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Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:28 pm
by garyeanderson
Hi Vaughan

I flipped it

p-a

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:02 pm
by vstibbard
Thanks,

Obviously the advert shows customer version prototype as the two race cars had the lower roof line. I've attached few more shots of the Singapore Shapecraft, this car also has the lower roof line as well, maybe its the same car as all other cars without side windows less attractive higher roof line away from screen.

I rotated it and still ended up upside down....

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:05 pm
by vstibbard
And finally the colour shot leading Lotus 7

Hopefully I'll get to see a Shapecraft at the Lotus gathering in August... like another member I saw both of the 26R Shapecraft cars at TTR's when they were restored in early 2000's.

Enjoy cheers

V

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:56 pm
by garyeanderson
vstibbard wrote:And finally the colour shot leading Lotus 7

like another member I saw both of the 26R Shapecraft cars at TTR's when they were restored in early 2000's.

Enjoy cheers

V


I'll ask Bill Gavin if he can find the photos from 2003 (slim chance) again, I asked before but they were on another hard drive and you know what computer guys have stashed away.
The originals are very good quality, the ones I have that are floating around on this forum came from Bill when he put them up in 2003 on the yahoo elan group. That site had a 20meg limit for all of the members so most files that were uploaded at the time were also relatively small.

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:58 am
by elansprint71
vstibbard wrote:....
I rotated it and still ended up upside down....


Looks the right way up to me- is this something to do with you living in Australia? :D

Thanks again for posting the photos.

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:51 am
by The Old Italian
This was at a Trackday at Silverstone on Monday;

http://www.fresh-orange.co.uk/picpopup. ... l&refresh=

Is it a Shapecraft?

It seemed (no timing of course) surprisingly slow?

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:24 am
by paddy
The Old Italian wrote:This was at a Trackday at Silverstone on Monday;

http://www.fresh-orange.co.uk/picpopup. ... l&refresh=

Is it a Shapecraft?


Isn't that Malcolm Ricketts?

Paddy

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:44 pm
by elansprint71

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:02 am
by elj221c
''Fastback as driven by Tony Thompson in the 1964."

I don't think Tony is that old! :wink:

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:37 am
by ardee_selby


I thee it hath a plinth, ith that the "Plinth of Darkneth" I hear people thpeak about?

Cheerth - Richard

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:06 am
by elansprint71
ardee_selby wrote:


I thee it hath a plinth, ith that the "Plinth of Darkneth" I hear people thpeak about?

Cheerth - Richard


Thtoppit, or I'll thqueem!

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:19 pm
by twincamman
:roll: :roll:

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:21 pm
by garyeanderson
Well Found another, maybe its here already but if it lights up a topic who cares.

Image

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:16 pm
by trw99
Yes Garry, it was on here before - somewhere! However you missed the text that went with it.

Tim

Re: Lotus Elan Shapecraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:20 pm
by garyeanderson
Not me, scrolling through Google images and found many of my pictures and the one above

http://carblueprints.info/blueprints/lo ... s-elan.gif