We’re all familiar with the famous words of Colin Chapman and their application to Lotus motorcars. Perhaps someone took this credo a little too far in application to a 1964 Elan. The seller claims the chassis is rust and accident free, which means either the body was accidentally washed with nitric acid, or…well…we’re not sure how else a body gets away from a chassis without rust or accidents. Typically if we’re looking at a car in need of tons of little interior, body or trim bits, we’d say you’d destined to languish in Project Car Hell for all eternity. For some reason, we see this as an opportunity to start with a blank slate. More accurately, and easel, as the slate’s not even there.
Off hand, we’d recommend turbo rotary power and a backyard Ariel Atom or X-Bow looking minimalist body, made of aluminum, just to keep things interesting. What would you do with this collection of scrap metal a ’64 Lotus chassis?
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Body? What body? I would pad the center backbone, atv/snowmobile style, and give it a centered steering wheel.
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BMW 2002, MG Midget, and the beginning of awesome.
The idea of adding an X-Bow-type body is appealing. It would be the fruition of my go-kart from hoonhell dream.
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1971 BMW 2002 and 1973 MGB in addition to th 1964 Lotus Elan.
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I fantasize about a world where everybody drives go-karts. Everywhere. All the time.
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A rotary would barely come up above the front shock towers. You could put together one hell of a Wonder Wedge on that frame…
I, as well. Between that and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups war would be a thing of the past.
Ahh, Reese's. The food of peace™.
Damn, that is an MGB. Well, I got the 2002.
Meh… they're both pretty small… one could be forgiven.
You aren't the only one by a long shot. There is no finer form of transportation.
First of all, I meant all the cars in the background. Go through to the listing to see them all.
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Would you like a broken Dana 44 ring and pinion or shredded guibo joint from a BMW?
damn, i was eying that guibo…
Both would go well with my collection of warped brake rotors, stuck fan cluthes, wobbly water pumps, large tub of Fiat 850 bits, and the rear seat from a K-5 Blazer.
I REALLY need to clean out the basement.
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It's two-stroke week.
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I had a chance to almost steal one of those little Harleys, along with two of the four stroke Aermacchis. Glad I didn't, it would have been PBH.
Pffft, I already have one of those. A Tony Thompson 26R frame is lots better, and isn't that much more (that much being double the starting) than this one. If you simply must have this, TT also sells new bodies that they're splashing off their own molds. http://www.tonythompsonracing.co.uk
And it's really easy to separate an Elan body from the backbone as it's only a matter of about a half-dozen fasteners.
Hell… how much would it cost to build a whole Elan from these guys?
That's the basis for the new Ariel Quark
Well, from the pictures I can spot 2 red TR6s, a red F355, a yellow MGB-GT, a white 2002, a white Jaguar which the seller's other listings has as a 420, a black TR6, and a buttload of MGBs in various hues, some of which are among the 5 currently listed on ebay.
The seller also apparently has a Falcon Futura in there somewhere, but I can't find it.
The only stumpers are the dark saloon (Jaguar?) parked against the wall (with the boot and bonnet raised), the black thing that looks not quite like a Lotus 7, and the little (far too modern) roadster (Miata?) nestled between the mustard yellow GT and one of the red TR6s.
I believe the newer roadster is a late model MG TF, the sedan against the wall appears to me to be a 1946 or 1947 Chevrolet. The Se7en looking thing is a mystery. None of the 7 copies I've seen have that curving body work or windshield. This car also appears to have a bit of a trunk. I'd love to know what it is.
Which, the Jag HWM Racer?
Also you can just go to their website and look them up.
In that picture: BMW 2002 (w/tii rims), MGB, Lotus Elan (chassis), and a Jeep CJ-something.
I believe the newer roadster is a late model MG TF, the sedan against the wall appears to me to be a 1946 or 1947 Roadmaster. The Se7en looking thing is a mystery. None of the 7 copies I've seen have that curving body work or windshield. This car also appears to have a bit of a trunk. I'd love to know what it is.
Damn it, now that I have discovered their site I keep looking at it saying "for 5 grand I could have a bitchin' Healey…"
No! Stop! I already have a car that needs work!
The Black Tulip MGB has a wonky wheel in the lead photo.
It's also run out of oil in the engine, transmission and rear end.
Fun fact: struts on the rear axle are called Chapman struts after Collin.
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