Wheels

[Jon Eckman]

There's a 1960 Elite on US eBay, and one of the pictures is a close up of one of the wire wheels. Anyone out there know why they weren't used on the Elans?

Jon Eckman
66 S3 SE

[mikecauser]

On Mon, 23 May 2005 09:26:35 -0400 "Jon Eckman" <***@***.***> wrote:


Because they are heavier, weaker and more expensive than steel wheels?


Mike
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[ddddumas]

--- In ***@***.***, "Jon Eckman" <j_eckman@f...> wrote:

weren't used on the Elans?

Mike is right on all three counts. The Elite, Type 14, was very
expensive to produce, and it's commonly said that Lotus lost money
on every one they made. As a result, the Elan was very
carefully "value engineered" in order to assure a profit.

Curiously, there is a red Elan with wire wheels repeatedly shown the
the Griot's Garage catalog. < www.griotsgarage.com > I suppose it
must be one of Richard Griot's personal cars. It's the only Elan
with wire wheels that I've ever seen.

Paul Garrett

[Elan45]

Bruce McDanell [sp] owned a red Elan S2 w/ chrome wire wheels for years here in Columbus Ohio. I believe it used Triumph Spitfire adapters and KOs, but it's been at least 20 years now since he moved to California and I believe he is involved w/ Griott's Garage. I remember him winning the Elan show class that GGLC did during the Monterey Historics in '95 when Lotus was featured. We did get to say hello at the banquet. I was there racing my Eleven S2.

Roger



weren't used on the Elans?

Mike is right on all three counts. The Elite, Type 14, was very
expensive to produce, and it's commonly said that Lotus lost money
on every one they made. As a result, the Elan was very
carefully "value engineered" in order to assure a profit.

Curiously, there is a red Elan with wire wheels repeatedly shown the
the Griot's Garage catalog. < www.griotsgarage.com > I suppose it
must be one of Richard Griot's personal cars. It's the only Elan
with wire wheels that I've ever seen.

Paul Garrett























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[Jon Eckman]

Thanks Paul, I suspected as much. I went to the Griot's website, but could
not find a picture of the car you mentioned - I guess it's in the printed
catalog.

Jon Eckman

[freddy22112211]

Here's another pic of wire wheels (although u can't see the wheels to
well!): http://www.lotusowners.com/Owners/Set5/pages/Jacob%
20Cronstedt%20Sweden_JPG.htm,
Gordon

--- In ***@***.***, "Jon Eckman" <j_eckman@f...> wrote:

[ddddumas]

Paul Garrett wrote...there is a red Elan with wire wheels repeatedly
shown in Griot's Garage catalog < www.griotsgarage.com > ...only Elan
with wire wheels that I've ever seen...

Jon Eckman answered...went to the Griot's website, but could not
find a picture of the car you mentioned - I guess it's in the
printed
catalog...
--------------------------
Jon,
It's on the web site; try this link:

http://www.griotsgarage.com/search.jsp?
searchtext=10122&search.x=11&search.y=8

If the link doesn't work, go to < www.griotsgarage.com > and then,
in the upper right hand corner, punch in product number 10122 and
the picture will come up in the ad for the "Hand Pump Oil/Liquid
Extractor"...it's clearly an Elan.
Regards,
Paul Garrett

[Jon Eckman]

Thanks Paul, that did the trick.

Jon Eckman

[hurdisct]

I am curious what the common process is for treating original steel wheels. I am going to be getting them blasted but I am wondering if people are powdercoating wheels or just painting them. I have a good and reasonable resource for powdercoating and am just wondering if this is a good choice to protect the wheels. It seems like most of the vintage cars have wheels that are simply painted. Thanks in advance!
Chris
68 Elan FHC Super Safety (restoration nearing completion)
White Bear Lake, MN

[poiuyt]

We have Panasports on the Elan but recently bought a FIAT X1/9 on
Ebay. The wheels were a disaster but the only other choice we had
was Panasports at $200 each. Instead, we had them blasted and powder
coated white to match the car and they look great. It's much more
durable than painting and only cost us $80 per wheel.

Steve B.


--- In ***@***.***, "Chris Lawson" <lawson74@c...>
wrote:

people are powdercoating wheels or just painting them. I have a good
and reasonable resource for powdercoating and am just wondering if
this is a good choice to protect the wheels. It seems like most of
the vintage cars have wheels that are simply painted. Thanks in
advance!

[john.p.clegg]

Chris
I find smooth hammerite is just fine.
John


Chris Lawson <***@***.***> wrote:
I am curious what the common process is for treating original steel wheels. I am going to be getting them blasted but I am wondering if people are powdercoating wheels or just painting them. I have a good and reasonable resource for powdercoating and am just wondering if this is a good choice to protect the wheels. It seems like most of the vintage cars have wheels that are simply painted. Thanks in advance!
Chris
68 Elan FHC Super Safety (restoration nearing completion)
White Bear Lake, MN

[ngiovas]

I had my wheels powder coated and they look great. I blasted them myself
and then had them done. He put a zinc primer on them, put a silver powder
coat and then a low gloss clear coat. All of that was $30 per wheel.

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Subject: [LotusElan.net] Powdercoating original steel wheels

I am curious what the common process is for treating original steel wheels.
I am going to be getting them blasted but I am wondering if people are
powdercoating wheels or just painting them. I have a good and reasonable
resource for powdercoating and am just wondering if this is a good choice to
protect the wheels. It seems like most of the vintage cars have wheels that
are simply painted. Thanks in advance!
Chris
68 Elan FHC Super Safety (restoration nearing completion)
White Bear Lake, MN