at last....its taken 2 years of sweat and tears

[theelanman]

but its finally done.....
last thing is the MOT...which its booked in for at 8am tomorrow....

hope you like the pics (I'll probably move this at some point as its sort of not m100 related )

[F1 LOTUS]

Fine piece of kit! Looks sharp

[Monty]

Nice work Gareth looks great.

So whats the plan, sell her or is she a keeper?

BTW is it held together with No Nails

[Nige]

Nice work . Only 2 years had my S4 since 1984 and whilst it has been on the road in that time it's now been a while (2001). I blame LEC for forcing me to spend all my time and money on the M100s instead .

[theelanman]

Monty
after all the effort its a keeper.....
the other car went to Spyder to be converted to a Zetec....

Nige
and as for LEC.....I know what you mean re getting caught up in the whole enjoyment of it on here.......that why Ive pulled out of the turbo upgrade......the last bundle of cash has just been spend on this and the next bundle is the complete respray of the m100 for the hethel bash in september....

if I can get some mile under the belt in the next few weeks its going to LMC with me......ah its only about 1200 miles for me......I can always do a James May and get everywhere on the back of a tow truck

[inkitin]

Looks great Gareth. Super job.

Will it be in Buxton on the 29th? I'd really like to see it.

Roland

[theelanman]

Looks great Gareth. Super job.

Will it be in Buxton on the 29th? I'd really like to see it.

Roland

oh yes!!!!!!!

[Doug]

Nice work!!

[Dico]

Good effort Gareth.... and you're still married!

[surfboardfiller]

Looks to me like you just got it out of the garage and glued the door trim back on! Hardly a major project.

[theelanman]

not really just rolled out of the garage....it started like this...

[Dico]

Them bloody yellow trainers get everywhere

[GeoffSmith]

Supperb job Gareth. Hope it keeps it going for a good few years to come.

BTW '67 on an H plate - that's illegal, isn't it? Oh, I see. It's now an F plate. Cut and shut Elans eh?

[theelanman]

yep....
I'd built one car up and was restoring the other......
the 67 was a complete running car and had just had a £3k paint job...the 70 was still my project......
the 67 had a bad summer (suspension turret collapse and a goosed engine)
prior to that Id been restoring the 70.......Id rebuilt the drive train with a brand new lotus galv chassis......rebuilt engine, rebuilt brakes etc etc....

so whilst I had the body off the 70......decided to just swap the bodies over and let the 70 go with the knackered chassis and engine as a project...the chassis has now been ditched as its gone to spyder engineering to become a zetec conversion.......

[surfboardfiller]

Wow! "....Id rebuilt the drive train with a brand new lotus galv chassis......rebuilt engine, rebuilt brakes etc etc...."

Now that is a project!

So you have basically a totally resprayed and rebuilt 67 Elan with a galvanised chassis! Sounds like a minter that should last you another 40 years! Will you be driving it to Hethel or is it special use only?

[theelanman]

I may let one of our guests take it to hethel on my behalf.....although not decided yet......
the m100 is defo going as Im having it resprayed august ready for the event........

Im hoping to get the +2 to le mans classic in 2 weeks time.....
first propper run out and its only gonna be about 2000miles

should be good

[surfboardfiller]

Sounds awesome! I'd love to see it at Hethel, not sure if we are taking the Esprit or the Fast Cat to the birthday bash, but I'm looking forward to it either way.

[Dave Eds]

You'd better be taking Fast cat Phil else you ain't coming in

the m100 is defo going

Well that cat is fast

[surfboardfiller]

You'd better be taking Fast cat Phil else you ain't coming in

the m100 is defo going

Well that cat is fast

Fast cat is now yellow 3 yellers

[GeoffSmith]

Fast cat is now yellow 3 yellers

Must remember to bring the