Lotus Elan and Lotus Elan Plus 2 Forums

The September '99 issue of "Road & Track" wins back some favor at MY house.
. . The cover shows a yellow Sport 190 Elise, The main lead article is a
"0-100-0" shootout in which the Sport 190 and the Caterham Superlight R
place very well in the group including 2 Astons and the XKR Jag.

"Icing on the cake" is a "Side Glances" article by my favorite car writer,
Peter Egan. The title is "Driving the old Lotuses" and the subject is
Peter's vintage race drives of two Lotus formula Fords; a 51A and a 31.
Peter said: "It's nice to see the world, if just for a moment as Jim Clark
or Innes Ireland might have seen it a long time ago."

Tony Clark - Sherman, TEXAS
I'm gonna go play with the 51A tomorrow!
Eleven S1 - Elite S1 - Elan S1 - 23B - 51A
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Tony Clark wrote:


What? No more M100?

Rod

Oh Gawd, Rod, you missed Steve Brightman's note announcing that my M-100
was a 1 : 18 Maisto model!
I though you knew me better than that!!!!
:->
Tony
(it WAS rear wheel drive!)

Tony Clark wrote:


Oh Tony, I've done you a silent injustice. Of course, I thought I knew Lotus
better than that too :-/

Ha ha! Yes I did miss that all important item. Profuse apologies for what I
was thinking. I'm so glad I didn't say anything for which I'd be sorry.

You do have a nice collection there. Is the Elan anywhere near road-worthy?


Rod

Yep, the S1 just needs a dash and a pad . . . and, I'm not happy with the
paint job.

Tony
(down to my LAST Elan)