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Patina

6 Station Yard Steventon Abingdon Oxfordshire

OX13 6RX

1966 Lotus Elan S/E - Wonderfully Original - on The Market For Sale by Auction

Auction is LIVE now and finishes on the 18th of October at - details above

Only having had two previous owners, this Lotus Elan S3 SE has led an interesting life having spent time in both Cyprus and Greece early in its life. Only now being offered for sale due to a change in the owner’s personal circumstances, she has owned it for 15 years and has carried out proper, regular maintenance over the years, gaining as much pleasure from fettling it as she did from driving it regularly.

It’s now in a very good, very usable condition and would respond well to an owner who shares her passion for both using and improving it. It has been sitting unused for the past eighteen months and needed a full fuel drain and new plugs to start for us. We’ve now driven it up and down our lane and confirm it works well but would recommend the new owner spends a weekend recommissioning and servicing it before they embark on any longer journeys. As ever, we’d welcome potential bidders here at Patina HQ and would be delighted to talk them through the car in person.

The Lotus was restored in the 1980s according to some of the invoices. It was clearly done to a very good standard as the bodywork is holding up very well indeed.

It is not perfect, but then fiberglass cars of this era never were new. All the panels are straight and true, and the paint is even all over the car. As with any Elan that’s been used (not a show-queen) there are a few stonechips, toucj-ups, plus the odd scratch. There are a handful of ‘star’ cracks here and there in the paint/ gel-coat as is normal, and a deeper crack in the front valance, but a recent professional valet means that it looks great at five yards and fabulous at 10!

If the new owner has their sights on showing the Elan then it would need a small amount of paintwork correction but we would imagine that everyone else would be very happy to be able to enjoy that sublime engine and chassis combination without having to worry unduly about gathering stonechips or car-park dings.

The chromework has responded very well to being polished and the steel wheels are in good condition and are shod with recent Michelin tyres. (You could even fit a set of winter tyres and have the coolest winter hack in the country…)

The black folding vinyl hood has two small splits at the point where it meets the top of the windscreen but is otherwise good. ... More text on our website

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