spit and polish and a bit of sweat

Ray Moody (Builder of Lotus 11)

This morning I helped my friend Brendan Lennox get his Lotus 11 replicas ready for a photo shoot. His cars will be featured in the Weekend Post (a local Port Elizabeth Newspaper) in the 'My Car' section.
We had great fun getting them ready for the photo shoot in spite of the fact that we had to push the cars around as none of the batteries had life in them.
The Lotus 11 replicas are beautiful cars that Brendan's father Ray Moody and a friend built 25 years ago. They took 15 months to complete which is not long considering that they were built from scratch. The only 'plans' Ray had was a small picture of a Lotus 11, the rest was imagination and hard work. The chassis is along the same lines as a Lotus 7's chassis.
The cars both have 1500 motors in them, one a Ford 1500GT and the other a Lotus 1500 Twin Cam.
Brendan and I decided it was time that the cars get out onto the road again and soon we will be giving them a complete service so that at a turn of the key they can be taken out onto the roads of PE. So start exercising your neck muscles because these cars turn heads!
Photos I took of the cars can be viewed by clicking on the 'Lotus 11 Replicas' link under the Links on this Blog.

Thanks Brendan for including me in the fun, I look forward to seeing the article in the Weekend Post.