Snowed. The snow will be gone in a day or two. Had to clean the Chrysler,
so switched places with 3115R. Looks nice, but don't dare take it for a SPIN. Later.
1973 Lotus Europa
TC Special 74-3115R
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December
28, 2003
Snowed.
The snow will be gone in a day or two. Had to clean the Chrysler,
so switched
places with 3115R. Looks nice, but don't dare take it for a SPIN.
Later.
December
14, 2003
Raining.
Did some maintenance on 3115R; oil, coolant, bled the radiator, redid some
wiring,
and added
LED brake lights at the rear to make sure people behind see me.
November
30, 2003
Went for
a drive in the country. Click on below pic for more...
November
23, 2003
Rain. rain,
rain. Decided the tires needed cleaning, so took the TCS to do a few errands.
November
08, 2003
Sunny morning.
Life is good.
November
07, 2003
Sunny afternoon,
split from work early. Went home, changed cars. Went for drive in the TCS.
October
26, 2003
Nice sunny
day. Gone for a drive.
October
21, 2003
Still raining.
Really raining, Monsoon is more like it.
Found some
new rubber bushings for the anti rollbar at the bottom of the front shocks.
Lot better,
no clang-clang. Drove 3115R for an hour on Sunday when the sun came out.
Yup, still
works. Yup, very nice.
October
14, 2003
Cold morning
in Vancouver. 5c/41f. But it warmed up afterwards...
so I washed, cut, and waxed 3115R.
This the
before pic. 3115R spent the night out, as I was busy cleaning the
garage.
October
12, 2003
Gearshift linkage rebuilt. Changed
cam cover gasket, oil filter, oil change.
Cleaned up engine area. Lubed
cables. Secured battery. Switched thermostat to 82c.
October
10, 2003
S1 + TCS sleeping together.
As soon as I finish some minor
maintenance issues (gear linkage, oil leak) on the TCS,
I will start work on the S1 again,
after an extended hiatus.
October
03, 2003
With the help of my father on
his annual pilgrimage to the new world,
we figured out and redid the
wiring for the radiator fan, sensor and override switch. It works!
I now have one switch and two
LED lamps. The green run lamp tells me when the sensor kicks the fan on.
If I throw the override switch,
both green and red lamps come on. Neat.
August
29, 2003
Replaced
leaking heater valve and dead temp sender at engine.
Harley-Porsche
dude found a Chapman name plate one day and threw in my direction.
Wonder
what it's from? www.chapman-leonard.com
June
24, 2003
So, I simply got frustrated working
on the S1. It seemed like it was taking forever with not much progress.
The weather was excellent in
Vancouver and I wanted a Europa to drive. A 1973 TCS came on the market.
I though about it for a couple
of weeks, then finally bit the bullet and arranged to purchase it.
3115R ("Skateboard") is a very
reliable driver and well put together by its previous owner. Thank You,
WD.
The PO and I drove it 1500 miles
from San Diego to Canada. Good drive, and great company,
very enjoyable, nice break from
work. Bit of a hassle at Customs, but eventually got through.
Then took the car through an
inspection before I could get BC plates.
It passed after the second time,
and bought real insurance the same day.
Advertisement from the year that
3115R was manufactured
The soul of 3115R. Great kisser,
but has tendency to irritate women.
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