Most Radical Elan

Post by: **holywood3645** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:53 am

This is crazy... Owned by a little old lady :lol:

joke!. I hate red cars....but i love this
enjoy

James

For sale at
http://www.racecarsdirect.com/listing/4 ... _elan.html

Post by: **holywood3645** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:49 am

Is this the same car?

James

Post by: **elanfan1** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:35 am

James - the little old lady comment has gone over my head but the advert says it is owned by a Derek Barrett although the ad appears to be 12 months old.

It appears to be a genuine ad with full contact telephone numbers (which is not typical of a scammer) but the price of the car at ?26500 seems rather cheap assuming what is under the bodywork is just as mean - so all in I'd be a little suspicious. GTS cars often sell for ?60/70K.

Post by: **stevebroad** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:18 pm

Ugly IMO. Ends out of proportion with the middle.

Post by: **gino1** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:09 pm

Hi all,
If you know where I can buy one of these "crazy" elans please let me know. Thanks.
Gino
Milano
Italy

Post by: **Pistacchio sprint 72** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:27 pm

Not road registered?!

Post by: **holywood3645** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:21 pm

No, I didn't mean I thought its a scammer. It was a tongue in cheek attempt at humor. When I said 'owned by a little old lady; i was referring to Dell boy style marketing of this crazy modified car.

If it is the same car as the Blue one, (which I think it is) it had a 2lrt BDG with a ZF S5-18/3 CR gearbox fitted at some point. But the owner was listed a Phil Barret, maybe a brother, dad, or even a misprint.

James

Post by: **gino1** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:25 pm

No scam ..i've just called Mr. Barrett and he's now sold the car. It was a geniune sale.

James ..can you ask Del Boy or Rodney if they've got another one for sale :wink:

Gino

Post by: **knotnuts** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:52 pm

Interesting, very interesting.. I wonder what the car weighs? What frame (Spider)? Tell me more about the power plant. Very interested in power to weight ratio. I wonder if the molds were saved and how much the aerodynamics has helped? (purely a seat of the pants thing) would be nice. Is there a class to race her in? I guess, I've never seen an Elan taken to this extreme. I'm sure that the purist.......; I wish we could hear more from the people involved!! Love it. :evil:

Post by: **stevebroad** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:02 pm

I doubt that a car this exteme would bother with a spyder chassis, it would use something that was an improvement on the 26R chassis.

Post by: **trw99** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:26 pm

Pat Thomas at Kelvedon used to race a Modsports Elan back in the 80s. Then he resurrected it:

http://www.kelsport.net/news/story.asp? ... egory=News

Tim

Post by: **holywood3645** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:29 pm

I think Phil Jones may have built the car. You can contact him at

http://www.pjed.co.uk/engine_development_gallery.htm

or email at

[email protected]

James

Post by: **ceejay** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:54 am

Are there any videos on Utube etc to see this wild red thing in action.
Looks nice, who ever did the body work did a great job.
Ceejay

Post by: **ceejay** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:49 pm

What are the mechanical specs of this elan?

Post by: **holywood3645** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:59 pm

It was listed on phil jones site with a 2ltr BDG, but sold with a TwinCam

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