Description
LOTUS ELISE S1 (1999) Azure Blue - 81 k miles, V409 EAN
Why you'll want it
- Fresh mechanicals: MLS head-gasket, uprated 135 cams & brand-new S2 Bilsteins (summer 2025).
- Huge history: 25-year folder of invoices, stamped book & every MOT.
- As-new cabin: retrim by Alan White; seats, dash & door cards unmarked.
- Taut soft-top in great condition.
- Jump-in drive-away: wants for nothing; ready for your favourite B-road.
- Honest bits: 20 years of stone-chips + pheasant hit -related hairline cracks on the nose.
Service & maintenance highlights
(full detail in folder)
1999-050-21 k miDealer & specialist A/B services, annual MOTs
2006 21 k mi Cambelt, CD, headlight
2009-1144-60 k miSteve Williams: steering-rack rebuild, alloy rad, head-gasket @50 k, discs, pads, tyres, wheel bearings
2011 60 k mi Cambelt kit, water-pump, alt belt, battery
2012 61 k mi Nitron Street dampers, gearbox oil, full geo
2013 63 k mi Heater matrix, catalyst, flexi, toe-links, gear-linkage
2015 69-70 k miPagid discs, Mintex 1144 pads, full wishbone/bush rebuild, seat retrim
2016 71 k mi Cambelt/adjuster, coil, manifold gasket, wheel bearing
2017 72 k mi New Advan tyres, clear MOT
2018 74 k mi Roof Renovo, clutch-slave bracket, fluids
2019 75 k mi "C" service @BOT: cambelt, all fluids, plugs; Hangar 111 back-box; new alloy radiator & hoses
2020 76 k mi Low-mileage fuel tank, heat-shield, MOT
2022 78 k mi Uprated rear tie-rods, four tyres
2023 79 k mi Engine rebuild: MLS gasket, liners reset & saver-shim, stronger oil rail, cambelt kit, water-pump, plugs, O sensor; rack gaiter
2025 80 k mi Brand-new Lotus S2 Bilstein dampers & springs
HPI clear, two keys & fobs, original manuals