Trip to London to Pick Up Lotus Motorsport

Fabricated by Master Craftsman Geary Powell

· 190 hp VHPD Rover K-series · Emerald 3D ECU · Ultra close ratio gearbox · Lightweight flywheel · Custom fabricated storage space · Drilled pedals · Stac digital instrumentation · Functional cooling vents and grills (unlike the purely cosmetic ones on the Lotus Motorsport cars)

· Adjustable Nitron suspension · Mintex grooved and cross drilled brakes · Anthracite wheels 16" and17" · Toyo Advan A0038 tyres · Color matched leather/alcantara seats, dash and steering wheel · Racing harness

· Carbon fibre body shell · Carbon fibre adjustable spoiler · Diffuser undertray · Aluminium lightweight foam filled fuel tank · Stainless steel sports exhaust · Metallic orange paint (same as McLaren F1 press car)

I decided to do some exploring while waiting for the car to be done	Leicester Square - people in the trees! DSC02314.JPG 257.38 Kb 960 x 1280		DSC02315.JPG 578.08 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02316.JPG A “moving” art-exhibit 588.54 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02317.JPG 541.80 Kb 1280 x 960	DSC02319.JPG Museum of Science 126.55 Kb 960 x 1280
DSC02320.JPG 589.62 Kb 1280 x 960	DSC02321.JPG 587.16 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02322.JPG 123.36 Kb 960 x 1280		DSC02323.JPG 580.96 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02324.JPG 501.28 Kb 1280 x 960	DSC02324-a.JPG Finally, it was time to go pick the car up from Bedford. I got up at 5am and still hit traffic! On the way, I passed Bedford Autodrome.- 505.87 Kb 1280 x 960
DSC02325.JPG There it was, glimmering away in the garage. 604.73 Kb 1280 x 960	DSC02326.JPG A quick intro to the car and it was time to load it on the trailer for the ride to the docks. 587.26 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02327.JPG 582.17 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02328.JPG 605.27 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02329.JPG 578.30 Kb 1280 x 960	DSC02330.JPG 577.24 Kb 1280 x 960
DSC02331.JPG Vanilla Sky or what?! 573.50 Kb 1280 x 960	DSC02332.JPG Sexy tow-hook 526.58 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02333.JPG Alcantara and leather seats and 4-point racing harness 551.82 Kb 960 x 1280		DSC02334.JPG Dash might be over the top a bit…will change it to all black. Horn button is being changed for one with a 561.27 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02335.JPG I know, I know, the sill plates are on order. I am getting extra wide ones, hence the delay. 594.36 Kb 1280 x 960	DSC02336.JPG Anthracite wheels. 576.79 Kb 1280 x 960
DSC02337.JPG Stac instrumentation 532.64 Kb 1280 x 960	DSC02347.JPG Time to hop in the “cab” of the Ford Transit and hot leg it to Felixstowe 150.90 Kb 960 x 1280		DSC02339.JPG This ramp is used to offload tanks usually. 71.42 Kb 960 x 1280		DSC02338.JPG It’s sulking because it doesn’t like its digs. 553.77 Kb 1280 x 960		DSC02340.JPG The seal that I will be breaking on the other side of the Atlantic, a month from now. 560.05 Kb 1280 x 960	DSC02341.JPG Pretty anonymous. 574.86 Kb 1280 x 960
DSC02342.JPG The ramp is nudged away with a forklift. 128.66 Kb 960 x 1280		DSC02343.JPG 126.70 Kb 960 x 1280		DSC02345.JPG The loaders move on to a shipment of carpets—no doubt from Afghanistan 126.99 Kb 960 x 1280		DSC02346.JPG An officer of Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise Service. 547.36 Kb 1280 x 960

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