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My second-ever car was an MGB Roadster, it was a 1969 model and I drove it for several years. The Elan was more expensive and much rarer, but one parked next to me once in the office carpark and I remember thinking I wouldn't swap.

The previous "suspect" photo seems to have come from https://booksenstock.forumactif.com/t2379-heron-carvic, though I was reading up on a published (in book form) family biography by one of his relatives around the internet (can't find it now) and also saw it on some page linked to that b...

A comprehensive reply Frankymole! Probably little argument with your least favourite. However, it is worth noting that the "headgear" is an Edwardian invention designed to protect the wearer from dust and dirt, there are several other examples at the Beaulieu motor museum. Diana is wearing...

A bit off-topic... I mentioned Freewheelers earlier, a fondly remembered thriller/spy series for children which ran for 8 series between 1968 and 1973. By sheer coincidence whilst wandering around a car show in Birmingham this weekend I came across one of the cars featured in that programme - a Stim...

There are some discussions about its whereabouts at Lotus Elan Net Forums oddly enough, but the only lead seemed to go private: https://lotuselan.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=33149 The Deryck who posted in the Lotus forum is Deryck Norville, the owner of the 'Piddington Collection'. Deryck t...

HNK 999C belonged to Lotus and was returned to them after filming. I seem to remember the wife of one of the company directors had it for a while.

Many of Lotus's own cars had "999" registrations.

well, 146, isn't all that shabby....despite the hype for a projected bidding frenzy Indeed! In fact, according to this article it is " ... the record highest amount ever paid for an Elan at a live auction. ". There were several iconic Elans sold from that collection. The others went for a...

£146,000 was the winning bid, i.e. "hammer price".
The "sold for" price of £164.250 is what the buyer will have paid with the buyer's commission (plus VAT).

Sold for £164,250.

There's lots of discussion and pictures in this other thread: Emma Peel's Lotus