1991 Vauxhall Lotus Senator for sale, £14k Rotherham

[Jango's Garage Broken Dreams]

My brother is selling his Lotus Senator which is the same as an Lotus Carlton apart from the body, dash and it as auto gearbox (which feels better than my Lotus Carlton manual box).

52k 

3.6lt twin turbo

no rust any where on the shell

around 380/400 bhp

Lotus and GM did the design for the Lotus Senator and at the sec GM went with the Carlton with the plan off doing the Senator later but the 90 resonation stopped that. 

We replaced the front disc's, pads, seals, rings and installed the stainless steel piston cost of parts £750

The owner before replaced both turbo's uprated timing chains new guides stage 2 head etc.

Its been sat in my lock up for a few years now and my brother has never used it, I need the space so its up for sale, in parts alone its would sell very well but he does not want to break such a rare car up with it being the only one.

[mickap]

Looks like a very nice car, and rare I would say.

You lack a price though.

[gazza2015]

Hi can u inbox me contact number plz

[vaderforce]

Hi, lovely motor, do you have a price? Cheers

[VIP]

Jun 13, 2016 22:26:03 GMT mickap said:

Looks like a very nice car, and rare I would say.

You lack a price though.

Rare as in only one.

Someone built it out of a crashed Lotus Carlton and a Senator body, its not a factory car.

[Geordie]

Presuming this is in Rotherham with you? You'll need to put this in the thread title, along with a price.

[PandaSelecta]

Bit of history for potential buyers - When it was sold in 2009...

totalcarlton.com/forums/index.php/topic,9860.0.html

and again in 2013...

totalcarlton.com/forums/index.php?topic=14632.0

[Steve]

Registered as a Senator CD 3.0i so most definitely a re-shell of a Lotus

Still nice though

[Jango's Garage Broken Dreams]

Its registered as 3.6, Yes its in Rotherham price wise open to offers in mid teens he says or he will break it for spares

[bargainbucket]

I used to own this car.

The original concept from Vauxhall was to build a Lotus Senator, not a Carlton. The project got as far as the drawing board but Vauxhall then considered that the Senator wasn't sporty enough so switched to the Carlton. The creator of this car owned a Lotus Carlton (which I eventually purchased) but decided he wanted to create the original concept car. He purchased a LHD Lotus Carlton (Lotus Omega) and a 24v Senator. Neither of these were crashed cars! He then handed both over to his trusted motor engineers along with the Lotus Senator concept drawings and said "build me this - but I want it with an auto gearbox". Sometime later, the Lotus Senator emerged. And I ended up owning that too.

Anyway, I can provide more details via PM if required. It's an amazing car to drive. The auto box really suits it and the acceleration is seemless. No pauses in acceleration to change gear unlike the Lotus Calton.

[garrett]

I love stuff like this, something with interesting history. I hope it doesn't get broken.

[pSyCoSiS]

What a machine and at that price, worth every penny.  The Lotus Carlton is one of my all time dream cars.

Imagine how much that would cost to create nowadays, given that the cost of a decent Lotus Carlton is £25k+!

GLWS - and I really hope it doesn't get broken for spares - it has to be a worthwhile investment? Someone please save it!

[Jango's Garage Broken Dreams]

Its to good to break for spares but it might happen, engine and all the running gear would sell for a good price, so its a cheap lotus Carlton

[Jango's Garage Broken Dreams]

I have been asked if the self level rear shocks work and they do.

[Jango's Garage Broken Dreams]

It is still for sale I have just been asked

[colinso]

Hi I think I must be repeating myself, but I have a question for " bargain bucket " I am a bit interested in this car, but there seem to be a lot of things to worry about, mainly 1. 0) the variable mileages on its mot records, and 2.0) wher the components from written off cars or what . How long did you have the car for and when did you move it on, are there any particular issues with it that you are aware of.

I would be quite keen on the Carlton, but manual gearbox, I don't think so.

This car would be the answer. If it was a senator factory built car, I would buy it tomorrow, but there again it would then be too expensive...A car dilemma !

Thanks coinso

[colinso]

Hi I think I must be repeating myself, but I have a question for " bargain bucket " I am a bit interested in this car, but there seem to be a lot of things to worry about, mainly 1. 0) the variable mileages on its mot records, and 2.0) wher the components from written off cars or what . How long did you have the car for and when did you move it on, are there any particular issues with it that you are aware of.

I would be quite keen on the Carlton, but manual gearbox, I don't think so.

This car would be the answer. If it was a senator factory built car, I would buy it tomorrow, but there again it would then be too expensive...A car dilemma !

Thanks colinso

[vaughant]

I think it says up above that both were straight cars when built, sounds an immense machine.
Lots of errors on mot records, I had to get one amended on my Subaru that showed 97000 miles instead of the 79000 it had done.
It's not a very robust system as the data is typed in manually and hence mistakes happen.

[lenso]

What a beauty if only...

[huwjones]

Lot of car for the money!

MOT mileage 'errors' may be put down to the fact that the personal reg may have been swapped between cars.