Original 1963 Lotus Elan 1500 Sales brochure

Post by: **pharriso** » Wed Nov 23, 2016 11:23 pm

Just picked this up from eBay in the UK, thought you'd all appreciate a scan:

LotusElan1500_1963BrochureReduced.pdf: (1.95 MiB) Downloaded 1489 times

Lovely illustrations.

Post by: **SENC** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:43 am

Nice, thanks for sharing!

Post by: **S3FHC** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:01 am

Thank you!

some beautiful illustrations

Post by: **billwill** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:37 am

Nice.

Post by: **elansprint71** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:45 am

Great find, thanks for posting!

Post by: **ken ob** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:49 am

That's great, thanks for posting.

Ken

Post by: **kpcseven** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 1:54 pm

Is the steering wheel supposed to be oriented with the spoke up? Were the frame's on the early cars painted green?

Post by: **The Veg** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:21 pm

Very cool!

Post by: **pharriso** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:22 pm

kpcseven wrote:Is the steering wheel supposed to be oriented with the spoke up?

Now you mention it, that is interesting... it does seem to be that way in all pictures!

Post by: **c42** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:45 pm

Interesting point but if the wheel were to be shown in "conventional" position it would obscure the rev counter and speedo on the illustration showing the dash.

John

Post by: **kpcseven** » Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:57 pm

It's odd because the hub logo is right side up in all of the pictures also.

Post by: **Certified Lotus** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 12:28 pm

Nice Phil! I was fortunate enough to buy one of these last year. You don't see them very often!

Post by: **fjcoopelan** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 3:38 pm

Hi

If anyone is looking for this brochure, or the other 2 versions (Elan, Elan S2) or other Elan or Lotus sales lit, I have a large inventory.

Foster
Tottenham Lane Motoring Literature
totlanelit.com
[email protected]

Post by: **trw99** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 6:52 pm

Yes the wheel is correctly oriented in the pics. The first few Elans were fitted with their steering wheel like that, I believe at around Unit No 0030 they moved to the more usual orientation.

Tim

Post by: **nomad** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:45 pm

trw99 wrote:Yes the wheel is correctly oriented in the pics. The first few Elans were fitted with their steering wheel like that, I believe at around Unit No 0030 they moved to the more usual orientation.

Tim

Tim, how about the green painted frame, the carpet inside the doors, and the air cleaner??

Kurt
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