Pity you never got round to trying out a 60`s Elan Peter, they were very special in their day, when one considers the performance or lack of, in terms of the family car of the time..

Apparently there are those who determine that the MX5 is very close to providing a similar experience but without the expected Early Elan ...err...foibles, but for me the intake roar of the twin Webers and the underbonnet appearance of the Lotus Twin Cam lightweight construction with 10 inch discs all round, carries many special memories of miles travelled...(-: I spent a great deal of time sticking my old Lotus cars back together ultimately I preferred repairing steel bodies for a variety of reasons so kinda gave up on Lotus in time.

In the pic of my Europa you no doubt noticed my Honda 550 Four, in the background which was at the time my daily transport, the other bike was a Rickman Metisse Triumph with a rather fancy conical front hub which housed a disc brake and if my memory serves, the caliper if not just the pads of which came from a Mini Cooper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psf5CBYfN5I

https://www.bike-urious.com/1968-rickman-metisse-triumph/

Sad Elan..

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