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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby Specky » Fri 01.10.2010, 16:01

Sy V wrote:Please remember that I've forgotten more than these guys will ever know about Elan ownership (and more specifically tool kits)... there is in fact a third variant (which, funnily enough I have) it's the 'covered in rust through sitting for years in water'! variant.


Any chance of a picture please, I can do some Wiki action.

Does anyone know if Heyco made "our tool kits" for other manufacturers ?

(I know Heyco did tool kits for other cars, but they were a different style of kit)

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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby dapinky » Sat 02.10.2010, 10:25

My toolkit is different from all of those - a Tesco bag with a load of odd bits and pieces in it :lol:
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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby GeoffSmith » Sat 02.10.2010, 10:27

dapinky wrote:My toolkit is different from all of those - a Tesco bag with a load of odd bits and pieces in it :lol:

The amount of tools you carry and the thickness of the new bags, I'm surprised you don't need to double wrap. :D
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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby uk08462 » Sat 02.10.2010, 20:22

My original SE was delivered with a toolkit. However, on one of the services, the car, and the toolkit came back....bit the penknife did not. Not needing the toolkit to do work on the car as I have an adequately equipped garage, I only found this out later and could not pinpoint where it had gone missing; GGGGRRRR.

I was not surprised to find when I opened the toolkit of my current S2 that... there was no penknife. Any suggestions of where to source a replacement gratefully received when I shall keep it in the toolbox....in my garage!
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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby clemo » Sat 02.10.2010, 20:39

look on ebay under hens teeth ...

how annoying to find that someone had nicked it .
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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby Specky » Sat 02.10.2010, 20:52

I've worked on trying to source the Manufacturer for a while, the rest of the kit is Heyco, but identifying the Pen knife is more problamatic.

I've got a few more avenues to go down and hopefully that will give us the confirmation we require .

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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby Specky » Sun 03.10.2010, 12:19

OK....

On the Pen knife front I'll come clean.... I was hoping for a gem of information, but I didn't get it... :(

Here goes.... the manufacture is.................... solingen (BARLOW SOLINGEN)

and yes, thier pen and pocket knifes are all over Ebay.

Our knife is not unique thou.... well it is cos it's got the Lotus emblem on it, but you know what I mean. :roll:

Whilst I'm not going to hand it to you on a plater, because there are several different varients and number of options available, you can do a little research of your own... :-D

Now if you've got this far down without going to ebay to blag a bargin, I'll give you a couple of links to get you a head of the game.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D2

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-SOLINGEN-M ... 3a5f1086f7

So.... If your looking for a suitable replacement pen knife you most probably don't have one, so here's a couple of pictures to compare it with....

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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby GeoffSmith » Sun 03.10.2010, 12:29

Solingen which spawned the Swiss Army Knife.
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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby lotusm100elan » Sun 03.10.2010, 13:09

There's quite a nice Lotus blade here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Top-High-Quality-Ch ... 0587wt_890
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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby GeoffSmith » Sun 03.10.2010, 13:10

It's part of my toolkit officer..... honest!
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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby Specky » Sun 03.10.2010, 13:17

You need one of those to stop people nicking your pen knife... :lol:

More some thing like this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Inox-Black-Solingen ... 4aa26acee1

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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby DeanG » Wed 06.10.2010, 00:35

Lotus needs to sell a Lotus brand pocket knife. These are very desirable. I've only seen one.
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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby Specky » Wed 06.10.2010, 18:59

Just a quick quote from the RH Bibs

Those kits were supplied in V8's and S4s/GT3's.

What further info are you after? I can write a brief instruction manual if you want


I think that ties up nearly all the loose ends.

Keep those Ebay eyes peeled...

Not quite correct and a little expensive...

http://cgi.ebay.com/1970s-GERMAN-SOLING ... 518cb39bdc

http://cgi.ebay.com/Schmidt-St-Blasien- ... 3ca1aed276

http://cgi.ebay.com/Solingen-West-Germa ... 1c152d2ab9

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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby texas2201 » Sat 09.10.2010, 13:04

got the pen knife version - but no pen knife!
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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby Specky » Sat 09.10.2010, 13:08

As a random thought I wonder if Soligen would manufacture some more if were to approach them....

a project for a date sometime in the future me thinks...

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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby Specky » Sat 16.10.2010, 16:50

Here a Merc one....So that answers another question...

http://cgi.ebay.com/MERCEDES-BENZ-Solin ... 19c0353838

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Re: Lotus Elan Tool Kits

Postby uk08462 » Mon 10.11.2025, 17:05

Specky wrote:As a random thought I wonder if Soligen would manufacture some more if were to approach them....

a project for a date sometime in the future me thinks...

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A thread from many years ago now, but is this still worth investigating?
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