I while later, a long while later, my life took some turns. I met my wife. I sold my house. I had some money. I mentioned the Caterham. A car show later and she told me to do it. A day later and I had. I started at what I thought was the best place, and contacted Caterham South. I knew I didn't need much power, I knew I needed to keep my licence. A 270 seemed ideal but as I had neither the skill nor the time a factory build was the option. They told me a six month waiting list. That wasn't ideal so I explained exactly what I wanted and they came up trumps. A Roadsport 125 in the showroom, 9 months old, 2000 miles on it. Deposit paid and it went into the workshop for a full Supersport 140 conversion, LSD and a rear anti roll bar. I added some carbon stripes, a QR steering wheel and 4 point harness. And waited whilst they did it.
It took ages. Weeks. Couple of months actually. But it was less than the 6 months for a new one so all good.
The day came to pick it up from Caterham. I worried about the weather. I had seen some pictures but in the flesh it looked great. There was a problem. The brake lights were stuck permanently on. The switch was the culprit. Something maybe to do with moving the pedal box to accommodate my less than long leg length. It took an hour to sort. Above and beyond by James who couldn't have been better and I was on my way.
The journey was scary. Motorway most of the way. 2 hours of hot, noisy, intimidating hard work. I was exhausted when I got home. But I had my 7. Finally.
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