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Now THAT would be Don's car!!!!
 
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?
 
64 Elan, Hey happy B'day

Awwwww!!!!! Yous guys are killing me
 
With the six taillights, it's an S1, but the S/N would be telling. :wink:
 
Surely with the boot lid being the short version, not extending to the rear, makes it an S1 for sure?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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:
 
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!
 
When I had #3892,there were two sizes of taillights you could use.
Of course,anything's possible on a used Lotus!

- Doug
 
Doug said:
Of course,anything's possible on a used Lotus!
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mehheh. Ain't THAT th' truth! :wink:
 
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