Under bonnet labels and VIN plates

[mitreklov]

Hi all,

As a new M100 owner I'm after some advise on the following:

My new Elan is pretty tidy for it's age and generally quite original however it is obvious it has had a respray at some point and possibly the nose has been replaced too. The respray was in the same British Racing Green colour as original and a good match too judging by a few hidden corners that I've peeped at.

Anyway I'm ok with the respray but who ever undertook the paint job omitted to replace all the engine bay labels including the VIN and engine number stickers.
Having looked at a few pictures of other Elans I note there are a number of warning and information labels revealed when opening the hood all of which are missing on my car.
I would certainly like to replace the VIN sticker and I read on another LEC forum thread that these can be sourced from Lotus at great expense but I would also like to replace the other labels as well at some point.
My guess is these labels are no longer available, or are they? Does anyone know a source for these labels or ever had to replace them?

One option would be to get them made. I figure that if I could find a budding Elan owner who is willing to let me photograph and measure the labels under their bonnet I could employ my Photoshop skills to recreate them and send them to a label printer that could reproduce them for me. There are companies that will produce short run plastic/vinyl self adhesive labels from artwork for a reasonable fee I believe.

Anyone any input on this?

Anyone want any replacement labels as I'm sure the cost of printing few extra sets would be negligible?

Oh and BTW the VIN stamped on the chassis does match the paperwork, thank goodness

Thanks all in anticipation of your helpful input.

[wayne]

If all of the labels are missing I am sure you are correct in thinking the car had a new nose job....

As you are in the UK there is a form you can send into your local Lotus dealer and request new VIN and engine labels. Normal UK price is not too unreasonable. IIRC about £40
The originals are kind of special labels as they show VOID if removed.

Other labels are still available but cost about £15 each. I replaced a few recently.

Would be nice if you could find a company that could duplicate these parts at a lower cost.

[mitreklov]

Thanks Wayne.

I assume you mean the labels are available from Lotus do you?

Once i get a chance to create the artwork I won't know if i can get labels made for less than £15.

Sorry I just assumed they were NLA.

I'll work on it and post back any progress.

Thanks again.

Just PM'ed you by the way.