For those of you that do not know, a Lotus Elan is a special car, and on a short twisty track like our Connecticut Lime Rock , a race prepared Lotus Elan will turn faster lap times than a Shelby 427 Cobra , I have seen it done. Anyway., this story;.I had a retirement plan, to buy collector cars and restore them to finance my retirement. The problem is, I think I bought too many projects, I have seven Lotus Elan projects alone. Some of the projects are almost done, but this one needs the most wo... For those of you that do not know, a Lotus Elan is a special car, and on a short twisty track like our Connecticut Lime Rock , a race prepared Lotus Elan will turn faster lap times than a Shelby 427 Cobra , I have seen it done. Anyway., this story;.I had a retirement plan, to buy collector cars and restore them to finance my retirement. The problem is, I think I bought too many projects, I have seven Lotus Elan projects alone. Some of the projects are almost done, but this one needs the most work and I honestly don't think I want to invest the time and money in this car. I would rather sell it to somebody who has the skill and the desire to finish a lotus project. My loss is your gain, I pretty much have what I'm asking for the car and parts not to mention all the work I put in over the years.. I don't want to sell this car to somebody who just intends to sell it for parts, I want somebody with a skill and the interest that will actually try to finish it and get it back on the road. I will explain why. The story with this car is that it was a Connecticut registered Bahama YellowS4/SE Elan that was crashed, I am assuming almost new, with about 6000 miles on it. That had to be heartbreaking for the owner, to get his dream car and then have his dream shattered like that. If anyone reading this recognizes this car or the story please contact me if you can fill in any details of the story... To me, the story was so tragic that it was always my mission to see the car finished and one day see the road again . Anyway, The next owners.started to part the car out. While being disassembled , many of the parts , including the 6000 mi speedometer were labeled with paint marker with the serial number 97XX , that is how I was able to piece together the story. I bought as many pieces as I could and then over the years bought more parts to finish the car. The car is now rolling with knock off wheels, and a renewed, non-rusty frame, that even has the rear end in place. I do have a used engine and transmission windshield glass, and side windows, seats, steering column, pedal cluster, driveshaft, and a new –dashboard crash pad and a mostly completed dashboard that needs staining and clear coat. I just mentioned a few things, but if you come to. look at the car and wonder about a part, just ask, I have lots of parts. For photos, A new Robbins convertible top ,that was fit to another car but never used (and we'll go with this car,) it is seen resting on top of another top, just so you get the idea of what it's like. Although the bodywork in the rear was damaged, an entire rear clip was put on and joined in, not very noticeable places, so to look from the inside it doesn't look like it had much trauma. It does still need more glass work for miscellaneous reinforcement, and cracking though. Still plenty of work to do. I thought I might make one attempt to get some pictures in an ad in before winter in the event that somebody spot this and knows exactly what they want, and this might be It . Please note, I will not respond to'"is this available" or two fake accounts with profiles that I don't even feel are real. The Car is in Danbury Connecticut USA. PLEASE NOTE: if you feel this particular Lotus Elan project is a little too big for you , I have other Lotus Elan project cars, some almost completely done, that require far less work, although they are more expensive. Three of the projects have 26R Racing bodywork, if you like that look or want to build a race car.

Original ad title: 1969 Lotus elan s4/se (special equipment) very rare