Lotus Elan Central

by **XiPHiAS** » Thu 12.06.2008, 13:24

Change onto the mileage ... weird, I don't know what to believe.
New source : 2dehands.be

XiPHiAS wrote:i'm here again

#259
British racing green
black
beige (full)
LHD
130.000km (26/04/2008)
103.000km (12/06/2008) the first was a typo?? (was token from a carsale website) Or they did some nasty things between 04/08 and 06/08 ...
12/1994
Exact date of registration ?
VIN number ?
Engine number ?

Location 28/04/2008 :: Belgium (Harelbeke)

by **Jon** » Sun 15.06.2008, 13:12

ektrolleyboy wrote:Just wandering around the site/Auto Trader and had a thought...

Where are cars 001 and 800 (S2's)?

Back on the road after a radiator re-core....you poured water in the top and it poured just as fast out of the bottom!

by **Gary** » Sun 15.06.2008, 13:38

That car used to be owned by an East Midlander. I believe he bought it direct from a Lotus Employee who had it from new. Good to see it again...

...oh and great colour too :wink:

by **Jon** » Sun 15.06.2008, 14:03

Gary, yes, that was/is me (still)....

by **XiPHiAS** » Sun 15.06.2008, 21:53

damn

Nr. 001 -> that's cool :smt023

by **ektrolleyboy** » Mon 23.06.2008, 14:14

Very cool!
That should be in a museum! I've made the executive decision for you...

by **ektrolleyboy** » Mon 23.06.2008, 14:17

I want to see more about this car...
Exciting!
Now where's 799?

by **XiPHiAS** » Mon 23.06.2008, 16:08

A friend of me owns the last Esprit, where is the damn last Elan :-D

by **surfboardfiller** » Fri 27.06.2008, 08:18

Still at Hethel!?

by **tommy** » Fri 27.06.2008, 19:06

lotus south west have a late one for sale in mettalic green as does a garage in salisbury sorry didnt get numbers

by **ektrolleyboy** » Wed 02.07.2008, 12:29

Can anyone shed any light on car 036?
Pacific Blue/Magnolia/Nardi.

Condition etc.?
A friend of mine is considering...

by **Gazza** » Wed 02.07.2008, 16:53

Only going on the pictures I saw on Pistonheads, it looked very tidy indeed.

Gazza

by **Jon** » Wed 02.07.2008, 21:00

ektrolleyboy wrote:I want to see more about this car...
Exciting!
Now where's 799?

I can't tell you a great detail (other than I have owned it for 8 years) - it was originally owned by Lotus and has a Norwich registered number plate, but Lotus didn't seem to have much info in their archives about it.

The 001 plaque was fitted by John Major according to the What Car magazine review of the time...though the date of registration and VIN don't tie in with the other S2 sequences (which in the main have the Ltd number as the suffix of the VIN).

If I was a betting man I might suspect that the "original" 001 was a factory demo car or display model and that at some point close to the end of the production run it was refurbished or brought to life??

Or perhaps some accident befell 001 and it was “replaced”??

by **surfboardfiller** » Wed 02.07.2008, 21:20

I'm pretty sure the Ltd edition numbers were not chronological if that helps.
I would have thought the colours would have been sprayed in batches?

by **Jon** » Wed 02.07.2008, 21:35

Yes, there are a few discrepancies in the numbering - but the registration/VIN place it around 18 months after the other early build cars (including Median Green ones...).

Interestingly I notice #003 has the same inconsistency.

I would love to know more - but it seems Lotus didn't bother to archive any records which related to test or staff cars....

by **surfboardfiller** » Thu 03.07.2008, 00:27

I should know this but I'm useless as an Elanorak. (I'm pretty good as a collector though)

If the Vin is derived from the chassis number then it would be mixed up with the chassis?

How did you get the date of the other VIN?
I thought the chassis were built years before, for the SE production run. not sure when they would have been stamped with a number though. I have a chassis never registered for the road. :wink:

BTW The date of manufacture on DVLA records are often wrong.

by **GeoffSmith** » Thu 03.07.2008, 07:12

surferphil wrote:I thought the chassis were built years before, for the SE production run.

I thought it was only the engines.

by **surfboardfiller** » Thu 03.07.2008, 12:22

GeoffSmith wrote:
surferphil wrote:I thought the chassis were built years before, for the SE production run.

I thought it was only the engines.

That's one of my theory's gone. :roll:

by **surfboardfiller** » Fri 18.07.2008, 17:49

LOTUS ELAN S2 Ltd. Edition No. 489, 2 owners, , model year 1995.

M711AHJ, finished in superb Azure Blue metallic. One lady owner for last 7 years and just one owner prior to her. Best colour combination with the contrasting magnolia leather seats piped in blue. Just 50,000 miles with a full service history. Refurbished alloys. A stunning looking car. Comes fully serviced and MOT'd.

by **GeoffSmith** » Fri 18.07.2008, 17:55

Where?

Lotus Elan Central

S2 Database 360 / 802 listed .

A museum piece!

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