A CRYING SHAME

This is a classic Lotus Elan +2S, one of the very first batch from the 1960s. I first knew it when it's current owner bought it in the late 1970s, for a year or so it was his pride and joy. However it was, as lotus' often are, a bit fickle and often needed tuning. One sad day it needed a bit of work doing and it got left in the owners front garden, waiting ... and waiting. The local kids soon realised that the low nose made it great for BMXing, riding their bikes up the front, over the top and down the back. This started the stress cracks, which now cover the plastic bodywork. The work needed to fix it was now greater, still it waited .... and waited ....and waited. Over the years the car was moved round the back of the house, a rickety lean-to was built to keep out the worst of the weather, still the car waited ....and waited.

Many enthusiasts have trekked to its owners door, wanting to buy it and restore it to glory. Each time the owner has turned down their generous offers, saying that he will restore it, one day ....one day. True, a couple of years ago, he did turn up with a new windscreen for it, and a new drivers seat. The cars little rusted heart leapt, surely now it was going to have the attention it deserved lavished upon it. Sadly not, since that day it has just sat there, waiting.... and waiting.

The weather today has been damp, depressing and miserable. This put me in the mood for doing a depressing and miserable shot. As a car enthusiast, seeing a once great thoroughbred as this left to rot like this is as depressing a sight as it gets.

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