Category: Restoration

Posts and pictures of my Elan restoration

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I declare it done!

On the way home from the local Lotus Club meeting I broke 100 miles of test drives….

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Wiper blades

It took about a half hour at the parts store searching through the various wiper blade books…

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First Sunday Drive

A Red Letter Day, for the chief financial backer, at least! Jim took me for my first…

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Carb Linkage and Cable

The throttle cable was a little sticky so I decided to replace it with a low profile…

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Actual Progress!

I made actual progress on the punch list over the last couple of days. The big achievement…

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Drive and Insurance

Another major milestone in the restoration project. I drove all the way to the insurance company to…

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Wiper motor – Cont

Given I had a 50/50 chance of reinstalling the wiper parking mechanism correclty do you think I…

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Window Frames – Continued

I worked a bit on getting the window frame to line up. I ended up using a…