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Went to an estate agents in Leyton, East London, today to get the keys for my recently aquired garage, made a wrong turn and went to the end of the road to turn around, but what caught my eye was a genuine Lotus carlton in someones front garden with weeds growing round it, tyres going flat and rubbish leaning against it!! I was mortified, they obviously wont sell it, but i think i might have to ask them what their plans are for it. What do you think, or does anyone know it?  awesome car!! |
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Goodness. Well, it's that kind of behaviour that bolsters the value of the good ones...
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ThePollitt
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Are you completely sure it's genuine? I'm not disagreeing with your judgment, you've seen it in the metal after all. It's just that when people did make replicas of these they were, for the best part, pretty damn convincing until you opened the bonnet. In a nutshell, I just want it to be a rep because it's a crying shame if it's not. Have a live one...  ...and an appalling replica...  Chris |
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10mpg
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If it's a real one it's probably been layed up following expensive mechanical failure, who fancies the bill for a new lotus carlton engine??
Either that or a familly problem, divorce, death disability ect well in my experience these are the four main reasons for valuable stuff like that being left to rot..
It might also not have been there that long, less than 6 months could easily see it looking like that, and the owner could well be working abroad/locked up ect, and just parked it up outside his mums/girlfriends/sisters/mates house or similar.....
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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bmw156
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such a shame, one of my favourite cars.
did you get the reg as i can check to see if its genuine.
such a lovely car. nom nom nommmmmm
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chamba
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Looks like someone has being trying to live the champagne lifestyle on a lemonade budget. It's gotta be worth a knock on the door doesn't it. Awesome motors these.
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Not many things leave me speachless and dispairing quite like what I have just seen in this thread.
Holy cow. Thats mad. I'd say Genuine, most replicas are missing something somewhere and thats all there.
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welder
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Like I haven't already had a depressing enough day..................
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I'm not completely useless, I can be used as a bad example.
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Its genuine alright i got out and had a look round it and inside, then i drove off and thought i better get a pic for RR and make people cry!!
I really cant bear to see cars like this not being used, i have a capri which is sitting at my mates farm, as much as i don't want to, I'm going to sell it as i don't want it to rot away, its a fairly good example too and will with a cosworth v6 24v engine, and wiring loom and ecu etc. Needs to go to a good home......
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It's a bit of a shame, but it's not like it's sitting in a scrapyard or anything. If someone comes on here in a year's time and says 'I can't believe my luck, I've just bought a slightly knackered Lotus Carlton for five hundred quid' then it'll be happy times all round.
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always wanted one of theses barges, pity
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yeah true, at least its still here and not been fragged. I cant believe the stupid things you do when your young though, when i was 13 we bought a mk1 fiesta xr2 from my mates dad, it had mot and tax on it, bit rusty but was £100, we used it up my uncles field to race about in until all the suspension was so knackered it wouldnt drive so we scrapped it. It makes me cry now i know the rarity of them.
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bryn
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If it's a real one it's probably been layed up following expensive mechanical failure, who fancies the bill for a new lotus carlton engine?? Either that or a familly problem, divorce, death disability ect well in my experience these are the four main reasons for valuable stuff like that being left to rot.. It might also not have been there that long, less than 6 months could easily see it looking like that, and the owner could well be working abroad/locked up ect, and just parked it up outside his mums/girlfriends/sisters/mates house or similar..... ^ These are wise words  I'll put a ten spot on it being a replica, for a start the glass doesn't look tinted as it should be. Look at the shot of the genuine one on the bridge and the light visible through the garden shot. |
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yeah true, at least its still here and not been fragged. I cant believe the stupid things you do when your young though, when I was 13 we bought a mk1 fiesta xr2 from my mates dad, it had mot and tax on it, bit rusty but was £100, we used it up my uncles field to race about in until all the suspension was so knackered it wouldnt drive so we scrapped it. It makes me cry now I know the rarity of them. Yeah, but again, they're only so valuable because of their rarity. If everyone who'd bought a new XR2 kept it in cotton wool in their garage, they really wouldn't be that unusual.  A car's just a tool, either a means of essential transport or a means to have fun. If you wanted to rag it around a field, then that was exactly the right thing to do at the time, don't beat yourself up over it. |
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Last Edit: Nov 3, 2010 16:40:21 GMT by dbizzle
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bryn
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Its genuine alright I got out and had a look round it and inside, then I drove off and thought I better get a pic for RR and make people cry!! Crikey, I take it back. Somebody will save it, it's not like a Mk2 Cortina thats sat there for thirty years. Surely that is of an era that the owner will be young enough to know its value  |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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marksparks999
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dealt with a burnt out one of these... such a waste!
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Retroless at the moment... but on the hunt for something old!
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It might also not have been there that long, less than 6 months could easily see it looking like that... too true, Look at the road for example. Theres quite a few leaves in that gutter, It wouldnt take much for them to gather under the car like that, and with no where to go but against it its going to build up. The road has constant movement with cars (I'm assuming) yet its also got quite a build up.. Also wouldnt wanna try getting it outa there.. look how tight the walls are to it!! |
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someone knock on the door and find out !
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Looks like they built the walls after they put it there!!
Such a shame but it still looks salvagable and in that condition will be cheaper than one thats been looked after! Every cloud!
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IF it is a genuine one and not a very good replica then thats a reall shame for it not to even be covered over. Its also i would suggest a little out of place in Leyton East London, on a drive like that......haad a quick look to see if i could work out a location from Google street view but i know a very small part of Leyton so no joy.....found this though   More likely to be found in Leyton than a Lotus Carlton lol |
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