Identify this Caterham please?

[Sea-Doo]

I may be buying this to repair.

I live in Caterham so have easy access to parts/info.

I am new to Caterhams though so if anyone can provide any info from looking at the pics that would be great.

I'm looking to buy and keep for a fun weekend/track car not to sell on, my family are are the motor trade so labour/resource is no problem either.

Its a 2005 car with a 1.6 or 1.8K series by the looks of it if that makes any difference?







Thanks in advance.

Edited by Sea-Doo on Thursday 13th December 15:29

Edited by Sea-Doo on Thursday 13th December 16:11

[HustleRussell]

Looks like a super sport upgraded car so should be ~135bhp+ if it's a 1.6. Imperial arch motors chassis. Looks like narrow track front suspension, de-dion rear, 14" minilites with Avon ZV3s (which probably contributed to it's demise!) it's got a heater fitted.
Repair-wise, poss front chassis damage, N/S/F suspension, possibly de-dion tube/ear, radius arm plus bodywork.

[Skyedriver]

Luggage rack on the spare wheel may give a clue about previous owner, seems familiar somehow, pic on PH sometime?

[Sea-Doo]

Thanks,

Any ideas on approx value once suitably repaired and road worthy?

[BertBert]

Sea-Doo said:

Any ideas on approx value once suitably repaired and road worthy?

The starting point will be whether it's on the register - cat d or worse. If so (and it shouldn't be so, but it is) then it gets a serious dent in value.

The other is that you'd need to establish the actual spec. Assuming not cat d...at one end a 2005 1600 (or 1800) supersport with 6 speed box, big brakes, widetrack, apollo, LSD...say 15k or perhaps a range 14 to 18.

At the other end, 1600 non-ss, 5 speed, no lsd, no apollo, not widetrack, standard brakes 12-15k

Reduce by at least 20% for cat d.

There's a start to debate around.

Bert

[pikeyboy]

It'll need to be cheap if it needs a long front on it. Bruce looked after me when they
did mine, I stripped and rebuilt it with used bits and it was about 3 grand touch.

[CharlesElliott]

I'm sure you know what you are doing, but do you know whether it is just wishbone damage or chassis? There will be about a £2.5K difference in repair cost between the two.....

As James says, rear suspension ear is about £70, De Dion is a few hundred more than that. It will be 'easy' to repair, but cost will vary based on what exactly has happened.

[Sea-Doo]

Thanks for all the replies.

We lost the auction (trade) this morning.

Car went for £6600 plus fees in case anyone was wondering.

[CharlesElliott]

Interesting, but impossible to judge the deal without knowing the damage.

[DCL]

Sea-Doo said:

Thanks for all the replies.

We lost the auction (trade) this morning.

Car went for £6600 plus fees in case anyone was wondering.

I think you did well to resist upping your bid! It looks like, at minimum, a short front chassis repair. IMHO, unless you get a kick out of repairing them, it would not really be good value for your money - I'm guessing that it'll be broken for spares.

[Keep it stiff]

Now on ebay with a £3k mark up!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-Caterham-Super-Seve...

[CanAm]

Keep it stiff said:

Now on ebay with a £3k mark up!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-Caterham-Super-Seve...

Fair do's; it's got airbags and PAS now.

[BertBert]

wow £9695 for a cat C that needs a lot of work to put right!

[Turn7]

Or 9.5k that can be used along with a stolen car to make a nice profit ?

[sam919]

BertBert said:

wow £9695 for a cat C that needs a lot of work to put right!

Exactly, i paid 8500 for a cat D R300?

[BertBert]

Turn7 said:

Or 9.5k that can be used along with a stolen car to make a nice profit ?

Ahhh, good point, never thought of that. Just shows how honest I am!
Bert

[Grubbster]

Interesting notes on the advert!

'Starts and Drives

Airbags OK

Alloys,PAS, wet weather hood, leather int etc'

It's a basic Roadsport with leather seats added, would make a nice starter 7 for someone but not at this price!

[BraddersCat7]

PAS and Airbags; what's the problem there? When the garage door came down and hit my nose cone, I found a BOSE sound system and radar cruise control had appeared on the dash

[freebee]

I was just scrolling back this forum and found this thread to the Caterham Ive just bought ,its still damaged but I am in the process of repairing it. By the time I got it the luggage rack was gone. It has masks on the headlights for driving on the other side of the road so I am guessing the accident happened abroad, Any link to previous owner would be good as I would like to know some history.

Edited by freebee on Thursday 28th February 14:06

[DCL]

I wondered if that was the one you had bought! Good luck with the rebuild and keep us informed - it always good to see a Caterham saved and fun to follow these projects. How bad was the damage?