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George's Exige build blog

This blog chronicles the 3+year long saga that grew out of a 6-month tidy-up of my Series 1 Lotus Exige. It started out with honest, and modest intentions of tidying up some bits and pieces, and removing some rough edges. It has ended up being a full rebuild of the car with the aim of making a near-concours condition car that breathes fire and awesomeness on the road as well as being a bit brisk at the track.

Pull up a chair, put the kettle on and follow me on my journey...

  1. More teething problems...

    by , 27th April 2012 at 09:40 AM (George's Exige build blog)
    Well, not much has been going on this past month so, I've been working some pretty insane hours at work, so not had much tinkering time. Still, I managed to get the car down to Hampton Downs on Saturday for a bit of fun.

    My father came up too to share the drive with me so I was very much ...

    Updated 27th April 2012 at 09:46 AM by Esprit

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  2. Shaking it down....

    by , 26th March 2012 at 01:48 PM (George's Exige build blog)
    It was a long time coming, but I managed to get SEXIGE out onto the track and running at some half decent pace this weekend! Credit to Richard "FreshPrints" Opie for capturing the attitude of the car through the turn 2-3 complex at Hampton Downs quite nicely here! A dab of oppo and I was away! ...
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  3. All done.

    by , 17th March 2012 at 08:05 PM (George's Exige build blog)
    Well tonight I'm going to have a couple of nice single malts, because today, for the first time since Easter 2008, the "to do" list on the Exige is completely blank.

    The final two jobs today were to finish off the extinguisher install and dashboard and to reinstall the Canton ...
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  4. More extinguisher stuff...

    by , 6th March 2012 at 02:05 PM (George's Exige build blog)
    Well it's been a slow few weeks. Having the car buried in the back of a shed halfway across town as well as having other things going on in life has meant little time to spend working on or enjoying the beast.

    However, I finally got the replacement extinguisher parts from the UK and this ...
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  5. Rolling thunder...

    by , 23rd January 2012 at 08:59 AM (George's Exige build blog)
    Spent some more time on the car in the weekend. Been getting some bits and bobs finished inside and a little more of the extinguisher plumbing done.

    Dash bits should be back in the next day or two, and I need to chase Lifeline up for the extinguisher bits I still need.

    Got ...
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