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26th June 2015 - A view from on top of the 'Atlantic Conveyor's' bridge showing the various aspects of the Stevedoring process that goes on at the Seaforth Container terminal. I used to do the invoicing for that little lot...
On a walk to social distancing ...my very own "PPe" series. (Post Pandemic enlightenment).
..."has anyone seen the invoice to the South China Seafood Wholesale Market?"
Pentax gear.
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Edmonds City Fair Classic Car Show 2024,
Eastburn, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
1,192 cc (72.7 cu in) 22 kW (30 PS; 30 bhp)
New invoice price $2625.00 in Pennsylvania. March 14, 1958. Sales tax exempt.
The Volkswagen Type 2 is a forward control light commercial vehicle introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model. Known officially (depending on body type) as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus, or, informally, as the Volkswagen Station Wagon(US), Bus (also US), Camper (UK) or Bulli (Germany), it was given the factory designation Type 2 as it followed – and was initially derived from – Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle)
1983 Ford Fiesta XR2.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"V5 Present
MoT Aug 2022
Chassis number: VS6BXXWPFBDD31253
"The vendor has owned this 'hot hatch' Fiesta since February 1989 and it has had three previous former keepers in its history. It was used as a daily driver up until 2000 after which it went into dry garage storage for 16 years. When it emerged, it was sympathetically restored including a complete engine restoration, paintwork where needed (but not a complete respray), the Pepperpot alloy wheels renovated and the underside treated. The vendor tells us that there are now no signs of rust anywhere. The Ford has had no aftermarket upgrades and the interior has not been changed at all.
"The car was registered in May 1983 and has an MoT valid until August 2022. 86,994 miles are showing on the odometer.
"The well‑organised paperwork folder includes the V5C plus a 1990s one. There's a model brochure, operating guide and supplement, reproduction 1983 tax disc and MoT certificates from 1993, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. A replacement service book shows a major service undertaken at 86,945 miles in October 2020, and is accompanied by bills stretching from 2020 back to the 1990s, including a 1991 used car invoice. Photos of the car before, during and after its restoration by the Classic Coachwork Company with a list of work done and a final bill total running to several thousands."
Sold for £19,440 including premium.
Weston Bike Night 28 07 2011
This weekly Thursday meet during the summer is based at the sea front in the sea side resort of Weston Super Mare, North Somerset, UK.
It is organised by the Riders Branch of the British legion, all bikes donate £1 to enter and all proceeds go the charity "The Poppy Appeal".
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The Riders Branch of the Royal British Legion
Membership open to all who have a love of motorcycling and are in agreement with the aims of the British Legion
Weston Bike Night Website
Weston Bike Night 14 07 2011
This weekly Thursday meet during the summer is based at the sea front in the sea side resort of Weston Super Mare, North Somerset, UK.
It is organised by the Riders Branch of the British legion, all bikes donate £1 to enter and all proceeds go the charity "The Poppy Appeal".
This image can be obtained for a donation of £5 per image, the full image will then be e-mailed to you.
Either send donation via paypal stating the images wanted to bikenightphotos@btinternet.com or send a e-mail to bikenightphotos@btinternet.com with your request and a paypal invoice will be e-mailed to you allowing you to make a secure donationn via debit/credit card.
All proceeds will go to the charity being supported by the event "The Poppy Appeal".
For further assistance about these images e-mail bikenightphotos@btinternet.com
Show your support for the event and make a donation for any images you like. Full size images are 3888 X 2592
Please note the images put onto this site are reduced in quality/ size.
Further Information
The Riders Branch of the Royal British Legion
Membership open to all who have a love of motorcycling and are in agreement with the aims of the British Legion
Weston Bike Night Website
1974 MG Midget.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"Chassis number: GAN5146001G. This 1974 MG Midget, registered in October of that year, was last on the road in 2008, and has been stored since then. Its odometer shows 11,254 miles and its last MoT expired when it went into storage, in November 2008. The car was restored during 1993 to 1999 and comes with a very large history folder that chronicles the restoration, with invoices, a CD-ROM of images, photographic prints, summary of the work done and correspondence with previous owners. There are also MOT certificates, old tax discs and some bills from before and after the rebuild. There is no current V5C, but there is a photocopy of it, so a new one will need to be applied for."
Sold for £3348 including premium (estimate: £3000 to £5000).
I took my mom's dog, David for a walk today. On our travels we met up with some duck friends. I brought my camera with me so I took a few photos of the ducks. I kind of liked this one so I thought I'd share it on Flickr tonight. I took a rare Saturday off from work today but have estimates and some invoicing to do tomorrow. I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday tomorrow too. 😃
I always wanted to make this, so I finally did.
Thanks to my friend Dan Wallace, author of The Jedi Path, for helping with some of the minute details.
1970 Jaguar 420G.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"Chassis number: G1D57446BW. This leviathan Jaguar 420G, finished in Ascot Fawn with Cinnamon leather interior and Tudor Webasto full-length sunroof, was registered in January 1970. In 2006, it was sold to a new owner in Spain, where the car remained until around five years ago. The car's condition remains very good, inside and out, with the vendor telling us that it 'drives extremely well, has no known faults, and has four almost new tyres'. The boot contains its complete Jaguar toolkit. Being an historic vehicle, the car is now exempt from MoT testing, with its last MoT having been undertaken in October 2018 at 81,140 miles. The present mileage recorded on the odometer is 82,282 miles. The well-organised history folder includes the V5C, print-out of the online MoT history, MoT certificates from 2017 and 2019, the Spanish registration document, sales invoice from sales in 2006 and 2020 (the latter being when it was purchased by the vendor). There's also a list of Jaguar paint codes, as well as as some Classic Car Buyer articles relating to these cars. The original owner's handbook is also present."
Estimate: £11,000 to £13,000. Sold for £11,880 including premium.
1971 Rover 2000 SC.
Fitted with a 2205cc engine and badged as a 2200 TC.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"Chassis number: 44102503A. Although shown on its V5C as with a 2205cc engine model, and now wearing 2200 TC badges, this Mexico Brown Rover P6, with black leather interior, sunroof and boot-mounted spare wheel, started life as a 2000 SC, being registered in August 1971, over two years before the twin-carb 2200 model was launched by Rover. The chassis plate denotes a home market Series 2 car, but the engine number is that of a 2.2-litre unit. It's unknown when any conversion or restoration was carried out, as the vendor purchased the car in 2017 with no history (save for the dealer stating that it had recently had a new clutch, reconditioned starter motor, new gear stick bushes, ignition switch, rear brake calipers and reconditioned main bearings in the gearbox). However, a colour change was recorded in March 2016. The vendor covered approximately 3000 miles in three years with no serious issues, but has not used the car for the last two years and now feels it would benefit from some light recommissioning, including a new bonnet release cable as the current one is broken. However, the vendor believes that the car is 'generally in good condition for its age and a very useable classic'. The P6's odometer shows 58,260 miles, although this isn't warranted. The Rover's last MoT expired in October 2019, although as an historic vehicle, it no longer requires annual testing. The paperwork file contains the V5C, old MoT certificates from 2016 to 2018 and a copy of the purchase invoice from 2018. There's also a Rover 2200 owner's manual."
Estimate: £2500 to £3500. Sold for £5292 including premium.
Chassis n° DB4/1129/L
Zoute Sale - Bonhams
Estimated : € 500.000 - 700.000
Sold for € 569.250
Zoute Grand Prix 2024
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2024
"Performance, controllability and comfort have been combined in the Aston Martin DB4 to make it a highly desirable car: one in which long journeys can be completed very quickly indeed with the minimum of risk or discomfort and the maximum of pleasure." - The Motor.
Classically proportioned and instantly recognisable from the moment of its introduction in 1958, the Touring-styled Aston Martin DB4 established a look that would survive, with only minor revisions, until 1970. Designed by Tadek Marek and already proven in racing, the DB4's new twin-cam six-cylinder engine displaced 3,670cc while the gearbox was a new David Brown four-speed all-synchromesh unit. An immensely strong platform-type chassis, designed by Harold Beach, replaced the preceding DB2/4's multi-tubular spaceframe, the latter being considered incompatible with Touring's Superleggera body construction. The DB2/4's trailing-link independent front suspension gave way to unequal-length wishbones while at the rear the DB4 sported a live axle located by a Watts linkage instead of its predecessor's Panhard rod. Boasting disc brakes all round and with 240bhp on tap, the DB4 was the first production car capable of accelerating from a standing start to 100mph and back to rest again in under 30 seconds. At a time when few family saloons were capable of exceeding 70mph and took an age to get there, this staggering performance made the DB4 just about the fastest thing on the road, easily the equal of its Italian rivals.
Manufactured between October 1958 and June 1963, the DB4 developed through no fewer than five series. However, it should be made clear that the cars were not thus designated by the factory, this nomenclature having been suggested subsequently by the Aston Martin Owners Club to aid identification as the model evolved. The first had already undergone a number of improvements, including the fitting of heavy-duty bumpers after the first 50 cars, before the second series arrived in January 1960. A front-hinged bonnet, bigger brake callipers, and an enlarged sump were the major changes made on the Series II, while the third series featured separate rear lights, two bonnet stays, and a host of improvements to the interior fittings. The fourth series was readily distinguishable by its new grille (with seven vertical bars), shallower bonnet intake, and recessed rear lights, while the final (fifth) series manufactured between September 1962 and June 1963 was 3.5" longer (allowing for increased leg room and a larger boot) and gained 15" wheels, an electric radiator fan, and the DB4GT-type instrument panel.
One of the most notable developments had arrived with the introduction of the 'Series IV' in September 1961, when a 'Special Series' (SS) or 'Vantage' engine became available as an option. The 'SS' incorporated a 9.0:1 compression ratio, larger valves, and triple SU HD8 carburettors, producing 266bhp at 5,750rpm, a gain of 26 horsepower over the standard unit. Almost all DB4 Vantages were built with the faired-in headlights of the DB4GT, including the car offered here. The DB4 Series V Vantage is one of the rarest and most desirable of the DB range with only some 55 cars built in this final incarnation of the DB4. Indeed, the original 'James Bond' car used in the filming of Goldfinger was a DB4 Series V, as they look virtually identical to the DB5 which at that time was not quite ready.
One of only 17 believed left-hand drive Series V cars built with the Vantage (SS) engine, chassis number '1129/L' was delivered new in the USA by British Motor Car distributors Inc in December 1962 finished in Desert White with black interior. The copy guarantee form lists the Vantage specification; 3.77:1 rear axle ratio; Chrome wheels; side window vents; and an identification plate as items of non-standard equipment.
The documentation accompanying the car allows us to trace its history and to identify several of its following subsequent owners: the first one was J M West of Berkeley, California; then J Wilcox ; Dr E Griggs; 'Charlie'; a Chicago dealer; and 'Serio', the latter from June 1987.
In 1983, the DB4 had a joint restoration project by Aston Martin Noth America and Lake Forest Sportcars for display at that year's Chicago Auto Show. It had been restored with Storm Red paint and a black leather interior, while a 1988 letter on file states that the car was painted green at some point. In 1989, the Aston was registered to John B Evans (still in the USA) and in 1994 was registered in the Netherlands. The current owner, a distinguished Belgian automobile enthusiast, purchased the car in 1998 and registered it in 2001.
For a while the DB4 was fitted with a 4.0-litre engine, the original having been damaged by the first owner and removed. In 2002, a Dutch gentleman informed the current owner that the engine, matching the chassis number DB4/1129/L, was found in a DB5 he was considering purchasing. Though he decided against the purchase, the dealer subsequently contacted the current owner to offer him the engine. Thus, after 50 years, the chassis and its original engine were reunited.
Recently, a three-year complete restoration to concours condition was meticulously carried out to the highest standards, respecting the original specifications, in a Brussels workshop, as documented by the extensive file of available photographs and invoices from Garage Natens in Belgium, from where the mechanical parts were sourced.
Accompanying documentation includes the following: 2015 British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certificate; important historical file containing numerous photocopies documenting the various owners (registration documents, correspondence, etc); several restoration invoices; important file of pictures showing the restoration: bodywork, chassis and floors, engine, interior, mechanical parts, etc.
It's possible to date this shot to an IRRS visit in 1974 as 008 was destroyed by a bomb at Meigh on 23 October 1973. Originally A8, 008 came from Metropolitan Vickers in October 1955. Officially withdrawn on 5 October 1977, what remained was scrapped at Inchicore.
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What happened three days ago is a very bad story, a 63-year-old man shot two women in the face, one 48 years old, the other 49 years old, and then took his own life, all of which happened in a town in the province of Catania, one of them allegedly had an extramarital affair with the killer: in 2022 120 women were killed, 97 of them were killed in the family or emotional sphere, of these 57 died for hand of the partner or former partner. This tragic and sad incipit linked to the ever-present drama of feminicides, to introduce the photographic story that I made in the town of Savoca (Messina - Sicily) on 08/13/2022, of a very particular representation that was held last time in August 2018; is a narration that pits Evil (a devil armed with a long grappling hook) against Good (Saint Lucia, who holds a silver palm leaf in her hands), the Evil-Devil tries to seduce-distract Saint Lucia with own grappling hook, instead Saint Lucia remains impassive in front of her flattery: violence against women in this very suggestive representation finds distant and deep roots, Saint Lucia actually represents those women who in medieval times had to suffer the abuses perpetrated by the Baron of Savoca nicknamed "Barone Altadonna", which making use of the law "ius primae noctis" (from the Latin "right of the first night"), referred to the "right" according to which a feudal lord could rape a newly married woman on her wedding night. Therefore, this is a photographic narration that speaks of the eternal struggle that takes place between good and evil, which speaks of a dark period of history, speaks of the violence suffered by women but also by those who belonged to the poorest social classes, historical facts that have been handed down to us in the form of a story and associated-transmuted in the martyrdom of Saint Lucia, this is what happens in the town of Savoca (Sicily). This is a report of the living representation of the martyrdom of Saint Lucia (patron saint of the city of Savoca); the cult of the young Saint of Syracuse seems to date back to the fifteenth century, under the influence of Spanish traditions. The living re-enactment of the history of St. Lucia takes place on two consecutive days, Saturday and Sunday: here I try to tell some moments of Saturday, the day during which the celebration does not take place in its full beauty, it is the day during which "the silver palm" is delivered "from the Lucia of the previous edition" to the "Lucia of the current edition", it is the day during which the last details are tested, above all the "impassivity of the little girl who impersonates Saint Lucia", lovingly called "the Lucia".. And 'This is a historical event which speaks of Demons and Angels: Saint Lucy refused to marry a rich and powerful suitor (Lucy declared She was married in Christ), which reported the Christian faith of Lucia to prefect Pascasio that ordered his Praetorian Guard to drag Lucia with a rope to a place of prostitution; legend has it that the Holy became heavy, they then tried to drag it with the help of oxen, but it was impossible to move it from where he stood; failing in this, it was then given the order to cavarle eyes, but the young martyr (native of Syracuse) her eyes reappeared.
In the village of Savoca a young girl, affectionately called the "Lucy" is carried on the shoulder of a porter along the streets of the country (sitting on a pillow tied on the shoulder of a man, but in fact men are two); the young Saint remains impassive in the face of demonic temptations: the Devil, called in Sicilian dialect "u Diavulazzu, shake, shakes, turns his pitchfork in an attempt to "distract" the Saint.
The first day of this representation, on Saturday, in an old church in Savoca, the two girls who impersonate the Lucia, of the current year and the previous year, meet with the delivery of palm; the traditional event which we witness on Saturday, has all the appearance of an important rehearsal for the next day, on Sunday when the traditional festival will take place in all its beauty.
Sunday: on top of the procession there are the "Jews" (the emissaries of the prefect Pascasio) along with some Angels, is located immediately after the wagon drawn by two cows from which branches off a rope that will arrive to Saint Lucia (a girl of six years); between her and the cows there are Roman soldiers, who make their way through the crowd squirming like crazy; to hold the rope there are also male figures; the job of Devil (his mask is made of wood, whose invoice is dated, it seems, of the 400') is to distract the little Saint with the help of a long stick equipped of curved points, called "u 'croccu": Lucia hardly is deceived by the promises of the evil one, she will not abandon the state of her property concentration, aided in this by staring, almost in a trance, a small palm branch in silver , she brings devoutly in her hands.It's very important to mention the Baron Baldassarre (nicknamed Baron Altadonna), who applied without any hesitation the practice of Jus de seigneur: using this law the Baron obliged the young brides to spend the wedding night in his alcove. It 'very possible that in the representation of Saint Lucia of Savoca the character of the Devil tempting young Santa with his pitchfork, in reality is nothing but himself, Baron Altadonna, so allegorically described in this traditional Sicilian feast: the figure of the Devil if one takes into account what historians relate, does not belong more to the legend, but sadly to actual event happened.
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E' una bruttissima storia quanto accaduto tre giorni fa, un uomo di 63 anni, ha ucciso a colpi di pistola in pieno volto due donne, una di 48 anni, l'altra di 49 anni, per poi togliersi la vita, il tutto accaduto in una cittadina in provincia di Catania, una di loro avrebbe avuto una relazione extraconiugale con l'assassino: nel 2022 sono state 120 le donne uccise, 97 di loro sono state uccise in ambito familiare o affettivo, di queste 57 hanno trovato la morte per mano del partner o ex partner. Questo tragico e triste incipit legato al sempre attuale dramma dei femminicidi, per introdurre il racconto fotografico che ho realizzato nella cittadina di Savoca (Messina - Sicilia) il 13/08/2022, di una particolarissima rappresentazione che si era tenuta l'ultima volta nell'agosto del 2018; è una narrazione che vede contrapposto il Male (un diavolo armato di un lungo rampino), al Bene (Santa Lucia, che stringe tra le mani una foglia di palma d'argento), il Male-Diavolo tenta di sedurre-distrarre Santa Lucia col proprio rampino, invece Santa Lucia resta impassibile davanti le sue lusinghe: la violenza sulle donne in questa rappresentazione molto suggestiva, trova radici lontane e profonde, Santa Lucia in realtà rappresenta quelle donne che in epoca medioevale dovevano subire gli abusi perpetrati dal Barone di Savoca soprannominato "Barone Altadonna", che avvalendosi della legge "ius primae noctis" (dal latino "diritto della prima notte"), si riferiva al “diritto” secondo cui un signore feudale poteva violentare una donna appena sposata durante la sua prima notte di nozze. Quindi questa è una narrazione fotografica che parla dell'eterna lotta che avviene tra il bene ed il male, che parla di un periodo buio della storia, che parla delle violenze subite dalle donne ma anche da tutti coloro che appartenevano alle classi sociali più povere, fatti storici che sono stati tramandati fino a noi in forma di racconto ed associati-trasmutati nel martirio di Santa Lucia, questo è quanto accade nel paese di Savoca (Sicilia). Questo è un report della rappresentazione vivente del martirio di Santa Lucia (Santa patrona della città di Savoca); il culto della giovane Santa di Siracusa sembra risalire al XV secolo, sotto l'influenza delle tradizioni spagnole. La rievocazione vivente della storia di Santa Lucia avviene in due giornate consecutive, il sabato e la domenica: qui tento di raccontare alcuni momenti della giornata del sabato, giorno durante il quale la festa non si svolge nel pieno della sua bellezza, è il giorno durante il quale “la palma d’argento” viene consegnata “dalla Lucia della edizione precedente” alla “Lucia dell’attuale edizione”, è il giorno durante il quale si testano gli ultimi dettagli, soprattutto si mette alla prova “l’impassibilità della bambina che impersona Santa Lucia”, chiamata amorevolmente “la Lucia”. E' questa una rievocazione storica che parla di Demoni ed Angeli: la storia rievoca di quando la Santa, si rifiutò di andare in sposa ad un suo ricco e potente pretendente (essendosi dichiarata Cristiana e sposa in Cristo), il quale per vendetta riferì della fede Cristiana di Lucia al prefetto Pascasio; costui diede ordine ai suoi pretoriani di trascinare Lucia con una corda fino ad un lupanare, un luogo di prostituzione; la leggenda narra che la Santa divenne pesantissima, si tentò allora di trascinarla con l'ausilio dei buoi, ma fu impossibile smuoverla da dove si trovava; non riuscendo in ciò, fu allora dato l'ordine di cavarle gli occhi, ma alla giovane martire (nativa di Siracusa) gli occhi le rispuntarono. Nel paese di Savoca una giovane ragazza, chiamata con affetto "la Lucia" viene portata in spalla lungo le vie del paese (seduta su di un cuscino legato sulla spalla di un uomo; in realtà gli uomini portatori sono due, dandosi il cambio l'un l'altro); la giovane Santa rimane impassibile di fronte alle tentazioni demoniache: il Diavolo, chiamato in dialetto siciliano "u Diavulazzu, agita, scuote, fa ruotare il suo forcone nel tentativo di "distrarre" la Santa ma, vani saranno i suoi tentativi. Il primo giorno di questa rappresentazione, il sabato, in una vecchia chiesa di Savoca, le due bambine che impersonano la Lucia, dell'anno in corso e dell'anno precedente, si incontrano con la consegna della palma da una bimba all'altra; l'evento tradizionale al quale si assiste il sabato, ha tutto l'aspetto di una importante prova generale per il giorno dopo, quando la domenica la festa tradizionale avverrà in tutta la sua bellezza. La domenica: in cima alla processione ci sono i "Giudei" (gli emissari del prefetto Pascasio) insieme ad alcuni Angeli, subito dopo si trova il carro tirato da due giumente dalle quali si diparte una corda che giungerà fino a cingere il fianco della bimba che impersona Santa Lucia (una bambina di sei anni); tra lei e le giumente ci sono i soldati Romani, che si fanno largo tra la folla dimenandosi a più non posso; a tenere la corda ci sono anche delle figure maschili che evitano che gli strattonamenti dei soldati romani possano giungere fino alla Santa (ricordiamolo, che è legata a quella corda); davanti alla Santa piroetta il diavolo tentatore, u' Diavulazzu (la maschera è in legno, la cui fattura è datata, sembra, del 400'), il cui compito è quello di distrarre la piccola Santa con l'aiuto di un lungo bastone dotato di punte ricurve, chiamato dialettalmente "u' croccu": Lucia difficilmente si lascerà ingannare dalle promesse del Maligno, non abbandonerà quel suo stato di immobile concentrazione, aiutata in ciò dal fissare, quasi in stato di trance, un piccolo ramo di palma in argento, che lei stringe devotamente tra le sue mani. E’ fondamentale menzionare tra i vari personaggi storici della tradizione, il barone Baldassarre, vissuto in Savoca in epoca medioevale, soprannominato barone Altadonna, che applicava senza remora alcuna la pratica della Jus primae noctis: avvalendosi di questa legge il barone obbligava le giovani spose a trascorrere la prima notte di nozze nella sua alcova. E’ fortemente ipotizzabile che nella rappresentazione di Santa Lucia di Savoca il personaggio del Diavolo che tenta la giovane Santa col suo forcone, in realtà non sia altro che egli stesso, il barone Altadonna, così allegoricamente descritto nella festa tradizionale siciliana: la figura del Diavolo, se si tiene conto di quanto narrano gli storici, non apparterrebbe più alla leggenda, ma a questo tristo personaggio realmente vissuto, che usava quotidianamente la moneta della prepotenza.
Only some 4 months out of the box, the unnamed 209 approaches Tandragee with the 08.00 Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly.
Some 20 years earlier, I was in the green lineside hut at left, which the then track-walker had kitted-out as his home-from-home, complete with stove, armchair and some insulation for a degree of comfort. Long gone, no doubt.
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1993 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton.
H&H classic car auction, Buxton -
"Chassis No: SCC000019N1259307
- No. 866 of the 950 Lotus Type 104 cars made (Carlton: 320 / Omega: 630)
- 76,600 recorded miles as supported by service records and old MOTs
- Original Service Literature binder, book pack, assorted invoices, MOT'd till April 2019
Further Info:
Introduced in October 1990, the Lotus Carlton 'Type 104' (or Lotus Omega as it was known outside the UK) soon became infamous for its reputed 177mph top speed. Based around a four-door Vauxhall Carlton bodyshell modified to accept wider wheelarches, sideskirts and a pronounced boot spoiler, the newcomer also benefited from Lotus enhanced power steering, disc brake and suspension assembles (the latter including a sophisticated multi-link rear set-up complete with limited slip differential). Fed by twin Garrett turbochargers, its 3.6 litre 24-valve straight-six engine was allied to six-speed ZF manual transmission. With a quoted 377bhp and 419lbft of torque on tap, the Lotus Carlton / Omega could apparently sprint from 0-60mph in 5.2 seconds and 0-100mph in 11.5 seconds. Judged by the contemporary motoring press to be a performance match for the Ferrari Testarossa and Porsche 911 Turbo (though, some of its in-gear acceleration times were superior), the Type 104 only remained in production until October 1992 by which time just 950 are thought to have been made (320 Lotus Carltons and 630 Lotus Omegas).
Acquired by the vendor after a lengthy search that saw numerous other examples rejected, Car Number 0866 has been sparingly used over the last six years (its odometer reading increasing from 75,400 to 76,600 miles). Garaged alongside various other sports and super saloons, it remains highly original with no obvious signs of past accident damage or the corrosion issues that can plague surviving Type 104 cars. The Anthracite leather upholstery presents very nicely aside from the stitching to one rear headrest which has come loose. Starting readily upon inspection, Car Number 0866 is currently undergoing a cherished number plate transfer and might well have been reunited with its original 'L753 OMP' number plate by the time of sale.
ESTIMATE: £40,000 - £45,000." Sold for £39,375.