Long time lurker - first time poster - big Elan fan.
I owned 3 Elans in my youth (not at the same time!). My first was a Calypso Red SE in 1990, then a Pacific Blue SE in '92 which was traded in for a Calypso Red S2 in 94. Unfortunately I don't own them anymore
If only I could have held on to the S2, but circumstances in '96 meant it had to go but I vowed I'd own one again. Maybe my old ones are owned by LEC members ? The SE was H456 VRR and the S2 was JDZ 4611. DVLA shows they're still about.I've been thinking about ownership again for a while but more so recently. I guess driving past one every day on my way to work stirs up the memories. Infact the house has 4 on their drive but only one looks to be running. He must restore them. Perhaps its someone on here ?
Today I had to go in the loft to put some stuff away and whilst up there I found my old Elan scrap book that I collated in the 90's. Its full of nearly every magazine review that was printed at the time. Yep, a bit of an anorak ! I also found the order form for my original 1990 SE. Spookily, the date I took delivery was exactly 24 years ago today, the 18th October 1990 ! I think the car Gods are trying to tell me something !
Even 24 years on (I can't believe its that long) they're still such great looking little cars. Peter Stevens really did design a classic.
So hopefully I'll be an Elan owner again in the not too distant future.
Cheers
