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Salvaged Lotus Evora rebuild video series
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That guy is NUTS!
...BTW, it appears the butt-end went out from under the driver first and made initial contact, spinning the front-end to the right and impacting curbing or berm, with enough velocity so that it caught and flipped the thing on its lid. Looks similar to the shell of the hard boiled egg I smashed for breakfast this morning.
...BTW, it appears the butt-end went out from under the driver first and made initial contact, spinning the front-end to the right and impacting curbing or berm, with enough velocity so that it caught and flipped the thing on its lid. Looks similar to the shell of the hard boiled egg I smashed for breakfast this morning.
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I watched one of the recent videos, and looks like he is actually getting it back together pretty well.
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well, the last episode of the build went up yesterday. He did "bodge" some things, in the name of simplicity. Though, from watching the tear down and rebuild, seems the car was mostly aluminium and fiberglass. He also tore it down pas the point of factory recommendations to replace certain panels. He did opt for aftermarket rear spoiler, side gills/vents, front bumper and wheels, which spoil the look of the car IMO.
Personal taste aside, looks like he did ok: used OEM parts and bonding agents to glue it all back together. Overall it looks good from 5 to 10ft in the videos. Some of the shut lines look a little "iffy" to me, but that might be because of the use of an aftermarket body panel at the spot. And $27k - $28k spent total spent (carcass + parts, minus labor) to have an Evora to drive around... seems like a bargain. Though, if he goes to sell it, I doubt he'd be able to get $30k (let alone what he has in it) for a "salvaged" Evora that was involved in a roll over.
Personal taste aside, looks like he did ok: used OEM parts and bonding agents to glue it all back together. Overall it looks good from 5 to 10ft in the videos. Some of the shut lines look a little "iffy" to me, but that might be because of the use of an aftermarket body panel at the spot. And $27k - $28k spent total spent (carcass + parts, minus labor) to have an Evora to drive around... seems like a bargain. Though, if he goes to sell it, I doubt he'd be able to get $30k (let alone what he has in it) for a "salvaged" Evora that was involved in a roll over.