaque** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:54 pm

bertieduff wrote:But still- a soddin minibar in a lotus

Aye! They'll be fitting cup holders and sandwich bars in them next

Isn't that right Meenrod

Gazbo · Post by **Gazbo** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:34 pm

John Reid wrote:
Gazbo wrote:That car is wrong in so many ways!

Sorry boys but I have to disagree... I have seen this in the flesh at the Donny show.

It is very well proportioned and the finish is stunning.

I would have one in a flash.

I half expect to see a coffin in the back. Noooooooooo.

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:39 pm

Gazbo wrote:
John Reid wrote:
Gazbo wrote:That car is wrong in so many ways!

Sorry boys but I have to disagree... I have seen this in the flesh at the Donny show.

It is very well proportioned and the finish is stunning.

I would have one in a flash.
I half expect to see a coffin in the back. Noooooooooo.

Do you know me.....

Gazbo · Post by **Gazbo** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:03 pm

Nope. It just looks like a hearse!