Anyone know this car?

[torsinadoc]

http://www.pd-go.com/index.php?action=w ... SiteID=409

Thoughts?

[garyeanderson]

same as this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lotus-EL ... 3aUSQ3a101

chassis 45/6936 engine LP 7964 invoice may 5th 1967

[torsinadoc]

Thanks.

[torsinadoc]

gary where did you get the production date and engine #?

[garyeanderson]

http://www.sportscarworld.com/

click on
ALL LOTUS SERIAL
NUMBERS AND INFO

right click on
ELAN S1-S2-S3-S4
and open in new window
after it opens

click on
File

then
Save

[collins_dan]

What do the letters before the engine number signify? LP, G, K...

Dan

[torsinadoc]

http://www.sportscarworld.com/

click on
ALL LOTUS SERIAL
NUMBERS AND INFO

right click on
ELAN S1-S2-S3-S4
and open in new window
after it opens

click on
File

then
Save

Cool deal

[collins_dan]

For any curious, I found an earlier email from Gary as to what the letters before the engine numbers signify:

C, D, E, F of wich there is a listing for only C and D weber types
G Stromberg Federal
H Super S/E
K Standard Domestic
L S/E Domestic
LP Probably all weber as I didn't see any serial # higher than 8600
M S/E stromberg domestic

I thought I had seen it before, but couldn't find it right away.

Dan

[Rob_LaMoreaux]

Wasn't LP for Lotus parts, and indicating it was a replacement part? I seem to remember something like that, but can't find it with a quick 5 minute look.

Rob

[garyeanderson]

Hi Rob
The quote that dan used is from the topic below and is taken somewhat out of context. LP is Lotus Production or maybe Lotus Part to some.
elan-f14/elan-production-numbers-t14219.html

Dans question as to the prefixes is answered in Miles Wilkins book on Twin Cams on page 180 in the book I have. It is in Part Three at the start of the twin cam data section and labeled
I Engine Identification

LP is not one of the Prefixes that has any significance as to the spec of the engine. What I was refering to in the quote is the engines listed in Frank Bertrang's production records of Elans in the .PDF listed on Sports Car World.

[trw99]

Dans question as to the prefixes is answered in Miles Wilkins book on Twin Cams on page 180 in the book I have. It is in Part Three at the start of the twin cam data section and labeled I Engine Identification

And, perhaps even more definitively, by Lotus themselves in the first section of the Workshop Manual.

Tim

[collins_dan]

oops, didn't mean to cause confusion.

Dan