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Hello Guy
Trust you are well and hear that you have Miles's car for sale. And now an S4 joining your collection. It looks well looked after.
I sold my old 1985 Super Sprint (C225RPM) to a guy in Belgium in 2010 at too low a price and did not do my homework on its value. It only had 20,000 miles on the clock from new and was in very good condition. Now have a R300, which is great fun. So 27 years of Caterham ownership and it still gives grin factor 10
regards
Piers Rendell
Trust you are well and hear that you have Miles's car for sale. And now an S4 joining your collection. It looks well looked after.
I sold my old 1985 Super Sprint (C225RPM) to a guy in Belgium in 2010 at too low a price and did not do my homework on its value. It only had 20,000 miles on the clock from new and was in very good condition. Now have a R300, which is great fun. So 27 years of Caterham ownership and it still gives grin factor 10
regards
Piers Rendell
Hi Piers.!
Great to find you on here! 25 years ownership for me, so a mere beginner!
Yes, the S4 is great. I've finally completed all of the mechanical work (nothing major, just glitches) and I'm going to MOT it next week. I still don't know what to do with it though, in terms of keeping it or letting it go to a good home. I've got other Lotus 7 projects on the go at present which need more time than I have available.!
I know you had talked about selling your Seven, but I thought that would be a "keeper". R300 is great fun though.!
Hope all is well with you and yours,
Guy
Great to find you on here! 25 years ownership for me, so a mere beginner!
Yes, the S4 is great. I've finally completed all of the mechanical work (nothing major, just glitches) and I'm going to MOT it next week. I still don't know what to do with it though, in terms of keeping it or letting it go to a good home. I've got other Lotus 7 projects on the go at present which need more time than I have available.!
I know you had talked about selling your Seven, but I thought that would be a "keeper". R300 is great fun though.!
Hope all is well with you and yours,
Guy
Evening all. Not sure how this happened. Went onto "How Many Left.com" and found this site,expecting Porsches not 7 s4's. What a nice surprise.
I think I own the yellow S 4 that Dieter7S4 refers to,when he says that he saw a yellow S4 in Bournmouth years ago. It's a 1972 yellow S4 twin cam big valve that I bought in 1982 from the Nairne(?spelling!)himself. It "for my son!"who was 2. He does get to drive it sometimes!
I love the site. Thank you all for the tip re the postage tube thingy! I've spent 30 years trying to stop pouring petrol onto the road. When it was cheap I could live with the fire hazard but now....! Anyhow,it seems to work. Took 24 hours to swell to fit. However,I do keep an electricians screwdriver in the car to get it out!
The car has been pretty much rebuilt mechanically from the ground up. A couple of slight modifications. I fitted an electric fuel pump in parallel to prime the system if it hadn't been used for a while. Last year the gear knob broke off in my hand when I was driving. Tricky to change gear with 11/2 in of gearstick! Anyhow,I made a new top half from the ball part of a total hip replacement that I took out of a patient in 1970. I knew it would come in useful one day.
Finally,it's great to have found you all.
I think I own the yellow S 4 that Dieter7S4 refers to,when he says that he saw a yellow S4 in Bournmouth years ago. It's a 1972 yellow S4 twin cam big valve that I bought in 1982 from the Nairne(?spelling!)himself. It "for my son!"who was 2. He does get to drive it sometimes!
I love the site. Thank you all for the tip re the postage tube thingy! I've spent 30 years trying to stop pouring petrol onto the road. When it was cheap I could live with the fire hazard but now....! Anyhow,it seems to work. Took 24 hours to swell to fit. However,I do keep an electricians screwdriver in the car to get it out!
The car has been pretty much rebuilt mechanically from the ground up. A couple of slight modifications. I fitted an electric fuel pump in parallel to prime the system if it hadn't been used for a while. Last year the gear knob broke off in my hand when I was driving. Tricky to change gear with 11/2 in of gearstick! Anyhow,I made a new top half from the ball part of a total hip replacement that I took out of a patient in 1970. I knew it would come in useful one day.
Finally,it's great to have found you all.
More on the S4 resto
Got the brake callipers finished - coating looks really good. I have used it before and it makes cleaning brake dust really easy.
http://cnx.org/content/m43453/latest/
Hope to start putting bits back on chassis this weekend
arb
Got the brake callipers finished - coating looks really good. I have used it before and it makes cleaning brake dust really easy.
http://cnx.org/content/m43453/latest/
Hope to start putting bits back on chassis this weekend
arb
arbseven said:
More on the S4 resto
Got the brake callipers finished - coating looks really good. I have used it before and it makes cleaning brake dust really easy.
http://cnx.org/content/m43453/latest/
Hope to start putting bits back on chassis this weekend
arb
Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage Got the brake callipers finished - coating looks really good. I have used it before and it makes cleaning brake dust really easy.
http://cnx.org/content/m43453/latest/
Hope to start putting bits back on chassis this weekend
arb
Updates on the resto - here are some pictures I was given by original owner when the car was new....
http://cnx.org/content/m43470/latest/
Any one have any idea about the checker flag decals. Was this common?
arb
P.S. Here is the book (as will be) for anyone who wants to see the development of the whole project
http://cnx.org/content/col11418/latest/ (or go to cnx.org and type in "Lotus Seven S4"
http://cnx.org/content/m43470/latest/
Any one have any idea about the checker flag decals. Was this common?
arb
P.S. Here is the book (as will be) for anyone who wants to see the development of the whole project
http://cnx.org/content/col11418/latest/ (or go to cnx.org and type in "Lotus Seven S4"
Back to the plastic end of cardboard postage thingy to stop fuel leaking from the filler cap. Many years ago I fitted a stainless steel pan scourer into the neck of the filler in a bid to stop fuel surge and maybe reduce the leak.
It failed but I left it in place anyway. It does pretty much fill the neck,and with this in place it has kept the plastic flap right at the top of the filler and thus allows the flap to be removed with relative ease.
Oh,and it stops the leak!
It failed but I left it in place anyway. It does pretty much fill the neck,and with this in place it has kept the plastic flap right at the top of the filler and thus allows the flap to be removed with relative ease.
Oh,and it stops the leak!
Yet more on the project car
The front suspension is all restored (now to fit it) http://cnx.org/content/m43494/latest/
Got the fuel tank in http://cnx.org/content/m43495/latest/
Found the frame number - GE 031 - anyone have an idea how to find the vin/chassis number from that.
arb
The front suspension is all restored (now to fit it) http://cnx.org/content/m43494/latest/
Got the fuel tank in http://cnx.org/content/m43495/latest/
Found the frame number - GE 031 - anyone have an idea how to find the vin/chassis number from that.
arb
Hajo, if you are going to the Classic Le Mans, lets met up. We are staying at Le Bounty, which is around 4 Km south of Mulsanne village on the D338. PH are holding a meet there on the Friday afternoon.
Be really good to meet you as if I recall correctly we started internet comms in 1996, when I first got the S4, via the seven mailing list.
Cheers
Mike
Be really good to meet you as if I recall correctly we started internet comms in 1996, when I first got the S4, via the seven mailing list.
Cheers
Mike
The S4 is coming along...
Front axle/hubs are on http://cnx.org/content/m44909/latest/
Brakes are on front http://cnx.org/content/m44910/latest/
Rear axle is in http://cnx.org/content/m44577/latest/
And its a roller! http://cnx.org/content/m44899/latest/
Even fitted the main body tub for a test - seems like it needs a lot of work to get it to fit right?
Any advice?
arb
Front axle/hubs are on http://cnx.org/content/m44909/latest/
Brakes are on front http://cnx.org/content/m44910/latest/
Rear axle is in http://cnx.org/content/m44577/latest/
And its a roller! http://cnx.org/content/m44899/latest/
Even fitted the main body tub for a test - seems like it needs a lot of work to get it to fit right?
Any advice?
arb
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