L7 S4 1972 Lotus Twin Cam

[Wile7]

I was just browsing fleabay and saw this car. I am not a fan of the S4 aesthetic BUT this is really nice....in lovely condition.

 

Lotus Twin Cam S4 1972

 

Maybe someone here might be interested?

 

IF I had the money and storage space I would....

 

 

 

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^{Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams}

^{The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill!}

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[TobyCoulson]

5100 miles!! I'm no fan of the S4 but it does look mint.

 

A cigarette butt placed beneath a Band-Aid makes a cheap nicotine patch

[paul jacobs]

It certainly looks very nice, but top price - not surprising as it's from Vincent Haydon, who used to be a Caterham dealer based in Salsibury a decade or so ago.

 

I'd quite fancy a nice S4 but not at that price I'm afraid, I'd rather have a serlies 3 Lotus Seven but it was a good 'spot' Dave.

 

Paul J.

 

[The Pikey]

/refurbished over the last few years therefore has new chassis, suspension, engine, gearbox, back axle rebuilt, shock absorbers, steering rack, radiator,

 

It's a bit like Trigger's broom 😬

 

jason

 

 

[Irrelevant]

I like those seats

[gileshudson]

I like those seats too and, despite not liking the S4, do agree that it does look like a cracking example of the breed.

What amazes me most though is the airfilter arrangement from pic 9.

Is that for real; as it looks like someone has just rested a Mini's exhaust silencer box on the engine while they took the pic. 😬

 

Giles

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Beryl the Peril (HPC)

[Englishmaninwales]

Standard air filter as also fitted to Mk2 LC and Mk1 TC Escort

[Wile7]

As shown in this gorgeous Escort Twin Cam

 

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^{Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams}

^{The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill!}

^photos

[James_Russell]

My dad considered buying this car for use as a 60's sports & saloon racer. He viewed it and the only real 'problem' with it is that non-standard dashboard. Returning it to standard would involve a replacement bodyshell or a costly 'graft' of a standard dash onto the existing shell.

Everything else appeared to be top notch but in the end dad decided to stay with S3's

 

Q41 ACF Classic Grad #98

[terryp]

I also looked at the car before finding my S3. It was advertised in the Club Lotus UK Mag for £8K. I had a friend look at it and the only thing we could find was that the water pump was excessively worn. I actually had first refusal on it and I made a lower offer but it was rejected as a "Collector" was offering the full amount. I think Collector means Dealer

Its a lovely car and it would have been easy to import to France!

My wife said it looked like a banana 😳

 

Terry

 

 

Lotus Elan +2 S130/4 1973

Caterham Seven Supersprint 1985

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[TobyCoulson]

My wife said it looked like a banana

She knows her cars

 

A cigarette butt placed beneath a Band-Aid makes a cheap nicotine patch