xanthos lotus 22

[DBSV8]

has anyone owned one of these ?



with body off


trying to find some history for mine

Edited by DBSV8 on Tuesday 23 November 12:55

[Sam_68]

I thought you had always maintained that yours had a chassis by Peter Denty?

What now makes you think it is Xanthos manufactured car?

[DBSV8]

Sam_68 said:

I thought you had always maintained that yours had a chassis by Peter Denty?

What now makes you think it is Xanthos manufactured car?

hello Sam ...........hows the water speed record attempt ?

Yes the chassis is a Peter Denty Chassis , however I am drawing a blank on the rest of the components and looking from the web site from Xanthos North Amnerica there are resemblances to a ""grand prix "" However when I contacted Xanthos both in the UK and North America , they had no recollection of my car.

they said It is possible that they supplied the parts for a conversion to the chassis

The lights are definitely direct copies as shown on the web site.

I couldn't get any joy from the DVLA either , they no longer supply details from previous owners !

[Sam_68]

DBSV8 said:

hello Sam ...........hows the water speed record attempt?

Actually showing signs of life again, surprisingly... we're just waiting for the economy to turn round and Quicksinker to finally admit defeat.

DBSV8 said:

they said It is possible that they supplied the parts for a conversion to the chassis

I strongly suspect that what you have is a one-off 'bitsa' - I find it hard to imagine that anyone would have butchered a genuine 22, or anything with enough identity left to be 'resurrected' as a genuine 22, to fit a bike engine, in recent years - they are simply too valuable as originals. Obviously, the thing about spaceframe Lotuses, being as they are made up entirely of proprietary or readily available components, is that building a new one is remarkably easy. It's passing it off as an original that can be the difficult trick!

If the chassis is known to be Peter Denty and there is a possibility that Xanthos supplied some conversion parts, the other parts could have come from a number of sources - obviously Triumph steering and suspension bits are freely available lots of specialists and the bodywork and other bits could have been acquired from several Lotus specialists, like Tony Thompson.

I assume you're unable to discuss the car with the original owner/builder, for some reason?

What does the chassis plate and DVLA 'identity' list the car as?

[johnnymaestro]

Have you spoken to Denty about the car? I do see a Lotus chassis plate there on your dash. Have you tried contacting the Historic Lotus Register (HLR) to see if your chassis plate matches any records?

PM me if can be any help. I am good friends with the HLR 20/22 Registrar.

Edited by johnnymaestro on Saturday 8th August 21:03

[Forbes82]

That poor Junior, why isn't it on the track where it belongs!

My dad owns a lotus 18 FJ and also raced a lotus20/22 FJ. Fantastic cars, consider putting it right and joining them on track, its a fantastic Historic Race Series.

EDIT: Ah i see its not necceseraly genuine, still must be fantastic fun on the road. what sort of HP is the engine putting out? I'm just wondering how it would compare to a standard FJ cosworth engine (about 120hp, give or take)

Edited by Forbes82 on Saturday 8th August 12:20

[DBSV8]

Forbes82 said:

That poor Junior, why isn't it on the track where it belongs!

My dad owns a lotus 18 FJ and also raced a lotus20/22 FJ. Fantastic cars, consider putting it right and joining them on track, its a fantastic Historic Race Series.

EDIT: Ah i see its not necceseraly genuine, still must be fantastic fun on the road. what sort of HP is the engine putting out? I'm just wondering how it would compare to a standard FJ cosworth engine (about 120hp, give or take)

Edited by Forbes82 on Saturday 8th August 12:20

Its been a lot of fun , I bought the car in 2005 while sat at work in Siberia ,leafing through motor magazines I spotted her for sale The previous owner a solicitor had quite a collection of ""toys "" , Audi RS4 ,Atom , Lotus , and various performance bikes. His wife had given him an ultimatum ""too many toys ""so the Lotus had to go !!

The engine is a race tuned Kawasaki ZX9R putting out 150hp , it has a 6 speed sequential box , Quaiffe diff with reverse gear The chap I bought it from reckoned the atom couldn't touch it. I’ve had it up to 150 mph in France no idea how much was left .......it was on a long dual carriageway (110km/h limit )on a Sunday morning !! ,
The French love classic cars and the deserted countryside is a great place to go for a drive ( as long as you watch the fuel gauge( 13 litres ) its become a bit of a celebrity in the local village !! .....but there’s only enough room to get a couple of bags of croissants in it ......stored next to the hot water radiator intake which keeps them nice and warm.

The trouble is the wife is starting to complain about lack of seats !! ( bought the car before I was married !!)

So its days may be numbered , I hired a 3.8 series 1 E-Type last Jan and was bitten

[Forbes82]

Excellent, these cars are by no means slow anyway, at last years Goodwood revival the FJ polesitters lap would have put him second on the grid for the later F1 cars race, averaging 100mph round the track, they certainly hold thier speed well in the corners and slide around mantaining momentum beautifully in the bends.

What a fantastic road car!