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I, I’ve bought a Elan +2 S…TODAY!!!
I can’t sleep, only read all the post’s and web pages that speak about it…
The car is a restauration project, it work, but is very rusty…
It dont’ have 3 of the 6 counter on the dash, can you please show me what are they? I’ve reade that is outside temp.; oil pressure; Engine Temp.; watch; and what more?? can you please post some fotos of all???
And the gear Knob how can i get one?

Sorry, sorry,
So much work and i’m tinking about the furniture…

Cheers,
Pedro Santos (Portugal)

Hi pedro and welcome to the joys of Lotus ownership

On my 1973 plus 2 S 130 /5 the gauges are

Top right - Engine temp
right to left lower row - Oil pressure, Battery voltage, Outside temp, Clock
Top left - Fuel

regards
Rohan

Hi, thanks a lot, can i (what a shame…) ask if you photograf the counters individualy? The owner gave me 3 smiths and one vdo, but i think it’s not original…sorry for the trouble!!

I can do the individual photos but it may take a couple of weeks as the car is currently residing at my holiday beach house. Just got back tonight from a couple of days down there ( the kids are on school holidays) and I am not planning to get down again for a couple of weeks. In the meantime someone else may have easier access to individual photos.

Rohan

I pick mine up tomorow! I also have the sleep problem! :smiley: just keep dreaming about all the work Im going to get stuck into… know the feeling well…

I am amazed and pleased that new people are deciding to venture into the world of the +2 elan. I have had mine for 7 years and am only in the last part of this year begining to enjoy it properly. For most of the time I thought that James Dean had more chance of getting back on the road than my car.
After all the work and money it really is worth it.
Chris

Hi,
have a look at haverstad.net/lotus/elan/20060810.htm.
There is, among others, a picture from my dash showing the instruments. I’ll try to put up a ‘close up’ photo of the instrumentpanel later on.