Reproductions of Plus 2 ID plates . . . ?

[Sea Ranch]

Greetings,

Had always thought I would commission some repro plates for my car: engine bay id plate and vehicle emission control info plate and the "manufactured by Lotus . . . " plate on the driver's door jam.

Just wondering if anyone else has had these done, or knows of their availability somewhere, or of a company which does a good job of these? I guess a limited run of them could be done, too, if there were need/interest.

Below are the specific plates I'm looking for:

Regards,

Randy

[frogeyesimon]

SJ Sports Cars sell the under-bonnet plate (your second picture). Not sure about the others

[pharriso]

I've seen the emission (first) plate for '72 & '73 cars as well... let me try & remember where!

Update: RDent has 1972 plates for $24

Never seen the last plate available anywhere....

[Sea Ranch]

Thank you, Simon and Phil! Excellent! The chassis id plate is perfect for me; the emissions one not quite. But at least I could contact Ray to see who makes them and then develop some artwork to send them.

Thanks again,

Randy

[Jason1]

Can get the VIN plate on eBay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOTUS-NORWICH ... SwYGFUzMNI

[Sea Ranch]

Interesting; thanks, Jason.

The seller in your ebay link is John Viner of vin-plate.co.uk. Have had one correspondence with him. The plate he is offering in that ebay auction is plate number 4-682003 (top right corner) and is very similar to mine but not quite the same.

The plate SJ Sportscars is offering (under Elan Plus 2, Chassis, Chassis components) is plate number 36B1135, which is my car's plate and is VERY close to my original. The fonts are generally a little heavier on the reproduction. But it's very good. I will probably add one to my current order with SJ

And continue searching out companies to have conversations with. Will certainly post if I am going to have something made.

Regards,

Randy

[nmauduit]

SJ Sports Cars sell the under-bonnet plate (your second picture). Not sure about the others

in case that matters, this repro plate is not very accurate (characters not lined up like the original, fonts and thickness a bit off here and there...)

[Sea Ranch]

Hmmm . . . I'll have to study the pic again . . . . Thanks.

[Eric the Viking]

The alternative is to contact Lotus (Andy Graham) who will supply at a price if you can supply a copy of V5 or your original plate.

[Sea Ranch]

I see . . . has anyone seen what Lotus supply? Can I assume it's high quality? Would they also supply the emissions plate and door jam plate (it has a vin on it as well)?

[Eric the Viking]

The one they sent me is good quality and has VIN and engine number,I'm away at the moment but will try and post a pic when I return