Elite Fever !

[mkelite]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171770064174? ... EBIDX%3AIT

are we now seeing the renewed wedge interest and will it stay for good this time ?

just look how much Triumph TR7 s have gone up in value and interest recently too for example...............

the 'wedge' is back ?

regards.

DC.

[malcolm]

"Barn find"..........................where I come from if it has a garage door and a car in it we call it a garage!!! So its more of a old unloved slightly scabby car left in garage type find.

[MrCoolA]

"Barn find"..........................where I come from if it has a garage door and a car in it we call it a garage!!! So its more of a old unloved slightly scabby car left in garage type find.

.......................... Love it.

[mkelite]

.......... think you will understand that 'Barn Find' is a technical marketing word used to increase sales potential........Lol.

DC.

[crofty1984]

Look, if you didn't find it in a barn, it's not a barn find. Jeezus - you'd thing 90% of the population of ebay live on farms. I want to see these mysterious barns that keep popping up everywhere!

I need a bigger garage, maybe if I just sit around long enough with a ropey motorbike in the middle of the garden a nice new barn will just materialise around me.

[alanbell]

doubt they will get £3K 3C might be closer. whoever buys it will need a big heart or a big wallet.

[Lotus-e-Clan]

Well tbf, my take on 'barn find' is that the car has only come on the market because it has been discovered (be it garage or barn) following acquisition of a property - usually related to a house clearance, and that the owner on the log book hadn't intended to sell - but it's now out of his hands (death /debt etc). The type of building, or its state, isn't so relevant.

So this could apply to this one?

Anyway on the subject of desirability increase, I read in the current Club Lotus mag that Guy Munday is going independent and looking for specific Lotus for clients - the list includes the late Excel/celebration ... that is good news.
Plus the Elite S2/2.2 is in the wanted column ..again a sign that values could firm-up as they reach the hands of the pro-restorers.

[lambert.john]

Being a cynical so-and-so I can't help wondering if some of these "barn finds" have been languishing outdoors for some while before being pushed into a "barn" for someone to "find" them!