lots of lotus parts

[22ironman]

to all lotus individuals,

I am not a lotus person, but my father-in-law who passed away several years ago was.
And if any of you were bidding on the 1967 lotus twin cam engine on ebay i want to apologize for ending the auction. I have been going thru all of these lotus parts i have and am going to sell all of it and there is alot of it. my problem is i dont know anything about alot of these parts. so i am here to get some help with some of this if any one is willing to help educate me on all of these items i have.

thank you
22ironman

[Elanintheforest]

We'll soon let you know what's what, just put some photos up. There are some highly prized bits in the Elan world like steering wheels, cylinder heads, instruments, door frames, chomework, rear light clusters etc. Some bits that look like junk could be quite valuable, and some that look good can be virtually worthless...just depends on model, availability of the parts as reproductions and rarety.

Mark

[gjz30075]

22ironman, where are you located?

[22ironman]

thanks for the response
i am located just outside of st. louis mo

[22ironman]

where can i post pics on this site

[gjz30075]

You can "Upload attachment" on your reply. Simply browse for the file and "add the file" and submit. File needs to be a certain size and if its too large, it'll fail and let you know what the size should be.

Greg Z

[22ironman]

i am currently going through all of these parts and have been on RD eneterprises website and can tell you that i have alot of the parts that he has on his site and some that he has as not available. I am learning alot. I will try to post some pics of some of the things i have. I tried once but my image was to big

Thanks to all
22ironman

[22ironman]

Here are just a few small things just to see if i can figure out how too post pic

22ironman

[22ironman]

here is some more things. it appears to be complete recover set. door panels, seats, and seat backs. Brand new but bought out of northwich, cheshire, england 1984. still in 100% mint condition with foam.

Thanks
22ironman

[22ironman]

here is just a large view of some of the things i have. I know the pics are kinda fague but gives you a little view of what i am dealing with.

Thanks
22ironman

[22ironman]

here is some really bad pics of the body.
I will soon have it her to take some better pics.

Thanks 22ironman

[22ironman]

sorry wont let me do the body pics.

22ironman

[Elanintheforest]

Do you have a whole car with an ID or just lots of parts?! If you have a whole car, or most of a car, it may be worth trying to sell it as such.

The badges are from a S2 Elan from about 1965 / 1966, and the trim looks to be from a S3 or S4 from 1966 / 1970. Do you know what model cars he had? It will make a difference, especially when describing that trim set to give buyers the confidence they have the right one.

The trim set probably came from Christopher Neil, a Lotus dealer here in the UK. That should fetch a few hundred dollars. The badges, if bought at the same time, are probably originals, and if in perfect condition will get $10 - $20 each, but a fair bit more for the shield / championship ones.

The engine and box, complete with carbs, would fetch maybe ?2000 over here if it's sound, so maybe $3000 or so? It will obviously need rebuilding.

Suspension arms and rear brake callipers have a good value, but the prize you've shown so far is the woodrim steering wheel. That on it's own could be $300 - $600 depending on condition, and assuming it's an original one. Maybe worth putting up a photo of that on its own. The other steering wheel wouldn't be worth much...maybe $50. The instruments could be ?100 or so each, and if there's a black crash pad in good condition, and a metal grille to go with it, that could be $200 - $400 or so, but it will have to be good. It will all add up pretty quickly! Other bits on the dash like the headlamp switch, windscreen wiper switch and heater cable can fetch daft money...maybe $100 each.

If it is a S3 / S4 and you have the door frames, they are also big money at maybe $300 - $400 each depending on condition.

Things like the rusty rotors are just scrap, as they are only $20 or so new.

You probably need to take the bits out of the boxes and photograph them for a more accurate appraisal!

Mark

[RotoFlexible]

I am sure there are a lot of folks wishing they were in the St. Louis area with a truck and a checkbook right now!

You might want to contact the St. Louis area Lotus club: http://www.stalls-club.org/ They probably have an Elan-knowledgeable member who could help you assess what you have, condition of parts, whether there is a restoration possibility etc.

The S2 badges are currently unavailable in the US and several people on this site have been looking for them. I think that Paul Matty may be making them again in England, but not sure of that.

Good luck with this, and it would be great if all those parts could be assembled into an S2 by someone.

[paddy]

... the prize you've shown so far is the woodrim steering wheel. That on it's own could be $300 - $600 depending on condition, and assuming it's an original one. Maybe worth putting up a photo of that on its own.

Specifically, put up a photo of the back as well as the front. Does it have studs on the back of the rim or not (I guess not)?

Paddy