by Chris Sawyer on July 3, 2009
I was stunned when one of my five brothers asked when we could start disassembling the gearbox for the 1969 Lotus Elan I am restoring. Being the youngest of six boys (if you can still call 50 young), I’m not used to asking my older brothers for help. It’s awkward. They have families and lives [...]
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by Chris Sawyer on March 1, 2009
Procrastination, my mother used to say, should have been my middle name. Judging from the amount of time it’s taking me to restore my 1969 Lotus Elan convertible, she may have been right. I can’t blame all my holdups on my brother Bob for the simple fact that, while I do depend on him for [...]
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