Sunday the 10th of September saw us cruising through to Anne Blackwood’s beautiful Ebony Hall to enjoy one of our favourite events of the year – Eggs Benedict, featuring Round the Buckets – in joyful memory of Maurice Blackwood. We were treated to a stunning spring day, completing the perfect backdrop for our beloved social brunch. The brunch itself was … Read More
Western Australia Quokka Talk for September, 2017
Get up to date with all the action going on in the Western Australian Lotus community, thanks to Eddie Lankhorst’s September edition of Quokka Talk. This month’s newsletter includes a wrap-up of the Targa West Tarmac Rally by Vicky Rowe and Richard Cooper’s story ‘Lotas Hell’ as well as plenty of great photos. Read on, and enjoy, with thanks to … Read More
Lotus Elite Diamond Jubilee Wrap-Up and Photo Gallery
We enjoyed an absolutely stunning winter’s long weekend over the 12th to the 14th of August, 2017, when we celebrated the 60th birthday of the Lotus Elite. The event was a great success, with Saturday’s CSCA sprint and commemorative dinner, Sunday’s celebrations and concours d’elegance and the Lotus-Only Track Day on Monday all very well supported. A huge ‘THANK YOU’ … Read More
Part 5 of the Lotus Esprit VQ Build: The Inlet Manifold
Club Lotus Australia is full of interesting people who are up to interesting things with interesting cars. We think that’s wonderful, so we’re going to share their stories with you here! If you’d like to share your story on the club website, just send Seth a quick email at [email protected] Last time we met Geoff Winder, he was fabricating and wrestling the … Read More
Eddie Lankhorst’s Quokka Talk & WA All Lotus Track Day Report
Images thanks to Ellie and Mike Hamilton Catch up on the action in the Western Australian Lotus community thanks to Eddie Lankhorst’s latest Quokka Talk for June, 2017, including a report on the All Lotus Track Day arranged by AutoStrada.
CLA Build Stories: Part 4 of the Lotus Esprit VQ Build – The Sump
Club Lotus Australia is full of interesting people who are up to interesting things with interesting cars. We think that’s wonderful, so we’re going to share their stories with you here! If you’d like to share your story on the club website, just send Seth a quick email at [email protected] Last time we met Geoff Winder, he was fabricating a flywheel and … Read More
From Perth to Lotus 2017 and Back Again
Images by Robyn & John Edmondson Follow along Robyn & John Edmondson’s road trip to Lotus 2017 and back again in this epic tale of the pair’s trip to the bi-annual Lotus celebration.
Ashton’s President’s Prattle for June, 2017
Hi everyone! April’s been a busy, and generally top month. Well, aside from some slightly suspect weather! There was Targa Tasmania, where Lotus caused a stir. Yours truly entered his first Historic Winton in the Eleven, which is where the suss weather reference came from, and DRB announced that they were selling a majority share of Lotus to Geely. I … Read More
Jeff Morton & Dennis Neagle’s Targa Tasmania Country Club GT Sports Trophy Journey
Images thanks to Angryman Photography Targa Tasmania 2017 wrapped up late last month, running over the 24th to the 29th of April, and saw two Club Lotus Australia members crack the podium of the Country Club GT Sports Trophy competition. Jeff Morton won the competition with co-driver Dennis Neagle in a 2017 Lotus Exige Sport 350, jumping ahead of seasoned … Read More
CLA Build Stories: Part 3 of the Lotus Esprit VQ Build – Fabricating a Flywheel and Finding a Clutch
Club Lotus Australia is full of interesting people who are up to interesting things with interesting cars. We think that’s wonderful, so we’re going to share their stories with you here! If you’d like to share your story on the club website, just send Seth a quick email at [email protected] In this post, we rejoin Geoff Winder as he fabricates a flywheel and finds … Read More