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why is 40 thousand pounds worth of parts now worth 175 thousand pounds ????One could buy an elan spend another 20 thousand on it and still have a fine time with the remaining few pence -----Granny always said that' money was poorly distributed '--and the old adage about fools being parted from it appears truer than ever ---Vintage racing is behind this horrible acceleration of price for these cars and its being used as a thinly disguised business hidden under the mantle of purist racing---disgusting - --ed

elansprint71 wrote:I am informed from another site that the latest issue of Motor Sport has the ex John Miles/Willment 26R and the snorkel 47(Europa) for sale at 175,000GBP.

That is each; not for the pair.

http://www.kelsport.net/sales/details.asp?VehicleID=72
http://www.kelsport.net/sales/details.asp?VehicleID=73

And, for a little less money

http://www.kelsport.net/sales/details.asp?VehicleID=46

Ed

Thank the Lord we are not into Ferraris, or GT40s, or Aston Martins!

Tim

we all have a one that got away story ! Mine is when I could not put together a deal for my 67 Fiat 1500 for a europa in 69 or 70 ---the dealer took me back in the ' yard' and offered me a DB 2 for the money and the trade I had ---I walked away muttering about a bulbous old big sedan family car when I wanted a sleek europa----ed

twincamman wrote:we all have a one that got away story !

My "one that got away" was a Ferrari Dino. When I bought my Sprint back in 1982 from a local dealer there was a red Dino in the showroom at the same time. I paid ?4k for the Sprint and I think the Dino was probably about 50 or 60 per cent dearer at ?7k. I couldn't have afforded it at the time and anyway my heart was set on a Lotus Elan - but there is always a faint thought of "what if"!!

Richard

twincamman wrote:why is 40 thousand pounds worth of parts now worth 175 thousand pounds ????One could buy an elan spend another 20 thousand on it and still have a fine time with the remaining few pence -----Granny always said that' money was poorly distributed '--and the old adage about fools being parted from it appears truer than ever ---Vintage racing is behind this horrible acceleration of price for these cars and its being used as a thinly disguised business hidden under the mantle of purist racing---disgusting - --ed

Provenance.

Pete 135000 pounds is a LOT of provenance --and patina - -ed

Yesterday I was shown photos of an unused factory 26R bodyshell, been in storage since manufacture. Chinese-eye headlamp apertures, none of the holes drilled for fixings.
Not a wind-up, not a repro, this one's Kosher.

Here we go.........

Pete----your sure its not a shapecraft with an inch cut off the tail pipe?---[ OYVAY here ve go again] - -ed

photos taken at Monterey in 1998,

a very tidy elan ---ed

26r's from Mid Ohio

Dirk Layer

Dave Vegher campaigned this one.

Ron Finger

I found humor in Vegher's rookie stripe.