Highlights
- Restored over a two-year period, completed in 2025
- Retained in its original colour, Cirrus White
- Engine rebuilt to 'fast road' specification, producing approximately 140bhp
- Extensive history file including original owner's instruction book
- MOT valid until March 2027, no advisories
The Appeal
The Lotus Elan S2 distilled Colin Chapman's philosophy of lightweight engineering into one of the most rewarding sports cars of the 1960s. With its backbone chassis, independent suspension and glassfibre body, the Elan set handling benchmarks that few contemporaries could approach, and the Series 2 refined the original concept with improved usability while preserving the model's dynamic brilliance.
Prior to restoration, this example was used for club racing with success, a fitting testament to the Elan's renowned agility. A two-year restoration was completed in 2025, with the car retained in its original Cirrus White, presenting with a clean, period-correct appearance that suits the model's delicate lines. The engine is noted to have been fully balanced and rebuilt to a 'fast road' specification understood to produce approximately 140bhp, while the gearbox has been rebuilt by respected Lotus specialists. A replacement chassis from Spyder Cars, a well-regarded name within Lotus circles, is understood to have been fitted during the restoration. Since the mechanical rebuilds were completed, the car has covered approximately 1,400 miles, confirming it has been properly run in and exercised.
Reportedly accompanied by an extensive history file, the original owner's instruction book, a tonneau cover, and a toolkit, this Elan S2 is a well-documented and genuinely engaging lightweight sports car.
Reportedly accompanied by an extensive history file, the original owner's instruction book, a tonneau cover, and a toolkit, this Elan S2 is a well-documented and genuinely engaging lightweight sports car.
Key Information
- Mileage: 14,785 miles (indicated)
- Country of registration: United Kingdom
- Technical inspection status: valid until March 2027, no advisories
- Technical specs: 'fast road' specification 1,558cc Lotus-Ford twin-cam inline-four (around 140bhp), four-speed manual gearbox
- Paperwork: extensive history file with restoration and maintenance invoices, original owner's instruction book, copies of workshop manual and parts list
The Detail
- Exceedingly well-presented, evidently restored to a high standard throughout
- Showing minimal signs of wear in line with minimal use and careful storage since restoration
- Cirrus White over a black interior with smart wood inlays
- 13-inch wheels with three-eared knock-offs
- Blaupunkt DIN stereo fitted
- Replacement chassis supplied and fitted by Spyder Cars during the restoration
- Engine rebuilt to 'fast road' spec by respected Lotus engineers; gearbox rebuilt by Lotus specialists
- Run-in with ~1,400 miles covered
- Impeccably presented engine compartment
- Previously used for club racing with success prior to restoration
- Tonneau cover and toolkit supplied with the car
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