Baldet Elan

PostPost by: Martin jbc633d small » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:38 pm

Hi all,

I was owner of JBC 633 D in Middlesbrough in the early 70's up till 1975. I have photographs and sold it to a repairer in the North west due to a motorcycle crashing into the side in Dunsdale North Yorkshire.

It had cpl2 camshafts and 33 mm chokes. It was I believe 105bhp engine which I overhauled.

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PostPost by: gino1 » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:12 am

Hi Richard,
Italians do a very good paint job and by the way we are very good at filling holes too 8) :lol: :D

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PostPost by: kwhittle » Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:29 pm

Re the Elan Silver Steak. I found the April 67 Autosport advert, but...........

Was there ever a Plus 2 Silver Streak ??
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PostPost by: trw99 » Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:20 pm

No Kevin, never seen or heard of one. Timeline also would preclude this I feel and the +2 elevated the Elan into the luxury category Andre tried to emulate with his conversion.

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PostPost by: kwhittle » Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:06 am

Yes I suppose that the Elan silver streak must have confirmed to Lotus that the more luxurious Plus 2 was 'on trend'
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PostPost by: The Veg » Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:24 pm

Found these ads on teh interwebz:
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1970 Elan Plus 2 (not S) 50/2036
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PostPost by: kwhittle » Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:33 am

what was the source and date of the 2nd advert ?
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PostPost by: The Veg » Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:25 am

No idea, just found it in an image search for 'Baldet Elan.'
1970 Elan Plus 2 (not S) 50/2036
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PostPost by: elansprint71 » Tue Aug 09, 2022 10:20 am

Interesting thread; do we now know how many of these "special" Elans were sold?
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PostPost by: Gordon Sauer » Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:10 pm

I thought there was a so-called “silver streak” +2 that had the silver metal flake in clear over the entire car? Gordon
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PostPost by: trw99 » Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:48 am

Pete,

I've not unearthed any more than when I wrote in the first post of this thread: "They modified two or three Elan Coupes with apparently fine interiors and fitted chromed wheels."

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PostPost by: Mazzini » Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:45 am

Ken Myers was the foreman there at the time, but I'm not sure if he's still in the land of the living?
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PostPost by: deryck » Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:12 pm

Kens Fine
90 and still on all four!

Neil carries out most of the work these days
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