I have loved every minute of my 3 year ownership of my 1970 Elan +2S VRH314H. These are fantastic cars and I would love to keep it, but I simply don’t do enough miles to justify keeping it and we are downsizing our house and garage. So, one of my cars has to go and I am offering it up for sale at £24,500
This example was restored by well know Elannet contributor Jon, and I can forward more details of the restoration on request but the headlines and why I bought it are:
· A chassis up rebuild between 2007 and roughly 2010
· A full gelcoat re-paint
· New wiring loom
· Leather upholstery
· Refinished dashboard
· Rebuilt engine with QED cams producing 140bhp
· Rebuilt gearbox and diff
· Rebuilt suspension and brakes
· Stainless tank
· Repainted Spyder chassis
As you will see this is a sensibly tweaked and improved car, rather than a pursuit for originality or a concourse. Jon sold it to Dave who had it for three years before I bought it and I have attended to a lot of things to maintain and improve it.
It has just under 20,000 miles since it’s restoration and in my tenure is has had:
· New wheel bearings all round
· New TTR Rear shock absorbers
· New front brake callipers and master cylinder
· New radiator & temperature sensor & fans
· Rebuilt carburettors
· Cometic rocker gasket to solve those leaks!
· New fuel hoses and filter
· New lower front suspension bushes
· New LED headlamps and relays
· New speedo drive and oil seal
· New mats and boot carpet
· New modern battery
· New door mirrors
· New Tyres
· Serviced annually and it has a new MOT with no advisories.
So, if I were keeping it, I was planning to:
· Renew the door hinge bushes
· Fix a glovebox catch
I was not planning to fix a very small engine oil leak form the front of the block that was present when I got the car. It hasn’t got any worse, no top ups required and apparently, they all leak
So, I am hoping to find a new custodian to keep VRH314H alive, appreciated and renewed! Please PM me to find out more.
Regards Alistair
