Is this S2.2 Eclat in the records, videoed in Mayfair yesterday. WFY 16W
https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1517868606180777
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- MetBlue
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Wasn't on the register. A new find - Thanks.WFY 16W
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Couple of GTs have just surfaced on eBay, located in Ludlow, stored with a number of other GTs:
Eclat Riviera, red, reg no. OHR 475X,
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326991673029 ... R7T_4ZyIZw
Elite “Launch Sales Demonstrator”, 1974, VIN plate no. 74020021A
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326988533420 ... Sw3MRphbCi
Eclat Riviera, red, reg no. OHR 475X,
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326991673029 ... R7T_4ZyIZw
Elite “Launch Sales Demonstrator”, 1974, VIN plate no. 74020021A
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326988533420 ... Sw3MRphbCi
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Have look at sellers other items too.
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John Cornish of this parish...I went to his 'storage place' with the 'Penthouse Elite' last year to deliver it after the NEC restoration show....
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Also; Lotus Elite June 1974. Rover V8 needing some TLC
Original reg. SAD 69N now 20 GUM. Originally Lagoon Blue with beige interior, now bronze
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326990653334 ... SwPI1ph3i8
Original reg. SAD 69N now 20 GUM. Originally Lagoon Blue with beige interior, now bronze
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326990653334 ... SwPI1ph3i8
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I was out and about in Kent in my Elite today and got talking to the owner of Green Excel F227XNG from the under bonnet plate: VIN 089912JHD12625 ENG NO. DY912880424841 He does occasionally look up this site but is not registered. Is the car on the register? He's owned it 25 years, said it was a prototype, but wasn't sure of what? It was badged as an s.a
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It's on the register. Thanks for the VIN numbers Andy. You were lucky to spot it in the wild. Based on MOT data, it's regularly taxed and MOTed, but has only done 150 miles in the last 6 years !Green Excel F227XNG
I had it as an SA, but also a note it featured in some publicity brochures of the time. There's a photo of it outside some posh gaff hanging in the Bird In Hand.
More likely a publicity car than a prototype car.
Tony
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Possibly the first automatic option facelift Excel?AndrewWebber wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 16:47 ...... Green Excel F227XNG from the under bonnet plate: VIN 089912JHD12625 ENG NO. DY912880424841 ........said it was a prototype, but wasn't sure of what? It was badged as an s.a
Andy
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