Episode
Wheeler Dealers: Lotus Elan
Overview
Mike and Edd embark on their most adventurous project yet: to buy and restore a 1960s Lotus Elan. Extremely successful when new and still highly desirable, the Elan is expensive to buy and work on. Will this be a step too far for the Wheeler Dealers duo?
Details
- Series
- Wheeler Dealers
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2010-11-05
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Lotus Elan is Episode 10 in Season 7 of Wheeler Dealers. It aired on 2010-11-05. The runtime is 45 min.
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