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This Month: The Big Picnic • Dealing With Style • The Greatest Escape • Sun, Sea & Sevens • A Day of Thrills on Two Continents • The Real Grand Tour • Performing at Prescott • Registration Aggravation • Keeping It Cool • News and Events Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be sent out towards members around 8th July. -
Caterham will reveal its new concept, Project V, on 12th July 2023Project V is the creation of Chief Designer, Anthony JannarellyConcept to be built by world-renowned Italdesign The fully-electric sports coupé will make its public debut, on the Caterham stand, at Goodwood Festival of Speed For the latest Project V announcements, visit https://caterhamcars.com/en/models/projectv Dartford, Wednesday 21st June 2023 – Caterham will unveil its new coupé concept car, Project V, on Wednesday 12th July 2023. The fully-electric model will showcase a completely new design language for the British sports car brand as it looks to the near-future. Project V is the creation of Chief Designer, Anthony Jannarelly. While this new concept may be a visual departure from the existing Seven range, Caterham remains committed to its core values of lightness, simplicity and a driver focused experience. The company has partnered with renowned engineering and design firm, Italdesign, to bring that vision to life, manufacturing the show car at its Turin headquarters in Italy. The Project V show car will make its public debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed where it will be unveiled on the Caterham stand. To keep up to date on the latest Project V announcements, further details will be shared at https://caterhamcars.com/en/models/projectv and via the Caterham social media channels. -
Fantastic! Great looking car!
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Funnily enough, there was quite a lot of chat in the paddock about who had been spotted "interfering" with the sheep. A marshal even had the temerity to wave a red flag at me because he thought I might be about to
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Good find Dave, thanks for sharing! Great videos but they don't do justice to the Welsh weather that got chucked at us at times!
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This Month: EV Seven • Freestyle at Brooklands • Lowflying Goes High Flying • Debutante at Castle Combe • Speed Championship Reports • Windscreen Wipers That Work... • News and Events Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be sent out towards members around 10th June. -
What a great job Liverpool Motor Club did to give us all 8 runs at Aintree, despite a number of stoppages. I wish all event organisers had their same 'can do' attitude. Great to see everyone for an enjoyable day of competition in the sunshine.
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Mike Riley (RaceCo) hand makes the silencers so they can be customised to the car. My 1700 Xflow has a Raceco silencer he made for me, and the inlet is similarly offset. I'm not quite sure what information you need but the internals are effectively a perforated pipe that runs the length of the silencer around which is welded a metal gauze and around that, the silencer packing material. Since fitting my Raceco silencer 15+ years ago, I've never had a noise issue at any of the tracks we've been to.
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You'll be welcome to share my small BBQ if it's not SImon
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This Month: Building Back Better • Always Take Photos • Eco-Blatting • The Real Grand Tour • Putting The EV In sEVen • This Cat Didn’t Get The Cream • A Visit To: Northampton Motorsport Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be sent out towards members around 9th May. -
In its 50th year, Caterham is moving to a brand new facility in Dartford, KentFacility for the British lightweight sports car manufacturer is due to open later this yearMajor investment by Caterham owner VT Holdings will increase production capacity by 50% to approximately 750 units per annumNew headquarters will house the production, engineering, motorsport and commercial teamsDartford, Thursday 13th April – Caterham has announced it will open a brand new manufacturing facility and headquarters later this year as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. Still located in Dartford, Kent, the new state-of-the-art building will be home to Caterham’s production, engineering, motorsport and commercial teams. The multi million pound investment from owners VT Holdings – one of Japan’s largest retailer groups – will see Caterham increase its production capacity by 50%, meaning around 750 units could be built annually. The 54,000 sq ft facility is situated in a brand new nine-acre industrial park development called Dartford X. It is within close proximity to the existing factory, enabling the retention of the skilled workforce who are responsible for hand assembling all cars. The new building will undergo a full fit out in the coming months with completion anticipated towards the end of 2023. In the future, Caterham plans to offer a range of customer experiences at the site including factory tours, events and vehicle handovers. Bob Laishley, CEO of Caterham, said: “It’s fitting that, in our 50th anniversary year, we can invest in new premises to facilitate our ambitions, for the future of the Seven and the brand as a whole. “The site not only increases our production capacity but enables us to advance our manufacturing capabilities into a modern setting. It will be a fantastic new home for the brand, our employees and our customers past, present and future to visit.” Alastair Dawson, Senior Asset Manager at Railpen, said: “Caterham is a British manufacturing, engineering and marketing success story with a longstanding connection to Dartford. We have worked closely with the brand in its search for a new home, with Dartford X meeting all of Caterham’s criteria to support the business’ continued growth over the coming years, while retaining local jobs and the vitality of its supply chain partners.” The South East of England has been home to Caterham since it started building cars in 1973 in the town of Caterham, Surrey. In 1987, production moved to Kennet Road in Dartford where its cars have been assembled ever since. This year marks the brand’s 50th anniversary. -
This month: Construction Time Again • Brescia or Bust • Bikers and Caterhams • Thirty One Years in the Making… • Size Matters • News and Events • and much more... Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be sent out towards members around 17th April -
This Month: Sevens And Under • Best Of British • My Route To Seventh Heaven • The Greatest Escape • Fish & Chip Run — Tips For First Timers • News And Events • And Much More… -
Stephen, Burghfield Alternators near Reading are excellent for refurbishment: Unit 2, The Forge, Reading Rd, Burghfield Common, Reading RG7 3BL I went through a phase when I was cooking an alternator every other trackday on my Crossflow Seven. I had Burghfield fit a slightly larger pulley to reduce the maximum rotation speed, lagged the exhaust primaries, and fitted a nylon bracket from Wilcox and I don't think I've had a failure in circa 8 years. The trouble is, I can't tell you which of these three actions did the trick!
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This Month: The Sunday Blatters Go North • Sideways Flying • Putting The EV In sEVen • A Lotus For Lars • Every Sticker Tells A Story… • My Experience Of Prostate Cancer Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be sent out towards members around 8th Feb. -
Oh, goody, more competition in class 3, just what we needed No, seriously, the more the merrier :-) Look forward to meeting you Kim
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Hi Sean - I'm sure others will be along soon to provide chapter and verse but let me answer a few of your questions. Look forward to seeing you in the Championship by the way! Clicking on the "Competitors" tab on the blue bar above should give you access to all of the details you could possibly want. You will see that our Championship comprises a variety of events, most of which are organised by other motoring clubs to which we are an invited class, plus the two events that we organise ourselves (at Curborough). I think you'll find that no clubs have their events open for booking yet as I don't think Motorsport UK has approved any of the regulations yet, but that will happen in time. Entry to our Championship is through LoveAdmin and I am sure the CompSec will announce that entries are being accepted soon. Your best seven scores are counted for the main Championship, but you are free to do an many or as few events as you like. Last year's regulations here explain in detail how the scores are calculated and the range of different categories that are up for grabs. Hope that helps a bit. See you on track soon!
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Not sure if it's a good thing or a real shame that the sprint layout at Cadwell doesn't include the Mountain (or at least it didn't when we competed there last...)
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This Month: Low Flying in the Lakes • Driving the Super Seven 600 • From the Archives… • Prize Presentation at Prescott • I knew I had to have one (and another) • News and Events Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be sent out towards members around 14th Jan. -
As I remember it being explained to me, from the point a number of years ago when it was clarified that the FIA approval of the overall structure was only valid when the the Petty Strut in place, the sticker needed to be affixed to the strut as the approval wasn't otherwise valid
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As far as I am aware, as long as they are both from a single diagonal FIA (AKA Trackday) roll bar, you should be fine. The Petty Strut comes in two parts which allows a degree of adjustment for length and as I am sure you are aware, it bolts into a boss which is hidden behind the interior sideskin on the passenger side. I have the standard Petty strut adjusted to fit a tall FIA roll bar so I won't provide my dimensions as I suspect they'll be subtly different from standard, but I'm sure someone will come along with confirmation soon! Please be aware that the scrutineers will expect to see an official approval sticker attached to the Petty Strut, so it's worth checking whether the one you are ordering comes with one (not all do, and some people remove them to have their strut re-powdercoated etc.) It's perfectly possible to get one affixed later but it means going back to the manufacturer to request...
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This Month: The Caterham and Five Daughters • The Seven 340 • To be a Flaneur… • Sim Racing • Putting the EV in Seven • News And Events • And Much More… Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be sent out towards members around 9th December. -
If you have to resort to a "gentle adjuster" to separate top and lower columns, please check the corners of the cut out on the upper column for any sign of cracking. Having had this fail on me (meaning I ended up holding a useless, disconnected steering wheel while turning across a fast dual carriageway a number of years back) you'll understand why this is a failure mode that's particularly dear to me
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55kg for a bare standard chassis rings a bell, although I suspect that's before panelling so 70-75kg panelled and painted? At the factory tours earlier this year, members were certainly surprised how easy it was to pick up an end of a chassis with just one hand!
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This Month: Seeking a Seven • Sevening in Scotland • The Austrian, Swiss and Italian Job • A Beautiful View at Beaulieu • Keeping it all on Track… • What Have I Bought! • A Life Well Lived! Lowflying is currently with the printers and should be sent out towards members around 8th November.
