my old lotus MBP 818D
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hughcreighton
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my old lotus MBP 818D
hi can you tell me if my old mk 1 reg no mbp818d is still running i did at one time have running with a big valve head high lift cams and a turbo from a perkins lorry engine county garage in carlisle showed it had 305 bhp at the rear wheels I fitted a capri 3.0 auto diff to try and stop it over reving
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Keith Halstead
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Re: my old lotus
It certainly is alive & kicking own under in Australia owned by someone we know. They did a programme for Amazon Prime about it with Jeremy Clarkson a few years ago.
I can put you in touch with the current owner if you would like to speak to him - have PM'd you his details.
Here's the link to youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB8HWK5a9zQ
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I can put you in touch with the current owner if you would like to speak to him - have PM'd you his details.
Here's the link to youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB8HWK5a9zQ
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Steve 155C
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Re: my old lotus MBP 818D
Didn't know it had travelled down under 
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Keith Halstead
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Re: my old lotus MBP 818D
It was in the London to Sydney 1968
