Hi Folks my name is Kev
I have just joined today and would like to explore this site for info after keeping this vehicle secet for 16 years for security reasons.
I have a Mark 2 Lotus Cortina series one with the clocks on top of dash, Reg No XOO 869F Registered 6th March 1968, chassis No BA91HR***** with five numbers after the R which I will not put on a public site for obvious reasons.
I have owned the car since the 22nd March 1993, my god don't sixteen years go fast HA HA!. I don't wish to bore people but thought a little info might help me find out a bit more about my little GEM!!
I'm restoring the vehicle which has for most of the last 15 years been sat in a garage dreaming of going back on the road.
The shell and all panels will be going to Dudley (surface processing LTD) in July this year to be chemically stripped and electophaticly primed (the same process that new vehicle bodyshells go through today), It will then come back as good as a new bodyshell. I work in one of the largest bodyshops in the country and will be fully painted in clear over base waterbase paint, under strict supervision as I am the manager. The shell is in first class condition with just the rear wheel arches having to be replaced with repair panels (that was me being picky they could have been repaird they where not that bad) no other welding has been done, but has had to have new doors bonnet and boot lid at great expense due to the dreaded tin worm. About ten years ago I took off by sand blasting, all the underseal from under the vehicle (probably why the shell was in such good nic) and painted all underneath and under the bonnet in ermine white the original colour. I have rebored and reground the block and had hardened valve seats and new valve guides put in the head so it will run on unleaded fuel. I will take my time and try to get the vehicle as concourse as is available with the lack of new parts these days. I do not invisage me ever selling this vehicle it will become an inheritance when I'm gone, so within reason cost is not an issue as it already owes me about six times the originall selling price without the £2100 it will cost at Dudley in July, I must be crazy spending this amount of money but hey who cares.
A couple of question I need to answer is that the only new doors I could find where one series one and one series two door. the only difference is the top of the door skin at the top where it meets the scuttle panel one is straight the other has a slight curve. the old doors went years ago and I can't remember and nobody seems to be able to tell me which one is the series one, and I need to modify one of them but don't want to do the wrong one.
Can someone confirm the colour of the green stipe for the mark 2 as I have been told it was spruce green or sherwood green both these colours are still available on our mixing sceme.
I would also love to know more about the history of this vehicle if anyone out there knows anything. I was told when I bought it that as an XOO registered vehicle it may have been a factory registered vehicle for press purposses but DVLA will not divulge this info because of the data protection act.
It has only had 8 previous owners before me and the owner before me owned the vehicle from 19th Feb 1987 so only another 7 to find out about.
I will post some pics when I work out how to do it in the next few weeks and months to come as it progresses,
I have just joined today and would like to explore this site for info after keeping this vehicle secet for 16 years for security reasons.
I have a Mark 2 Lotus Cortina series one with the clocks on top of dash, Reg No XOO 869F Registered 6th March 1968, chassis No BA91HR***** with five numbers after the R which I will not put on a public site for obvious reasons.
I have owned the car since the 22nd March 1993, my god don't sixteen years go fast HA HA!. I don't wish to bore people but thought a little info might help me find out a bit more about my little GEM!!
I'm restoring the vehicle which has for most of the last 15 years been sat in a garage dreaming of going back on the road.
The shell and all panels will be going to Dudley (surface processing LTD) in July this year to be chemically stripped and electophaticly primed (the same process that new vehicle bodyshells go through today), It will then come back as good as a new bodyshell. I work in one of the largest bodyshops in the country and will be fully painted in clear over base waterbase paint, under strict supervision as I am the manager. The shell is in first class condition with just the rear wheel arches having to be replaced with repair panels (that was me being picky they could have been repaird they where not that bad) no other welding has been done, but has had to have new doors bonnet and boot lid at great expense due to the dreaded tin worm. About ten years ago I took off by sand blasting, all the underseal from under the vehicle (probably why the shell was in such good nic) and painted all underneath and under the bonnet in ermine white the original colour. I have rebored and reground the block and had hardened valve seats and new valve guides put in the head so it will run on unleaded fuel. I will take my time and try to get the vehicle as concourse as is available with the lack of new parts these days. I do not invisage me ever selling this vehicle it will become an inheritance when I'm gone, so within reason cost is not an issue as it already owes me about six times the originall selling price without the £2100 it will cost at Dudley in July, I must be crazy spending this amount of money but hey who cares.
A couple of question I need to answer is that the only new doors I could find where one series one and one series two door. the only difference is the top of the door skin at the top where it meets the scuttle panel one is straight the other has a slight curve. the old doors went years ago and I can't remember and nobody seems to be able to tell me which one is the series one, and I need to modify one of them but don't want to do the wrong one.
Can someone confirm the colour of the green stipe for the mark 2 as I have been told it was spruce green or sherwood green both these colours are still available on our mixing sceme.
I would also love to know more about the history of this vehicle if anyone out there knows anything. I was told when I bought it that as an XOO registered vehicle it may have been a factory registered vehicle for press purposses but DVLA will not divulge this info because of the data protection act.
It has only had 8 previous owners before me and the owner before me owned the vehicle from 19th Feb 1987 so only another 7 to find out about.
I will post some pics when I work out how to do it in the next few weeks and months to come as it progresses,
