M100 Elan photos

[jep]

No road tax means no insurance. Easy mistake to make with no visible disc these days, I know I have done it in total innocence. 

I check the DVLA data base for MOT and road tax on my lesser used cars before setting off, lesson learnt.

Justin 

[exeterjeep]

22 minutes ago, jep said:

No road tax means no insurance

Maybe it depends on the insurance company, also may depend on how far out of date it is?

https://www.cuvva.com/how-insurance-works/driving-without-tax-doesnt-affect-car-insurance#:~:text=Your insurance is (usually) still,to avoid getting caught out.

If your car isn't taxed, this doesn't (usually) invalidate your car insurance. But it's still really important to get your tax sorted out.

[jep]

I don't want to find out for sure 😁

 

[MPx]

Same old really.  If its on the public road then it needs tax/insurance.  If its not then you can do what you like.  It has always been thus.

[Rambo]

100 miles in the Black Beastie today. Down the A68 and up and over Carter Bar to Otterburn in Northumberland. Over to Rothbury then back via A697 to Wooler and a pint by the fire at KY 🔥

A great day for the top down with the turbo on full chat. It seems to go even better in the cold air (9C)

[Giniw]

7 hours ago, Rambo said:

It seems to go even better in the cold air (9C)

Sure, denser air is better!

[jep]

Fun day with Classic and Sportscar, comparing Elan S1, Elan S2 and Kia Elan. Magazine out in January:

Justin 

 

[Rambo]

What, no NA? 🤔

[jep]

Kia is NA but yes, fair point. It was hard enough getting the Kia. 

[Giniw]

No FED either ^^

[jep]

Tough crowd 😁

[USAndretti42]

I thought I saw that they couldn't get hold of an N/A.  Looking forwards to reading the article.

[Giniw]

2 hours ago, jep said:

Tough crowd 😁

And where is the coupe? (and the M200!?)

[Rambo]

9 hours ago, USAndretti42 said:

I thought I saw that they couldn't get hold of an N/A.  Looking forwards to reading the article.

They obviously didn't contact LEC (Lotus Elan Central), the font of all knowledge on the M100 🤔

[exeterjeep]

Oh dear......

https://www.facebook.com/100092621442457/videos/pcb.6797503963676581/920581069672984

[USAndretti42]

Strange that the flames are coming out of the cockpit rather than the engine bay.

[Giniw]

I guess an electrical fire can come from anywhere

 

[exeterjeep]

2 sets of pics that I took at Coys July 1998 auction of an amazing collection of Lotus cars, one of these cars has been discussed recently on the market watch thread and the other on LEC. (I still have the auction catalogue etc.)

this one  on the LEC forum.

[Barrykearley]

Wow - @exeterjeep I’ve never seen any of that. Could you post up a topic with all the pictures from it please ?

[exeterjeep]

31 minutes ago, Barrykearley said:

Wow - @exeterjeep I’ve never seen any of that. Could you post up a topic with all the pictures from it please ?

There were a couple of other M100 'look a like' projects, plus the 2 bond esprits, plus the black active esprit, an active excel, an F1 car, a project esprit , SID, the etna and a few others - it was an amazing collection of cars, suspect the current Lotus team regret selling this lot. Also some seemed to go really cheap. There were type 26 elan, lotus cortina etc as well. It was an incredible display of Lotus history.

After the auction I got sent the list of all the sold/unsold/withdrawn lots plus the sales price (think it included commission).

At the time of course all the pics I took were 35mm, so as dev/printing always seemed a bit pricey, the 4 of each as above was basically all I took of those 2 cars.

I'll copy the catalogue pages for these 2 and the other M100 types and post later.

[exeterjeep]

Pages from the catalogue for the 2 cars above.... had to try taking pics of the pages as the catalogue was not keen in being opened and flattened.

[Rambo]

When you consider that design is approx. 35 years old it was way ahead of its time and such a futuristic shape.

I know I'm biased but I still believe the M100 is the best value sports car in the world over 3 decades on.

[Giniw]

On the profile photo (first picture) it's pretty low on the rear axle, isn't it?

[Giniw]

I wonder why there are only 3 wheels nuts on each wheel of the coupe?

I guess they probably wanted to simplify the car, and then add a bit of lightness.

Edited December 29, 2023 by Giniw

[Dave Eds]

I couldn't agree with you more @Rambo..........

 

 

 

 

.....you are biased 😄