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Another one then :) In its original environment ;)
Lotus and good copiers (like Caterham) make brilliant cars! Best, É. ...
1600 Sprint made from kit, Ital/Marina live axle (a pain for parts).
I got it in the uk and sold it in France some years ago. Very basic but efficient. The sucking noise from the cars was unique... nearly louder than the side exhaust! I owned also a Austin Healey Sprite mk2, a 1965 Elan S2 and 2 Elises S1. Light is right, ...
Thats great to hear…
Weight is the enemy of a great handling car and Colin Chapman understood this as early as 1952 when he founded Lotus Cars. The Elise S1 was pure to this concept and pioneered advances in car construction used by many car manufacturers today. I had one of ...
The Elan...
.... that's a whole story in itself. I drove it rather illegally for a while as it was fitted with an Alfa Romeo 1600 engine. After quite a while, I started a restoration: proper twincam, chassis, doughnuts, etc. I then drove it again on some adventures l...
The Cayman is a great car in the real world and …
Don’t say it to loudly but it handles better than a 911/991.
That's my old Elan
You can read the all story of Alfa Elan on dedicated forum if you are interested. Best, É. ...
Those seats look super cool (but must be pretty uncomfortable).
I think Jerry Seinfeld and Louis CK did a "Comedians in Cars getting Coffee" video episode in one of these? (unless my memory is faulty)
