An archive. This is a preserved copy of the Elva Courier MkIII restoration blog written by Andy Rich, published at elvamk3.wordpress.com from 2010 to 2015. Andy has since passed away. The car’s current owner keeps his record of the restoration online here so that it is not lost.
 

Life Gets in the Way

Well, I got side-tracked by Life getting in my way.  A year ago last Fall, my dear Mini Cooper died, or at least it needed more than a little bit of work. It needed a new transmission because in their infinite wisdom, BMW decided not to make the parts available to fix the transmission, they will only sell a new transmission for $4500. With 130,000 miles on it, my wife and I decided it was time to let it go, so I sold it. In that same decision to let the Mini go, we decided to put the time and effort into the Lotus Plus 2, so in the last year most of my time was spent2005-01-05 16.21.33 in that direction. See photos below.  2014-01-08 16.29.34 2013-12-06 10.41.46 2013-12-06 10.41.31 Hanover-20131008-00172 Hanover-20131008-00173IMG_59892014-07-11 16.10.27

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  1. Tucker says:
    March 30, 2015 at 2:44 pm

    Andy, Thanks for the share. Looking good. I’m glad I decided not to work on the BMW Mini’s in my shop, this is one reason why. See you sometime this summer. Tucker