The Parts Search Begins

Update by Ed Higginbotham to the Lotus Elan project car
Dec 30, 2015

There certainly is a lot that this car needs.

The whole left rear corner is missing.

This is not going to be an easy restoration. It is not something we are going to just crank out in a year. Okay, that’s a lie, as we will most likely have this car done in a year or so.

Still, we have an extensive parts list that we need to find track down to restore the car. At this point, our list has none of the usual parts on it like brake pads and engine rebuild parts. So far our initial parts list is just the stuff we are going to need to make the car whole again so we can just begin the restoration.

Here’s what we came up with for our initial list. Much of it doesn’t scare us, as there are Elan specialists that make interior panels and even fiberglass body parts.

Still, there are some parts like a steering wheel and passenger side window that we will have to source used, as they are no longer available new.

If you have any of these parts and can spare them at reasonable prices, Please contact us via email.

The car is a late Series 1 serial #26/3638 and the initial parts list includes:

decklid

rear bumper

trunk latch

trunk hinges

hub caps

gas tank

passenger window

top frame

seats