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1. '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:49:36 -0700 FILETIME=[90E29BF0:01C39041]
This ad is in our local paper. I m thinking seriously about taking a look at the car; can never have too many LBC s, right. Dual overhead cam, big valve engine, ready for restoration, only 30k origi
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00516.html (7,883 bytes)

2. RE: '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:20:52 -0700
Make sure that engine is good condition - a good rebuild could cost you the price of the car, and rebuilding just the heads will be around $2500. There are few really good engine guys for the Twin C
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00517.html (7,966 bytes)

3. Re: '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:40:40 EDT
Make sure the head is for Webers/Dellortos and not Strombergs.
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00518.html (7,125 bytes)

4. RE: '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:25:51 -0700
For desirability and parts supply, Webbers are best. Dellorto parts are hard to come by. Strombergs need more attention than either Webbers or Dellortos, give good power, and are actually not that ba
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00524.html (7,807 bytes)

5. Re: '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:52:32 -0700
Hello WFO, gee, i wonder why a 35 year old car would have only 30k original miles? they don't make 'em like that anymore and there's a REASON! LOTUSes are GREAT, nothing at all even close WHEN THEY A
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00526.html (8,092 bytes)

6. RE: '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 18:56:34 -0700
Bill wrote: " gee, i wonder why a 35 year old car would have only 30k original miles? they don't make 'em like that anymore and there's a REASON!" I bought my 34 years old Lotus 7 with just over 35,0
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00529.html (7,269 bytes)

7. Re: '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:07:46 -0700 (PDT)
They like to say that for chassis design, he'd weld a bunch of aluminum tubes together, then remove tubes one at a time until the car would collapse. Then he'd put one back. Elans are gorgeous (to my
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00531.html (7,635 bytes)

8. Re: '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 22:37:01 -0500
Didn't the Jensen Healey have a Lotus Twin Cam in it? I passed one up years ago $100, it eventually went into a scrap yard. Brad
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00533.html (8,086 bytes)

9. RE: '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:58:28 -0700
Oh, man!.. The Jensen Healey had the "907", 2 liter, twin cam, 16 valves Lotus engine! Jacques Le Clainche in San Diego http://www.leclainche.com/
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00534.html (7,260 bytes)

10. Re: '69 Lotus Elan Convertible (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 01:17:46 EDT
Jacques is correct about the Big Valve Twink coming out in late 1970. The easiest way to properly identify the engine is to get the engine number and see what prefix it has. Original for a Federal sp
/html/spridgets/2003-10/msg00539.html (7,740 bytes)


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