There is something about the arrival of the DHL van (or FedEx or UPS or even the US Postal Service truck) crammed with three big, heavy boxes from Bell & Colvill to take the edge of a cold (-7 as I type) winters day. I had to pull the pickup out of the barn to make space to unload. The result is a nice cache of shiny new parts.
This batch consisted primarily of wiring harnesses and suspension parts purchased through the big 60th Anniversary Lotus Aftersales liquidation. I pick out what I want from a list, send a note to Andy at Bell & Colvill in the UK and he packs it all up and ships it out. It's a great sale, with most parts going for pennies on the dollar. The recent strength of the dollar against the British Pound helps as well.
In the foreground is the combination AC condenser/Chargecooler radiator that will fit nicely in the radiator duct that came with the last batch. Behind the matrix is a used LH oil cooler I got from a V8 being parted out in England, flanked by a pair of oil cooler air ducts. The next row left to right are a couple of harnesses, a makeup tank, springs, gearshift lever for the new shifter, a coolant reservoir tank, more road springs (rear this time, and another harness. Behind the reservoir is a rear hatch release cable and a big pile of wiring harnesses - front harnesses, rear harnesses, engine harnesses, door harnesses, fascia harnesses, a binnacle harness, radiator fan harness, even an oil pressure sensor harness. I probably won't use all of the harnesses, but at the prices being asked, I couldn't buy the connectors from an electrical supply house for less.
The real gems of this shipment are the AP Racing calipers for the front wheels. As you can see, they are almost too pretty to put on the car. Almost. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the front calipers are almost the same shade of blue as the car - that was not planned. They are pictured here with new splash shields and the rear calipers I will be using. Don't worry about the relative sizes of the calipers. The fronts do most of the work anyway.
The last outstanding box to arrive is a set of gearbox mounting brackets for the hi-torque gearbox. Once they are here, I can order up some rubber bits and bolts and such from JAE and start fitting things together. That'll keep the barn good and warm...
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