ALL CARS ON EBAY.

[britishsteel]

Hoping to view it saturday

[chipp]

Guy is well known and you should get a decent car at a reasonable price.

chipp

[muley]

It sold!

[Rambo]

It sold!

?? Still showing as unsold on EBay Jim ??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOTUS-ELAN-M1 ... SwpP9Y70xc

[muley]

I was looking at the earlier one.. ...my mistake.

The Blue S2 looks rather tasty IMHO.



Jim

[Rambo]

It does, doesn't it.

I'd buy it but no room at present

[simonbuk]

Somebody wanted a NMY Elan didn't they ?

Remortgage your house !! -

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-LOTUS-ELAN ... 0408.m2460

[clemo]

E1LAN one of us ?
Plenty of LEC extras on this elan .


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-elan-ho ... SwjL5ZEHtT

[Rambo]

Looks like a £6k car with a £4k plate

Mind you, it does have the fairings and roll hoops

[clemo]

Looks like a £6k car with a £4k plate

For sale . E 3LAN .
£4000 . as recommended by Rambo ..

Ask Clemo for details .

[clemo]

Interesting story .. go read ..
Cheap ( currently unroadworthy due to vins not being correct to log book )
oh and a nissan cabstar rear light conversion .Thats a new one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-LOTUS-EL ... SwhQhY3C8w

[Fredjohn]

Interesting story .. go read ..
Cheap ( currently unroadworthy due to vins not being correct to log book )
oh and a nissan cabstar rear light conversion .Thats a new one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-LOTUS-EL ... SwhQhY3C8w

Sad cock up by someone there!!! Must be a way around it.....Dave P?????

I'd buy it if I didn't have enough to do to the 2 I have already!!

Think this rear light conversion has been mentioned somewhere on here already

[tb10]

Voila: https://forum.lotuselancentral.com/view ... ht#p327335

[dapinky]

Sad cock up by someone there!!! Must be a way around it.....Dave P?????

Hmmm, there 'would' have been ways to do it (before the DVLA got involved and made a decision) - but that ship has now sailed.

This is a classic case of an owner trying to do the right thing with the Authorities, without having researched the outcomes.

The decision made by DVLA is the only realistic finalisation in accordance with current legislation, and has to be accepted (unless anyone knows different?).

It is a "simple" mathematical formula that they apply to decide if there is enough of the "Original vehicle" to retain the original registration number - in this case, even with a body from it, and probably allowing the 'steering', 'suspension' and 'gearbox/drivetrain' it will only amass 5 of the 7 points required to retain the number (2 for body, 1 each for the others)..... and that is assuming that they call the fibreglass bit a "body" (law was written for monocoque vehicles). The engine would give 2 points, but doesn't match the V5 so is discounted, and the Chassis would give 2 points, but again doesn't match.

There *may* have been a case for presenting the car as the one which the chassis AND engine came from (but not if they came from a Cat B write-off), and assumes that these details were known, and both were from the same car..... but too late now.

Alternatively, if the owner had "played the long game" and sent the V5 off to change the engine number, therefore the 'new' engine would be part of this car..... and then informed them of a 'chassis change'........ but who knows if they would have accepted that??

If a car cannot collect enough 'points' for a particular registration number, they have no choice but to allocate a 'Q' plate..... and this can never be changed to anything else (so no personal plates can be fitted in the future).

Basically, it is "GAME OVER" and it is what it is.

(I have deliberatley ommitted the other choices which would have led to possible Criminal action under the Fraud Act 2006, as they are NOT within the remit of this question, and should NOT be considered anyway).

I see three choices here.....

(1) get a 'Q' plate and enjoy it for what it is
(2) use as a 'Track Car' and never drive it on a public road
(3) break for parts

It appears to be priced for any of these options, and if I had the space I would consider it for option 'one-and-a-half' - a 'Q' plate for track use! (and maybe a bit of option 3, canibalising for parts as and where they may be better than the bits on my elan.)

[Rambo]

I would agree and I would use it for those purposes too

I suspect though that the EBay breakers will get it though

[clemo]

I would agree and I would use it for those purposes too

I suspect though that the EBay breakers will get it though

To be fair this is one of the ones that should be broken ... it aint got a lot going for it (now)

[dapinky]

To be fair this is one of the ones that should be broken ... it aint got a lot going for it (now)

Breaking for parts is the obvious choice for many - but by the time you remove the hood and OE rear lights from the equation, and with unknown mileage (due to engine swap), the option of a 'quick profit' is diminished. Obviously, given the time and space to dismantle/store parts until they sell, it is still possibly viable - but I can't see a quick recuperation of the outlay....

[simonbuk]

For sale . E 3LAN .
£4000 . as recommended by Rambo ..

Ask Clemo for details .

Then you can buy YOUR perfect plate 'M4D DC'........

[Rambo]

Or CLE 110...

...with a black plastic screw cover between the 1's

CLE MO

[clemo]

Or CLE 110...

...with a black plastic screw cover between the 1's

CLE MO

is this available ?