Lotus Esprit S4 Resurrection. Turning an Esprit that sat for a decade into JPS liveried greatness 

Got a new one coming soon . This was a huge mistake … spoiler 🤣

The Noble Pixel absolutely agree!!

About to post another update. Much of the body work is done. I’ll also be updating watchers on my green S4S . Cheers, thanks so much for watching!

If I could have watched it in reverse I’m quite sure it would never have happened. 🤣 Thanks for watching !!

Hey my FRIEND! yes, your 928 DESERVES love. I actually forgot you had a TT and a 928 until I saw them hiding in the corner of your shop. It is one of the problems with owning a bunch of cars. Only 3-4 get the attention they deserve. Thanks for watching. I will do my best to make this entertaining.

JimZRyd thanks man! I so appreciate that. We are shooting the initial mechanical and break down stuff right now

Oh absolutely! I worked at a Ferrari dealer in Portland back in the 90’s(Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo)and we dealt Lotus at the time. I remember the first time I drove a brand new V8 Esprit(it was a pearl white with a weird rainbow-ish iridescent paint job)and as excited as I was it felt like it oddly lacked the fervor and excitement the S4 had--never was lucky enough to see or drive an S4s. But that mid-wing S4 was every bit the joy to drive that the F355b was, and for half the msrp! And it inspired me many career-maturing years later to pick up an Elise. Can’t wait to see the JPS transformation!

Campus Connection blessings man. I I i I I can honestly say I am in awe of how powerful that moment in time must have been when you needed to turn and go in a different direction. I wish you all the best with your ministry. If you are on Instagram or Facebook I would love it if you could send me a DM. I would like to interview you for a later episode. Thanks for the comment !

Tim's Enthusiast Garage just liked the page under Johnny Brown

Lucore Auto and LucoreRacing I can already see the finished product in my mind’s eye it’s going to be sweet

Augustin Fabre thanks my friend! I am hoping this one will turn out even better. It blows my mind someone could have a car like this and just watch it degrade for years. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. Cheers!

Enjoy your NSX. Those have grown steadily in value and clean stock cars are becoming really hard to find. Cheers and thanks for watching !

David Joseph thanks so much !

local701 amen to that and thanks so much for watching!

KEEP AT IT. They are totally worth it. Stay tuned. I am hopeful for a pleasing result.

DR NO thanks so much for your comment and for watching! You will find it almost hilarious, my degree and back ground is in broadcast. I have scored Film, done a good bit of voice work for video games and kids educational products as well as produced and played on scores of records. Sorry the music is playing to large a roll. It’s funny, to get these done and editing all of them myself I have had to either ignore my producers ear completely or simply never let them reach the light of day. I hope to make this successful enough to hand off the editing , shooting and audio off to others so I can simply present the cars but in the end we nearly always end up shooting in a sub optimal situation, and I never have time to do a proper mix. The amount of time these take is profound given I still have do a variety of other jobs to make money. Maybe one day this will be enough. Sorry to have offended your production sensibilities, this ain’t easy ;) . Again, thanks so much for watching. I am hopeful you will subscribe and stop back. If a real budget and time table ever presents itself I am confident you will notice. Cheers!

my oh my. High praise here. I'm not worthy :-) Thanks so much for your time, I endeavor to make it well worth it! As far as the transmission, up until this point I have been really lucky. My S4S shifts like butter and isn't recalcitrant even shifting fast to second. I will keep you posted on this one's condition and what gear oil we find to be best. Cheers!

JCT wow. This is super innovative and creative. One of the questions I get the most (given my V8 video has been widely shared) is what if any options are available in terms of transmission. I would definitely be interested in check this out and possibly featuring it if it is truly viable. Maybe DM me on Instagram or Facebook and we can stay in touch. Cheers!

JCT sounds good. I will reach out. Cheers!

Incredible looking cars. I love the Mid-wing. I know the S4S/S300 spoiler and V8 spoilers tend to be peoples favourites but I absolutely love the mid-wing. Thanks for watching!

ChefG Romano wait till the next update. This is a ground up restoration now. Painful lol

Tim's Enthusiast Garage oh man I’ll be waiting to see. Mine looks perfect paint and interior. Engine is where the work needs to be done.

Thanks so much for your kind words. I looked for a solid set of Futuras for so long. I am a bit embarrassed to say it but I overpaid for them. I was concerned I would never find a proper set. Thanks so much for being a subscriber. Cheers!

Do it !!

I am.....going s4s

@@garsimmulholland4984 I have a Lotus Racing Green S4S. It’s probably my favourite Esprit I have ever owned.

It’s the best trade off for price, power and driving. Winter project.

Rhian Taylor this is my second full year of videos. I don’t network as well as I should to increase viewership. I have been on the smoking tire podcast and write for S3 Magazine but really need to do a better job promoting. I would love it if you would subscribe and check out other videos. The chassis is excellent on this car (thankfully). I am hopeful that it will yield a solid result . Thanks so much for your comment! Cheers!

Kept them when I sold the other car. They are the only set made. Producing the rear concave wheels was prohibitively expensive. Cheers and thanks for watching !

Zero Balance Builds you are not alone in this. One of the guys I work with says, “you can’t buy that kind of weathered destruction. Build it for power and leave the patina.” I always say I want a rat rod but when the opportunity presents itself to me I can’t commit to it. It’s one of my greatest flaws 😩. Cheers man! .

Indeed

I feel you. More episodes to come. I’ll try harder. Thanks for trying