Review: The Ecurie Ecosse LM-C. The good old days? This is definitely one of them...
It might be rude to stare, but it's also impossible not to. The Ecurie Ecosse LM-C is an irresistible eye magnet when sitting still and quiet in the corner of Hofman's showroom in Henley, looking like an exceptionally well preserved museum piece. But it becomes really magical in the real world: pedestrians stop and stare, point and even turn on their axis to track it moving past.
Don't worry: this isn't one of those restomods with power steering, air conditioning or a 500W sound system. The basics remains basic, with the LM-C having an entirely analogue driving experience - and as little weather gear as the original car. There's a cut-down Perspex screen and a pair of smaller wind deflectors, with a half tonneau to keep the unoccupied passenger seat dry.
Yet despite the enlarged footwell and tractable engine low-speed progress is still, initially, a challenge - after leaving the showroom it takes most of Henley's one-way system to get the knack for blending accelerator and clutch with reasonable smoothness. At lower speeds the engine soundtrack is still very 1950s, with a lumpy idle and what seem to be countable individual exhaust pulses bouncing back from every flat surface.
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