garage clearance
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:17 am
10 years ago I moved to the United States intending to stay for one year, 10 years later I'm still here and have aquired a S4 elan and S3 Caterham. It's time to move my UK lotus cars and parts on to someone who will use / restore them.
The good news is that someone is likely to get a good deal on cars and parts that have been in dry storage for 10+ years. The bad news is that I would prefer one buyer to take everything and payment / collection has to be arranged for the second week in August while I'm back in the UK.
Outlined below are the major parts. I'll send a pdf file with pictures to anyone who is interested and I'll do my best to describe the parts here and by email or phone calls (I'm currently in New Jersey, East coast US)
I may consider selling the plus 2 separately but everything else has to go as one lot, and as mentioned it would be better if everything goes together.
I'm open to cash offers on everything or alternatively will consider part exchange on mobile interesting cars (up to ~$60,000 value) with cash ether way depending on the value of the exchange. Cars in exchange would have to be mobile under their own power, over 25 years old and exportable to the US and ideally left hand drive. Interesting cars could include any 50s and 60s lotus, Ginetta G12, G4, Matra Djet, Alpine A110, any pre TR7 series triumph, well prepared period race / rally car, early series landrovers etc.
Lotus cars and parts for sale:
Complete 1972 Elan plus 2, was used daily until stored, engine oiled before dry store, galvanized chassis, solid driveshafts, decent body but badly faded red paint, new carpet set to be installed. Have 18+ years of complete documentation of every part and service for the car prior to storage.
1967 Elan S3 FHC in parts but complete with all ?hard to find parts e.g. handbrake components, window motors etc rear lights , body very rough (bad paint reaction) but complete and no major structural damage, chassis surface has rust, hard to find parts including handbrake mechanisms, window motors, glass etc
Additional parts (not including the parts required to rebuild the S3 elan). All parts have been previously used, are dusty, may have minor surface rust but are complete and undamaged-unless marked*: 1xFord 1600 short engine (main journals *10 though under size and will likely require regrinding), 4x new AP twin cam pistons and rings, 2x 105E gearboxes, 4x Weber DCOE40 (* one missing a main jet cover), a bunch of cam shafts (*surface rust so will need to be reprofiled or used as ornaments), 1x pair of Spyder sliding spline dual UJ drive shafts (for type 26/36 Elan), 4x (possibly more) 4.5J knock on wheels, 4 x (again possibly more) 5.5J revolution alloy wheels (4 bolt fitting), 4x rear ?A? frames, 2x rear hub carriers and hubs, 2x front knock on hubs, 2x tubular 4 into 2 manifolds, 2x elan seats (*dirty and stitching split on seat squab), Assorted front calipers and front and rear disks 2x rear strut inserts, Assorted trim and gauges, 2x S3 Elan rear light lenses and bezels,
Optional to take or leave: 3hp compressor, ? inc chuck floor-mounted pillar drill, Clarke MIG welder and large argon C02 bottle, 10ton hydraulic press, assorted airtools and other hand tools
If interested contact me on [email protected]
The good news is that someone is likely to get a good deal on cars and parts that have been in dry storage for 10+ years. The bad news is that I would prefer one buyer to take everything and payment / collection has to be arranged for the second week in August while I'm back in the UK.
Outlined below are the major parts. I'll send a pdf file with pictures to anyone who is interested and I'll do my best to describe the parts here and by email or phone calls (I'm currently in New Jersey, East coast US)
I may consider selling the plus 2 separately but everything else has to go as one lot, and as mentioned it would be better if everything goes together.
I'm open to cash offers on everything or alternatively will consider part exchange on mobile interesting cars (up to ~$60,000 value) with cash ether way depending on the value of the exchange. Cars in exchange would have to be mobile under their own power, over 25 years old and exportable to the US and ideally left hand drive. Interesting cars could include any 50s and 60s lotus, Ginetta G12, G4, Matra Djet, Alpine A110, any pre TR7 series triumph, well prepared period race / rally car, early series landrovers etc.
Lotus cars and parts for sale:
Complete 1972 Elan plus 2, was used daily until stored, engine oiled before dry store, galvanized chassis, solid driveshafts, decent body but badly faded red paint, new carpet set to be installed. Have 18+ years of complete documentation of every part and service for the car prior to storage.
1967 Elan S3 FHC in parts but complete with all ?hard to find parts e.g. handbrake components, window motors etc rear lights , body very rough (bad paint reaction) but complete and no major structural damage, chassis surface has rust, hard to find parts including handbrake mechanisms, window motors, glass etc
Additional parts (not including the parts required to rebuild the S3 elan). All parts have been previously used, are dusty, may have minor surface rust but are complete and undamaged-unless marked*: 1xFord 1600 short engine (main journals *10 though under size and will likely require regrinding), 4x new AP twin cam pistons and rings, 2x 105E gearboxes, 4x Weber DCOE40 (* one missing a main jet cover), a bunch of cam shafts (*surface rust so will need to be reprofiled or used as ornaments), 1x pair of Spyder sliding spline dual UJ drive shafts (for type 26/36 Elan), 4x (possibly more) 4.5J knock on wheels, 4 x (again possibly more) 5.5J revolution alloy wheels (4 bolt fitting), 4x rear ?A? frames, 2x rear hub carriers and hubs, 2x front knock on hubs, 2x tubular 4 into 2 manifolds, 2x elan seats (*dirty and stitching split on seat squab), Assorted front calipers and front and rear disks 2x rear strut inserts, Assorted trim and gauges, 2x S3 Elan rear light lenses and bezels,
Optional to take or leave: 3hp compressor, ? inc chuck floor-mounted pillar drill, Clarke MIG welder and large argon C02 bottle, 10ton hydraulic press, assorted airtools and other hand tools
If interested contact me on [email protected]