Another fake Locort ?

Post by **peteleo** » Fri May 02, 2014 6:03 pm

Starting to see more of these for sale lately: http://www.ebay.com/itm/131180907927?fo ... &viewitem=

Brett Wilkie · Post by **Brett Wilkie** » Fri May 02, 2014 10:59 pm

I actually like the car but it don't look Lotus, perhaps a nice rare early GT though?

Post by **peteleo** » Sat May 03, 2014 11:25 am

Here's a response from the Cortina-list forum :

On 3 May 2014, at 16:17, cortina-list@lotus-cortina.com wrote:

It's a total clone !
couple of teeny weeny problems here ........
Pre-airflow LC's where never built in LHD
If you look at the trunk and under trunk area - no hump, no support tubes for rear wheel arches, and it has a spring assisted trunk lid (pre-airflow LC had simple hinges and a trunk stay on the RHS)
Note also the mention of it being car #129 0n the 67 Monte. Problem is, that car was a LHD Airflow car ........ doh !

Peter Pentz

Brett Wilkie · Post by **Brett Wilkie** » Sat May 03, 2014 1:33 pm

Fake and misrepresented, t's bid over 20 grand as of today. I wonder if this will become one of those cars that gets bought, sold, bought, sold, bought, sold???

Brett Wilkie · Post by **Brett Wilkie** » Mon May 12, 2014 10:09 am

Well this car was amazingly bid up to 45 GRAND and the seller still wasn't happy with that(reserve not met) I wonder if anyone ever challenged the seller on his facts. Here is a real picture of what that car is supposed to be.

Post by **peteleo** » Mon May 12, 2014 4:06 pm

#129 in the picture is an airflow model. So it probably isn't the same car advertised which is a pre-airflow.

Brett Wilkie · Post by **Brett Wilkie** » Mon May 12, 2014 5:09 pm

peteleo wrote:#129 in the picture is an airflow model. So it probably isn't the same car advertised which is a pre-airflow.

Precisely my point.