A couple of questions for all of us…

[Stuttgart]

Picture 5 is my 69 S2. This car has an unusual history. According to the second owner, the original owner purchased the S2 from the Lotus factory while he was stationed in the US military in England. He was told by the Lotus factory that the S2 was a former Paris car show exhibit. This is all anecdotal but there may be some element of truth by the car having the VIN of 2501*, not R as non federal.

@Grumblebuns
What are the wheels on your '69 S2? They look great!

[yellow16TS]

Only one Europa for me. My first Lotus car.

69mdl type 54. owned since 2017

[Tom999w]

 What gives??    are we talking about Lotus ownership or all the cars we've owned? I see posts of each. If we're talking about other cars, I could list a hell of alot of interesting cars and motorcycles that aren't Lotuses..

[SilverBeast]

It started as Europa's you currently own and other lotus you currently own.

I just have a 73 built/74 registered Special, my first Lotus I got in July 2019.

[Grumblebuns]

Picture 5 is my 69 S2. This car has an unusual history. According to the second owner, the original owner purchased the S2 from the Lotus factory while he was stationed in the US military in England. He was told by the Lotus factory that the S2 was a former Paris car show exhibit. This is all anecdotal but there may be some element of truth by the car having the VIN of 2501*, not R as non federal.

@Grumblebuns
What are the wheels on your '69 S2? They look great!

The wheels are Cromodoras, 13x6. They were installed by the previous owner so don't know of their current availability.

[Stuttgart]

Beautiful wheels and they look great on Europa! Are they 13" or 14"?

Do you know if these are still available from Cromodora?

[Tom999w]

It started as Europa's you currently own and other lotus you currently own.

I have a 1971 Europa S2 Federal and a rare 40th Anniversary Edition Esprit (1988).

[andyj007]

69 lotus elan s2 gold. standard but with a  rebuilt 130bhp renault crossflow to drop  in soon
71 lotus elan sprint DHC..  rebuilt TC engine with 150bhp
19 Westfield fw  205bhp Zetec. 
 

[Bryan Boyle]

At the same time, or over the course of this affliction with plastic cars from Hethel?

In my sig...plus a Turboesprit S/N 60857, and a 74 Elite (don't remember the number)

First is 444R, at Antioch Park in Overland Park KS 1984
Second is my Elite outside Pat Dennis (owner of Mk6 POP444) in 1984
Third is my '86 Turbo HCi in 1998
Fourth is my latest, 3291R arriving home in Fall River MA
Fifth is 2678 (ex-Steve Veris' garage queen/development buck) arriving in my hangar before being dragged to my PA home to be broken down.
Sixth is 693R, my most extensive restoration to date...stupidly sold in '19 and bought an MGB as a poor replacement to have a brit sports car in my shed...living, last I knew, in Indiana...condition unknown, but hope she's being well taken care of...

That enough to start?  There is an early Elite in a barn that's mine, too, but that's strictly for my eyes only as a retirement project, and I'll disclose the information when I'm ready...)

[BDA]

Quite a history! I’d say you’ve got a bad case! I agree with your treatment. 

[Lotsof 3146 R]

Does a 1974 Jensen Healey count?
Plus a 1973 TCS

[ralf]

Hello,
I get two Lotus wrecks I restore.
A Europa, I bought 1982, which will get a TOYOTA 4AGE engine with a Spyder chassis.
A Seven S1 from 1959 original had a Ford sv engine, changed to a 2000ccm BMW engine in the late 1960th and sold 1992 to me in parts, without powertrain, rear axis ... . Some previous owner drove the car in some races in Germany. And with the BMW engine it was 1971 well powered.