Re: Your Lotus Elan - What Was It Like When You Acquired It?
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 3:38 pm
My Plus 2 was basically solid but in need of much work, and I wouldn't really know how much until after purchase. It turned out to be lots more than I'd anticipated.
The car came from a friend. It goes back to a few years earlier when I had the Esprit. a friend learned that I'd bought a Lotus and said she'd have to introduce me to this couple she knew, as they had a Lotus too. So I met Beth and David, and they showed me the little yellow Plus 2 in their garage. I loved it instantly, and upon sitting inside was immediately taken by how much more legroom it had than the Esprit did! The car wasn't running at the time, and I came to grasp that neither of them was really all that mechanically inclined. I said let me know if you ever decide to sell this car! I was told at the time that they'd never sell it, but time changes things.
Five years later I learned in a roundabout way that they did indeed want to sell, and by then we had five years of good friendship between us so I said I was interested, and give me a day or two to see if I can scrape some money together and please don't sell it until you hear back from me! I managed to scrape and borrow enough to buy the car, and Beth was very pleased that it was 'staying in the family' as she put it. I think she came to realise that she and David didn't have the skills to give it the work and care that it needed, so she was glad to see it go to somebody who did. Well, at least I have the capability to learn by doing! Beth and David follow my progress and are quite pleased with what I'm getting done. I've promised them some wheel-time when Yelotus is ready, and that should be a blast as they moved a couple of years ago to the hills of western North Carolina, an area known for great twisty roads.
The car came from a friend. It goes back to a few years earlier when I had the Esprit. a friend learned that I'd bought a Lotus and said she'd have to introduce me to this couple she knew, as they had a Lotus too. So I met Beth and David, and they showed me the little yellow Plus 2 in their garage. I loved it instantly, and upon sitting inside was immediately taken by how much more legroom it had than the Esprit did! The car wasn't running at the time, and I came to grasp that neither of them was really all that mechanically inclined. I said let me know if you ever decide to sell this car! I was told at the time that they'd never sell it, but time changes things.
Five years later I learned in a roundabout way that they did indeed want to sell, and by then we had five years of good friendship between us so I said I was interested, and give me a day or two to see if I can scrape some money together and please don't sell it until you hear back from me! I managed to scrape and borrow enough to buy the car, and Beth was very pleased that it was 'staying in the family' as she put it. I think she came to realise that she and David didn't have the skills to give it the work and care that it needed, so she was glad to see it go to somebody who did. Well, at least I have the capability to learn by doing! Beth and David follow my progress and are quite pleased with what I'm getting done. I've promised them some wheel-time when Yelotus is ready, and that should be a blast as they moved a couple of years ago to the hills of western North Carolina, an area known for great twisty roads.