Beschreibung
**** SOLD IN JUST 3 HOURS OF ARRIVING!!!! ****
HERE WE HAVE FOR SALE A 1973 LOTUS ELAN+2 S 130/ 5 COUPE FINISHED IN RARE MONO CIRRUS WHITE WITH A COMPLIMENTARY BLACK INTERIOR
THIS IS ANOTHER GENUINE ''GARAGE FIND'' BY DAVID BRADLEY CAR SALES AND IS OFFERED FRESH TO THE OPEN MARKET SINCE ITS 2nd OWNER PURCHASED BACK IN 1978 AND OFFERS A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN ORIGINAL UNMOLESTED AND NEVER RESTORED TOTALLY COMPLETE RARE LOTUS ELAN+2 S130/ 5!!
THIS LOTUS ELAN HAS HAD JUST 2 OWNERS FROM NEW AND WAS LAST AQUIRED IN 1978 BY THE CURRENT GENTLEMAN OWNER WHO HAS LOVED AND ENJOYED THIS CAR FOR THE LAST 42+ YEARS AND WAS USED RIGHT UP UNTIL 2018 WHEN ITS LAST MOT EXPIRED AND IS NOW VERY VERY SADLY OFFERED FOR SALE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 42+ YEARS DUE TO ILL HEALTH!!
THIS ELAN+2 S130/ 5 IS SUCH A GENUINE COMPLETE TIMEWARP CAR IT HAS BEEN LOVED, ENJOYED AND LOVINGLY MAINTAINED BY ITS COMPETENT OWNER AND HAS HAD A SMALL FORTUNE SPENT OVER THE YEARS AND HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A NEW SPYDER SPACEFRAME CHASSIS, SPYDER SILLS, SPYDER DRIVESHAFTS & SPYDER WISHBONES AND HAS HAD A FULL ENGINE REBUILD MANY YEARS AGO AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN REGULARY SERVICED AND MOTD EACH YEAR AND DRIVEN DURING DRY WEATHER BUT SADLY DUE TO AGEING YEARS THIS ELAN HAS BEEN USED VERY SPARINGLY AND HAS COVERED MINIMAL MILES IN MORE RECENT YEARS!!
THIS IS NOT AN IMMACULATE RESTORED OR PERFECT UNMARKED ELAN HOWEVER THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE MOST GENUINE UNRESTORED UNMOLESTED EXAMPLES AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE U. K AND HAS A WONDERFUL PATINA AND CHARM WHICH CANNOT BE REPLICATED!! - IT DOES HAVE SEVERAL AGE RELATED MARKS AND A LITTLE MICROBLISTERING TO THE PAINTWORK WHICH CONFIRMS THE CAR HAS HAD A LIFE AND HAS BEEN USED AND ENJOYED AS COLIN CHAPMAN INTENDED AND IT REALLY IS A ''TIMEWARP SURVIVOR '' THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE SEEN TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED AND IS OFFERED AS A RUNNING RESTORATION PROJECT!!
THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR ARE IN VERY GOOD OVERALL CONDITION AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE PICTURES AND IS JUST AS IT LEFT THE FACTORY RETAINING ALL THE CORRECT BADGES, ORIGINAL GAUGES AND STEERING WHEEL!!!
THIS ELAN STARTS FIRST TURN OF THE KEY WITH GOOD OIL PRESSURE AND EVERYTHING APPEARS TO WORK AS IT SHOULD AND THE NEW OWNER MAY WISH TO FULLY RESTORE THE CAR TO ITS FORMER GLORY OR KEEP IT AS A USEABLE HONEST ORIGINAL EXAMPLE!!!
THIS CAR COMES COMPLETE WITH A LARGE HISTORY FILE INCLUDING ITS ORIGINAL HANDBOOK, EVERY MOT CERTIFICATE BACK TO 1978 ALONG WITH 2 SETS OF KEYS AND PILES OF INVOICES FOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE COMPLETED OVER THE YEARS ALONG WITH 40+ YEARS OF NOTES AND SERVICE HISTORY KEPT BY ITS FASTIDIOUS AND ENTHUSISTIC OWNER!!
A VERY RARE MOTOR CAR NOWADAYS AND IN OUR OPINION A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A SOUND UP AND RUNNING COMPLETE NEVER RESTORED ELAN+2 S130/ 5 AND AN IDEAL BASIS FOR A CONCOURS RESTORATION OR TO KEEP AS IT IS AND USE, IMPROVE AND TINKER WITH THE DECISION IS YOURS!!
** DAVID BRADLEY CAR SALES IS A WELL KNOWN & RESPECTED FAMILY RUN BUSINESS SPECIALISING IN CLASSIC & SPORTS CARS THROUGHOUT EUROPE WITH OVER 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE WE HAVE A KEEN PASSION FOR FINDING AND SUPPLYING RARE, UNUSUAL & ORIGINAL EXAMPLES OF ICONIC VEHICLES IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION!! **
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RGDS
DAVID & JAMES
