Unobtainable Lotus Elan Parts

[Rob_LaMoreaux]

The parts I have found the most difficult to find have been:

correct heater and choke valve cables (1/4 turn to lock) I ended up using a cheap ugly one for the missing heater valve cable.
Failsafe headlight valve/switch (one day it showed up on ebay under the wrong title and it was near my dads house)
correct vinyl for the seats
functional failsafe vaccum servo (I modified a non-failsafe one to work ok)

Heads and blocks are available new now, but they ain't cheap. Ford has the blocks in iron $1599US, and someone else had them in aluminum.

Everything else I have been able to get for not too much money, but most of those purchases were 10 years ago.

Rob

[gazzamuffin]

@ circa ?320/set (not including bolts)

They're still going to last 4 years minimum and then that's only ?80 per year and that's only like filling up with petrol twice!

This is only my opinion, but u would stay clear of the Dohnuts and go with a Tony Thompson racing CV driveshafts Circa ?500 more expensive but you will only have to buy once! keep them lubricated and they will last forever.

[RogerFrench]

Gazzamuffin, your photograph shows Hooke Joint UJs, not CV joints, surely? Can you get CV jointed shafts for that sort of price, now Sue Miller doesn't have them?

[skelteanema]

I agree with Rob on the heater cables, have been looking for best part of five years for a heater cable with correct knob. Have managed to make a "replica" with a hand made logo as a temporary fix. I have since found a set of three cables with the correct knobs, but without any logos/lenses. They cam as a set of three on a mounting plate, supposedly from an early MK 1 Cortina, but why they had three knobs is beyond me. I can easily replicate the logo onto foil, but am looking for a suitable lens.

Haven't had a problem finding the choke cable as they were relatively common amongst other Ford cars.

There are other bits and pieces that are hard to come by, but few are critical to running of the car, or can't be replaced by some non-original component. For example rear tail-light assemblies for the S3, original window washer pump assembly, SE steering wheels, grill between windsreen and bonnet etc.

[holywood3645]

Are any of these the cables you are looking for?
James

[skelteanema]

Hi James

The heater cable is the one I am after. is it for sale?

[661]

I read that rear screens for the coup? were unobtainable and that the screen alone was worth the value of the rest of the car on a restoration project, I am not sure if this is still the case or even if it were actually true at the time, hopefully someone will confirm, its important to know these things as when the car is in bits and parts stored some we may want to put in a bank vault

I've got a FHC S4 rear screen sitting around at home somewhere?????

[holywood3645]

I just listed several new and used items on e-bay i have collected over the years. Please e-mailme for additional pics or info. Sorry about the cable guys there were too many or you wanted them. I was offered more but the list price is $50/each. I wish you could all have them, sadly there are only a few.

S1-S3 Heater cable
S1-S3 Choke Cable
S4 Heater/Choke cable
Outer cable
Kangol Seat Belts
Clutch Plate
Plus 2 Speedo cable
Lucas OEM lens (S4 and Sprint)
Rubber Gaskets (rear lens)
Plus 2 servo
Fail Safe Vacuum unit & spring
Dash & Wallnut Burl (needs refurb)
S3 S4 and Sprint Center consul
Lucas Sport Coil
Lucas Points

http://www.ebay.com/sch/jamesjordan8ztw ... 4340.l2562

[gjz30075]

James, the link doesn't send us to your stuff. What is your ebay i.d.?

Greg Z

[holywood3645]

Greg try this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/290734598599?ss ... 1555.l2649
then look at other items. Ebay ID is jamesjordan8ztw
Good Luck
James

[holywood3645]

S1 s2 s3. Choke and Heater cables are going to sell on ebay.

[gazzamuffin]

Gazzamuffin, your photograph shows Hooke Joint UJs, not CV joints, surely? Can you get CV jointed shafts for that sort of price, now Sue Miller doesn't have them?

my mistake yes they are UJ drive shafts