1970 Lotus Europa S2 Project on 2040-cars
San Rafael, California, United States
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1970 lotus europa S2 project: you are looking at a complete 1970 europa with a very large supply of 1969 europa parts. i purchased the car on 5/28/2013 from a man in southern california. apparently he had a 1969 lotus europa that he wrecked and then he purchased this car in 1982 and installed the engine from the '69 europa. he told me that the engine (renault R-16) was rebuilt and has 9000 miles on it. the amazing part is that he owned the car for over 30 years and from what he told me and what his neighbor confirmed, the car sat in his garage for the entire time !!! he purchased the car, changed the engine and started restoring the body for paint and then it just sat in his garage...... i intended on restoring the car for historic racing but i have become involved in a large project that requires all of my resources and garage space so it must go. the car needs a restoration, but it is complete and comes with all the parts he took off the wrecked '69. this car does not have any rust that i could find. body is in good shape (the guy filled the bumper holes and the door handles) i have the original all the glass is good great seats the master cylinder is missing, but other than that everything looks complete. the extra parts list is extensive: 2 complete engines 2 complete transmissions extra electronics, gauges, lights complete front and rear suspension front and rear brakes cooling system some interior pieces from the '69 trunk box complete passenger side door front air dam bumpers gas tank and sending unit, starter, alternators, distributors, carburetor, heater unit, hub caps misc nuts and bolts On Dec-02-13 at 21:49:42 PST, seller added the following information:shipping the car: the car rolls easily and i am willing to box up the parts fof shipping rust: this car looks to be rust free. i say this because i can not find any rust on the frame or any other parts other than slight surface rust. On Dec-03-13 at 21:22:04 PST, seller added the following information:I WAS ASKED ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP HISTORY: i believe i know all of the ownership history with the exception of the name of the original owner. anyway, here is what i know. owner one lived in illinois, purchased the car in late 1971 owned the car until 1978 when he sold it to a man also in illinios who owned the car until 1981, he apparently painted the car silver with a blue stripe and ultimately sold it to a guy who lived in tustin california, i spoke to him and he says he owned the car for about a year and then he sold it to the guy from orange california in 1982. i bought it from the 4th owner, that makes me the fifth owner. |
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