Lotus Elan

Rusty/mouldy +2 on eBay

PostPost by: draenog » Tue Nov 12, 2024 4:36 pm

The fibreglass body may not corrode but everything else does. A +2 on eBay that has obviously been stored in very wet conditions. At first it looks like the rear bumper is missing, but it's completely rusted away apart from one corner :lol: Three hours to go and it's over £5,500 (26 bids). Somebody either wants a challenge, or doesn't realise how much it will cost to restore. It does have new tyres!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176665614991
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PostPost by: draenog » Tue Nov 12, 2024 7:32 pm

It sold for £5,523 (there were no other bids). I guess it will be broken for parts (big valve engine).
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PostPost by: alanr » Wed Nov 13, 2024 1:22 am

Not sold. It obviously didn't make what they wanted for it!
Now relisted....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176678710783


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PostPost by: jono » Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:42 am

...a tough resto in the current market - the hard to get, and expensive, nose trim and rear bumpers missing but otherwise looks fairly complete. But no one does a resto of a GRP car with the intention of making money.
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PostPost by: Timb » Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:15 am

Have a quick look at the seller's feedback from previous sale.
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PostPost by: steveh » Wed Nov 13, 2024 1:37 pm

The ebay auction did run to the end and was marked as sold, so something is amiss . Either the buyer or seller defaulted or it was a shill final bid.The last bid placed was 3 days prior to the end which was outbid by an existing bid.
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PostPost by: Sadbrewer » Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:19 am

The bunch of wires in the engine bay looks interesting.
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PostPost by: 512BB » Thu Nov 14, 2024 7:57 am

The problem with Ebay's new policy 'no fees for sellers', excluding motors, is that it can, and will lead to huge abuse.

This is the senario. Joe Bloggs has a Chapman steering wheel for sale. He thinks it will fetch circa £500 and he lists it on Ebay with no reserve. 5 minutes to go and the bidding is only up to £300. JB gets his mate to bid £480. Maybe there is another bidder who wins it for £490. Happy days for JB. If JB's mate wins it for £480, no money changes hands and they exchange details for a collection, and JB brings the wheel back to market in a years time.

What, you don't think that happened when seller fees were £1, and now there are NO fees. JB's name has been changed to protect the guilty.

Be careful out there when bidding on Ebay.

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PostPost by: NickWilmshurst » Fri Nov 15, 2024 3:36 pm

I once bought a car on ebay with photos taken in the dark.
It took me 5 months to get my money back (including taking the guy to court).
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PostPost by: Timb » Fri Nov 15, 2024 4:43 pm

Yes eBay is a minefield of potential problems with auto sales. I recently had an episode with a seller (not of a Lotus) being evasive, not answering questions and having a wrong address on his eBay details. He suggested I went to collect with cash, meet at a close location and he would then take me to where the car is, yeh sure!!! So I dropped out.
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PostPost by: alanr » Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:24 pm

Re-listed once again. It made the same sort of money as last time. Says timewaster again:-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176694573417?_


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PostPost by: SimonH » Thu Nov 21, 2024 2:59 pm

More likely it’s just not making the big bucks someone expected. It’d be a good project but not at the £5k it’s getting to let alone more.
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PostPost by: alanr » Wed Nov 27, 2024 3:20 pm

Well, Hmmm....
It says it has now Sold....Mysteriously it seems for some £2000 less than it made previously?
Some schill bidding trotting it up in the previously listings maybe?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176694573417 ... &recoPos=1

Anyway, If genuinely now sold at that price I personally think somone as got themselves a cheap buy. A big expensive project ahead though!

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PostPost by: SimonH » Wed Nov 27, 2024 4:02 pm

Seems a more realistic price compared to the white one out there currently that they want £6k when almost nothing is probably recoverable. Probably see it for sale again without the engine in a few months. Early type bug valve cam cover so it’s probably the original one too
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