Lotus Elan and Lotus Elan Plus 2 Forums

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.

Martin Small

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

Gino
Milano
Italy

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

Was there ever a Plus 2 Silver Streak ??
Kevin

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.

Tim

Yes I suppose that the Elan silver streak must have confirmed to Lotus that the more luxurious Plus 2 was 'on trend'
Kevin

Found these ads on teh interwebz:

what was the source and date of the 2nd advert ?
Kevin

No idea, just found it in an image search for 'Baldet Elan.'

Interesting thread; do we now know how many of these "special" Elans were sold?

I thought there was a so-called “silver streak” +2 that had the silver metal flake in clear over the entire car? Gordon

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."

Tim

Ken Myers was the foreman there at the time, but I'm not sure if he's still in the land of the living?

Kens Fine
90 and still on all four!

Neil carries out most of the work these days