At Goodwood recently and I saw this car, built from kit and owned from new by the owner. Its Lotus colour is Burnt Sand, not many Elans in this colour.
Miles Wilkins’ car
It was not a popular colour. Some folk call it Cardboard.
From memory, it was only available for some three odd years.
Tim
Edit to add: Available from mid 67 to Oct 70. It was actually a Porsche colour, Sand.
There’s a Triumph colour called Sandglow which is similar. I had a Spitfire in it which I rather liked.
Basically, it is Sahara Beige - a colour of the day that was the kiss of death on anything it adorned 
Then they rebranded it, as above, Sandglow. I did not now that Lotus adopted the colour as well
I like Burnt sand, it looks great on an early Plus 2
My silver Plus 2 next to Miles’s car (and some others) as we wait to go out on track for the Lotus 75th Anniversary Parade at Goodwood.
I like it, very period color.
There’s an S3 DHC matching that colour that makes an appearance in this video (@1.25)
My 1970 +2S was like burnt sand or i seem to remember people saying “positano” or something like that Porsche.
Sorry brain fade.
Alan
I have a bonnet w/ original burnt sand paint on it that I bought from DSN Lotos in the late 1970’s to use on my Super Safety. when I thought the bubble bonnet on it was incorrect. Since then, of course I have determined that I have the correct one fitted to it, but now I have a 3rd S3 that may need it, so it’s not for sale.
But if some one wanted to borrow it for a color scan, I’d be willing to help.
Roger
Hi
This is a very early +2, perhaps burnt sand? I cannot remember, she is long gone… may still be in someones garage though…
This was a popular hue in the late 60ties/ early 70ties: My late mother’s 1968 280 SL has a similar color, Sahara Beige / Cognac Leather. Since he is no longer able to drive it on a regular basis, my 86 years old father gave it to me last year. But it is still at my fathers garage 140 miles away, as I haven’t found a suitable garage so far.
