Elise S1 – 1998, 80k miles in excellent condition

Early light weight car, in Titanium (B62) Smoked Silver Wheels, Red Roof (refurbished by Lotus), Hardtop, and fully refurbished interior by Allon White/Lotus trimshop Sport 190 red Momo wheel. Certificate of Provenance from Lotus, two stamped service books, service bill file, all MOTs

Owned since 2006. Spent 18 years addressing failings and flaws  inherent in an early S1. Unless otherwise noted all work has been carried out by the excellent Back on Track of Guildford, a pleasure to deal with. When bought already had the red Momo lift off wheel used on motorsport Elises, converted to steel EBC discs and “S2” suspension.  Since purchase the following has been done: Grills from and rear replaced, New Lights behind rear grills, new running lights  with protective covers.  Headlamps replaced, better bulbs, Stainless Headlamp retaining rings.  New Towing upright. Indicators – smoked items with orange bulbs – original orange ones with the car as spares. Side repeaters – smoked  – original orange ones with the car as spares.  New Radiator and fan. Upgraded Heater matrix from Eliseshop. New Security wheel nut, New Wheel nuts Eliseparts. New Battery – 2023 – with added connector for Accumate trickle charger, rickle charger supplied with car. New washer bottle and pump.  Windscreen wiper – Eliseparts upgrade kit item.  Braided Clutch hose, Clutch trunnion kit and Throttle linkage kit fitted. Gear new linkage  kit,  gearbox oil replaced 1 to 2k miles ago. Floors – Early rubber mat car – All corrosion to the floors neutralised, treated with POR15 – I have brand new floor panels supplied with car.  Original seats – Re- done by Allon White, Lotus Probax foam and with Keprotec to match re-covered  sill pads.  Hood – refurbished by Lotus trimshop,  new wires, replacement leading edge plastics.  The hood itself has been treated regularly with Autoglym cleaner and water repellent.  Radio – Radio CD player – with manual and code etc.  Window winders – Ally replacement items – original lovely Mini Metro plastic items with car.  Side window seals replaced. Rear Window – original glass item – replaced  foam seals. Fuel filler neck ring replaced with Eliseparts stainless steel. Engine – Induction – Eliseshop “Hurricane” kit in polished alloy, 52mm throttle body, exhaust Piper 4-2-1 item, Jim (Tubular) with olive joint to allow ease of fitting other rear sections, rear section is from a sport 160, the car has a catalyst, no MOT emissions issues.  Head  gasket replaced with the later K-Series steel pin type.  New Alternator and Coil. Extra heat shielding to exhaust area and alternator area. Blue Maganor leads, new cap and rotor arm also.  Original plastic dipstick replaced. Suspension – Fully replaced.  ALL new components arms, roll bar, bushes, every last nut and bolt.   Nitron one way adjustable, Uprated Eliseparts toe links, car has been “setup” by Back on Track. Tyres – Avon ZZR tyres plenty of tread left. Brakes – converted to EBC grooved and belled discs, Mintex 1144 pads, braided hoses. Wheels a slightly darker silver chrome finish.  Car run on E5 ever since the introduction of higher ethanol fuel.  Spares and Parts that will be supplied as part of the sale of the car: Hardtop – Eliseparts top painted to match, Indoor car cover + bag to store it,  Shower Cap – Elemental cap, with  “bag” cover, Lotus Hood bag for soft top.  Pipe of Doom – alloy radiator Pipe that connects the radiator to the engine runs down the sill.  Floor Panels, as mentioned above. Pedal Pads, Brake and Clutch, Replacement floor panels, Original airbox  Original Orange indicators and repeaters. Accumate trickle charger.

Stored in dry, dehumidified garage.   Car has been used J but not driven on salted roads or in the rain for years.  Reasons for sale – I have another car journey to go on, I’ll miss it very, very much, I’ll simply never own a better drivers car than this but, sadly, it’s time