Rob LaMoreaux's 1969 Lotus Elan S4

In 1999 I saw a 1969 Lotus Elan in town that was for sale local to home. It was cheapenough I could afford it and I soon found out why...

I took a mechanic friend with me to go look at it and it was quite sad. It was a basket case that someone had started a restoration on and neve completed. It looked so bad I was dissappointed until my friend pointed out the chassis was excellent as was the suspension. Well I bought it thinking I had a lot of work to do.

Here is how the front looked when I brought it home:

The rear wasn't much better:

Nor was the dash:

Well I proceeded to take her apart

 

and I rebuilt every part except for the temp/oil gauge which I just replaced.

18 months later and a lot more money than I had planned she was back on the road and looking pretty.

Since then she has had lots of fun at autocrosses

 

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