New Member but has Europa

[73TwinCamSpecial]

Hi All -

As stated I just joined this group as I have lusted after a Super Seven S4 since the early 70's. My new wife at the time talked me out of ordering the kit version but I eventually bought a 1969 Europa Type 54. Drove it daily to work in LA traffic until I was rear-ended by a VW. Had it towed to Bob Chalman's place in Redondo Beach and was fixed up good as new. Eventually life got in the way and I sold the S2 off to pay for part of a new house. The wife and I made a deal that eventually I could get another Europa, which happened in the mid 1990's. A 1973 TCS with all the original equipment but had been sitting a while. Original CA car so not much rust. I bought it with the goal of "restoring" it, although it did run and drive. Life got in the way again and I also bought a Saleen Mustang as a week-end car. I started back on the Europa about 6 years ago, removed the engine/transaxle, redid the front/rear suspension and bought lots of parts i wanted to replace. Also got the engine rebuilt by a local guy who raced Lotus 23's with his dad. It's still a work in progress.

My motivation in joining this group has been the recent auctions on Bring A Trailer for Super Seven S4's. I'm pretty active with the two Europa groups and a few guys have S4's but thought this group could help with cars coming up for sale. To be honest, my budget is not where recent S4 sales have occurred. Would really like something that needs some TLC but is not a basket case or clapped out race car. 

Thanks

Larry Mullen

[CBuff]

Welcome.  @Croc is nice enough to curate a weekly listing of sevens for sale. All shapes and sizes.  
 

 

[Kitcat]

I saw this recently in Facebook marketplace.

[pethier]

19 hours ago, 73TwinCamSpecial said:

Hi All -

As stated I just joined this group as I have lusted after a Super Seven S4 since the early 70's. My new wife at the time talked me out of ordering the kit version but I eventually bought a 1969 Europa Type 54. Drove it daily to work in LA traffic until I was rear-ended by a VW. Had it towed to Bob Chalman's place in Redondo Beach and was fixed up good as new. Eventually life got in the way and I sold the S2 off to pay for part of a new house. The wife and I made a deal that eventually I could get another Europa, which happened in the mid 1990's. A 1973 TCS with all the original equipment but had been sitting a while. Original CA car so not much rust. I bought it with the goal of "restoring" it, although it did run and drive. Life got in the way again and I also bought a Saleen Mustang as a week-end car. I started back on the Europa about 6 years ago, removed the engine/transaxle, redid the front/rear suspension and bought lots of parts i wanted to replace. Also got the engine rebuilt by a local guy who raced Lotus 23's with his dad. It's still a work in progress.

My motivation in joining this group has been the recent auctions on Bring A Trailer for Super Seven S4's. I'm pretty active with the two Europa groups and a few guys have S4's but thought this group could help with cars coming up for sale. To be honest, my budget is not where recent S4 sales have occurred. Would really like something that needs some TLC but is not a basket case or clapped out race car. 

Thanks

Larry Mullen

So, you didn't form a rock a band in Dublin?  ;-)

 

I had a Lotus 65 Europa from 1911 until 2005.  It was designated a 1970 model but was built in November 1969.  It started its American life on Oahu and as far as I know is living in Illinois.

[theDreamer]

Welcome @73TwinCamSpecial you are in good company here. We even have a thread in the General Sevens Discussion section called:

Europas that have graced our garages, as well as the Sevens

As to your query, yes the S4 on BaT is a good candidate that will likely bring much higher bids as the auction nears its close.

Croc does an excellent job of keeping us up to date on cars for sale in North America. For example there is this one in Alberta Canada:

https://www.autotrader.ca/offers/lotus-unspecified-convertible-gasoline-green-cat_ma44gr200883-ab87a903-b601-4fda-b315-e5cdbd00a240

Don’t be put off by the high dollar amount as that’s just an asking price. Plus, that’s in CND so that is less than $28k USD.

[IamScotticus]

Europa, Elan, are like 7s with a roof. Still in the company of the best handling cars, ever.

Edited Thursday at 08:56 PM by IamScotticus