Show us what your 75/ZT tows!!! - Page 5

CoOkIeMoNsTeR · 22nd March 2011, 16:18

The A470 is a windy road, but good fun! Yeah, we don't have pin straight roads over here, but we also don't have IKEA's to distract us with

Roverowner · 23rd March 2011, 07:31

The A470 sounds as though it would be fun in the Staaaaaaag

IKEA...mmm don´t go there much nowadays (there is one 10 mins from me). Quality of the furniture is a bit iffy. NO, solid wood stuff from the 30s, 40s and 50s is best (mind you we have an old house - 1923). Utencils and ancillary things are cheap and okay though

CoOkIeMoNsTeR · 23rd March 2011, 16:04

My house is filled with stuff from IKEA

Sadly, the Stag has gone to pastures new

But only to make way for the Lotus to come back to the road, the earliest remaining example of an Elan +2 in existance

Sadly, it's brown

Roverowner · 24th March 2011, 06:54

Pics mister

Wot´s wrong with brown. It´s a nice shade on the females

CoOkIeMoNsTeR · 24th March 2011, 21:30

I'll take some of it in it's resting place in the garage, though you can't see very much of it at the mo. I don't have any recent shots of it, it's been off the road for, holy hell! 9 years

It was silver, but painted Porsche bitter chocolate brown in 1973, when it was just 6 years old

It's going back silver, I owe to it to the Lotus community and indeed the nation to paint it the original colour

Now where did I put my blo-pens

Roverowner · 25th March 2011, 05:57

73, year before I can out of the army. 6 months hols in the UN on Cyprus. Swanning around in a Land Rover or sitting on the back of one of the pilots TR4. I agree, original is best (silver though

)

Now that the snow has nearly all gone, have to kick the lightweight into action and try the sliding tow ball I´ve put on it

CoOkIeMoNsTeR · 25th March 2011, 19:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roverowner

I agree, original is best (silver though

)

I know, but metallic silver on a 60's british sports car

That was stuff of dreams then, which goes some way to explaining why a little plastic car from Norfolk costed just £50 less than a 4.2 Jaguar E-Type when new!

And then there's the engine

1588cc Lotus twin-cam and ours has been breathed upon by such names as Osseli and Cosworth, and with the whole car having doen just 9155 miles from new, it's a real rarity

Roverowner · 26th March 2011, 07:50

I wouldn´t reveal it´s whereabouts, otherwise you won´t have it much longer

CoOkIeMoNsTeR · 26th March 2011, 19:11

Suprisingly, it's not worth a great amount, as the plus 2 has always been snuffed at by elan experts. But it's less noddy car then a drop top elan as it's bigger and nicer to drive. A good sprint fetches £40k but a good plus 2 only fetches £15k max, but prices are finally rising. Yey! I'm still looking through all the old photos to find a proper picture of it.

Roverowner · 27th March 2011, 06:47

The -ordinary- one looks like a Miata (or vise versa)

Plus 2 looks a lot better

22nd March 2011, 16:18	#41
CoOkIeMoNsTeR Gets stuck in No job = No Car :( Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Menai Bridge Posts: 607 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The A470 is a windy road, but good fun! Yeah, we don't have pin straight roads over here, but we also don't have IKEA's to distract us with __________________ Membership Number:- 455 Some people are like Slinky's. No use whatsoever, but still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs! He who laughs last thinks slowest! The CookieMonster fleet:- No car anymore unless you can give me a job I used to own a VW, but I don't like to talk about it [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

23rd March 2011, 16:04	#43
CoOkIeMoNsTeR Gets stuck in No job = No Car :( Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Menai Bridge Posts: 607 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	My house is filled with stuff from IKEA Sadly, the Stag has gone to pastures new But only to make way for the Lotus to come back to the road, the earliest remaining example of an Elan +2 in existance Sadly, it's brown __________________ Membership Number:- 455 Some people are like Slinky's. No use whatsoever, but still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs! He who laughs last thinks slowest! The CookieMonster fleet:- No car anymore unless you can give me a job I used to own a VW, but I don't like to talk about it [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

24th March 2011, 21:30	#45
CoOkIeMoNsTeR Gets stuck in No job = No Car :( Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Menai Bridge Posts: 607 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I'll take some of it in it's resting place in the garage, though you can't see very much of it at the mo. I don't have any recent shots of it, it's been off the road for, holy hell! 9 years It was silver, but painted Porsche bitter chocolate brown in 1973, when it was just 6 years old It's going back silver, I owe to it to the Lotus community and indeed the nation to paint it the original colour Now where did I put my blo-pens __________________ Membership Number:- 455 Some people are like Slinky's. No use whatsoever, but still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs! He who laughs last thinks slowest! The CookieMonster fleet:- No car anymore unless you can give me a job I used to own a VW, but I don't like to talk about it [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

25th March 2011, 05:57	#46
Roverowner Retired CDTi Tourer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Linköping Posts: 5,023 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	73, year before I can out of the army. 6 months hols in the UN on Cyprus. Swanning around in a Land Rover or sitting on the back of one of the pilots TR4. I agree, original is best (silver though) Now that the snow has nearly all gone, have to kick the lightweight into action and try the sliding tow ball I´ve put on it

26th March 2011, 19:11	#49
CoOkIeMoNsTeR Gets stuck in No job = No Car :( Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Menai Bridge Posts: 607 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Suprisingly, it's not worth a great amount, as the plus 2 has always been snuffed at by elan experts. But it's less noddy car then a drop top elan as it's bigger and nicer to drive. A good sprint fetches £40k but a good plus 2 only fetches £15k max, but prices are finally rising. Yey! I'm still looking through all the old photos to find a proper picture of it. __________________ Membership Number:- 455 Some people are like Slinky's. No use whatsoever, but still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs! He who laughs last thinks slowest! The CookieMonster fleet:- No car anymore unless you can give me a job I used to own a VW, but I don't like to talk about it [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

23rd March 2011, 07:31	#42
Roverowner Retired CDTi Tourer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Linköping Posts: 5,023 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The A470 sounds as though it would be fun in the Staaaaaaag IKEA...mmm don´t go there much nowadays (there is one 10 mins from me). Quality of the furniture is a bit iffy. NO, solid wood stuff from the 30s, 40s and 50s is best (mind you we have an old house - 1923). Utencils and ancillary things are cheap and okay though

24th March 2011, 06:54	#44
Roverowner Retired CDTi Tourer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Linköping Posts: 5,023 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pics mister Wot´s wrong with brown. It´s a nice shade on the females

26th March 2011, 07:50	#48
Roverowner Retired CDTi Tourer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Linköping Posts: 5,023 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I wouldn´t reveal it´s whereabouts, otherwise you won´t have it much longer

27th March 2011, 06:47	#50
Roverowner Retired CDTi Tourer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Linköping Posts: 5,023 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The -ordinary- one looks like a Miata (or vise versa) Plus 2 looks a lot better