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Peter Gentilli's 1979

Peter Gentilli from Basingstoke, UK owns a 1979 S2 in Essex Blue, with a greeny/blue interior.

Model:

S2
Year: 1979
Colour: Essex Blue
Interior: Used to be black, now greeny/blue
Driving Style: Fast
Miles per year: 4,000 - 8,000
Owned Since: October 1997
Purchase from: Private Sale
Serviced at: Myself
Other Cars: 1962 Land Rover
Previous Lotus': None
Upgrades: Totally rebuilt mechanics and body, new galvanized chassis.
Problems: A driving ban. Since, avoiding the police and cameras!
Info: Was originally Red, but has been resprayed blue.

Before it was resprayed.

Hanging out with a Carlton!

  

On the track and in it's new coat of paint

Classic Le Mans 2004

  

Update March 2015

It's been a very long time since this was last required. Just to dispelling the LOTUS acronym myth, about 15 years if memory serves me. Nice of them to send a matching lorry...

pgentilli@lineone.net

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