Hello Everyone, Potential new owner in ?Nottingham / Daventry

**Bernard** · 10-01-2018, 08:18

Hi Dan

I work in Meadowbank Court, Eastwood opposite the Warburtons bread factory........ great smell !.......... live at Southwell near Newark.

I have also had a Fulvia... still have a Fulvia Zagato in the corner of the garage waiting for me to retire and get it restored !....

By the way...............................YOU NEED A LISTERBELL IN YOUR LIFE !...

Good luck

Phil

**ProtoTipo** · 10-01-2018, 08:35

Hi Dan,

I've had 2 Hawk Stratos and for one year, an S1 Elise.
I feared for my back when removing the battery on the Elise. Immediate clam access is one area where a Stratos scores above the Lotus.

Mark (Redline) has a competition prepared (white 'Zenith') Lister Bell. Cage protection in the LB is robust to say the least.

**john** · 10-01-2018, 09:39

Competition preparation is one thing. Getting a log book is another entirely.
Is there any up to date information about recent log book applications to the MSA?
Without one you can forget rally's but can still have great fun on speed events.

**renmure** · 10-01-2018, 12:03

Re the performance aspect. No direct answer to your question since my Group 4 replica isn't built yet but I've had pretty much every variation of Lotus Elise, Exige and Esprit along with more than-a-few exotic Italian, German and even British 2 seater sports cars. One of my toy cars at the moment is a 600bhp Ultima GTR.

Anything light weight with decent level of power is going to be fast so I'm expecting my Stratos to be fairly rapid and handle fairly well. I had a passenger ride with Craig from LB and that put me in mind of being in an Exige test drive (apart from the bit we were airborne, the Lotus guy never got us off the ground)

**Stradale493** · 10-01-2018, 17:32

Originally Posted by ProtoTipo

I feared for my back when removing the battery on the Elise.

ah, the joy of hauling the battery up through the narrow "tunnel" of wiring and plumbing - I remember it well (and still have the scars)

Dan, have you watched the Autocar video on youtube of Steve Sutcliffe driving the green LB on the track - might give you some idea.

Cheers,
Graham

**DanMM** · 15-01-2018, 10:26

Thank you all for your replies and thank you 'Long time fan' for finding me at the Autosport show, it was good to hear how much fun your having since starting your build!
Its also reassuring how complimentary all of you are about the kits and it has reinforced a few assumptions I already had about competition use.

Seeing Steve Perez real Stratos at the Autosport show has made me crave one even more (I literally looked at every mm of that car for half an hour, Steve is also responsible for my love of these after he turned up at my uni in his red road car many years ago) but DanSport really have done a fantastic job of preparing the car on display and this is what I'd want mine to look like (minus the sponsors) if I do undertake the build.

Hope to meet a few more of you at the Stoneleigh show if no before!

Dan

**DanMM** · 15-01-2018, 10:16

Hi Phil, good to hear from you, I think I know the place, are you opposite RacePaint UK?
It makes me very sad to think that one of the Fulvia's was deemed to be 'too far gone' and was cut up and taken to the tip and the other was given away for free and has never been seen since; if only I had be old enough to claim them for myself : (
Do you have a Lister Bell too?

Dan

**Bernard** · 15-01-2018, 13:27

Originally Posted by DanMM

Hi Phil, good to hear from you, I think I know the place, are you opposite RacePaint UK?
It makes me very sad to think that one of the Fulvia's was deemed to be 'too far gone' and was cut up and taken to the tip and the other was given away for free and has never been seen since; if only I had be old enough to claim them for myself : (
Do you have a Lister Bell too?

Dan

Hi Dan

No we are not opposite Racepaints.... there is a small ish "Court" which is opposite Warburtons main lorry entrance.... I can see the main Eastwood bypass Island from our offices...

I have 2 Hawks, Fulvia Zagato (rusting in the corner) and couple of other non Lancia cars

Must admit that the LB with a Toyota 3.5 VVT really interests me !

If you go over to LB you are always welcome to call in

Cheers

Phil

**DanMM** · 05-02-2018, 14:32

Hello All
Well it didn't take long!! After a pleasant and very interesting trip over to ListerBell at the weekend I'm excited and almost equally as scared to say that I've placed a deposit for a chassis!!
I'm currently undecided on spec and colours etc but very much looking forward to getting started.
It would really be great if I can meet a few of you to take a look at your builds and finished cars before I have to commit to a specification. Please let me know if any of you are heading out for a drive or a meet and I will try my best to meet you.
Besides that, if anyone has original parts, donor parts or a build trolley which you are looking to off-load please get in touch!

Dan