Here are a few pics of a rare (1 of less then 30 from what im told) Lotus Elan 26R race car.
So far its only got the front and rear suspension bolted up and rear diff in, but the spec and attention to detail the car is being built with is of a very high standard.


n/s/f corner, consisting of stainless steel rose jointed wishbones for full geometry adjustability, brass centrelock hub, one off handmade coilover with custom internals and valving.


n/s/r corner. again stainless steel rosejointed wishbone, magnesium alloy upright (extremely light, and bloody expensive) stainless steel dampber body, koni damper with custom valving. stainless steel centrelock hub. stainless heavy duty driveshafts.


a shot of the magnesium cased rear diff and handbrake setup.


complete rear end.


whole chassis


old set of magnesium centrlock revolutions with knock on locks. we are getting a new set of these cast.

The Body will be coming into work this week, getting flipped over onto its roof, all the floor prepped and then painted in satin black ready to be mounted to the chassis. I'll take some pics as the process takes place.

http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/maga...0.asp?id=11876
above is a link for how it should look when rebuilt. still not sure what colour it is going though.

hope you like

 

How cools that

 

going to be awesome when done Tim.

 

Now that look

 

Thanks for the comments. I figured it would be worth posting up some pics as it has a fair few ford parts on it.

One thing i cant wait to see is the period full race lotus twin cam the owner is having built for it

 

Simply stunning pal...love the old lotus's...proper engineered chassis with pukka suspension, double wishbones....very nice.....

 

proper old school motor

 

Shell has now come in and was immediatley flipped upside down so we could get started. Didnt even get the chance to take a pic of the top
The shell is quite flimsy tbh, but it only weighs around 55kg

The Front


The Rear


If my boss is in tomorrow morning, we will be trying it on the chassis so we can to see if any rectification work will be needed to make it fit nice and snug.
Ill try to get some pics, and might mount 2 of the wheels quickly for some pics

 

Keep the updates coming will be watching this resto for sure

 

More Pics
Got the shell trial mounted this afternnon and no real problems with the shell. the only problem was with the chassis and one of the rear turret gussets which will be relieved and modified to suit.



Full Car Shots

The Rear

The Front

Fornt Arch

Rear Arch

Kevlar Reinforced Seating Area

Triangulated Sill Reinforcement

Im away to france for the next 2 weeks, but when I return, Im expecting Barry, my boss, will of finished preping and got the underside painted.

 

looking good Tim.

 

Nice one

 

Back of holiday and the filler work has been largely completed and primed with just pin holes to fill when i go in later.

Barry applying the primer.
Also why i was away the brand new sand cast mag wheels arrived.


I then spent yesterday afternoon rubbing them down with 240 to get a nice key ready for primer whilst barry made a couple of stands to hold them for spraying.



Barry applying the primer.

And a primed wheel.

When i go in later will be rubbing these down ready for the factory silver paint.

 

luving it

 

wheels now painted

 

Makes me want a spray gun and compressor to start reconditioning my own many sets of wheels lol

 

then sort it out fatboy

 

sod off ive lost half a stone in the last 2 weeks.Wish i knew how lol

 

Underside now painted



And a pat on the back to anybody who can tell me what this is underneath everything

 

Have just called my m8 and sent him the link to this post as his dad has a Elan (not the race one tho ) and he's in the middle of rebuilding it As his m8 has one and so does my Father inlaw

Cant wai for a update

 

Thats cool. The chap who owns this one also has another concours S2 Elan in blue. Ill get a pic next time I see it

The shell has now been flipped the right way up, had the engine bay prepped, masked and painted satin black. Ill take some pics tomorrow morning and post at dinner time

 

 

Engine bay painted, but its come out a bt too glossy and its meant to be satin We think its done this because of the plastiser (sp )





Just got to wait and see what the owner says, as the next job is either repainting the bay, or mounting the shell onto the chassis so it can go off to a profesional bodyshop with an oven etc for the bodywork to be sorted and painted.

 

Whots the rear drive shafts like do they still run them donut things or have they been replaced as they aways wear out quick

 

 

Theyre solid alan, unlike my imp track car that im going to start building soon

 

Yes just looked @ one of the first pics and i can see the U joints

 

Very interesting project
That will be a clan crusader wont it?

 

paul16v
Pat on the back for you. We have 4 complete shells in at the mo, and another 2 in pieces

 

There quite a rare old think arnt they, they were built just up the road from me in washington, wenny has 1 in his garage he is storing for 1 of our mates dad's it has some quite interesting history behind it the only 1 to ever win a rally or something

 

great stuff

it will look like brand new whe it's finished , well done

 

Is this wenny as in cossie mk3 wenny? if so will pm him. In the background on the spit we have the ex Colin Malkin works imp shell we where rebuilding. owner told us to stop last autumn for some reason or another

Marco, Dave and Alan, Paul
Thanks for the compliments

 

Aye its in wennys garage but is just being stored there for some1 else it doesnt belong to wenny, ill be seeing the lad who owns it this weekend ill get some more info on it.

 

Whats the chaps name. I had a word with my boss today, the only Clans he knows of winning rallys outright was the" tour of mull" driven by Andrew Connely, and i think he said the "Manx" driven by Andrew Dawson.

 

Engine and box now trial fitted so we could align and drill the holes for the mounts




Also just because i think it looks good, the cage we finnished building for the clan painted and all bolted up

 

Been trying in the pedal box and what a 'mare it is. We are goint to have to completly remake the mounting bracket for the box, but we aren now having clearence issues with one of 3 master cylininders for the wheel arch. Ill take some pics tomorrow and get em posted

 

Chop, chop Tim ..

 

same can be said for your project

 

Shell is now on the chassis for the last time. Firts though we had to lower the chassis off the tressels to a more manageable height as it would of been awkward with the shell on. As we couldn't think where to put axle stands on the rear without them getting in the way, we decided to fit the rear wheels and lower it onto ramps with the front on axle stands


A shot of the wheels and proper period AVON tyres. Have to say the tyres aint light compared to just the weight of a bare rim.


A pic with the shell on.


And a pic of the empty and bare (for now) engine bay.

 

getting there Tim.