Is that the actual one you purchased? Very nice looking car. I like the black leather seats (original Connolly hide?)Lightweight_911 wrote:here's a taster taken a couple of years ago:
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Very nice
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Beautiful, Andy. One of my dream cars ever since I saw one as a schoolboy in Belfast.
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Looks great!!
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Lovely looking thing Andy and look forward to your stories of fine tuning it!
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It's OK, I suppose.
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Very OK, in fact...
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That’s lovely. Great choice, look forward to the ongoing story.
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Lightweight_911 wrote:.
My main inspiration for starting this thread was to try to generate some additional 'traffic' to the forum (at what is always a quiet time of the year) with hopefully the knock-on effect that some will start posting on their own cars/projects/restorations.
So, to solve the mystery ...
After coming close on numerous occasions & test driving several over the years (from over-restored 'concours queens' to stripped-out ex racers) I've finally bought an Elite !!
Why an Elite ?
Firstly the shape - in addition to looking great from any angle it had a drag coefficient that most cars still can't match (& very few road cars have ever beaten).
It was 'light years' ahead of virtually any other road car that was around in the late '50s/early '60s with so many advanced features for the time - fibreglass monocoque construction, all-aluminium SOHC engine, F2 independent front & rear suspension, 4-wheel disc brakes, etc.
There are parallels to the 2.7RS too - built in limited numbers (approx 1040), owned/driven by many of the top racing drivers of the time, race pedigree (won its class at Le mans 6 times), etc.
I know it won't appeal to many on here but I'll start a separate thread on 'my' car in the Member's Others Gallery section for anyone who may be interested - I haven't taken any pictures of the car yet but here's a taster taken a couple of years ago:
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Wow Andy, that's absolutely lovely!
Congratulations.
All the best
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Beautiful, great choice
I hadn’t read Grahams post but did arrive at the Climax engine!
Look forward to the thread
I hadn’t read Grahams post but did arrive at the Climax engine!
Look forward to the thread
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Well you won on both counts Andy - you’ve chosen a great car, and you succeeded in generating forum traffic. Win win.
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Early.rhd racer wrote:Beautiful, great choice
I hadn’t read Grahams post but did arrive at the Climax!
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Ha ha, didn’t know you knew my wife!Tosh wrote:Early.rhd racer wrote:Beautiful, great choice
I hadn’t read Grahams post but did arrive at the Climax!
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Fabulous looking car Andy, looking forward to your thread
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Cool car Andy. Would love to hear about how you went about buying a 60 year old Lotus as well as how you get on with the new motor
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