Mathewsons Car Auction - 4th & 5th June

[Don't Be Foolish]

Just noticed that there are three very clean and complete looking wedges for sale at Mathewsons this weekend:

Two Elites:

https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/product/1976-lotus-salooncurrent-v5-present-paperwork-includes-old-v5-documents-mot-certificates-and-invoiceswe-highly-recommend-that-you-view-in-person-any-potential-purchase-and-take-time-to-inspect-pap/

https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/product/1974-lotus-elitecurrent-v5-present-paperwork-includes-old-v5s-and-invoices-we-highly-recommend-that-you-view-in-person-any-potential-purchase-and-take-time-to-inspect-paperwork-and-make-any-relevan/

And an Eclat:

https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/product/1980-lotus-eclatcurrent-v5-present-paperwork-includes-old-v5s-and-invoices-we-highly-recommend-that-you-view-in-person-any-potential-purchase-and-take-time-to-inspect-paperwork-and-make-any-relevan/

It will be interesting to see the hammer price for each.

Fingers crossed they’re featured in a future episode of ‘Bangers & Cash’ as it would be fascinating to learn their back story.

Edited May 31, 2021 by Don't Be Foolish

[Straker]

The green stripe on the Eclat is very unusual 

[Don't Be Foolish]

I was interested to see how the three wedges had fared at Mathewsons, so had a quick look at the results for last weekend's auction on the Glenmarch Classic Car Auctions website .

The maroon Elite sold for £1,704, whilst the yellow Eclat with the green stripe went for slightly less at £1,604.

Although the price for the yellow Elite, which seemed to be in the best condition of the three cars, wasn't reported by Glenmarch (perhaps because it was listed as a 'Lotus Saloon' by Mathewsons), I did read a post on a Lotus Facebook forum which stated that the car had sold for £100 above it's lower estimate of £5,500.

This gave a grand total of just over £8,900.

Who would have thought back in the seventies, when these luxury grand tourers were launched, that just over 45 years later you would be able to buy three of them for less than the price of a 1972 Ford Escort 1300XL (which sold for £10,780)

 

Edited June 11, 2021 by Don't Be Foolish

[Barrykearley]

38 minutes ago, Don't Be Foolish said:

whilst the yellow Eclat with the green stripe went for slightly less at £1,604.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324672364239
 

didnt take long.

[Don't Be Foolish]

Well spotted, Barry, it looks as though the dealer couldn’t even wait to get the car off the trailer after the auction to start taking photos for the eBay advert🙂

[ChrisJ]

What a strange colour combination  

 

 

 

[exeterjeep]

This weeks the latest Club Lotus news mag arrived, and there is a piece by Guy Munday about his visit to the auction to view and bid on one of the cars, and he was filmed and also when the car was delivered to the new owner. Did not say which car it was and no photos in the mag to tell.

So something to look out for whenever the new series is broadcast.

[Don't Be Foolish]

Thanks for the heads up Keith, it should be a very interesting episode.