Nicolas, Marseille (FR) // Elan S4 // Hi there !!
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:48 pm
Hi, I'm Nicolas, 44, from Marseille (FR).
(please excuse my unacademic "frenglish")
I inherited from my dad a few cars among which a partially disassembled 1968 Elan S4 (SE model ?).
My dad used to be a classic British car mechanics for a large part of his life :
He always loved British cars and ended up making that passion his job for a (large) while.
Possibly some of you may have met him when he was the co-owner of "GB Collection" workshop near Aix-en-Provence.
Back to the Elan : before he passed away, my dad dropped the engine and gearbox off the car, and completely disassembled the T/C engine, since he was planning a complete rebuild ...
... which now lets me with a few boxes of parts, and no specific personal knowledge.
(the boxes are actually at one of my dad's friend's place, who was supposed to help him and kindly offered me his help)
My plan is to try and rebuild the Elan and maybe one or two additional cars, and most likely to sell the others ..
A few "webxplorations" later, here I am on this forum (which was recommended to me by Sue at Mick Miller's) with a few questions and most likely a ton more to come
I will post them in separate threads and maybe just put a link here, but let me know if that's not an appropriate way of doing.
Looking forward to joining the family.
Merci et à très vite !
(please excuse my unacademic "frenglish")
I inherited from my dad a few cars among which a partially disassembled 1968 Elan S4 (SE model ?).
My dad used to be a classic British car mechanics for a large part of his life :
He always loved British cars and ended up making that passion his job for a (large) while.
Possibly some of you may have met him when he was the co-owner of "GB Collection" workshop near Aix-en-Provence.
Back to the Elan : before he passed away, my dad dropped the engine and gearbox off the car, and completely disassembled the T/C engine, since he was planning a complete rebuild ...
... which now lets me with a few boxes of parts, and no specific personal knowledge.
(the boxes are actually at one of my dad's friend's place, who was supposed to help him and kindly offered me his help)
My plan is to try and rebuild the Elan and maybe one or two additional cars, and most likely to sell the others ..
A few "webxplorations" later, here I am on this forum (which was recommended to me by Sue at Mick Miller's) with a few questions and most likely a ton more to come
I will post them in separate threads and maybe just put a link here, but let me know if that's not an appropriate way of doing.
Looking forward to joining the family.
Merci et à très vite !