An introduction (just) in time for Castle Coombe?..
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 12:09 pm
Hello,
I have owned a 1971 Lotus Elan +2 S130 Hexagon DHC for the past 18 months and in that time I have been quietly doing an amount of re-commissioning, renovating, repairing and improving the car with the specific goal of getting it to Castle Coombe this weekend so that it can be part of the 50th anniversary of the +2 model. I think I have got there (more or less) and here are a couple of photos...
I have made the car known to Andy Graham at Lotus and Alan Morgan at Club Lotus. Consequently I have been able to learn about its history and it is quite rich.
I also contacted Paul Michaels at Hexagon to see what he could recall about this and the other +2 DHCs. He did remember the one used in their adverts at the time but he couldn?t put a number to how many they made, unfortunately.
So??.if anyone out there has one currently, had one in the past, or knows about the fate of any others I would be delighted to receive any further information the community may have.
For those attending Castle Coombe I will hopefully see you on Saturday morning (the M4 journey will be a little test for it?.).
Regards,
Peter
I have owned a 1971 Lotus Elan +2 S130 Hexagon DHC for the past 18 months and in that time I have been quietly doing an amount of re-commissioning, renovating, repairing and improving the car with the specific goal of getting it to Castle Coombe this weekend so that it can be part of the 50th anniversary of the +2 model. I think I have got there (more or less) and here are a couple of photos...
I have made the car known to Andy Graham at Lotus and Alan Morgan at Club Lotus. Consequently I have been able to learn about its history and it is quite rich.
I also contacted Paul Michaels at Hexagon to see what he could recall about this and the other +2 DHCs. He did remember the one used in their adverts at the time but he couldn?t put a number to how many they made, unfortunately.
So??.if anyone out there has one currently, had one in the past, or knows about the fate of any others I would be delighted to receive any further information the community may have.
For those attending Castle Coombe I will hopefully see you on Saturday morning (the M4 journey will be a little test for it?.).
Regards,
Peter