Nice Lotus S2 listed

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LUVTHEMTIGERS

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• Mar 12, 2011

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Nice 1964 supposedly fully restored was posted on BarnfindsAndDeals.com

If I did the link correctly it is here

https://barnfindsanddeals.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1598&action=edit

 

DrEntropy

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• Mar 13, 2011

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Now THAT would be Don's car!!!!

 

64Elan

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• Mar 13, 2011

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Looks to be a nice car. It would be nice to know the S/N. It's a Federal early transition S2 with S1 tail lights. S/N is proably close to mine. Maybe I'll contact him, it would be nice to have some more info on the car and additional pics. I'd love to have a LHD and RHD S2's parked next to each other. I can dream can't I?

 

64Elan

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• Mar 13, 2011

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p.s

Here's the direct link.

Elan

 

DNK

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• Mar 13, 2011

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64 Elan, Hey happy B'day

Awwwww!!!!! Yous guys are killing me

 

DrEntropy

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• Mar 14, 2011

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With the six taillights, it's an S1, but the S/N would be telling. :wink:

 

Roger

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• Mar 14, 2011

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Surely with the boot lid being the short version, not extending to the rear, makes it an S1 for sure?

 

64Elan

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• Mar 15, 2011

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DrEntropy said:

With the six taillights, it's an S1, but the S/N would be telling. :wink:

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No sir, 6 tail lights means it's a Federal S1, or early S2. 4 tail lights eells you it's a non fedral S1 or early S2. The first 250 (estimate) S2's had S1 tail lights, S2 badges, and a full width dash board, and possibly different pedals, and a few other subtle things, and are called transition cars. If the number is 26/3901 or above it's an S2.

 

64Elan

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• Mar 15, 2011

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Roger said:

Surely with the boot lid being the short version, not extending to the rear, makes it an S1 for sure?

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S1's and S2's had the same boot lid, your S3 and later cars had the wrap around boot lid.

 

64Elan

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• Mar 15, 2011

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This should help clarify things.

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DrEntropy

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• Mar 16, 2011

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Yeah, it was a "fix-I-go" car company from the start... and serial numbers can narrow the year of production, for certain.

But the "cut-out" boot lid is no more narrowing of series I.D. than four or six tail-lights. It's been a crap-shoot the whole time...
seems whatever was at hand at the time got put into the beasties. :wink:

 

Roger

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• Mar 16, 2011

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I'm sure that, given Chapman's reputation for stinginess, they used up every scrap of prior production when model changes were made.
I really know that S3s introduced the longer bootlid - guess I had a "duh" or senior moment!

 

64Elan

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• Mar 16, 2011

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Car has been sold!

 

AngliaGT

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• Mar 26, 2011

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When I had #3892,there were two sizes of taillights you could use.
Of course,anything's possible on a used Lotus!

- Doug

 

DrEntropy

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• Apr 15, 2011

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Doug said:

Of course,anything's possible on a used Lotus!

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mehheh. Ain't THAT th' truth! :wink: