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    Lowflying November 2016

    By Mcalvert, in Lowflying,

    Seven 310 - Behind the Wheel • Caterham Signature Launch • A Racing Life • Portofino 2016 • A Year with a Caterham • Croft Race Report • Sprint Season Finale • News and Area Meets
    Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be dispatched around November 7th.
    Mcalvert
    Media information
    Friday 7th October 2016
    Caterham teams up with Harrods to launch Signature personalisation programme
    British car manufacturer Caterham has launched its first personalisation programme – Caterham Signature – with a special edition Seven designed by world-famous department store, Harrods.
    Watch the video here:
    The Harrods special edition car is now on sale exclusively in store and includes a host of special features which demonstrate the breadth of options new Caterham buyers can add to their vehicles.
    These include paint colours and designs, dashboard and interior styling, embroidery and even the colour of the chassis.
    The £59,999 Harrods special edition is on display in the famous London store throughout October for Harrods Man month, starting from Friday October 7. The special edition Harrods Seven – a 420S under the skin – is painted in Harrods green, with a custom white stripe and gold pinstripe while, beneath the bodywork, the chassis has been powder-coated in gold.
    Inside the cockpit, the butterscotch leather upholstery also reflects Harrods’ colour scheme, while the store name is embroidered on the seat backs and the Harrods ‘H’ adorns the gear knob.
    The car’s styling was created in conjunction with Harrods and its design team and buyers can pick one up in store along with their fashion and luxury items.
    Caterham’s Chief Commercial Officer, David Ridley, said: “The Caterham Seven has always been one of the easiest cars on the road to personalise, because every car is hand-built and bespoke for each customer.
    “But now we’ve formalised the personalisation options available to our customers into the Caterham Signature programme, which will outline the almost infinite combinations of options you can select. You can even have your name stitched into the seat.
    “A Caterham Seven isn’t a car you need to buy, it’s a car you buy because you want it. As such, we believe you should make it your own in every way.
    “Harrods is a global brand as proudly British as Caterham so it makes perfect sense that the very first Caterham Signature car has been created in partnership.”
    Guy Cheston, Media Director of Harrods, said: “Caterham is one of Great Britain’s most famous and instantly recognisable motoring brands and it has been a pleasure to partner with the team there to create this Harrods special edition of the legendary Seven.
    “We wanted to make our Harrods car a real object of desire, so our Harrods touches are subtle and understated and, at the same time, reflect genuine quality.”
    The Harrods Seven is on sale exclusively in the Knightsbridge store, while the Caterham Signature programme is available now to new customers looking to place their orders.
    For more information on Caterham Signature, or to start pimping your Seven ride, please visit http://www.caterham.co.uk or call 01293 312300.
    Shaun_E
    Bookings are now open for the Lancaster Bomber tour and taxy rides on Saturday 8th July 2017 as part of the celebrations for the 60th Anniversary of the Seven. Taxy rides are £310 per person and LAHC can provide up to three runs. There are ten spaces on the aircraft per taxy run so we therefore need 10, 20 or 30 takers. Static tours around the inside of the Lancaster are £55 per person, plus the modest museum entry fee (currently £7.50, concessions available). Bookings are on a first-come-first-served and the deadline for booking is the end of November. Blocks of 10 bookings will be passed to LAHC as soon as possible. It there are bookings in excess of these blocks but insufficient to fill another taxy run by the deadline, those unsuccessful bookings will be refunded in full by December 10th. The demands and limitations for static tours are rather more flexible, although if all three taxy runs are booked, LAHC may impose a limit on the static tour numbers for simple reasons of time.
    The booking form is here: Lancaster Bomber booking form
    Mcalvert

    Lowflying October 2016

    By Mcalvert, in Lowflying,

    This Month: Caterham Seven Sprint Launch • Exclusive: Seven Sprint First Drive • Lego 620R Launch • Aqua-Blat • Brands Hatch 1979 • Intro to Track Days • Curborough 8 • The Car the Club Rebuilt
    Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be dispatched around October 6th.
    Mcalvert

    Calendar Competition 2017

    By Mcalvert, in Lowflying,

    We are pleased to announce that we are once again looking to produce a Club calendar for next year, 2017.  This will be sent out to all members with December’s Lowflying.
    As per previous years, we are looking to feature members’ own photos on the calendar’s cover and to illustrate each month. So - not  only is this your chance to have your photographs immortalised in print, and hanging on members’ walls around the world, but those whose shots get selected for use will be rewarded with prizes selected from the Club’s regalia range. Having been impressed  with the quality of photos sent in last year, we are going to retain the general theme for the photo competition as “Lotus 7 Club Life”. We are happy for you to interpret this as you reasonably see fit, but themes of cars, touring, track days, Club events and the like will be particularly welcomed. Mindful of the fact that 2017 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Seven, images with a celebratory theme will be particularly welcomed!
    A short caption for each picture submitted would be appreciated too, as any photo not used on the calendar may well be chosen to appear in Lowflying magazine at a later date.
    PLEASE NOTE: Because of the calendar’s layout, pictures will need to be in landscape format. Please also make sure that files are of a high enough resolution to allow good quality reproduction.
    • Please send entries to lowflying@lotus7.club with a single picture and caption per email. A maximum of five pictures is allowed per person and membership number.
    • Please mark all entries with the subject title “Club Calendar 2017 Photo Competition”. Submissions should include your name, phone number and Club membership number.
    • 13 entries will be selected for the calendar, and the following prizes will be on offer:
    1st Prize of a Lotus 7 Club Micro Fleece Jacket
    2nd Prize of a Lotus 7 Club polo shirt (men’s or ladies’)
    The remaining selected entrants will receive a t-shirt from the Club’s regalia range.
    Terms and Conditions.
    1) The closing date for the competition is the 10th November 2016. Images received after this date will not be eligible for consideration.
    2) The Competition is open to Club members only. Although you are welcome to submit up to five pictures per membership umber, typically no more than one from any member’s set will be chosen for the final winning selection.
    3) No images submitted to previous years’ competition will be considered.
    4) Entrants must warrant that the photograph that they are submitting is their own work, that they own the copyright for it and that
    they have obtained any necessary consents relating to its capture and reproduction.
    5) Entrants will retain the copyright to the image, but by entering, agree to allow the Lotus 7 Club licence to reproduce the submitted images royalty free in any manner that the Club deems fit for Club purposes.
    6) The Club will endeavour to credit your picture wherever possible with an appropriate attribution, but this is not guaranteed.
    7) Late, incomplete or corrupt entries will not be accepted. No responsibility can be accepted for lost entries and proof of transmission will not be accepted as proof of receipt.
    8) The Judges’ decision is final.
    9) The Club reserves the right to alter the prizes awarded in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
    10) Submission of an entry implies acceptance of these terms and conditions in full.
    Mcalvert

    Lego Caterham

    By Mcalvert, in Caterham Cars,

    Automotive and toy icons meet as Caterham’s ballistic 620R is recreated in a new LEGO® set
    Caterham has today unveiled a brand new model which features a rather different build process to its usual run of 500 cars a year – the brand’s very first immortalisation in LEGO® form.
    Technicians from the legendary British sportscar manufacturer have downed their tools and picked up the plastic, teaming up with the equally iconic toy maker to create the first ever LEGO Caterham, due to hit the shelves this October.
    The plastic bricks, resplendent in Caterham’s typically garish yellow, create the beautifully engineered LEGO Caterham 620R, capable of reaching a heart-racing* top speed of 6mph**.
    Originally submitted by fanatic Carl Greatrix to the LEGO Ideas platform, in which fans can submit their ideas for new LEGO sets, the Seven gained the requisite 10,000 votes and the LEGO Ideas Review team selected the 620R to go into production.
    Consisting of over 770 pieces, including a replica 620R engine and gear stick, the LEGO Caterham stands 10cm tall and 28cm long. Other unique features which may cause fans to blow a gasket include:
    Removable nose cone Removable engine cover Steering wheel Opening boot Functioning axle stands which allow the wheels to be removed
    Caterham Chief Commercial Officer, David Ridley, said: “Caterham has always prided itself on producing bespoke, hand-built cars for its customers. Our army of fans who build their own Caterham Sevens are equally discerning when it comes to the detail and craftsmanship which is central to Caterham, and we worked closely with the LEGO team to ensure the LEGO model replicated that.
    “The LEGO 620R has various unique features – the intricately-designed engine was certainly a surprise when we lifted the bonnet for the first time. It’s really satisfying to know that fans can recreate and build their own 620R with LEGO bricks.”
    The Caterham LEGO 620R will be available to buy from October 1st, priced £69.To find out more visit http://www.caterham.co.uk or call 01293 312300.
    *Heart-racing for toy drivers
    **not scientifically proven
    ENDS
     
     
     

    Mcalvert
    Media information
    9th September 2016
    Caterham Sprints back to the swinging ‘60s 
    Caterham Cars has built a variant of its iconic Seven that was seemingly planned in the mid-1960s but never launched – the Caterham Seven Sprint.
    As though dug up in a time capsule, the retro detailing of the Caterham Seven Sprint will delight Seven purists and provides the perfect scene-setter to the brand’s ‘60 Years of the Seven’ anniversary, which will be celebrated next year.
    The Sprint, priced from £27,995, will finally be available to order from September 9, when the car will be launched at the Goodwood Revival, a fittingly retro setting for a car with one wheel firmly planted in the ‘60s.
    Powered by the same 80hp, three-cylinder Suzuki engine installed in Caterham’s entry-level Seven 160 model, the Sprint features a host of nostalgia-soaked features, including a choice of six paint colours that were original British manufacturer colours available in 1966/67.
    Caterham Cars CEO, Graham Macdonald, said: “We have always prided ourselves on continually developing the Seven during the 44 years we have been custodian of the model.”
    “But we never wished to dismiss our heritage either and I know there are plenty of Seven purists and aficionados out there who will really appreciate the level of detail we’ve gone to with the Sprint to resurrect the spirit of those early cars.”
    “It’s a car that has been built today, with all the benefits that modern engineering brings with it, but the essence of the swinging ‘60s and is the perfect precursor to our 60th-anniversary celebration in 2017.”
    The launch of the Sprint heralds the start of Caterham’s ‘60 years of the Seven’ celebrations, which will culminate with a spectacular Caterham festival at Donington Park next summer. To reflect the anniversary further, only 60 Sprints will be destined for the UK and European markets.
    The Sprint chassis is powder-coated grey, making it period-accurate for a Series 2 Lotus 7, while the suspension and rollover bar are also reminiscent of Colin Chapman’s original.
    With flared front wings, polished exhaust silencer and uniquely retro-styled, individual rear lights, the Sprint harks back to the early days of the Seven and the choice of paint colours completes the exterior effect.
    Wheels will be painted cream and finished with polished hubcaps, while the main bodywork, emblazoned with retro Caterham branding and Sprint logo, is available in original British colours, named by Caterham to reflect their heritage –Cream, Mellow Yellow, Regency Red, Camberwick Green, British Racing Green and Misty Blue.
    Inside the cockpit, the sepia-toned impression continues, with a wooden-rimmed sports steering wheel and scarlet red dashboard, complete with a classic oOOo instrument layout. The tacho even features red and yellow sectors, in true ‘60s style.
    Meanwhile, the interior panels and Muirhead Scottish seat upholstery is hand-stitched in the period style and finished in striking scarlet red.
    The interior rear bulkhead and luggage space are carpeted, as befits a ‘60s connoisseur and there are very few concessions to modern life, the main one being the three-pot Suzuki engine, which generates performance good enough to be considered beyond mundane but perfectly capable of a more leisurely application.
    The Caterham Seven Sprint will be available as a factory-built car only.
    Please visit http://www.caterham.co.uk or call 01293 312300 for more information.
    Mcalvert

    Lowflying Sept 2016

    By Mcalvert, in Lowflying,

    This Month: Cats at Play in The USA • Silverstone Classic • Dunsfold Supercar Event • Layby 666 • Caterhams Captured • DIY Seven Sun Visor • Speed Championship Update • Fridge Door • Club News
    Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be dispatched around September 6th.
    Shaun_E

    Lowflying August 2016

    By Shaun_E, in Lowflying,

    This Month: Caterham Seven 310 Launch • Project Jigsaw • Caterham to the Rescue • Yorkshire Pie Run• A Spanish Escapade • The Great British Take-Away • Club News and Events • Fridge Door
    Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be dispatched around August 8th.
    Shaun_E
    LowFlying binders are now available to buy on-line via credit/debit card. The price is £9.99 each including delivery to UK addresses only.
    http://www.lotus7.club/low-flying-binders
    This is for shipment to UK addresses only - for bulk purchases or overseas shipment, please call the office on 01873 777303.
    These are a limited stock item.
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