Having suffered stone damage to the radiator last year, I decided to have the original radiator re-cored. In order to prevent further damage in the future I decided to replace the radiator grille as well. The original grille consisted of the '7' symbol and a few horizontal bars, and wasn't particularly stone proof! The new one has a '7' symbol but with a metal mesh which completely fills the nose opening. Unfortunately the locating prongs on the new grille didn't all coincide with the pos
Every time I came back from a drive I noticed that there was a yellow powder on the seats and on the floor behind the seats. It seemed to be coming out of the headrests, which were not very solid. Having removed one, and carefully pulled the underneath of the cover apart, I could see that the foam inside had turned to powder. No doubt caused by 17 years of exposure to the sunlight in the summer driving! The foam on the outside, in contact with the cover, seemed to be fairly intact.With the fo
Collected the re-cored radiator from CPA Services on Tuesday - they're located on the Alma Park Industrial Estate, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 9SE. Must admit I'd never heard of them before - they've only been there 30 years after all! I'm impressed with the job they've done, and the cost. Just need to check out the existing hoses now before I re-fit the radiator. Although I've seen some nice silicon hoses on the internet in British Racing Green. I'm tempted, but its a 2 month delivery peri
Having suffered from a minor radiator leak last summer, I have decided to have the existing radiator repaired if possible, or re-cored, rather than replaced with a new one. The radiator has a few stone damaged areas - this is the worst. With the radiator removed I decided to check the front chassis / side panels for condition. The rest I'll check later as I work steadily towards the rear. There were a few areas where the chassis paint had 'bubbled', but only surface corrosion underneath. T
My Caterham 7 reg R941GGY, aka 'IGGY'. Partially built up by Chris Courtenay and in use as the development car / design mule for the Courtenay Sport Caterham 7 Turbo Special. Following the completion of the Turbo Special, 'IGGY' was fitted with a Courtenay Sport 2.0 litre 16v Vauxhall engine. The Courtenay Sport Caterham 7 Turbo Special R942GGY, as featured in the September 1998 issue of 'Car & Car Conversions', alongside the green development car / design mule 'IGGY'. In the background i
My Caterham 7, reg R941GGY, aka 'IGGY'. Built by Christopher Courtenay in 1998 and used as the development car / design mule for the Courtenay Sport Turbo Caterham 7 special, reg R942GGY, which featured in the September 1998 issue of 'Cars & Car Conversions'. The Hans Rausing Jnr Caterham 7 JPE Special, which shared engine developments with the Turbo car, was also modified by Christopher Courtenay at this time. Powered by a non-turbo Courtenay Sport 2.0 litre 16v Vauxhall engine, 'IGGY' h
