Hi Mark
For a moment when your web site came up I thought I was looking at my car
then the stripes down the bonnet gave it away. My Eleven is exactly the
same colour with red "upholstery" :>( if you could call about 1/4" of foam
under vinyl a seat as I have the same problem with height ) The screen is
the same shape . Some time I will convert it into a Le Mans screen when I
can work out a way to clear the roll bar. It is a replica running a
Coventry Climax 750 and Mk1 type chassis. Looks like this is becoming an
Eleven list and not Elise!!!!!!! (Sorry Ray should say Eleven and Elan.)
I run this list at home and the Lotus list at work mainly because I go in
early to miss the traffic and spend nearly 1/2hr with a tea reading the
gossip before everyone else starts.
I am sure we could get this to be the real technical list by ignoring some
of the idiots that sometimes get on the lists.
See you around
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From: Joerger <joerger@open.org>
To: 'chapman-era@autox.team.net'
Subject: New guy...
Date: Tuesday, 13 October 1998 16:43
Hello!
I ran away from some other lists that had way too much chatter, but this is
getting too quiet for me.
I'm a long-time early lotus fan with the serious handicap of being over 6
feet tall. This places me firmly into Chunky's "mutant" category. About
three years ago, I decided to confront my handicap, and built a Westfield
Eleven (which does, more-or-less, accomodate my proportions).
Two years ago, it was driveable -- with some "quirks", like sudden massive
oversteer. I've since tamed the handling, but keep searching for the
perfect carb jetting (anyone here a Dellorto genius?).
Some photos and Westfield history are up at:
http://www.open.org/joerger/westfield.html
Who else is out there??
- Mark Joerger
Salem, Oregon
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