Bangers & Cash
Restoring Classics series 5, episode 6: a Lotus Elan S1 off the road for 47 years
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The final episode of Restoring Classics series 5 was first shown on Yesterday on 19 December 2024. Its headline car is a 1963 Lotus Elan S1, which had been off the road for 47 years when it was bought. A 1990s BMW 3 Series joins it, and South West Lotus Centre is credited as the restorer for the episode.
First shown on Yesterday
The cars
Restored by: South West Lotus Centre
What they made
Bought for £25,700 (vendor's figure), sold for £39,500 at Mathewsons on 5 September 2024 (Mathewsons lot page).
Visit
The cars on Bangers & Cash are sold at Mathewsons' Pickering saleroom, and the Mathewsons museum and shop are in Thornton-le-Dale.
Episode details from the broadcaster's listings on TVmaze, TheTVDB and Sky and from Mathewsons' episode guides, checked in October 2026. Sale results appear only where Mathewsons or the programme's makers published a figure.