My name is Guillermo Herlt. I am slightly younger than Brian and have been a Lotus Elan owner since 1990, starting with a beautiful Pacific Blue M100 (#6724). It was a capable car that introduced me to the delights of Lotus suspension. After briefly owning a Porsche 993 and an MG Midget, I developed a passion for classic cars and decided I wanted a 'rustproof' car (can you guess which car inspired this decision?). After reading opinions on the Elan — especially those of Gordon Murray — I bought a 1967 S3 DHC and fell in love with it. It fits me like a glove.

I first met Brian at the Club Lotus Show in Donington, where he had an Elan chassis on display for hands-on demonstrations. Then, in 2016, Brian announced in Club Lotus Magazine that only a few copies of the book remained and that he intended to publish a second edition on CD-ROM. I thought this was a bad idea — I don't take PCs, laptops, tablets or iPads to the garage. And I told him. He kindly asked for a meeting, which went very well. As he was a bit scared about the workload involved, I agreed to publish the second edition.