ALL CARS ON EBAY.

[Scott J]

thats the first time I've ever seen a black S2 , I always thought here were only 30 black SE's, anybody care to enlighten me ?

[Tuga2112]

thats the first time I've ever seen a black S2 , I always thought here were only 30 black SE's, anybody care to enlighten me ?

says in the description it was a project, sounds reasonable to assume it changed colour in the process ?

[Gazza]

Can't access the S2 register at the moment but definitely a good few Black S2's and at least 2 or 3 metallic Black ones

[tb10]

Can't access the S2 register at the moment but definitely a good few Black S2's and at least 2 or 3 metallic Black ones

Hi Gazza,

Agreed and this S2 is one of them. I recall that it last came up for sale in about 2010 and it 'sold' two or three time on eBay and it was marketed using the Gordon Banks claim to fame. It also had a number of 'faults' then but the description of the 'damage' in this advert is more detail than previously provided. However, as we all know, the lack of new parts and the reluctance for insurance companies to use second hand parts is resulting in more Elan's being placed on the Cat C register.

Hope this helps?

regards

John

edit: Just found this

[GeoffSmith]

thats the first time I've ever seen a black S2 , I always thought here were only 30 black SE's, anybody care to enlighten me ?

At least 19 black out of 398 S2s.

[lotusflasherman]

thats the first time I've ever seen a black S2 , I always thought here were only 30 black SE's, anybody care to enlighten me ?

At least 19 black out of 398 S2s.

Did the factory add black to the options or have owners changed them? I was at the factory when they announced the development of the Elise and plans to build the S2 out of the bits still lying around the factory. Shortly after I got sent the original S2 brochure and Prices, Options and Accessories leaflet. They said the Elise would be under £20k and the S2 was around £26k on the road so I decided to wait for an Elise but still kept the brochure.

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Black is not on offer at that time, just the usual CR, BRG, MW & NM. (Always NM, not sure where NMY has come from)
I must admit there's a couple of metallic colours added to the S2 range that I'd spray black, but I'm sure the ladies love them.

[epipete]

Oh, for those far flung halcyon days when VAT was only 17.5%

[Gazza]

There's another 10 colours the S2 came in that you can add to that list

[Gazza]

Black
Metallic Black
Pearl White
Empire Green
Metallic Lotus Racing Green
Silk Red
Azure Blue
Cranberry
Magenta
Metallic Silver
Steel Blue

& the very rare & sort after Metallic Midnight Blue

[lotusflasherman]

Oh, for those far flung halcyon days when VAT was only 17.5%

Fling a bit further back and I've got a booklet from The Lotus Show at Alexandra Palace, Wood Green - entry was free but booklet cost 1/- (for the youngsters that's one shilling = 5p).
Probably around 1970 because I was running a de-badged Lotus 6 with Ford 1172cc sidevalve engine as a 'Ford 10 Special' on the advice of my insurance broker ('Student Engineer' and 'Lotus' are incompatible terms) and I looked very enviously at the Lotus 7 Series 3 with Cortina GT engine. That came in component form, to avoid Purchase Tax, and cost £777. Only took a weekend to build too!

Others in the range were Europa S2 £1667 (inc PT); Plus 2S £2375 (inc PT) & Elan S4 Component form £1353 or Fully Built (with PT) £1853. There's a 7 Series 2 on Autotrader at the moment for £27k, so what price a Series 3 now?

[GeoffSmith]

& the very rare & sort after Metallic Midnight Blue

Very rare.... especially in Romford.

And Mauritius Blue.

[GeoffSmith]

Oh, and Nautilus Blue apparently...

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B61 Nautilus Blue Dupont W9783 F7511 A082B6347F

[tb10]

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There's one that colour in my garage!!

[Gazza]

Always wanted to compare midnight to Mauritius blue!

Geoff, it's all about Montreal Blue now

[muley]

thats the first time I've ever seen a black S2 , I always thought here were only 30 black SE's, anybody care to enlighten me ?

OK - there were black S2s. I had one..


A rarer car is the Dutch Bugatti Blue one. Seen at Ypres. Should have noted the S2 limited no.

Jim

[GeoffSmith]

A rarer car is the Dutch Bugatti Blue one. Seen at Ypres. Should have noted the S2 limited no.

[Gazza]

Did see pictures of the bugatti blue more than 10 years ago but wasn't doing the register then.

[lotusflasherman]

This one is on ebay. Nice colour combination but

needs a new bonnet. NACA ducts there! What's that all about? How does the air that goes in get out? Obviously for show and not function.
... and ad' avoids stating mileage so probably high, or am I just a cynic?

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lotus-elan-se-turbo-/251975038714

[Fredjohn]

Mileage is about £75k: check out the photo of the dash. But it would help if it was stated.

[morciii]

that car has been listen time and time again over the past few months, started off getting listed at £5k if i remember correctly. I actually like the colour scheme, but i agree the bonnet has been completely ruined.