Reunited with my Elan after 47 years.
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:16 pm
In 1974 at the age of 22 and living in London I bought my first Elan. A 1970 S4 Coupe, a one owner car with if I remember correctly, 12k miles. My first great car! Sadly I was forced to sell about a year later due to spending too much money (!) although not on the Elan which was 100 pct reliable during my ownership.
Fast forward to 2021. I get a call from Ed from CollectingCars.com who had picked up up on a post I made here looking for my car back in 2010. In 2010 I had traced the car up to 2007 but the trail went cold as the car was exported.
Turns out the car had been in Marcel Prejean's collection in France and it had been purchased at auction last June and brought back to the UK.
To make a long story short I won the auction after some very spirited bidding and about a week ago the car arrived here in Florida.
Lots of work to do to put it back to the way it was when I sold it but it will be a great project.
Her it is as I bought it:
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/197 ... lan-s4-fhc
Pictures are from 1974.
Chassis # 7004080029A. If anyone has any information regarding owners between 1974 and 2007 i would be very interested.
Fast forward to 2021. I get a call from Ed from CollectingCars.com who had picked up up on a post I made here looking for my car back in 2010. In 2010 I had traced the car up to 2007 but the trail went cold as the car was exported.
Turns out the car had been in Marcel Prejean's collection in France and it had been purchased at auction last June and brought back to the UK.
To make a long story short I won the auction after some very spirited bidding and about a week ago the car arrived here in Florida.
Lots of work to do to put it back to the way it was when I sold it but it will be a great project.
Her it is as I bought it:
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/197 ... lan-s4-fhc
Pictures are from 1974.
Chassis # 7004080029A. If anyone has any information regarding owners between 1974 and 2007 i would be very interested.