The Elan +2 combined Lotus’ renowned lightweight engineering and handling with a more refined 2+2 cabin, featuring walnut veneer, comprehensive instrumentation and greater practicality
Where its junior sibling was aimed squarely at the enthusiastic hobbyist, the +2 was conceived to tempt the affluent young family man out of his Jaguar and into a Lotus for the first time
The most powerful and desirable iteration of the Type 50 was the +2S 130 featuring the1,558cc ‘Big Valve’ Lotus-Ford Twin Cam producing 126bhp through twin Weber carburettors and, in this case, coupled to a four-speed gearbox
This example was built at Hethel and despatched on 24/05/1973 to G.S.

Cars of Warmley, near Bristol, where it served as their dealer demonstrator
Finished in Lagoon Blue with a contrasting Silver Flake roof and retaining its original-style alloy wheels, along with a refreshed interior
Restored by Ant Anstead and his team for The Naked Mechanic, retaining an appealing degree of gentle patination
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