For the non-Lotus fanatics, this picture might puzzle you. ?For Lotus fanatics, it is A Thing of Beauty. ?The backbone chassis. ?Lotus created the backbone chassis to use with the Lotus Elan and continued using it for 40 years. ?The picture to the right is the backbone chassis for a Lotus Turbo Esprit.
This one off model was built for one of our members as a gift. ?The model is built by hand out of brass.
It doesn’t have to. Come follow Vernon as he restores his 1966 Elan Coupe. And don’t worry, as you can tell from the image on the right, the Elan is looking much better.
A Lotus Elan can be taken from a collection of bits and pieces to what will be an amazing looking Elan. It takes a little time and patience. See what Vernon has done with his Elan.
Nico, who lives in Italy, is restoring his 1970 Lotus Elan Plus 2. His Plus 2 has an unique front upright bracing. There are also some good pictures of a body without any paint. It takes a lot of work to take an Elan body back to glassfibre.
Nico, keep up the good work. We are looking forward to seeing the final product.
Follow the restoration history of a 1973 +2S 130/5 JPS. The JPS cars were special edition Lotus Elan Plus 2s created the commemorate Lotus’ first 50 Grand Prix wins. At the time of the 50th win, John Player Special was the sponsor of the Lotus Grand Prix cars. The John Player Special used the famous black and gold paint scheme.
Innes has done a wonderful job working on restoring his JPS Plus 2. Come read about the work to date and give him a hearty congrats on a job well done.
