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And at the risk of starting a deluge I have a trade account with a motor factors that supply Gates products through my boatyard. (resists the temptation of a shameless plug for sailing holidays!) I will get some prices this week to compare to the Burtons standard to see if it would be worth the effort. AndyH

Information should all be here - these are right for my silver top 1800. I have used Gates and Burtons at different times and can recommend both (noting that Burtons are quoting the Gates product anyway!!) https://www.gatesautocat.com/v/ford/orion/powergrip%C2%AE-kit/gates/k035360xs.html https://www.burtonpower.com/camshaft-timing-belt-ford-zetec-e-05-98-silver-top-fz225hp.html I have some of the parts here I think if struggling!?! Regards AndyH

Paul - I did not recieve any PM or email form you! Let me know if still interested. Regards

I have a red nose cone, bonnet and rear wings that are for sale left over from a rebuild that has just been completed. Nose cone is pretty good - badge has been removed and left 2 fixing holes. Bonnet is good with one chip that I can see and slight marking where sidescreen has rubbed when open. Rear wings are not great - a few chips and marks and gel coat badly crazed below rear light position - probably good for a racer! All going on ebay on Thursday if no one on here wants them. I am based in Norfolk, but regularly travel to Milton Keynes, Northampton, Stratford upon Avon. Also due to go to North Yorkshire later this month.

Big thanks to Elie for helping out! Now fitted and working.

Many thanks - pm sent with contact details - happy to pay P&P as the shipping date is getting imminent!!

On my twin weber set up I have a weber twin cable linkage with twin cables. At the pedal end there is a block (see here) which is attached to the pedal by a small bracket that slides over the pedal shaft and holds the above in a vertical plane. Anyone any idea where this might have come from? Trying to replicate the same on the one I am building to got o New Zealand and this is one of the remaining tasks. Thanks!

If you are struggling to get a hex bar in it is worth noting that mine is a square hole. I have got it out in the past using a 3/8 ratchet square.

Northampton Motorsport if you can't find anyone closer.

Available in exchange for a donation to NtL. 1996 to 1999 in Club Binders. Located in Norfolk but could be got to Midlands (Cov, L.Spa Stratford area or Reditch), South Yorkshire (Barnsley/Penistone), Northampton or even Aberdeen! Give me a shout if interested!!

The issue here seems to be specific BMW design electrics or overlay electrics. Scotchlocks are an irrelevance in that respect as they are just one way of achieving an overlay - it could equally be achieved through high quality soldered joints.

Having stripped the car to nothing more than a tubular chassis the need for attention was evident as car be seen from the photo above. I have been aware that my own 1994 chassis has a lot of the powder coating having failed and allowed rust to degrade the tubes, but seeing this 7 in its naked form brought home the extent of the problem below the skin. So off to Arch with the chassis along with all the other powder coated components including suspension arms, de-dion tube and wing supports. Once there Bruce and Phil Robinson conversed with Andy Rogerson in New Zealand via the great interweb and the spec was agreed. In what seemed like a remarkably short timescale the chassis was ready to collect, and beautiful it looked too! The quality of some of the aluminium skin work is exquisite. On the way home I dropped into a local restoration specialist to get a quote for paint - he too was very impressed with the quality of the work - but clearly therefore believed that it must have cost a packet and that he could therefore also make a killing - he quoted £5k for a paint job - plus VAT! Needless to say he did not get a call to book the car in and following a bit of further investigation it became clear that the best place to take it was TSK Autocentre as used by the Caterham factory. Hugely knowledgeable and helpful and a very reasonable price. None the less before it went for paint there were a number of holes to drill including: Aero fuel filler screws; Exhaust exit; Rear wing fixings; Windscreen stantions; Heated windscreen wires; and Battery Master Switch.Chassis was then delivered to TSK along with the fibreglass panels as they strongly recommend painting these as well to ensure a good paint match. Now have about 3 weeks to prepare the garage and spare parts before the rebuild begins in earnest!

I had the same problem at Silverstone on satuday and ended up blowing the expansion cap top off. However mine was because of air in the top of the radiator which stops the fan switch seeing the true temp of the water - worth checking before you buy a new one! Topped up and bled the radiator and all was well with the fan switch - and thanks to Andrew Revill who drove me a cap down to Northampton this morning - top bloke! AndyH

For Pooh's - copper all fell apart when we took it apart and tried to clean it!!

Has anyone come across Alicool radiators on ebay? Any experiences? Many thanks!

So the great plan was that by Easter we would have had our new garage built and would be able to make a start on the car shortly afterwards! In reality the build of the garage only started properly the week before Easter! Fortunately we have some big sheds at our business that house boats during the winter but are relatively empty in the summer so one was commandeered to make a start. May Day Bank Holiday weekend was the appointed time (first time not at Stoneleigh in years!) and fellow 7 owner Giles and all round good bloke Arf turned up to help. On Saturday a complete working car, by the end of Monday a load of boxes and a bare chassis ready to go to Arch. Chassis now at Arch being fettled and I am currently in search of a good place to paint the repanelled body in about 4 weeks! No great dramas with the strip down - lots of copper-ease had been used at build and now trying to make up a list of all the bits required for the rebuild!

Yesterday was not the best day to be out and about with a Seven - a boat would have been more appropriate around the Manchester motorways. However time was not on our side and so yesterday it was!! We picked up Pooh-R's Seven from his house in Cheshire for the start of a significant journey that will hopefully end up with the Seven joining Mr R in New Zealand for their new life down under. In order to be accepted as in import into New Zealand the Seven must be scrupulously clean - oh and rust free! Given that this is a 90s Seven when the powder coating was less than good this latter requirement is going to necessitate some work. So in the next few months the chassis will be stripped and rebuilt ready for shipping during the year. Given that Mr R and family are leaving on the 1st Jan, I have promised to look after the rebuild and dispatch from the UK over the next few months - and to document it on here so he can keep up with what is going on! This is slightly complicated by the fact that my garage is due to be knocked down and rebuilt starting the week after Christmas so the project start will be delayed until end of Feb. Step one was getting it out of Mr R's garage so that everything else can be packed, and place in safe store until the garage is done! So in the wonderful(!) weather yesterday and via a friends house warming in Sheffield/Rotherham last night the car is now safely in my in-laws garage in Pocklington for the duration of the garage build at home!!. Watch this space for details of the project as it progresses!

Apologies - they did go and I clearly failed to update the thread!

Sadly deal not possible so for sale again.

Sold - subject to contract!! Many thanks

No sorry - I used the ones that attach to the roll bar. The seat ones were far too low for me.

For Sale the original black leather seats from my 1994 Caterham. Been stored for the last 5 years in case I don't like the replacements! Suggest price of £150 for the pair before they go on Ebay. £25 to NTL and £25 to Bowel Cancel UK. Picture here

I'd have it but not likely to come down anytime soon! Are you coming to Silverstone Classic?

Yes please! Blatmail on its way.

Thanks - had got to GRC1184 but not what vehicle it was from - but looks fairly generic!