Lotus Eclat S2 Riviera

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1982 Lotus Elcat Riviera.  Purchased in 1991 for £5100, with what I thought was a minor exhaust problem.  Once home, I found that some of the studs on the exhaust manifold had sheared.  The car was garaged and I started work on it; removing the front bumper and lower air scoop to make more room to work around the car, and then the bonnet, cooling fans and mountings.  However, my garage was far too small, so I stopped working on the car until I had a larger garage built.  Eventually the car was driven into the new garage, covered up and left till I had more time.  23 years later, I have still have neither the time, or more importantly now, the physical or mental enthusiasm to rebuild the car.  Furthermore, with the passage of time, it will now require far more effort to get her running again! 

She is far too good to scrap and desperately needs a new owner who can devote more time and energy than I ever could. 

 

 

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[Loose Cannon]

Sounds promising but those pics are very old. If it really has been garaged all that time it could be it's salvation as the interior will be dry, and all those nasty rusty bits like door frames/beams presumably sound.

[G_Reaper]

I tried to view the car but it is SOLD.

 

Would have been like stepping back in time for me the fist Lotus I was about to buy was a Black Eclat Riviera than I chanced upon the Gold S2 Esprit which I bought instead.

 

Cheers Mike

[Don.Hasi]

@mike: which regnumber do you had?

 

Regards from a black Riviera

[G_Reaper]

Hi Don

 

I did not buy the Riviera in the end I was not happly with the cracked windscreen and a few other things it had a private reg number. I do remember it was in High Wycombe.

 

Regards Mike