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Nice to see a young person enjoying an actual drivers car. You can drive without power steering and an auto box. I drive my Elise 220 all year. They are Aluminium and fibre glass after all. Life is short, enjoy every drive. I am with you on induction noise. Thanks for your video.

Tin foil on the connections I had the same problem with my mk3 number plate light tin foil did the trick.

Mine are 2014…. Still lots of tread but I will change them in spring before my mot

10 years is the legal limit, you'll also fail your MOT if older than 10 years

If you're just city driving, no worries. Tyres can last longer than most people think. I was driving my 74 P6 V8 through London on Michelin's from the late 80's. No, I'm not joking, when the fronts wore out, the old boy in the tyre shop couldn't believe what he was looking at. No cracks or anything, just worn tread. Whatever you do, don't use tyre shine, and definitely don't let a detailing shop clean them. Most of those people mix petrol into the compound, and that eats the rubber.

Id say keep em if there not showing any damage or could just ruin em on purpose to get your moneys worth

I keep tires for 5 years from the manufacturer date after that they get changed religiously Michelin all the way

Fiat dash vents. Steering rack modified from an unnamed single seat racing car.

My alternator belt was slipping and the end bolt was missing too! I have seen some alternators that didn’t appear to have an end bolt screw thread built in.

I think the sport 135 had a SS sports exhaust (Janspeed - not sure if it was a full system or just silencer section) & modified plenum chamber inlet (as used on the subsequent Sport 160 car & 111S - 111S had ‘VVC’ moulded into casting). I don’t think any 135 had MMC brakes. I have a v early MMC car with the Sport 135 head/plenum/exhaust/52MM throttle body/ITG airbox/standard gearbox (as used on the Sport 160) & the performance between it and a standard car is very very significant. It must be one of the lightest & fastest Elise’s ever! I can’t remember whether the Sport 135 had a standard ECU (MEMS) or bespoke like the Sport 160. You can always tell an aluminium boot lidded car as they are always dented from use. Happy driving!

Great video! Your car was parked behind my blue 160s at the car barn show the other week

Did you make the insert panels or buy them pre cut? Also what was the glue remover called. Great job you’ve done there 👍🏻

Great vid, im doing a similar build on my MK4 caddy. Good to see what holds up to the test of time. Love the wing mirrors I will also be buying these for sure. I was thinking of fitting some side skirts /bars for the look but not sure yet. Look forward to the new vids. 👍

Interior door handles are rover 200.

Fuel filler is jeep. And I don’t think the Renault 4 used cibie Oscar lights.

No need to fully undo the hard top bolts, 3 turns is enough. And don’t over tighten them.

Very good.

Well done for trying mate you never know unless you give it a go 👍

looks very clean actually

How did you change the badges

fair play to you mate

Hi thanks for the video can you add a link for the bulbs you fitted please .. cheers

You have a good Caddy.Hello from Russia ✌

Just saw Kenwood ! I have a Kenwood radio in my old VW golf, neither I or my wife have ever managed to understand the controls enough to get the thing to work properly. Are Kenwood radios any good ? and is it worth having another go at it, somewhere there is about a three million page manual (thing's like a phone book !) ?

@Olly Thanks mate i have followed your caddy videos , do you think i need to fill the holes the floor and wheel arches where the ply self tappers was attached to ? Dunno whether i need to do this before i begin sound deadening and insulating ? Thanks for sharing and patience

Old video now I know. But wondered how it held up over the long term, gow often did you have to refresh the wirth stuff? Were you're bumper black originally or the dark VW grey plastic?

I’ve had a 160 for a couple of years now and I love it. It’s been very reliable and I have done some big trips like 700ml to the lakes and back in one weekend - You have to pack light though!

Good job👍

It's lotus, built by men in a shed, what do u expect lol

Lamborghini use Audi parts

I would think that most of the parts are made by small companies and just bought in by the motor manufactures not ford just blogs inc

Nice mate what cleaning stuff have u used on your bumpers

Make such a difference don't they! Vans looking great

Yes that is the battery holder for the standard battery.

Very great job Olly! Thank you very much for the footcam, it's perfect! I hope that you will continue to include this view for your next videos. A pure driving video could be very insane! :D

Get that hood down! It adds so much to the driving experience! The cargo net is so useful and will hold the hood in its bag behind the seats, so that with the hood down the boot is empty.

Nice steering wheel what diameter and MOMO model is that ?

I prefer the look on my S2 Elise with or without the hard top, soft top look is not my fav tbh

Nice one Olly, suns out i went for a sunday blast today.

Stripping my roof for more headspace. I'm just gonna use thin sound deadner and thin ply between the beams, covered in lino. Leave beams exposed, but covered in carpet, for hanging points.

didn’t realise you had to open the door! i’ve been stuck in the car for weeks!

I have a Mazda MX5. That's how I get out of my car. I'm 68.

You doing it wrong

😂 Seamless dismount, literally like most ya troozas after climbing oot, seamless! Nice one ☝️

😂 past tall owner here. I was told I looked like a giraffe being born when I got out...

@Olly Just got a 2013 caddy auto for Mrs mate. It's all ply in the back mate with bulkhead. What do you recommend bud strip all the ply out and remove bulkhead? Or just carpet the way it is?

Nice one mate. Where did you get that Matt black grille from?

Get rid of all those falangees lying about in your footwell man Olly 😃

Im doing the same thing on my caddy this summer. Got a cheap new set of wing mirrors off ebay. Thanks for the video. great help!

Say bye to your wallet ;-)