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Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:05 pmby Ross Robbins
Gordon,
Thank you for your kind comment. If you like the cars, you would really like the roads we have on which to exercise them.If you or anyone else on this forum are ever in Denver, call me or email me to arrange your own photo opportunity. They are always fueled and insured and ready to play.
Ross
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:05 pmby brettengelaz
Mine is undergoing open-block surgery, should be back on the track later this month.. Our season is just starting here in Arizona..
Brett.
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:17 amby Coupe
John Larkin wrote:This is my Elan this afternoon just after we returned from a four day 800 mile drive around Ireland in aid of a children's hospice. We travelled with the Triumph Classic Owners Club of Ireland. Forty two cars, sixty two people and great camaraderie. We raised ?41000. My car's only wobbler was a failed bonnet locking mechanism. I cured it with an acre of duct tape. The car got happier the more we drove. I got 37 MPG.
John Larkin.
Well done, a very good effort for a good cause. Did you venture into County Mayo ?
Ben
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:43 amby John Larkin
Coupe wrote:John Larkin wrote:This is my Elan this afternoon just after we returned from a four day 800 mile drive around Ireland in aid of a children's hospice. We travelled with the Triumph Classic Owners Club of Ireland. Forty two cars, sixty two people and great camaraderie. We raised ?41000. My car's only wobbler was a failed bonnet locking mechanism. I cured it with an acre of duct tape. The car got happier the more we drove. I got 37 MPG.
John Larkin.
Well done, a very good effort for a good cause. Did you venture into County Mayo ?
Ben
Hi Ben,
We travelled from Leenaun through Westport and stopped for a couple of hours in Castlebar. Then it was onwards to Ballina, Sligo and Co Donegal. The R336 road from Inverin and the N59 from Leenaun are tough on exhaust and suspension. The scenery was spectacular.
John Larkin.
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:08 amby ardee_selby
John Larkin wrote:Coupe wrote:John Larkin wrote:This is my Elan this afternoon just after we returned from a four day 800 mile drive around Ireland in aid of a children's hospice. We travelled with the Triumph Classic Owners Club of Ireland. Forty two cars, sixty two people and great camaraderie. We raised ?41000. My car's only wobbler was a failed bonnet locking mechanism. I cured it with an acre of duct tape. The car got happier the more we drove. I got 37 MPG.
John Larkin.
Well done, a very good effort for a good cause. Did you venture into County Mayo ?
Ben
Hi Ben,
We travelled from Leenaun through Westport and stopped for a couple of hours in Castlebar. Then it was onwards to Ballina, Sligo and Co Donegal. The R336 road from Inverin and the N59 from Leenaun are tough on exhaust and suspension. The scenery was spectacular.
John Larkin.
John,
What better reason for an Elan trip? Well done, indeed.
"The car got happier the more we drove. I got 37 MPG". That speaks volumes. Blowing the cobwebs away = a good tune up, for free...well almost.
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:39 pmby Coupe
John Larkin wrote:Coupe wrote:John Larkin wrote:This is my Elan this afternoon just after we returned from a four day 800 mile drive around Ireland in aid of a children's hospice. We travelled with the Triumph Classic Owners Club of Ireland. Forty two cars, sixty two people and great camaraderie. We raised ?41000. My car's only wobbler was a failed bonnet locking mechanism. I cured it with an acre of duct tape. The car got happier the more we drove. I got 37 MPG.
John Larkin.
Well done, a very good effort for a good cause. Did you venture into County Mayo ?
Ben
Hi Ben,
We travelled from Leenaun through Westport and stopped for a couple of hours in Castlebar. Then it was onwards to Ballina, Sligo and Co Donegal. The R336 road from Inverin and the N59 from Leenaun are tough on exhaust and suspension. The scenery was spectacular.
John Larkin.
My wife still has her old family home near Belmullet so we know Mayo roads well 'though mostly in hire cars from Knock Airport.
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:07 pmby spanner
It looks like a 46 year old car.....
Jim
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:06 pmby syrius
This one will be arrive next thusday at home .
A+
Serge
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:19 amby PanoGuy
I didn't get it very far out of the garage, but it really does exist. It runs though I have not been driving it in the rain of the last week or so. I have been looking at the front end to see if I want to tackle the bump-steer.
I've attended over 20 LOG events and never brought this car that I have owned 25 years. But it is great fun on these rural Appalachian roads.
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:16 amby 512BB
So tell us about your new purchase Serge.
LMS
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:22 pmby robertverhey
What does it look like today? well since you ask.....
Not much progress since purchase.....but soon, work will begin. Parts being collected including this....
NOS Spyder chassis, ready and waiting.
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:03 pmby Galwaylotus
spanner wrote:It looks like a 46 year old car.....
Jim
New shift lever gaiters are available and not very dear. I replaced mine and bought a second at the same time. Sprayed each liberally with Armor All and put the spare in a plastic bag for future use. Pretty much eliminated the fumes in the cockpit!
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:37 pmby syrius
512BB wrote:So tell us about your new purchase Serge.
LMS
I will come back for a complet presentation next week when the car will be at home
I bought them on Ebay there are 2 month ago .
I have a contact in california , this man make a road test and have a look around the car , but may be I will have a lot of surprises
Wait and see
A+
Serge
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:47 pmby crannyr
Finished the Sprint in Nov 2010. Both now running daily.
Re: So what does your Elan look like today?
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Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:49 pmby spanner
Galwaylotus wrote: Pretty much eliminated the fumes in the cockpit!
Thanks Galwaylotus. Fumes? I always "fly" open cockpit.
Jim