Largely Lotus Barn Find - Sydney, Australia
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:35 am
Afternoon all
For those not present at the General Meeting on Tuesday, I thought it worth flagging that due to the sad and early death of one of our members, John Hotop, his "collection" of cars will be cleared by his widow shortly.
Details are sketchy currently, but I thought I would flag it in case anyone has a burning desire for a project car; the truncated list (based on what I can remember) is as follows, and more details will be published as they become available (photos in particular, but also a date for an open for inspection day - which will be one day only, no reasonable offers refused):
3 x Europas - at least one is an early Renault TC, one may be (unregistered) with a V6, and it's hard to know what the other is
1 x S3 Elan - either the paint has been rubbed back, or years of sunshine have destroyed the paint
1 x Plus 2 Elan - when it stopped all that was wrong was a seized water pump - that was 20 years ago
1 x Chrysler Sunbeam - unlikely to be a Lotus Sunbeam, but may prove to be once uncovered and verified!
2 x "wedges" - can't remember exactly what they are, but possibly an Eclat and an Excel - will confirm once I get more detail
1 x copy-Seven chassis - incomplete
1 x spaceframe chassis for a hillclimb car - poorly built and probably only good for parts/ideas
None of the cars are runners, so if you are interested, you will want to bring a trailer. Remember that caveat emptor applies - these cars have all sat out in the Australian weather for many years so are sadly in very poor condition.
All the cars are located near Penrith. No reasonable offer will be refused, and all must clear on the day otherwise they will be scrapped (which I think would be a shame)
For those not present at the General Meeting on Tuesday, I thought it worth flagging that due to the sad and early death of one of our members, John Hotop, his "collection" of cars will be cleared by his widow shortly.
Details are sketchy currently, but I thought I would flag it in case anyone has a burning desire for a project car; the truncated list (based on what I can remember) is as follows, and more details will be published as they become available (photos in particular, but also a date for an open for inspection day - which will be one day only, no reasonable offers refused):
3 x Europas - at least one is an early Renault TC, one may be (unregistered) with a V6, and it's hard to know what the other is
1 x S3 Elan - either the paint has been rubbed back, or years of sunshine have destroyed the paint
1 x Plus 2 Elan - when it stopped all that was wrong was a seized water pump - that was 20 years ago
1 x Chrysler Sunbeam - unlikely to be a Lotus Sunbeam, but may prove to be once uncovered and verified!
2 x "wedges" - can't remember exactly what they are, but possibly an Eclat and an Excel - will confirm once I get more detail
1 x copy-Seven chassis - incomplete
1 x spaceframe chassis for a hillclimb car - poorly built and probably only good for parts/ideas
None of the cars are runners, so if you are interested, you will want to bring a trailer. Remember that caveat emptor applies - these cars have all sat out in the Australian weather for many years so are sadly in very poor condition.
All the cars are located near Penrith. No reasonable offer will be refused, and all must clear on the day otherwise they will be scrapped (which I think would be a shame)