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Not really: the doors didn't fit and the car leaked like a sieve.
A business acquaintance of mine in Norwich used to be a senior Marketing Manager for Lotus when they moved to Hethel.
On his desk, he had a framed Brockelbank cartoon, showinga stream of trucks delivering raw materials to a factory complete with smokestacks, which was built right next to a steep cliff.
As the cars came out of the factory: they fell down the cliff and were destroyed. The cartoon was intended to represent modern planned obsolescence.
Brockelbank gave the signed original to Chapman at the request of one of the other directors: 'cos it typified his view of owners. He totally hated them!
Really, the original Elite was a de-tuned race car.The Climax engine was problematical too.
Not actually suitable for road use day in day out.
The E Type, of course, was.
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