Help lost dipstick

[gsminors]

I have lost the dipstick on the +2 I must have lost it in the move.
Has any one out there got one I can buy?
I am nearly finished with the Weber conversion and this is now holding me up. Please help.
Thanks

[1964 S1]

Don't panic, they show up on eBay every once in a while, I'll check and see if I've got an extra, they are worth quite a few bucks (which are currently worth little.) You can always temporarily fashion a stick out of steel rod....

[1964 S1]

I do have an extra stick, negotiation time... do you have any models of an Elan +2?

[gsminors]

Just found the dipstick underneath the drives seat. I must have put their for safe keeping.
Thanks for the offer of replacements

[hatman]

The 1950's/60's Fiat 500 used to lose dipsticks - for some reason they used to break off, level with the crankcase, and drop into the sump. Awareness usually dawned when a glance in the rear-view showed that you were being chased by a cloud of blue smoke as the oil squirted out of the sump and on to the exhaust manifold.

First time it happened to me was on a winter's day somewhere in north Yorkshire so, fearing ending my days in a fireball, I drove the car into a roadside snowdrift and bailed out. Later that day, having topped up the oil, I sealed the dipstick hole with a champagne cork (not my tipple, I hasten to add - I was a Fiat 500 driver remember - merely one I found and that happened to fit).