Beschreibung
ANOTHER FANTASTIC ''GARAGE FIND'' BY DAVID BRADLEY CLASSIC & SPORTS CARS
A 1973 LOTUS ELAN SPRINT D. H. C IN GOLD LEAF COLOURS HAVING HAD JUST 2 OWNERS AND HAS COVERED A GENUINE 24, 859 MILES FROM NEW!!!
OFFERED AS A GENUINE ''GARAGE FIND'' NOW RIPE FOR A FULL NUT & BOLT RESTORATION TO ITS FORMER GLORY!!
THIS ELAN SPRINT HAS A WONDERFUL STORY AND WAS PURCHASED IN 1975 BY A ERIC A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN FROM YORKSHIRE WHO BOUGHT A NEW ROLLS ROYCE AND HAD SEEN THIS LOTUS ELAN AT A INDEPENDANT SPORTS CAR DEALERSHIP WHILE ON HIS WAY HOME AND HAD ALWAYS PROMISED HIS WIFE THEY WOULD HAVE A 2 SEATER SPORTS CAR TO ENJOY THE SUMMER SUN - ERIC WENT TO VIEW THE ELAN WHICH WAS JUST OVER 2 YEARS OLD AND HAD COVERED JUST 10, 000 MILES AND WAS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION AND A DEAL WAS AGREED AND THE DEALERSHIP ARRANGED DELIVERY THE FOLLOWING WEEK AS A SURPRISE PRESENT FOR HIS DARLING WIFE MAUREEN AND ON A HOT AUGUST WEEKEND AT A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY MAUREEN WAS GIFTED HER DREAM 2 SEATER SPORTS CARS AND WAS USED AND ENJOYED BY ERIC & MAUREEN SPARINGLY DURING DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS UP UNTIL OCTOBER 1984 WHEN VERY SADLY AND UNEXPECTADLY MAUREEN PASSED AWAY AND THE CAR WAS PUT BACK INTO ONE OF THE GARAGE'S AND FOR MANY YEARS ONCE A MONTH ERIC WOULD WALK DOWN TO THE GARAGE WHICH HOUSED THE RIDE ON LAWN MOWER AND GARDENING EQUIPMENT AND OPEN THE GARAGE DOOR AND LOOK AND SIT IN THE CAR TO REMIND HIM OF THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF HIS DARLING WIFE AND AT ONE POINT IN THE LATE 1990'S DECIDED TO HAVE THE CAR LIGHTLY RECOMMISSIONED AT A LOTUS DEALER INC A FULL SERVICE, NEW HOOD AND NEW TYRES INFACT ANYTHING IT WANTED IT WAS DONE WITH THE INTENTION OF USING THE CAR AGAIN BUT AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETED THE CAR WAS DELIVERED BACK INTO THE GARAGE THE CAR WAS NEVER USED AGAIN BUT ERIC WOULD NEVER PART WITH THE CAR UNTIL EARLIER THIS YEAR ERIC FELT AT 92 YEARS OF AGE THE CAR MUST BE SOLD AS HE WANTED THE CAR TO BE LOVED AGAIN AND IN HIS WORDS DIDN'T WANT IT TO GO TO JUST ANYBODY AND ENTRUSTED TOM HIS GARDENER AND DEAR FRIEND OF 40+ YEARS TO HELP WITH THE SALE AND TOM VERY KINDLY CONTACTED US AND AFTER SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WE WERE DELIGHTED TO BE ASKED TO MEET ERIC AND VIEW THE CAR AND AFTER A GOOD FEW HOURS SPENT IN YORKSHIRE A DEAL WAS AGREED AS ERIC FELT WE WERE ''VERY NICE NO NONSENSE FOLK'' AND AS WE REMOVED THE CAR ERIC WAS VERY VERY EMOTIONAL AS TO BE EXPECTED AND THANKED US FOR BEING A PLEASURE TO DEAL WITH AND MAKING EVERYTHING SO STRAIGHT FORWARD AND HASSLE FREE AND WE ASSURED ERIC WE WOULD FIND HIS & MAUREENS TREASURED LOTUS ELAN A RIGHTFUL LOVING HOME AND SOMEBODY WHO WOULD LOVE AND ENJOY THE CAR AS MUCH AS THEY HAD FOR SO MANY YEARS AND WANTED A NEW OWNER TO CREATE FANTASTIC MEMORIES IN THE ''RED DEVIL'' AS IT WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN BY MAUREEN AS AFTER DRIVING A ROLLS ROYCE SEDATELY SHE FELT THE ELAN BROUGHT THE RACING DRIVER OUT IN ERIC WHICH REALLY MADE US LAUGH!!
THIS ELAN SPRINT IS TOTALLY COMPLETE AND UNMOLESTED IN VERY GOOD WELL LOOKED AFTER CONDITION AND IS A REAL TIMEWARP MOTOR CAR WHICH IS IN PRESENTABLE HONEST CONDITION ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS VERY PRESENTABLE IT IS FAR FROM IMMACULATE BUT IS A RARE FIND AND WE EXPECT THE NEW OWNER MAY WISH TO RESTORE/ RECOMMISSION AS A ''OIL RAG'' SURVIVOR CAR BUT IN OUR OPINION THIS ELAN SPRINT NOW REALLY NEEDS AND DESERVES A COMPLETE NUT AND BOLT DETAILED RESTORATION BRINGING IT BACK TO ITS FORMER GLORY AND IF COMPLETED CORRECTLY WILL MAKE THIS ONE OF THE VERY BEST ELAN SPRINTS AVAILABLE WITH THE MOST WONDERFUL PROVENANCE AND DOCUMENTED HISTORY AND LOW MILEAGE!!
A WONDERFULLY ORIGINAL AND PROPER CAR OFFERED TO THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1975 AND A VERY REWARDING RESTORATION PROJECT!!
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RGDS
DAVID & JAMES
