Baldet Elan

[Martin jbc633d small]

Hi all,

I was owner of JBC 633 D in Middlesbrough in the early 70's up till 1975. I have photographs and sold it to a repairer in the North west due to a motorcycle crashing into the side in Dunsdale North Yorkshire.

It had cpl2 camshafts and 33 mm chokes. It was I believe 105bhp engine which I overhauled.

Martin Small

[gino1]

Hi Richard,
Italians do a very good paint job and by the way we are very good at filling holes too

Gino
Milano
Italy

[kwhittle]

Re the Elan Silver Steak. I found the April 67 Autosport advert, but...........

Was there ever a Plus 2 Silver Streak ??
Kevin

[trw99]

No Kevin, never seen or heard of one. Timeline also would preclude this I feel and the +2 elevated the Elan into the luxury category Andre tried to emulate with his conversion.

Tim

[kwhittle]

Yes I suppose that the Elan silver streak must have confirmed to Lotus that the more luxurious Plus 2 was 'on trend'
Kevin

[The Veg]

Found these ads on teh interwebz:

[kwhittle]

what was the source and date of the 2nd advert ?
Kevin

[The Veg]

No idea, just found it in an image search for 'Baldet Elan.'

[elansprint71]

Interesting thread; do we now know how many of these "special" Elans were sold?

[Gordon Sauer]

I thought there was a so-called “silver streak” +2 that had the silver metal flake in clear over the entire car? Gordon

[trw99]

Pete,

I've not unearthed any more than when I wrote in the first post of this thread: "They modified two or three Elan Coupes with apparently fine interiors and fitted chromed wheels."

Tim

[Mazzini]

Ken Myers was the foreman there at the time, but I'm not sure if he's still in the land of the living?

[deryck]

Kens Fine
90 and still on all four!

Neil carries out most of the work these days