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Lotus Europa Forums => Classifieds Forums => eBay - Craigslist Ads - Other Listings => Topic started by: Lou Drozdowski on Saturday,May 09, 2020, 09:08:16 PM
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The asking price is $39k in Swiss francs...that's almost $41k in U.S. dollars. The market price for our little cars are growing and continue to appreciate in brand value.
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/lotus/europa/2366378.html#&gid=1&pid=8
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Are all those exposed fasteners in the front luggage area original?
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I actually bid on this TCS in 2017 when it was on eBay. It had a buy it now price @ $19,000 and didn't even last 12 hours before it was bought @ the BIN price to Kurt Tanner. It was then put on BAT and didn't make reserve. It was featured in Road and Track as a "You need to buy this Car Now" article. Then it wound up in Europe. It is a 1974 1/2 which now featured carpet in both tubs front and rear so the fasteners might be factory, but I don' know for sure.
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Are all those exposed fasteners in the front luggage area original?
I would suspect the answer is "yes" to both ways you could interpret your question. The bolts that hold a steering column stay, the DB10, the gas pedal, I believe the heater, and probably a couple of other things come through the front trunk. And judging from the rest of the car, those are likely to be the bolts installed at the factory. :)
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I have no idea how the owner managed to keep those cloth inserts in the seats in such good condition.
Pity about the gear knob being not original wooden ball with a little metal badge in the top showing the 5 speed gear selection gate.
Other than that, it is in remarkable condition for 46 years old.
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I agree. It's a beautiful example! I meant to add that to my post.