Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Editorial Assistant
12/30/15 9:41 a.m.
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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 …

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Bob_S
Bob_S New Reader
12/31/15 8:04 a.m.

Hi Ed, I would suggest that you contact Hayes over at Wire Wheel. He helped my brother out with some used parts for he Elan.

Have a Happy New Year! Bob

jr02518
jr02518 Reader
1/1/16 11:16 a.m.

Ed,

I would also call Ken Gray at Dave Bean's http://www.davebean.com/

He might still have the Lotus Cortina, that gave up it's weber twin cam engine that's sitting in his S4 Elan.

Ken provided my first drive in a Elan and cemented my drive to own of of these cars. I owed a series one, serial number 509. The car is now in Japan?

Looking forward to Tim's first impressions of driving the completed car.

David

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