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Stripping Continues

Posted by Malc on February 5, 2022
Posted in: Elan. Tagged: Elan, Lotus, restoration, Vegantune.

With the body shell off the chassis, it made some parts of the strip down process a lot easier. Everything in the nose area could now be accessed with the body raised to chest height and standing in the engine bay.

The brake servo is mounted front left, with the vacuum feed T’d off the line in to the vacuum tube on the chassis. On the other side, the little solitary horn, should probably have checked it worked before removing it actually!

With those removed, next up was the headlight vacuum pods. The front left was evidently replaced when the car received the questionable quality accident repair on that corner.

As far as I remember, the headlights worked before parking up. That being said, a conversion to electric actuated units is quite common. Still a decision under debate.

Also got a new toy for my home garage

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