Orignal Chassis

PostPost by: Bob » Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:00 pm

Hi,
I thought it might be interesting to find out how many people have a running Elan on its orginal chassis. My S4 as far as i know on its orginal chassis its fine as far as I can see.
Any others about?
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PS I will add photos of it when I can shrink them.
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PostPost by: redskatejbf » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:35 pm

Hi, Ive owned my 1970 S4 from new so I know the chassis is the original, I removed it quite a few years ago when I was working in the shipbuildng industry and had it sandblasted and hot zinc sprayed. I think it will see me out so long as I don`t stuff it in a ditch etc.
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PostPost by: cabc26b » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:17 pm

Both my S1's ( 63 and 64) are still on their original chassis.

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PostPost by: Bob » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:48 pm

We could well form an exclusive club 3 members 4 cars, so far so good.
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PostPost by: types26/36 » Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:07 pm

Bob wrote:We could well form an exclusive club 3 members 4 cars,.


My 72 Sprint is on its original chassis & my 64 S2 WAS on its original chassis until a tree had a diagreement with it, so now its on an original rear end and a new front end.....does that count :lol:
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PostPost by: gjz30075 » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:23 am

Original chassis here, '72 Sprint. Bare chassis blasted and painted with Rustoleum 32 years ago.

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PostPost by: collins_dan » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:27 am

'70 S4 with original chassis protected by oil that leaked profusely from the engine for at least the last 20 years until recently rebuilt.

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PostPost by: Frank Howard » Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:53 am

'71 S4 with original chassis protected by oil that leaked profusely from the engine for the first 30 years until rebuilt where it stopped leaking for a couple of years and then reverted back to chassis preservation mode.:wink:
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PostPost by: mac5777 » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:53 am

My 66 S3 Elan still has an original chassis. Protected by oil until a rebuild and was cleaned and recoated for protection. Only needed a transmission bracket repair. Currently has 33,500 original miles logged.

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PostPost by: Old English White » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:17 am

+1,
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PostPost by: prezoom » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:52 pm

26-4889 is still on its original chassis. Just rolled over to 60,000 miles on Tuesday coming back from my annual tour with a buch of friends. 1200+ miles on the tour in three days, and the only problem was a leaky water heater control valve. New one one the way.

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PostPost by: Bob » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:47 pm

This has all the makings of a very good club, I think my S4 has covered about 100,000 miles, with no record at all of a chassis change. When I bought it I spoke to PM for advise, they Tut tutted, but I went ahead in any case. Neil Myers was very supportive of orginal metal it seems to have worked out very well. I think there should now be a premium for an Elan with good orginal chassis
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PostPost by: ebc699 » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:25 pm

My 73 Plus 2 is still on original chassis with 54,000 miles. Is there a club also for original
paint???
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PostPost by: Frank Howard » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:29 pm

Yes. I'm in that one as well however I'm not proud of it.
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PostPost by: Bob » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:28 pm

I think it should be orginal rusting parts
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