a d price wrote: After having two 3litre metal chassis marcos I would love a wooden chassis 1800 Marcos- have you seen the prices?
Thank you for the kind words, and on the subject of 1800 prices..... yes, I know and I really don't understand why. I could fill another website with tales of what fell off that car, it was far more trouble than both the Elan & Europa together.
I kept the 1800 for something like 17-18yrs, it ran alongside both the Elan & Europa at one point, so I was fairly well acquainted with it by the time I came to sell it. I spent a lot of time & money but frankly it never felt as accomplished as the Elan or Europa although the roadholding was probably equal or better on smooth tarmac, so I can see why people like them for track cars..
And although we grumble at Chapman and penny-pinching on his cars, virtually everything on the 1800 had that "home-built" look and it felt more of a kit car than any of my Lotus have. Ironically, for many years after my first visit to the Donnington gathering I used to look enviously at those steel chassis 3L...... electric windows, wow !
Brian