Which Caterham to Buy...
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Decided to come back to Caterhams....I have had a 1700 Supersprint sold it early 90s, then I had a Vauxhall 2L...sold when I got married. Would like to get one again, but am at a loss what to choose. Will be just a fun car but want no less power/weight then the Vauxhall 2L. Will not do trackdays but will put a few thousand miles/year. I use to take my previous caterhams to mid-france. Price point £20K.
Thoughts? What to buy and where to buy?
-S
Thoughts? What to buy and where to buy?
-S
Edited by Stickshifter on Monday 25th June 19:39
I know you want a Caterham, but I have a possible alternative... and i hope the Caterham fans won't push me out of this forum for saying it 
Round the corner from you is a place called Chester Sportscars www.chestersportscars.co.uk who build Tigers, which are Lotus 7 replicas, similar-ish to the Caterham, but cheaper. For 20K you could have them build a brand new top-spec car, with a new Duratec engine in it. The guys there are very helpful and will answer any of your questions.
Ok i'm done now
Round the corner from you is a place called Chester Sportscars www.chestersportscars.co.uk who build Tigers, which are Lotus 7 replicas, similar-ish to the Caterham, but cheaper. For 20K you could have them build a brand new top-spec car, with a new Duratec engine in it. The guys there are very helpful and will answer any of your questions.
Ok i'm done now
Murph7355 said:
Norbury90 said:
...Ok i'm done now
Only 2 paragraphs too late 
Debate done to death in various fora, but they are not the same. Horses for corses etc, but I wouldn't be chucking 20k at a Tiger.
High Performance Course.
Catherham made some cars they call HPC's, originally you had to attend a HPC driving course before they would sell you one.
The first HPC's were BD's the later ones were 2L VX, all running on Weber's (Although not sure if the injection model was also sold as a HPC)
Get yourself a copy of Chris Rees's book The Magnificent Seven, this book fairly accuratly charts all the Caterham models.
Catherham made some cars they call HPC's, originally you had to attend a HPC driving course before they would sell you one.
The first HPC's were BD's the later ones were 2L VX, all running on Weber's (Although not sure if the injection model was also sold as a HPC)
Get yourself a copy of Chris Rees's book The Magnificent Seven, this book fairly accuratly charts all the Caterham models.
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