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No problems at all, as you can see it was an aluminium roof conversion made by Shapecraft that was fitted to approx 12-14 cars, it was an attractive conversion that was also functional as it increased a Shapecraft's top speed compared to a "standard" 26R of the period as as the airflow more efficiently over the body.

Road car had no rear quarter windows, whereas two 26R's converted cars did.

V

hatman wrote:I believe it's actually 'Eklund' - I merely mention the fact for what it may be worth...

You are correct Britt Ekland (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbrɪtː ˈěːkland] (About this soundlisten); born Britt-Marie Eklund;

elansprint71 wrote:

hatman wrote:I believe it's actually 'Eklund' - I merely mention the fact for what it may be worth...

Fact?

Britt Ekland (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbrɪtː ˈěːkland] (About this soundlisten); born Britt-Marie Eklund;

Vaughan, Greg
I think the problem was ED!! not the cars.
Dave

I think the Shape Craft is a fantastic addition to the Elan line up and hope to create one myself .

vstibbard wrote:No problems at all, as you can see it was an aluminium roof conversion made by Shapecraft that we fitted to approx 12-14 cars, it was an attractive conversion that was also functional as it increased a Shapecraft's top speed compared to a "standard" 26R of the period as as the airflow more efficiently over the body.

Road car had no rear quarter windows, whereas two 26R's converted cars did.

V

Hello Dave
Didn't you start building a a new fibreglass/ Shapecraft bodied Elan ?

bigvalvehead wrote:Vaughan, Greg
I think the problem was ED!! not the cars.
Dave

Hi Greg
I have moulds for the Shapecraft roof and boot and I am building a Honda S2000 powered Shapecraft.
Cheers
Dave

bigvalvehead wrote:
I currently have the very first Shapecraft in the workshop undergoing extensive bodywork refurb , including a new front end.

Dave Hughes

Dave- is this 39PG? Are you fitting a replica of the modified nose?

Pete.

Hi Pete
I am working on 39PG as it was once.
The current owner didn't want the original nose remade but has gone for a 26R front end instead.

The original was Fugly!

The shell in the pics is my S1 Honda powered shell.

Cheers
Dave

Dave,
Current owners, eh?! Are they worse than DPO's?
I wonder what happened to Sellers own "ordinary" Elan DHC?

Hope you are OK.

That’s alive and very well in a private collection. It has been restored to full original status.

Tim