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LOTUS ELAN SPRINT DHC 1973 For Sale

We proudly present this lovely Lotus Elan Sprint DHC, Finished in Lagoon Blue with Black interior.

Every now and again a car comes along with the most fantastic story, this car is no exception.

In March 1973 Mr James purchased this car, his very first brand new car (in kit form) and lovingly built the car to a very high standard, the car was painted in beautiful Lagoon Blue and Delicious. Included within the purchase price of the car was a thorough check over by supplying dealer Hallamshire Tyre and Motor Company of Sheffield, (now Sytner).

Mr James still owned the car on his wedding day in 1974, there is a photograph in the history file of Mr James and his wife in the Elan Sprint outside their wedding reception.

Mr James wrote : 3 months after our marriage sitting on the floor at our home watching a rented TV, having a Lotus parked outside and no furniture seemed less than ideal, so the car was sold to London Sports Centre for the sum of £1450, desperate for cash I accepted this fool`s gold, Ive often wondered about this car not really any others just this car. It turns out after a couple more owners Barry from Reading purchased the car in 1976 ran it for 4 year before talking it off the road in 1980 and began the slow restoration which ran into the 90s. In 1992 the car was entrusted to the late great Mick Miller a Top Lotus restorer of the time who meticulously restored the bodywork reunited the body and chassis, this just left Barry with the task of finishing the restoration, unfortunately this year (2014) Barry`s rheumatoid Arthritis had sadly advanced to the point where finishing the car was no longer an option. The car was put up for sale on Ebay, I check ebay every now and again for Lotus Elans as I have owned an Lotus Elan S3 for the last 10 years, to my surprise I spotted my old car with six days to run on the auction, I contacted Barry but unfortunately he had just agreed to sell the car to a gentleman by the name of Derek. I managed to make contact with Derek and he kindly agreed to sell me the car once he had had the car restored and insisted the car went to Ken and Neil Myers to complete the restoration I agreed and some 40 years on I own this fantastic Lotus Elan Sprint -again !
I refer to this car as my car but I guess after 38 years of ownership it really was Barry`s car in the end.

This car played a big part in Mr James`s life and obviously meant an awful lot to him.

Supplied with a comprehensive Service history with includes invoices for the restoration work and photographs of the car at various stages of the build and even includes the original bill of sale, there is also an invoice from Lotus Cars Limited dated 12th June 1989 for a new chassis.

A real collectors gem.

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