Since October 2006 I have been the proud owner of a 1975 Lotus Twin Cam Special, registration number OGV 349P, chassis number 74082382P, engine number R32245. It is at present British Racing Green (as can be seen from enclosed photo) but was originally white, it has covered approximately 70,000 miles.

It is in great condition and is a real head turner, especially when it ‘pops’ on deceleration. After owning it for over a year has caused me little grief (famous last words!). I would love to know more about the history of the car and have run through the limited amount I know, listed below.

I bought the car for £7000 Oct ’06 from a Barry Glendinning of Stockton on Tees, England.

He bought the car for £12,000 Sept’ 05 from a chap called Stinson from Great Holland, Essex, England.

He bought the car from a chap called Giles of Clacton on Sea, Essex, England who in turn bought the car in 1991 for £7750 from a J E Haydon of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

Then the trail goes cold. If anyone is aware of any gaps in tracing the history of this great motor then that would be great.

The only item on the car, (which has had a lot of work carried out by Banks Europa) which lets the side down as a poor quality steering wheel. If anyone can enlighten me as to where I could get the existing wheel refurbished or I could get a new/reconditioned wheel I would be keen to know.
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Well, it's been 2 months since the project started. The good news is the car finally turned a wheel for a short shakedown run!
After an extensive complete general cleaning...

Replaced the clutch release bearing, rebushed & polished the entire shift linkage, head gasket, carb overhaul, new ignition wires, cap, all filters, fuel and coolant hoses, gearbox flush & removed the entire cool air contitioning system.

Installed new headers (coated by Jet-Hot) in sterling silver...they look like polished aluminnum & will never discolor. It goes to say that, I would recommend their services, price, turn around time, and results...look them up.

Now that she's a driver it's on to addressing the passenger door hinge pin, and getting ready for paint & trim.

A special thanks to Ray at R&D enterprises.
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We recently moved from Berkley, MI to Danville, VA. Still very much in the early stages of restoration, the car was reassembled for transport. I have even more motivation to get 3318R running now that I work in immediate proximity to Virginia International Raceway.
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