Monday, April 21, 2014

What Am I? Storage Wars Edition

Welcome to another edition of DT's latest cure for the Monday morning blues -- What Am I?  In this fun for kids game we find a random picture of a car from a interweb advertisement and you get to guess what kind of car it came from.  This next picture is blurry, improperly exposed and cropped in a such a manner that only the most knowledgeable savants will be able to figure out what part of the car you are looking at, much less what it came from. Update with answer below.


However, the readers of DT are savantier smarter than the average bunch and I'm going to guess that it will be solved within the first 5 minutes.  Go!


Update 3PM PST: It didn't take long, but jlenham correctly guessed that this is from a Lotus Esprit and commenter Mike found the ebay ad.  This 1983 Lotus Esprit Turbo is currently bidding for $5,100 reserve-not-met with 3 days to go in Prospect, PA.


The car is a "barn" find, but is currently bidding for DT money and a fairly priced example of a  Giugiaro designed early Esprit.  Restoration of this car will break your bank if you pay someone to do it, but with the right about of time, stupidity and know-how, you could restore it yourself and save a few bucks for therapy.


Another view of the strange rear trunk/storage space.  It looks like a great place to put stuff that you won't mind getting soak in Lotus juices.

See another What Am I worthy picture?  tips@dailyturismo.com
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10 comments:

  1. Fleetwood T. BroughamApril 21, 2014 at 11:35 AM

    1989 LaForza

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  2. jlenhamApril 21, 2014 at 12:42 PM

    1984 Lotus Espirit

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    1. MikeApril 21, 2014 at 12:50 PM

      Apparently an '83 to be precise http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Esprit-Black-1983-lotus-esprit-barn-find-restoration-project-/221417994098?forcerrptr=true&hash=item338d8a7772&item=221417994098&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

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    2. AnonymousApril 21, 2014 at 1:57 PM

      Lotus ... from the swirl pot ... aka, radiator overflow tank ...

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    3. DailyTurismoApril 21, 2014 at 2:45 PM

      Good eyes jlenham. It was such a strangely framed picture I wasn't sure if anyone would figure it out!

      EIC Vince

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  3. MikeApril 21, 2014 at 12:46 PM

    Sheesh, thanks Jlenham. THAT was driving me crazy.

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  4. TinmanApril 21, 2014 at 2:05 PM

    Mike for the win!

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  5. jlenhamApril 21, 2014 at 7:47 PM

    It just popped in there...
    Something about the half visible "turbo" lettering and odd storage space spoke to me.

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  6. MikeApril 21, 2014 at 9:10 PM

    All I did was find the first early 80's Esprit ebay ad that caught my eye (there weren't many) all credit is deserved by jlenham.

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  7. Fleetwood T. BroughamApril 24, 2014 at 8:29 AM

    Annnnnnnnnnnnd, like clockwork, it's now on BaT. lol

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