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Does seem a little odd, a 4 door model with a lotus badge.
According to Wikipedia there were only 2 cars made with the 4 door body shell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Cortina
According to Wikipedia there were only 2 cars made with the 4 door body shell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Cortina
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Yes, it looks strange. It is a LHD car. Maybe, it "migrated" back from the U.S., where it had been tuned and "upgraded".
It has an "H" plate, meaning it is recognized by the TÜV (our MOT) as a historical vehicle. The question is whether it got the H plate before or after the conversion.
In any case, the car is from a town near me, so I will see it again next year, and I will find out ... ---
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Looking at that Wiki link, it seems that the 2 four door examples were made for UK police evaluation so would be (both apparently still exist) RHD rather than left hookers. Entirely possible that a four door could have all the Lotus bits transplanted into it.
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Interesting shots. Your pictures led me to the story of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce-Arrow_Motor_Car_Company ...the company that was famous for not making fire engines, even after its demise. (see the article quoted)
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Hi, @AndrewFlannigan: thank you for the link with background information on Pierce-Arrow! 
Another one:
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Beetle in its natural habitat by the Achensee in the Austrian Tyrol...
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And a soft-top one at that!
Vague memories of sitting in the footwell of one on the way to hospital to have a cocktail stick removed from the sole of my foot, wiggling the exposed end (of the cocktail stick...) so the lump on the top moved around while my mother went slightly green around the gills!
Vague memories of sitting in the footwell of one on the way to hospital to have a cocktail stick removed from the sole of my foot, wiggling the exposed end (of the cocktail stick...) so the lump on the top moved around while my mother went slightly green around the gills!
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I have just acquired this. A non-running 1980 W123 230E that has been left standing for the last 10 years and with half the Eden Project growing on it.
It is going to need a bit of TLC to get it back up to scratch, but it only cost me two bottles of whiskey, one for the car and one for the trailer.
It is going to need a bit of TLC to get it back up to scratch, but it only cost me two bottles of whiskey, one for the car and one for the trailer.
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Yes sorry, typo there, it is of course a W123. With the bits that are working, I am impressed with how solid it is for a car that is older than I am!Hi, congrats!
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Hi, the body looks quite solid, the left side requiring a little more attention ... This depends - of course - if you want to restore it to concours condition, or to use it as a daily driver.
Most vintage cars like being driven daily. The battery of my 300 SE is flat after standing for a few weeks ... ---