Mark in Adelaide is selling his lovely Azure Blue S1 Elise. Read on for the details, and reach out to [email protected] if you’d like us to put you in touch with Mark.

1997 Lotus Elise S1 For Sale: Azure Blue, Australian Delivered

I had never intended selling my Azure Blue S1 Elise, but a change in circumstances means it’s up for sale.

It has had an “extensive” full refresh, so there is nothing really to spend. The paintwork is in outstanding gleaming condition but like all of these cars, it does have some of the usual stone chips etc.

Those that have ever dealt with me, or bought a car from me know the extent I go to to do things properly and leave no expense spared. I’m after a very reasonable $53,000 for this car given the extent of all the work and new parts that have been fitted and refreshed.

Given the rarity of Aussie delivered S1s, I don’t expect this car to hang around for too long as good ones don’t come up too often. Yes you might be able to find another one a little bit cheaper but is it a good colour and it’s not hard to easily spend $10k buying bits without blinking if the car hasn’t been refreshed. Pretty much everything has been done on this car.

Mileage is just shy of 106,000 km, but it has been very well looked after and there is no sign of any HGF. The engine sounds sweet as and with the new Larini Headers, the torque is really nice !

Details of the refresh and upgrades (all brand new parts, mostly from the UK & Netherlands):

Ferodo DS2500 brake pads & new cross drilled brake discs all around
Tyres
Hurricane air induction kit
Timing belt & alternator belt
Water pump
Belt idler
Iridium spark plugs
Spark plug leads
Distributor cap & rotor
Metal dip stick & oil filler cap
Fitment of a new PRRT (important upgrade)
Clutch reservoir hose replaced
Cooling system pipework all replaced with new EP silicone pipes inc the ones into the sill pipes and at the radiator front
All lighting upgraded to LED (so “white” light, not dull yellow)
New driving lights fitted
New larini stainless manifold
Fitment of secondary cooling fan with thermostat display and both auto temp sensing with manual override
Headlight protectors
Coolant, oil, oil filter, brake fluid
New Momo steering wheel with quick release fitting & Lotus horn button
New Kenwood bluetooth stereo & kicker speakers
Anti-rattle door latch pins
Solenoid operated boot release with boot light
Reversing camera
Magnetic car phone mount
Heater surround panel label replaced (these yellow over time)
Wiper arm & blade