The original eBay listing text.
No. 650143R
1971 Lotus Europa S2.
I have owned this car for 23 years, drove it some when I first bought it, then it has sat in my garage for close to twenty years.
Its time for someone else to enjoy it. It ran fine years ago, however I have not attempted to start it.
Probably be a good idea to go through the engine before it was run very much.
The engine has I guess what they call the Gordini mods and more. The previous owner is a friend of mine and he is the one who built it.
He used it for Autocrossing and some hillclimbs. I know it had some porting work done, high compression pistons and a hot cam. I built the header.
The cam comes on strong at about 3-3500 rpm and revs to 8000+.
The front suspension has been rebuilt and I installed new Spax adjustable shocks on all four corners. So this car does have some goodies I haven't seen on other Europas, note the small steering wheel.
The interior is typical fifty year old english car, needs some work.
I have worked on fixing stress crack fractures in the glass body but there are still some left to do.
All the lights, brackets and hardware are still there, please note in the pictures.
There is also parts to do a rear disc conversion included."
I originally lost out on my bid at the lost possible moment.
Then the buyer flaked out when it came to shipping.
When 650143R was re-listed with a buy it now that matched my earlier high bid I jumped on it.
Today I can prove I did not buy this car to "Flip" it, I just turned down $9,000.00 for it as it sits.
I guess I can stop worrying that I might have paid too much?
