Caterham R500 Purchase

[kenny.R400]

Bert, agreed, I hate the deflectors too.....silly for road use, but no way I'd wear a lid unless on track.

[ForzaGilles]

Shropcat said:

Windscreens are for wimps!

Nice colour Viper green?

[mic]

It was only the very early cars that had the proper R500 chassis. I had the wiper motor mount welded onto my chassis before I built it.

[Shropcat]

ForzaGilles said:

Shropcat said:

Windscreens are for wimps!

Nice colour Viper green?

One of the many shades of Kawasaki Green I believe.

[zetecherb]

mic said:

It was only the very early cars that had the proper R500 chassis. I had the wiper motor mount welded onto my chassis before I built it.

Hi Mic,

Likewise, i'm having this done at the moment as it's never had them.

Tom

[BertBert]

zetecherb said:

mic said:

It was only the very early cars that had the proper R500 chassis. I had the wiper motor mount welded onto my chassis before I built it.

Hi Mic,

Likewise, i'm having this done at the moment as it's never had them.

Tom

Ruining a proper R500!

[Shropcat]

I even felt guilty fitting a 12v socket on mine, so much so I hid it under the dashboard rather than cutting a hole in the carbon!

[zetecherb]

BertBert said:

Ruining a proper R500!

If we didnt live in a country where we had sudden down pours i would have loved to have it with no screen, I'm keeping all the aero equipment anyway because i would have to try it out.

I'm going to be fitted a 12v socket also but will be hidden underneath the dash, i dont like the look of them held in the dash.

[freerange7]

Shame as you could have just had the screen and wipers fitted and a Soft Bits half hood, this would have saved you the cost of having the roof frame fitted, a new boot cover fitting and the cost of a full roof. Saved loads of weight as well.
Very nice car you have, seen it in the showroom at Caterham.

[BertBert]

Once you've got the welder out for the wiper motor bracket, the hood sticks brackets are pretty trivial.

When I bought the original Ring record SLR for everyday use, I also had it converted for screen and hood.

Ahh those were the days!

BErt