You would understand, caught in the morning (iced) and by noon for sale in Melbourne . just we pay a lot more per kilo.
Lived in Darwin for 6 months doing a project and Sat morning was down to the marina for fresh fish and prawns straight off the boat and then out to Parap markets for fresh Asian vegetables and other goodies - I really miss having proper markets...
Nope - just onselling from Rocklea markets for the most part; very very little 'artisan' stuff these days (not to mention the parking issue... A few actual farmers at Yandina markets but not enough to waste my Sat morning on a 40km round trip (and miss out on my ocean swim!)
.......and here is the rest of the auction. Some great personshed gear here: https://online.doningtonauctions.com.au/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/124?page=1
Bwahahaha...whom remembers these? Disregard the link title https://online.doningtonauctions.com.au/m/lot-details/index/catalog/124/lot/28849/CALTEX-A-1930-40s-Caltex-Home-Lubricant-four-fluid-ounce-tin?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F124%3Fpage%3D9
How so? It'll still 'only' be a '64 coupe. ..........and $40k dearer than this : https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1969-lotus-elan-2-manual/SSE-AD-14206435/?Cr=1
for the doc, our resident Lotus Elan-phile () Go to 19min 30 secs and see 7 world class Elans - each owned respectively by Jochen Rindt, Keith Duckworth, Rob Walker, Emma Peel/Diana Rigg/the Avengers car, Peter Sellars, Ron Hickman and the last road registered Elan S4 Sprint from 1975. I guess much like the Mini, they were owned by a number of celebrities during the 60s. For such a brilliant car, they are pretty cheap classics relatively speaking. It does surprise me that for a brand with such an illustrious racing pedigree and reputation for creating cars with fantastic handling, their cars remain relatively cheap in the classic car market. Weren't they nearly as expensive/or more expensive than an E-type when new? I guess that is what happens when you make brilliant cars badly. Is this the start where Ian will tell me their reputation for handling prowess is exaggerated?
One look underneath was enough to put me off any Lotus of that period. Talk about a death trap! The chassis is so non existent it must have been developed by a naturopath Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
It's very light (42kg) and very stiff. 26R mods make it very stiff (for its period) and add about 5kg. Quite elegant engineering. Like any backbone chassis car, your hips act as the deformable structure to protect the chassis. You talk as if you want to live forever!
You make a good point Greg but the gen 2 Elite, using a backbone too, was one of the safest cars of its time - possibly nearly as good as a Volvo 240/Mercedes w123 series - as it won the Don Safety Trophy in 1975 (this was not an easy award to win apparently) and passed the America crash standards with ease (again, apparently). Admittedly, the Gen 2 Elite had the z door beams. Engineering and putting aluminum door beams would go a long way to improve the safety of an Elan and Europa if one were restoring one. P.S I think I have the Adrian disease because I don't mind the Gen 2 Type 75 Lotus Elite nowadays - as a teenager, I thought they were dead ugly and my least fav Lotus by a mile. Shhh, sometimes, in the madness, I imagine I wouldn't mind owning one in a fetching shade of blue. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
