Author Topic: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.  (Read 790 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline dakazman

  • Super Member
  • *******
  • Joined: Jun 2016
  • Location: Florida
  • Posts: 4,227

Offline tedtaylor

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Joined: May 2015
  • Location: Smyrna, DE
  • Posts: 339
    • TaylorMadeClassicCars
Re: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday,October 01, 2019, 11:05:19 AM »
it's posted with a "buy-it-now" price, so the price is NOT going higher.
seller is quite confused, since he lists a '71 S2 Europa, but describes a '73 Europa Twin cam????
TED
"Driving a Lotus is a triumph of bravery over intelligence." Stirling Moss

'13 Evora S
owned nearly 50 Lotus cars over the years!
TaylorMadeClassicCars on WWW and Facebook

Online BDA

  • Super Member
  • *******
  • Joined: Jul 2012
  • Location: North Carolina
  • Posts: 9,996
Re: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday,October 01, 2019, 11:24:20 AM »
The paint and body look good and the interior looks okay but there is only a little 2" tach - the same size as the other gauges - the speedo is stock though. There is what is apparently a bundle of wires hanging from behind the dash draped along the passenger side of the backbone inside the car. The car is listed as a 71 Lotus Europa but the description says it is a '73 Europa S3!

I don't think they are going to get near $26K!

Offline dakazman

  • Super Member
  • *******
  • Joined: Jun 2016
  • Location: Florida
  • Posts: 4,227
Re: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday,October 01, 2019, 12:57:25 PM »
   My mistake Ted, I see now it’s 26 watching...

  BDA, just watched the video and it went downhill fast as soon as he opened the door. Front window chrome trim also missing on uprights.
Definitely not a 73 Twin cam!
Dakazman

Online BDA

  • Super Member
  • *******
  • Joined: Jul 2012
  • Location: North Carolina
  • Posts: 9,996
Re: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday,October 01, 2019, 02:01:51 PM »
I'm not sure they'll get $13K.

Offline literarymadness

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Joined: Mar 2017
  • Location: South Florida
  • Posts: 550
Re: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday,October 02, 2019, 05:39:56 PM »
I don't know.  The car is in Las Vegas.  Some gambler might get lucky and buy the damn thing.  Alcohol and fast money do strange things to people.  Of course a few days letter, the guy's luck will run out and lose everything and then sell it to Chumley on Pawn Stars. :confused:

Offline dakazman

  • Super Member
  • *******
  • Joined: Jun 2016
  • Location: Florida
  • Posts: 4,227
Re: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.
« Reply #6 on: Thursday,October 10, 2019, 08:45:17 AM »
Chumly  :FUNNY:
Dakazman

Online BDA

  • Super Member
  • *******
  • Joined: Jul 2012
  • Location: North Carolina
  • Posts: 9,996
Re: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.
« Reply #7 on: Thursday,October 10, 2019, 10:22:56 AM »
Chumley didn't buy it. The listing just ended.I bet Rick is happy about that!

There was an episode several years ago where someone tried to sell them a Europa but Rick couldn't get into it and they passed. How many people buy cars at a pawn shop?

Offline surfguitar58

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Joined: Nov 2017
  • Location: Massachusetts, USA
  • Posts: 720
Re: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.
« Reply #8 on: Thursday,October 10, 2019, 10:57:54 AM »
Chumley didn't buy it. The listing just ended.I bet Rick is happy about that!

There was an episode several years ago where someone tried to sell them a Europa but Rick couldn't get into it and they passed. How many people buy cars at a pawn shop?

Maybe that was a different episode, but in this one Rick buys a nice blue TCS for $13,000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM_vKS1rKdY
"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Online BDA

  • Super Member
  • *******
  • Joined: Jul 2012
  • Location: North Carolina
  • Posts: 9,996
Re: 71 S2 on eBay 26k and going higher.
« Reply #9 on: Thursday,October 10, 2019, 11:26:45 AM »
You're right, Surf. I misremembered... That's the one I was thinking of. I feel better that he bought it.