[Bmcu] Great Review of Lotus Elan in its 50th year

[sirraymond]

I owned four different Elans (from new) and the best four letter f-word to describe
them is phine.
 
Ray Astin

From: Ron Christensen <ron.christensen at wsapr.com>
To: Eugene Jaroch <bughous at msn.com>; BMCU <bmcu at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Bmcu] Great Review of Lotus Elan in its 50th year


Finicky, Fragile . . .    I can think of another f-word to describe our British roadsters.
 
From:bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Eugene Jaroch
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:21 PM
To: BMCU
Subject: [Bmcu] Great Review of Lotus Elan in its 50th year
 
Members,
 
Here's a nice video from member Bruce and it so happens that these Lotus cars from the 60's are getting serious attention once more and even Jay Leno has one in his garage near completion.

Paul,
May I suggest that you send this link to everyone in the BMCU?  It's Harry Metcalf's (Evo Magazine) homemade review of the Lotus Elan Sprint.  He made this video on a beautiful, sunny day in the English countryside.  I thought the owners of LBCs might enjoy it.
 
http://www.evo.co.uk/videos/planetevovideos/281839/video_harry_metcalfes_lotus_elan_sprint.html?CMP=NLC-Newsletters&uid=d708ff75e9def57df8c5e173ff960683 
 
It had a lot of meaning to me because my brother bought one back in 1964 and I think owns a Sprint currently.  While we knew guys who owned MG-TD, MG-B, MG-A, A-H 3000, and even an Elva Courier cars and enjoyed jaunts and admired them all, the little Elan seemed very special albeit fragile and finicky.  Come to think of it, weren't all of the British roadsters finicky, fragile, yet special?  It was part of the experience of ownership and still is.
Bruce O.
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