Handbooks etc

[ken ob]

Hi there,
Can anyone tell me please what the original colour should be on the cover of the following books which i am searching for? and also any other way to tell if something is original or copied?

All for 1965 Elan S2;
Drivers handbook.
Service voucher book.
Workshop manual.
Master parts list.
Many thanks, Ken.

[curly type 26]

Hi Ken,the manual has green outer covers is a lot less bulky than later manuals inside front cover on 1st page pt no is 26t327. I have a owners hand book is in black & white but i believe is reprint, I feel perhaps again photo on front may have been originally green as i have an originall brochure & is exactly same photo but in green. Hopefully someone can throw some more light on that one. Regards Curly

[ken ob]

Thanks Curly,
The only books that i know were correct were the handbook and service voucher book for an S4 that i used to own.
They both had green covers.

I have just bought a handbook for the S2. It sounds like yours ie. black and white cover. That is why I am wondering about them.

thanks, Ken.

[CBUEB1771]

Ken,
A few years ago I bought a reproduction Handbook for the S3 from Ray at RD Enterprises. He had them made with a dark green cover. Hopefully Gary will post a photo with the definitive answer soon.

[garyeanderson]

The only literature that I have is a pair of workshop manuals. Like all Early things Lotus, these are sequenced just like the chassis. Body?s. engines etc.


sequence numbers inside the red circles, 150 on the left and 915 on the right.


Maybe Roger or George has pictures of the covers of the early parts manuals.

[ken ob]

Thank you Russ, thank you Gary for the info so far.

Ken.

[ken ob]

Hi,
Just wanted to bring this back to the top.

Im still trying to find out what the handbook and service voucher book should look like for a 65 Elan S2.
Does anyone out there have them or know what they look like?

many thanks, Ken.

[memini55]

Ken

I can help with the correct parts manual!

Mark

[trw99]

Ken

I seem to recall they were green. Here's the link to those on my web site:

http://www.lotuselansprint.com/Document ... cebook.pdf

Tim

[ken ob]

Thank you Mark.

Thank you Tim. But were S2 handbooks and service voucher books green?

Ken.

[spanner]

Hi Ken,

Master Parts List dated 1966, Workshop Manual 1970.

Jim

[ken ob]

thank you Jim,

Ken.

[trw99]

Thank you Mark.

Thank you Tim. But were S2 handbooks and service voucher books green?

Ken.

That's what I believe, hence the "I seem to recall they were green" in my post above.

Tim

[oldlotus]

just found in my garage a 1966 master parts list , have had it from 1968 when i worked at lotus slite water damage on first and last page black cover.

[ken ob]

Many thanks for the reply. I must have posted my message elswhere a few days ago that the only book i now need is the service voucher book.

Ken.