My Elan and Hurricane Wilma

[archigator]

Hurricane Wilma just hit our house in Miami with 120+ mph winds. Not
having a garage, I pointed my Elan into the wind (under the canvas
carport), and hoped for the best. Well she made it through unscathed,
not even a scratch. Meanwhile, I lost 5 palm trees and half of my roof
shingles. (Out of commission while I replace the wiring harness, I
think she thought she was back on the road again... scenery just flying
by.) Smiles all around.

Gary
Miami, Florida
'71 Elan Sprint

[rodgerslotus]

A very lucky man or Lotus.

[s2lola]

Gary,

I'm disappointed in you. Did you not realize that, pointed into the wind,
you had a natural wind tunnel? I (and I expect the rest of the List) would
have been out there with 700+ tufts of wool and scotch tape (video camera
runnning) to determine specific areas of the Elan body that could benefit
from some aero tweaking.

Kidding aside, its probably more important that you are OK - Elans aren't as
hard to repair.

Cheers,
Bill Tebbutt

["e s"]

the selfish bugger!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[archigator]

Bill, thanks for the heads-up... hurricane season still has a month to
go. I'm going out to buy a smoke wand today...

Gary
Miami, Florida
'71 Elan Sprint

[Foxie]

Gary,

Thanks for the smiles. You can always plant new palm trees, but an Elan gone with the wind would be a sad story.

Sean Murray
Wexford
Ireland

[lotuselan2]

That proves the Elan has better aerodynamics than a house or palm tree! I
would have been afraid of front end lift at 120 mph.



Ken

'69 Lotus Elan +2 with BDR