340r

[stonkn]

Good afternoon

Having had a variety of cars, & being in the associated forums, I have just put a deposit on a 340r. I appreciate that 340r owners are a rare species…but are there any here?

Thanks Marco

[stonkn]

Good morning everybody.

Many thanks for all the replies….I have joined the FB group after reading & it looks to be really useful.

I have bought no. 279 & it will be living in the wonderful world of Essex…at least initially, when it arrives. I know the basics of the car having had an Elise S1 many years ago, & as an automotive design consultant. Both myself & my company have worked for Lotus in the past & I knew many of the development team. I also spoke to a friend who runs a company setting up/tuning/racing Lotus’s about what to look for etc.

The car has only done about 500 miles in 10 years getting to just over 8K miles….it appears to be standard in pretty well all respects apart from a racing Batt….& is running it original 177BHP kit I think.

Thanks once again…& hope I can bump into some of you in the future.

Regards Marco

[stonkn]

Thanks for the info – I do know that it has had the same owner for 9-10 years and has done little mileage – apart from that, it appears to be factory ! Not sure what else has been done. I still have not got it as it needed a new screen & they have taken a week or so to get one. After speaking to Steven Guglielmi (Knew him well in his Tuscan days) he suggested I should check the cam belt also…so a new one is being fitted also. He also has some fixes for VHPD issues.

Regards Marco