Drove it (well yesterday actually), 80 miles, no purpose whatsoever, except for breakfast at Conwy Falls. 
Kudos to those actually driving their cars! Someday…
I painted the inside of the boot and reattached the muffler heat shield after a mod to the boot floor. I cut the top off the muffler bulge (for lack of a better term), moved it up an inch and a quarter, and glassed it back in. This effectively moves the muffler an inch and a quarter further away from grounding out, hides more of my Peco style muffler and decreases the distance between the tail pipe and the bumper. All of the original mounting hardware is still used.
I don’t think I’ll miss those cubic inches in the boot and the mod is very subtle from the outside. But, yeah, another mod. 
Bud: I have been considering doing this mod since my muffler is a big Magnaflow unit and hangs low. I assume that you do not carry a spare tire like me?
The way I did it, just going up with what is there, doesn’t affect the spare tire well. It didn’t have to be wider with the round Peco.
That actually was yesterday : I rechecked the valve clearances and adjusted them within half a thou of target value. One was large by more than a thou since the camshafts swap for lack of a better shim then, and since I still had not got around to order one (135, which apparently is missing from some suppliers stock), I eventually lapped a thicker one to get that done. Also found a better fitting one in my stock for an other cylinder, and lapped a bit the ones for cyl. 4 for which I had lapped the valves when I changed the head gasket a few weeks ago. Head bolts were retorqued a last time, too.
Engine now runs very smoothly, event without rechecking the carbs: I was happily surprised. 
Went to collect a couple of 5 speed Elan propshafts from a prop company. I ran into an old friend on the way back.
Finished fitting the inline electric fuel pump , used to prime the carbs, and had a lovely drive around the Beachy Head loop.
Nice time wish I could do that at Wakefield
cheers
Rohan
same boat as draenog.
few weak spots on bottom of turrets due to blocked drain holes have now been sorted
I took the both damaged and new 26R shell and new rolling chassis out to have roll cage and seat fitted, footwell extended, carbon/kevlar reinforcements to drivers floor, boot under fuel tank and inside tunnel area adjacent to flywheel etc, finally have some money aside to progress the rebuild.
V
a long awaited job completed yesterday : give a tad more room to the right foot for my street elan, so that it does not need to be driven with tigth race shoes…
tightened accelarator nut to get the slack away (that was the easy part)
bent the brake and clutch pedals 8mm to the left (pedal box off required, a typical Lotus sunday evening job)
next I will consider a foot rest…
a couple days later, here is the foot rest
the box is made of a sheet of 1.5mm alloy sheet, attached to the lattice and with a fold wedged behind the card : about 20mm side rest for the left foot… not much more room down there to fit a wider one.
A Sunday evening job ???
It took me ages to do that, especially getting the bearing block back in the correct place so that it wasn`t binding. A friend left the block in place and saved all the trouble I made myself.
It was one of the best modifications I have done and I would highly recommend it.
Eric in Burnley
1967 S3SE DHC
well, night comes early now… I would say around 5 to 10PM with a couple things in between now and then to get my nerves back. I did not remove the wheel side pivot point either, only the handbrake … and stock voltage regulator since the 2 small bolts are hidden behind it on the firewall (typical Lotus job for long harmed sticky fingered mechanics).
What took me the longest was to muster the motivation to do it, several years… and eventually what triggered it was that I had to remove the tandem master cylinder to solve for good (hopefully) the reservoir front port leak. I now have a bruised rib from lying on the rocker panel but was quite happy at the end of it, eventually.
looks pretty sturdy… how much does it weigh ?
and can it be dismantled or is it welded in once and for good?
The differential was leaking from the front seal of my recently acquired 1965 Elan S2. Chris & Ted came over to help me remove the diff, replace the seal and re-install. Took two hours to remove and less to install. Good work in a day. Great to have such good Elan friends!
[quote=“Certified Lotus”. Good work in a day. Great to have such good Elan friends! [/quote]
Wow, you can say that again Glen ! You guys are a team.
I?m very lucky to have a number of friends that are mechanically inclined and like to work on Lotus cars. Plus I offer free beer and lunch if your helping
did I miss lunch???