Category: Caterham Seven
Ordered: April 15, 1997Delivered: July 15, 1997 First Drive: August 6, 1997 First Trackday: August 29, 1997 Sold: September 9, 2006I’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.
Today I sold the Seven.
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…
All British Field Meet
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…
Who is this man?
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…
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…
2nd place
I won second place in the peoples choice awards at the ABFM. This was the first time I every won anything in the Seven. I…
Track Day
Today was the end of summer Lotus Club trackday. As always a great turnout. The weather was perfect, not too hot and no rain. The…
Yet another Leak
Well not really a new leak but another fight with an old leak. I pulled the diff out once again to replace the pinion seal…