[quote="1owner69Elan"]The flat vertical mounting pieces for the 26r headlights are available from Kelsport and TTR. As far as the rest of the bucket, curved or square, apparently this must be fabricated.
I have the vertical fiberglass pieces from TTR. Really not much to them. Just cut from a thin sheet of flat fiberglass.
As TTR told me, closing the pod off with bottom and side pieces is according to personal preference. Many 26r cars just leave it open.
Here is a picture of a "real" 26r that shows the area as open:
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I think we need to look at this again. This forum is considered a place of reference where the Lotus Elan is concerned.
In the mid sixties Lotus were a car manufacturer competing with long established companies-the series 2 26R, in component form, cost more than a Jaguar E type. The 26R was intended to compete in International events, often running at night, and would have needed properly finished head lights.
I have never seen an original 26R with unfinished headlight openings as pictured above. I believe the car pictured has either a replacement body, a replacement front end or is simply not a 26R (but then, the "real" in quotation marks may indicate the original poster thought that) I am sure Tony Thompson was referring to replacement bodies.
Edit: Can someone figure out why the photo from earlier in this thread is not coming up?