Great few days away with good friends, doing Crois en Ternois and Abbeville with Lotus on Track. /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/147/WLW-QuickTripToFrance_11581-P1030519_thumb.jpg /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/147/WLW-QuickTripToFrance_11581-P1030465_thumb.jpg Mark 355GTS has sold his 7, and now has this very nice Porsche 968 CS /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/147/WLW-QuickTripToFrance_11581-206_thumb_1.jpg /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/147/WLW-QuickTripToFrance_11581-180_thumb.jpg
Since taking up Mountain Biking with a group of local fellow-Seveners, we had the dilemma of taking the 7 on a trip, OR the bikes. Not any more! Look away purists… /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/82/WLW-BikeRack_10E42-Rack1_thumb.jpg Just in time for the cold, dark winter – I have finally got round to rigging a set-up that allows us to take the bikes on the 7 and so enjoy the best of both worlds. I had originally intended to design and make my own rack, using various components sourc
/Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/70/WLW-WeddingCakeCar_C355-000_thumb.jpg Following a Blatchat plea for a suitably sized car for a wedding cake, I offered to convert a small Hornby kit I had. So armed with a can of the correct coloured paint, and a handful of pictures, here is the result! Kevin had helped me out in the past, so it was a pleasure to be able to return the favour! /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/70/WLW-WeddingCakeCar_C355-001_thumb.jpg The kit is a 1:32 scale of a 2002 race
A few pictures from earlier this evening when we went down to Dunsfold to set up about 250 cones for the Slalom/Hooning Day. /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/69/WLW-DunsfoldSetUp_1BFB-DSC08177_thumb.jpg The all-important L7Club ‘Blue Cone’ – it all starts from here!! /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/69/WLW-DunsfoldSetUp_1BFB-DSC08179_thumb.jpg /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/69/WLW-DunsfoldSetUp_1BFB-DSC08184_thumb.jpg Right – where do we start now!! /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/69/W
/Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/67/WLW-FuelSenderPictures_80E-fuelsender0_thumb.jpg To support a Tech Talk topic – here is what a well worn fuel level sender looks like! 100,000 miles of fuel and moving up and down had finally worn through the fine wires! /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/67/WLW-FuelSenderPictures_80E-fuelsender3a_thumb_1.jpg /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/67/WLW-FuelSenderPictures_80E-FuelSender1_thumb.jpg /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/67/WLW-FuelSenderPictures_80E-fuel
/Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/48/WLW-EngineOutBlatchatSupport_15106-banner_thumb.jpg Ok – a couple of pictures to support a tech posting on Blatchat, about taking an engine out. See here: http://www.blatchat.com/t.asp?Id=168183 I’ve got a few pictures to post which may help with some elements. Main element you need is a ‘Mark Collins’ who has a nice garage with a nice winch. This helps a great deal. /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/48/WLW-EngineOutBlatchatSupport_15106-c_thumb.jpg The picture
Came across this video recently, which I took when Jason was working on our engine. You need sound (obviously) to hear our K-series engine breathing… Incidentally – and I am not sure if this is true or not – but in this clip you can see the ‘K’ shaped casting of the bearing ladder (not sure if that is the correct name either!) that supposedly gave the engine its ‘K-Series’ name – as I say, may not be true!
/Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/44/WLW-GoodwoodBreakfastClubApril09_3D2-banner1_thumb.jpg Sunday 5th April and we decided to drive down to the Goodwood Breakfast Club for the first time in about a year. Weather looked good, and we had friends to drive down with. I managed to persuade everyone that we should get a really early start, as it fills up really quickly now it has become an established event. So, at about 6.30am, Steve & Felicity, Mark & Sharon, Neil, Tessa & I set off down f
/Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/43/WLW-VideoTestingEntry_CF60-slide1a_thumb.jpg Thought I’d try and see if one can embed a video into this ‘ere blog – looks like you can!! Press the little red ‘HQ’ symbol for a slightly better picture….
/Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/41/WLW-TiltshiftCaterhamPics_B36-banner2_thumb.jpg Following a link on blatchat from paulyb, to this site: http://tiltshiftmaker.com/ I’ve had a little play with a few random pictures. Really like the effect – works better on some types of picture, so I’ll explore more later, but here are a few pics for now: /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/41/WLW-TiltshiftCaterhamPics_B36-DSC02233-tiltshift2_thumb.jpg /Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/41/WLW-TiltshiftCaterhamPics_
/Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/40/WLW-CommonasMucktheseCaterhams_14AFE-banner1_thumb.jpg So, two years after moving into our current rental abode, our master plan has worked, and one of our neighbours have bought their first Caterham! Although both Steve and Felicity (now L7C members!) are both petrolheads, I reckon we can claim influence on their decision! After a trip with us to Abbeville, where Steve got to drive on track, I think they were hooked – not just on the car, but on the friendl
/Portals/14/Blog/Files/15/36/WLW-FirstBlogEntry_D564-Slidegraphic_thumb.jpg Excellent idea and website update Barry!! Hopefully I’ll be able to update this and use it more regularly than mycaterham.com that is currently undergoing a very large, 5 years-worth-of-stuff update! This is perfect for the more day-to-day stuff…
