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Originally Posted by TimMullen
As a side note, the "wrong year" may not be intentional. Lotus often sat on the lot and/or took a while to be shipped/delivered. They were often titled as the year they were first sold, not necessarily the model year.
For instance, I have a '72 Elan Sprint, even though it was made in October '71 - it was first sold in '72, so that's what the title has always indicated. Besides, they didn't make any actual Federal Elans in '72...
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I would go by the serial number on the fender tag. As I recall the 5 digit is a letter and it indicates the year of production. A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4 and so on.