Andretti's Elite for sale...

[Bibs]

https://issuu.com/handhclassics/docs/handh-pg-digital_catalogue-singles-20221116?fr=sYjZiNjQ5MTQwNjA

Page 39 of the brochure.

Looking back on here it appears he drove a Blue Eclat! 

[LOTUSMAN33]

Ronnie Peterson and Mario Andretti chat in front of Marios Blue Lotus Eclat & Ronnies red Lotus Elite in the paddock at the 1978 International Trophy Race, Silverstone

I wonder if they had them mixed up 😁

[exeterjeep]

Elite backend looks much better than éclat IMHO.

[LOTUSMAN33]

Another shot, I think the plate is RVF401R? It does look damned smart 🙂

[USAndretti42]

It sold for £11,250.  A friend of mine looked at it on the viewing day and he said it needed some work.  All the wheels had been kerbed and the top windscreen trim was in a poor state, for example.