Lotus Elan and Lotus Elan Plus 2 Forums

Hey all
Grew up in a Elan 67s3 fhc
bought one for the family but required the +2
want to put the elan front nose on the +2

anyone ever seen any +2's with elan fronts on em???

h20hamelan wrote:Hey all
Grew up in a Elan 67s3 fhc

Must have been very cramped

No, never seen one (never want to). I supose it may be possible to widen an Elan nose so that it would fit a +2. The real problems would arise trying to blend the very dissimilar wing profiles so that the result was in any way aesthetically pleasing.

I suppose if you were really determined an Elan shell could be lengthened and widened to fit a +2 chassis thus making a bigger Elan but I suspect the result wouldn't look right unless you went to great lengths (no pun intended) to elongate each element of the car proportionally.

Why do it anyway? the +2 nose is a lovely shape.

Luxury. There were sixteen of us living in t'back of an A35 van.

Why would you want to waste the front of a sports car fitting it onto one of those lardy barges?

elansprint71 wrote:Luxury. There were sixteen of us living in t'back of an A35 van.

Luxury .......all we had was a damp tissue box. Mind you, we did have all the straw we could eat

I wouldn't do it, but a proportional upscale of the Elan to "lardy barge" proportions would be an interesting project.

I think an Elan nose grafted on to a +2 would look distinctly odd. There's a lot more to good car design than just throwing a few bits together.

+2 headlamps when in the erect position have never been very pretty but without a drastic change to the front of the car I'm not sure how it could be improved.

The Elan of course is gorgeous from any angle, light up or down.

nebogipfel wrote: I think an Elan nose grafted on to a +2 would look distinctly odd. There's a lot more to good car design than just throwing a few bits together.

To be continued here:
elan-plus-f13/with-elan-nose-t24114.html#p153058

elansprint71 wrote:Why would you want to waste the front of a sports car fitting it onto one of those lardy barges?|

Please, the +2 is a boulevardier's conveyance.

CBUEB1771 wrote:

elansprint71 wrote:Why would you want to waste the front of a sports car fitting it onto one of those lardy barges?|

Please, the +2 is a boulevardier's conveyance.

CBUEB1771 wrote: Please, the +2 is a boulevardier's conveyance.

elansprint71 wrote:

I think you're preaching to the converted in this forum. Why not go to your intended audience?

i.e. here elan-plus-f13/with-elan-nose-t24114.html

Cheers - Richard

ardee_selby wrote:

CBUEB1771 wrote: Please, the +2 is a boulevardier's conveyance.

elansprint71 wrote:

I think you're preaching to the converted in this forum. Why not go to your intended audience?

i.e. here elan-plus-f13/with-elan-nose-t24114.html

Cheers - Richard

Well said RD. Russ, I must say I very much enjoyed 'boulevarding' 6,000 km to LOG 31 and back. Also passed on the excellent S2 two hours away in Edmonton a few weeks ago as I couldn't see my life working well with a 3.9 diff. All Plus's and minuses I guess. As you list both models in your sig, sure all in good fun!

Cheers!