1967 Lotus Elan Roadster on 2040-cars
Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States
This is a great little car. It's got a lot of heart. More importantly is its incredible Power-to Weight Ratio . Nimble steering and the short-throw shift lever make it an absolute joy to drive. Changing gears without an annoying "snick" is the norm with the Elan. Direct and quick =smooth. The car attracts a lot of attention either at MG's on the Rocks or at Cars & Coffee at Hunt Valley. Several upgrades done on my watch are new motor mounts , new starter(have the orig. Lucas), new Dynomax muffler and tailpipe, new Vredestein 155R-13 tires (I like the original look and handling), a Robbins top (new and in box),new points and condenser to replace Pertronix which replaced Luminition. Recent tune-up on Webers to eliminate "bogg" and timing by Merriman's. Modifications. Pat Braden's book helped me smooth out the engine with new "idle " jets 40 f-9. What a tiger she is now! I know of two previous owners who did a great job of maintaining improving /upgrading the car to keep her in very fine condition. Suspect broken speedometer at some time in past, as 24k. miles is perhaps lower than actual. Am selling my Lotus very reluctantly because of a back problem making it difficult to get in and out. I want to see some enthusiast take her on the backroads more often than I am able. Good luck!
On Nov-22-13 at 09:57:38 PST, seller added the following information: Need to insert a few more things that I have thought of regarding the condition of the car , accessories and availability to see it. It is indeed a Series 3 model and I hope the firewall mounted I.D. plate can answer some of your questions regarding its manufacture. Don't know anything about workability of the neat-fitting aftermarket radio/cassette with extending antenna. The drivers side window is showing a scratch as if the roller is askew. The rear-view mirror above the dash is pretty obviously original; the passenger side one is without identifying label, but on the drivers side is a Raydyot. The doughnuts look good and showing no signs of deterioration. Clutch works well, with no sign of slippage. The brakes are good but could need pads ; the rotors are smooth . One bidder has asked to see the car. Of course I will make the car available for inspection for any serious buyer or his agent at a mutually agreeable time. My ownership of the car has lasted about 3 years and 900 miles . The previous elderly owner was not talkative; I believe he had it for 10+ years. So, you must sleuth out the previous owners since she was built. The marketing of the car has been expanded to Worldwide I will continue to answer any serious questions on Ebay. Good Luck |
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Jay Leno goes old school with 1966 Lotus Elan 26R
Mon, 31 Mar 2014On the latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage the guest's are both from inside the garage: the man they call Professor Jim Hall, Leno's master fabricator, and the 1966 Lotus 26R that he spent 18 months building. The Elan 26R was the racing version of the Elan that Lotus founder Colin Chapman began building after watching privateer teams prep their roadgoing Elans for competition duty all over Europe. Built by the factory from 1964-1966, drivers like Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart won silverware in the roadster called "the giant killer."
Hall, a veteran Lotus wrench, started with the 1966 Elan street car and turned it into a 26R that's arguably better than the factory original. Except for the engine block and head, original 26R body and Elan chassis, just about everything is custom built, highly modified or special order, from the fabricated oil pan, brake lines, safety wiring and oval exhaust tubing to the six-speed sequential transmission.
The episode is an unusually-long 21 minutes because, as an in-house build, Leno can go through the process of putting the whole roadster together. When he takes it for a drive and keeps going on about how it sings, you can hear it, too. It's worth the time to check out Mr. Hall's Opus in the video below.
Why all of this year's F1 noses are so ugly [w/video]
Fri, 31 Jan 2014If you're a serious fan of Formula One, you already know all about The Great Nosecone Conundrum of 2014. Those given to parsing each year's F1 regulations predicted the strong possibility of the so-called "anteater" noses as far back as early December 2013. Highly suggestive visual evidence first came after Caterham's crash test in early January, with further proof coming as soon as Williams showed a rendering of the FW36 challenger for this year's championship. That car earned a name that wasn't nearly so kind as "anteater."
Casual followers of the sport - or anyone who gets the feed from this site - probably don't know what's happening, except to wonder why the current year's F1 cars are led by appendages that would make Cyrano de Bergerac feel a whole lot better about himself.
The short answer to the question of ugsome F1 noses is "FIA regulations and safety." The reason there are various kinds of ugsome noses is simpler: engineers. The same boffins who have given us advances including carbon fiber monocoques, six-wheeled cars, double diffusers and Drag Reduction Systems are bred to do everything in their power to exploit every possible freedom in the regulations to make the cars they're building go faster - the caveat being that those advances have to work within the overall philosophy of the whole car.
Lotus recalling certain 2011 Evora S models for possible oil leak, fire
Mon, 29 Jul 2013Last year about 80 examples of the 2011 Lotus Evora S were recalled over an issue with the oil feed pipe. The same number of 2011 Evora S', but with different manufacture dates, are back in the recall box again for a very similar issue; this time it's the engine oil cooler hose that could rupture and spray oil either onto the rear wheels or a hot engine part. Neither of those cases is good, and the latter could potentially lead to a fire.
Lotus is working on a solution, so a recall date hasn't been announced. The bulletin below from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has more information.