Perhaps it’s the geek in me, but some of the period stuff on the car I just find so cool.
Remember the days before all this 01… phone number nonsense…?
Conveniently this also shows just how gubbed the window seals are!
Inside escaped the majority of the dust, despite the electric window being jammed down on the driver’s side the entire time it was parked up. It also smells fantastic, genuinely, not sarcasm. Real leather, fake leather, vinyl, fibreglass, wood, oil, just brilliant!
Interesting engine bay this, I don’t think it’s quite right. The radiator set up looks like the one from the Plus2 130S variant rather than an S4 but I can’t be sure. An awful lot of Elan engine bay shots have uprated or altered cooling systems, with good reason, it was an overheating incident which saw ours parked up in the bad books.
It is a Stromberg carburettor equipped car, which means it’s not got as much power potential as it’s Weber clad brethren, but by all accounts, it’s the more streetable engine and that’s ultimately what the car will used for. Despite the (half)cage, there aren’t any motorsport aspirations for her.