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my old lotus MBP 818D
Posted: Wed 20th Oct 2021 5:38 pm
by hughcreighton
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
Re: my old lotus
Posted: Thu 21st Oct 2021 2:31 am
by Keith Halstead
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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Re: my old lotus MBP 818D
Posted: Fri 22nd Oct 2021 8:18 am
by Steve 155C
Didn't know it had travelled down under
Re: my old lotus MBP 818D
Posted: Fri 22nd Oct 2021 4:56 pm
by Keith Halstead
Steve 155C wrote: ↑Fri 22nd Oct 2021 8:18 am
Didn't know it had travelled down under
It was in the London to Sydney 1968
