26r identities and other info

[Mazzini]

Rob did you notice Lisa?s post was 3 years ago?

Welcome Steve !

Bonjour nmauduit!

OK now we are getting silly.

[elanfan1]

I did snigger! nice one.

[batfish]

See link to Steve Soper's Elan for sale, claims to be a 26R
Have Elan FIA app K race cars joined what are a called continuation models as many GT40s, Lola T70, Chevron B8s are now.
racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/107497/steve-soper-lotus-elan-26r-is-for-sale

Regards

Andy

[nmauduit]

See link to Steve Soper's Elan for sale, claims to be a 26R

though priced as the legit thing, it does not really claim to be one as it says in the text "built from scratch"...

[batfish]

The title of the ad is Steve Sopers 26r

[bigvalvehead]

Hi Andy
If you look at any entry list for a race these days, nearly every Elan is down as a 26R!
A fortune was spent on that car just testing and development, but at the end of the day it is another racing Elan at around double the price of other GTS cars and 50k less than a genuine 26R. Had quite a few dnf's as well I believe.
Dave

[elansprint71]

Hi Andy
If you look at any entry list for a race these days, nearly every Elan is down as a 26R!
A fortune was spent on that car just testing and development, but at the end of the day it is another racing Elan at around double the price of other GTS cars and 50k less than a genuine 26R. Had quite a few dnf's as well I believe.
Dave

In cockney rhyming slang it's a Sexton Blake, nothing more, nothing less.

[lenstreet65]

That is definitely Jackie Stewart in the black and white Lotus Elan the entrant was The Chequered Flag race team
(Graham Warner) and I was one of the mechanics on that day.

[vstibbard]

I understand the Chequered Flag Elan, when sold went to Asia, based in Hong Kong raced in Macau, Malaysia and Singapore. The chap I bought my Elfin 300 from worked on it when it raced in Singapore. Were you involved with it when it was sold?
Vaughan