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PostPost by: S3FHC » Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:55 am

Thanks Tim,

great photographs! - are all Elan body shells as (seemingly) light as that?

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PostPost by: billwill » Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:25 pm

S3FHC wrote:Thanks Tim,

great photographs! - are all Elan body shells as (seemingly) light as that?

Mark.


No...

But the racing shells for 26R cars are lighter than the Elane Coupe shells.
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PostPost by: saildrive2001 » Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:02 pm

S4 shells are also lighter than earlier models, one less layer of mat to save costs. Two of use lifted my shell when I did my rebuild.
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PostPost by: snowyelan » Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:31 pm

185 lb when I weighed my s4 dhc shell. probably had 15lb of fill in the front of it too...
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PostPost by: holywood3645 » Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:56 pm

Again, listen to Mark (Elan in the forest) less is more, on a car with this type of history!
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PostPost by: martynbrown » Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:52 pm

Deryck

A fascinating post. It's of particular interest because our S4 DHC is also in Royal Blue and I haven't seen very many in this colour during 34 years of ownership. I think we ought to arrange a gathering of Royal Blues when you've completed the work. Good luck with it, and I look forward to following your progress.

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PostPost by: Almondgreen » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:25 am

Fantastic find ! But it's going to be a brain teaser to restore.. To judge what you have to replace, and what you have to keep as is to keep the originality of the car. It's an historical car !
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PostPost by: fittielan » Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:30 am

Image

Here is mine. Hope you like :P
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PostPost by: The Veg » Tue Sep 06, 2016 2:20 pm

fittielan wrote:Here is mine. Hope you like :P


Smashing! :mrgreen:
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PostPost by: deryck » Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:49 pm

Evening,

the car is now finished and will at home tomorrow,

95% of the original parts were used including the chassis, seats etc .
Neil has done his usual amazing job .

i will post pictures of the finished car in the morning,
its been a long road!


kindest rgards
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PostPost by: S3FHC » Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:02 pm

Deryck,

Congratulations on completing the car?s restoration, I am looking forward to seeing the photographs of the car tomorrow!

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PostPost by: trw99 » Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:58 pm

From Deryck, a photo of the completed car.

It looks superb and a wonderful tribute to our only posthumous World Champion.

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PostPost by: Mazzini » Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:00 pm

Love the colour.
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PostPost by: nmauduit » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:06 am

Mazzini wrote:Love the colour.


me too ;)
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PostPost by: vstibbard » Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:44 am

Likewise, I look forward to seeing a picture of it in the sun

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