https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot ... 8&pn=1&g=1
Excels started at Chassis D 11148. This one is 11161, so not many earlier. Other than one of the prototypes (11144) that some how escaped Lotus grasp, this is now the earliest Excel I have on the register.
Not many photo's but it looks a reasonable car on what you can see - Sun roof though
Tony