Ronnie Peterson’s Elan Plus 2 1972 – As you may have read in the article in Absolute Lotus, the car was given to Ronnie by Colin Chapman when he drove for Team Lotus and was built to his specification, the first ever Lotus with a 5-speed gearbox. It was the car Ronnie raced Dave Brodie, at a rapid pace, back from Mallory Park (see … Continue reading Lotus Elan Plus 2
Lotus removed the roof and windscreen from the Elan to create the M200 concept Continue reading Elan M200 Speedster sells for $62,500
This is a new one on us. The Starley Lotus Sprite is a mash-up of the Austin-Healey ‘Frogeye’ Sprite Mk1 and a Lotus Elan, combining the modified shell of the former with the underpinnings of the latter. The story goes like this. The Sprite’s original owner, a Mr Starley, had been using the car on the road and in sprints and hillclimbs in the early … Continue reading If you can’t beat them, join them: The ‘Frogeye’ Sprite with a Lotus Elan heart
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