In the market for a new project? This Lotus Elan SE just came out of long-term storage and is in need of restoration.
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Billed as being mostly complete and having a solid chassis, the Elan is currently fitted with a Lotus twin-cam engine with Weber carbs.
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Wow, this is a steal! Tim would be at least $7,900 ahead compared to the "Restoration Impossible" Elan he pulled out of a Traverse City, Michigan field nearly 10 years ago. I wonder if this Elan could generate as many colorful stories as the "Restoration Impossible" Elan(looking at you, Hagerty interns creatively stuffing that Elan onto a landscape trailer or winning the Rueful Brittania class at Concours de Lemons).