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My First Caterham Build


rockinroyston

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Hi

My first faltering steps on my build... starting the blogg... 

Ordered my 270 SV in July hoping that it would be delivered in November but hadn't taken into account (or even known about) the Academy series taking over the factory... & its not due until January *grumpy*. This will be my first 'kit car'... Many many years ago I did squeeze an MGB engine into my morris minor van & it didnt fall a part so i'm hoping it will all come back to me... Since then its been Jobshouseskids....

Anyway the only work I've been able to do is tidy the garage *grumpy* & awaiting delivery of some floor tiles to give the impression that the garage is owned by someone who knows what they are doing... 

anyway more to follow as the disaster unfolds... I await with excitement & trepidation for the not so
'imminent' arrival of the boxes... 

Obviously I've already upgraded to a 310... & so it starts... LED headlights?  lowered floor? (I'm quite tall...)

 

 

 

 

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All the very best. I built a 270R SV from Sept. 2015 to March 2016. Upgraditous hit me pretty early too. I would recommend the clear rear light clusters, fog light etc. as well as the front indicators. They make such a difference to how the car looks imho.

One item I have since discovered since running the car over this summer. One of the first maintenance actions will be changing the oil and oil filter. I found it impossible to get the oil filter off the car after it had been built and ended up putting a screw driver through it and levering it off that way - you may want to loosen and re-tighten to a more humanly achievable level before you install the engine.

I think the 310 upgrade may also be in the post for me sometime next year.

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