Lotus Seven (replica?) identification request
Lotus Seven (replica?) identification request
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JagJob

Original Poster:

132 posts

193 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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Hi,

Can somebody help me identify the cars in these photos? Both took part in an event in France.

No. 1: IDENTIFIED as a Caterham!




No. 2: IDENTIFIED as a Robin Hood S7!


Many thanks!
Best, Job


Edited by JagJob on Sunday 22 July 17:11


Edited by JagJob on Monday 23 July 09:20

h0b0

8,951 posts

222 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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No 2 is a Robin Hood if that helps.

marshalla

15,902 posts

227 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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No. 1 looks like the real thing.
No. 2 looks very like a Robin Hood to me.


Edited by marshalla on Sunday 22 July 17:09

Athlon

5,767 posts

232 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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Top one is a Caterham is it not?

JagJob

Original Poster:

132 posts

193 months

Sunday 22nd July 2012
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Thanks sofar!

First one, Caterham, genuine Lotus...?

Second one quite convincingly identified as a Robin Hood. They were built from 1989 to somewhere around 2006. I do not know if they changed much during that period?

Edited by JagJob on Sunday 22 July 21:09

JagJob

Original Poster:

132 posts

193 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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No definitieve identification for the first one?

mrloudly

2,815 posts

261 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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Those sidescreens don't look Caterham on car 1. I'm sure the bottom section lifts up in it's entirety ?

balls-out

3,794 posts

257 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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mrloudly said:
Those sidescreens don't look Caterham on car 1. I'm sure the bottom section lifts up in it's entirety ?
Looks just like the side screen I had on mine. 99.9% sure its a caterham. Correct KN alloys and a nasty big Euro spec silencer..

Edited by balls-out on Monday 23 July 09:04

JagJob

Original Poster:

132 posts

193 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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Does this extra photo help?

NuisanceFactor

295 posts

210 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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it's a Caterham.

balls-out

3,794 posts

257 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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JagJob said:
Does this extra photo help?
OK and the roof right too. 99.95% now smile. Certainly I've never seen a copy that good before. The triangle at the base of the screen pillars is something caterham have sucessfully defended as 'theirs' in court.

JagJob

Original Poster:

132 posts

193 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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Many thanks to all of you who contributed!

PSJ

162 posts

182 months

Monday 23rd July 2012
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That 1st one it 100% a caterham, not sure which model but I'm guessing 1980-1990 age, could be the original caterham super7 (lotus twin cam engine) but I'm unsure being a foreign plate ..Oh n the wheels.

Edited by PSJ on Monday 23 July 09:46