The father of a friend of mine has one, but I've not had a poke around it yet.

Hi Stu
After 2100+ BC posts Booted out by the dictators and bully boys therein, because i have opinions which didn't agree with theirs, and I dared to ask Q's they couldn't or wouldn't answer:-(
Hopefully free discussion is possible on this forum, like the skiing and photography forums I also inhabit:-))
Think positive I've saved the £45 L7C subs - thats a decent amount of Blat fuel so can't be bad
Mal

EwanM
Yep I understand many others have left BC too, shame the 7 really deserves a better National owners 'club'.
Locally the S Wales area Lotus 7 club is excellent, all down to the enthusiam of the S wales area reps.
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One Numpty question how do you get the 'Smilies' to work on PH?
Maybe Its my PC but I can't get em' to work:-((
Normally you just double click on 'em but this don't work on PH smilies
Mal

Would be nice if you posted some pics of your luxury Seven.

Allen
Hang on I can't get smillies to work yet, posting photo's - man that'll be in several months time if I'm lucky
But luxury my car ain't - heater, carpets, windscreen, hood, wipers and all that type 'o junk went in the bin as soon as I bought it, it's a stripped out basic 7 just like CC intended
Well I've tried a few smilies have they worked??
Incorrigible
Maybe - what you drivin' and how do you drive - I don't do cruising convoy's
Mal

Dieter7s4
Hello - well that's great to know there's another S4 on here, mines a 1970, you can read all about mine on the simplesevens website. I wrote the article 'Return of the tank'. Let me know what you think.
Have had plenty of great feedback from that article and I met the American who owns the site - John Donohoe during the L7 club 50th anniversary bash in Norfolk a few years ago - a real nice guy.
Met a few other S4 owners there too, surprisingly there are few S4's used in anger these days
Mal
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I got the smilies to work, now all I gotta do is remember all the codes

Are they still advising everyone to run standard progressive springs at the rear with 250,000,000lb uprated springs at the front and claiming that a K series sans gearbox weights 8kg whilst a duratec is 250kg+ ?

That's pretty much where it all was when I was last there ...

Dieter
Yours is the only other S4 I've seeen with Aeros - Mine now has Aeroscreens - awesome. my article on simplesevens is several years old. and I've also binned the rollbar [saved almost 5kg]
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Incorrigible - OK why not pop along to the S Wales 7 meet in Chepstow?
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Jackal
Don't want this thread to get political, but yep that's about it, they hate S4's too. - but I can hack that, that's just their opinion, which they're entititled to.
It was the thread censorship which was unfair, and withdrawing my posting rights without any warning. Of course the BC bully boys get away posting whatever without problems

Dieter
Took me ages to find an S4, after I'd done my full Mods & rebuild, I came across my original S4 for sale at a dealers, would loved to have bought it back but it was totally wrecked, Had most of the original S4 bits missing, and the dealer was advertising it as an original T/C. which was total bks, I fitted the T/c engine into it in 1975!!
Oh he also wanted £9K for it, and the car needed a new chassis, I suspect he still has it for sale!!
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Do you use your car much?
I do about 5-6K miles a year in mine.
I agree the aeros are fantastic on an S4, my wife loves 'em too which is a bonus!!
I have all my original S4 bits so I could return my car to it's original spec, if I ever needed to. When the HLR[Historic Lotus register] first saw my car I had plenty of verbal abuse for changing it's spec;-)
Only major problem with the massive power increase is that the rear AO21r tyres only last 800miles
Whereabouts do you live?
I'm in Mid Wales which has some great 7ing roads.
Mal

Hey Al
Good to know you're on the 'Darkside' too, It's begining to feel right homely
How's SWMBO performing lately? We missed you both last Saturday - right quiet it was
Are you Blatting Thursday or Sat?
If we get any more snow it's the tintop for me
Mal