Jim Clark's first Elan 997 NUR could be yours!
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The challenge with any car, and particularly a car that was raced, is how much of the car Jim owned is left.
This is made worse by Lotus' well known lack of decent records and their tendency to stick whatever was in the parts bin on the car at the time the car went down the line.
It certainly is an interesting car. The original advert:
This is made worse by Lotus' well known lack of decent records and their tendency to stick whatever was in the parts bin on the car at the time the car went down the line.
It certainly is an interesting car. The original advert:
68 Elan S3 HSCC Roadsports spec
71 Elan Sprint (being restored)
32 Standard 12
Various modern stuff
71 Elan Sprint (being restored)
32 Standard 12
Various modern stuff
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For those that have not seen the pictures of 997 NUR as it was found in a Notts scrap yard, here they are:
Apart from new body, new chassis, new interior & probably new drivetrain the car is exactly as it was when driven by Jim Clark!
How did it end up in a scrap yard anyway? Probably the most famous Elan ever, surpassing even Emma's cars?
Apart from new body, new chassis, new interior & probably new drivetrain the car is exactly as it was when driven by Jim Clark!
How did it end up in a scrap yard anyway? Probably the most famous Elan ever, surpassing even Emma's cars?
Phil Harrison
1972 Elan Sprint 0260K
1972 Elan Sprint 0260K
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pharriso - Coveted Fifth Gear
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I am all for finding the car and as a tribute to Jim Clark, build it as it once was, but to put that sort of price on what is maybe no more than a registration document but calling it the earliest surviving Elan, even for the motor trade, is nothing but a rip-off!
Hal Adams
Evora S
Elan +2
Evora S
Elan +2
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I suspect it is either going to sit for a long time for sale or disappear for a few decades into the collection of a very rich person not to be seen again until some time long into the future. Where there will be some mystery whether it is or isn't the car...
'73 +2 130/5 RHD, now on the road and very slowly rolling though a "restoration"
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At the LOG40 dinner, Richard Parramint advised Lotus have been acquiring significant cars from the company's history. Geely has provided budget for this purpose. So perhaps it won't disappear.
There is no cure for Lotus, only treatment.
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StressCraxx - Coveted Fifth Gear
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pharriso wrote:For those that have not seen the pictures of 997 NUR as it was found in a Notts scrap yard, here they are:
Apart from new body, new chassis, new interior & probably new drivetrain the car is exactly as it was when driven by Jim Clark!
How did it end up in a scrap yard anyway? Probably the most famous Elan ever, surpassing even Emma's cars?
Hey Phil, Hope all is well. I think you're over estimating the celebrity value of the car at the time. In the early 70's, it was just £400-£700's worth of damaged Elan with an interesting former owner.
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