Dads Elan & others.

Sorry I couldn't get those pictures to link directly.. The {img} tags were used but would not display so I added the text link after so at least there would be Something to find!

Dads already attempting to start dis-assembly & trying to remember how to remove the starter motor..& re-considering someones conversion to fit an early Civic starter (smaller? more reliable?, current ones still fine) while at it. Affordable feasibility of a lighter alloy bellhousing while he's at it? etc, etc.

He'll cope without the car until the engine is sorted.. & the car came with an unused Vegantune (re-developed Lotus/ford) engine currently buried away for possible Mk1 Cortina usage -since he had the original basketcase Elan engine put back togeather.

{Always take the MX5 as an Elan copy, with a grain of salt since it's significantly bigger & heavier making it more of a modern MGB in size, weight, construction methods, materials, quantities, pricing & marketing. (Not sure if I should add relative build quality & reliability/serviceability too)}

He's also got these to entertain him anyway until it's sorted:



60,000km 1965 Lancia Fulvia 1200 coupe & a 1974 Lancia 2000 berlina (Flavia). (No Flaminia coupe sadly).


1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia sprint GT Veloce,
with later 2-litre DOHC, factory twin webbers, 5-speed, LSD etc, but also GTA spec wheels, cams & straight-cut gear ratios. He might have got carried away tuning it though since its not a comfortable tourer & he's considering selling.

Oh & an immaculate 60,000km 1982 Subaru Leone Automatic saloon he's not sure what to do with but no-one seemed to want after a friend of his mothers had a stroke.