What can I say. I have a strange feeling both happy and sad. Terry came by the house and about 2 hours later he drove away in his new car, my Seven his Seven. I know he will have as much fun with the car as I did. I wonder what he will name it? 3481
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Caterham Seven
- Ordered: April 15, 1997
- Delivered: July 15, 1997
- First Drive: August 6, 1997
- First Trackday: August 29, 1997
- Sold: September 9, 2006
I’ve been looking for a Lotus since the late 1980′s. Well I didn’t know I was looking for a Lotus. I saw a Westfield at an autocross and knew I had to have one. After some initial struggle with finding an address, I contacted both of the current Westfield dealers in the US and got price and options lists.Several years latter I picked up the information and started to reinvestigate the Westfield. This time I found out the Westfield was reproduction of a Lotus Seven. The Seven is still being manufactured by Caterham Cars in England. One of the US reps is Texas MotorWorks. A quick email to caterhams7@aol.com and an information packet was on my doorstep.
All British Field Meet
3735 3738 3750 3756 Saturday was the All British Field Meet in Portland. Nadya drove the Elan and I drove the Seven. The only car at the show that I thought was special was a BRM Elan. I never thought I’d see a real, or even a fake, BRM but there it was.There were a number of Elises at the show. The most amazing thing was we had no duplicated colors. Quite a sight.Just...
Who is this man?
342 And why is he taking Jim’s picture? Stay tuned …..
Driving
I hadn’t driven the Seven to work in over 6 months and really hadn’t driven the Seven much at all since October. I had forgotten about how open the car is and how responsive it is. The Elise is responsive but nothing like the Seven. The throttle, brakes and steering are even more direct. When the Seven is gone I will miss it.
Gearbox and header
During the last track day I had a bit of oil, well a lot, dripping from the gearbox. Jon came over and we pulled the engine in an hour or so and examined things. We didn’t find a huge gaping hole in anything but think we found a small leak from the front cover and one of the plugs. We used a little sealer, put things back together and slipped the engine back in....