The last Elan made - Historical curiosity
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:05 pm
The Last Elan made was a LHD Sprint made on March 6 1973 as documented in the press photo blow from the factory:
I was looking at the photo as I am currently workingon my main loom, you can see the 2 assembly workers are stuffing the harness into the cockpit with the Dash behind them.
If you zoom up you can see the glovebox assembled to the dash, just behind the fitter on the left:
You can see writing on the unseen faces of the glovebox.
Now a couple of years ago I bought what was claimed to be the Glovebox of the last Elan made from Portugal, let's see if it matches:
Now that's provenance!
& shown from a different view showing some more writing:
I wonder if Rick is still alive? If he is I bet he doesn't have the same hairstyle!
I was looking at the photo as I am currently workingon my main loom, you can see the 2 assembly workers are stuffing the harness into the cockpit with the Dash behind them.
If you zoom up you can see the glovebox assembled to the dash, just behind the fitter on the left:
You can see writing on the unseen faces of the glovebox.
Now a couple of years ago I bought what was claimed to be the Glovebox of the last Elan made from Portugal, let's see if it matches:
Now that's provenance!
& shown from a different view showing some more writing:
I wonder if Rick is still alive? If he is I bet he doesn't have the same hairstyle!