Caterham crash repair

[Jeff101]

Hi,
Just crashed!

Front right suspension ripped off and chassis damage.
Where is good near Basingstoke/Reading I can take for a quote for a rebuild?

Cheers

[BertBert]

When I did that a few years ago, I got the car to Caterham who did it themselves by putting on a long front end.
Bert

[Jeff101]

Thanks Bert Bert,

What was the damage to the wallet?

[Eric Mc]

Sorry to hear about your accident. Always sad to hear on of out lovely little cars getting damaged.

Hope you are OK.

[Green George]

I would have thought PT SPORTS CARS who are Caterham specialists in WINDSOR and have a good reputation.

[Eugene7]

Bit further afield - www.7workshop.co.uk
I use Uncle Albert a lot!

[tin duck dave]

Jeff101 said:

Hi,
Just crashed!

Front right suspension ripped off and chassis damage.
Where is good near Basingstoke/Reading I can take for a quote for a rebuild?

Cheers

How bad was the armco, much of a bill?

[Aeroscreens]

Try Andy Belcher at Tech 7 Redhill he sorted this out for me.

[Amris]

How handy are you? Most Caterham mechanics will strip the car down and send it back to Arch to get the chassis and side panels redone and sprayed. You could always do this yourself if you are trying to keep the price down assuming you are not going through insurance?

Can also recommend Andy at Tech 7.

[BertBert]

It was a few years ago, but about 7.5k IIRC

Jeff101 said:

Thanks Bert Bert,

What was the damage to the wallet?

[curley]

I heard it cost one customer circa £18,000 to rebuild a 620R into a new chassis at Caterham after an off in the wet ( road not track ) so that give you an idea of "worst case" .

[Jeff101]

Thanks for all the advice.

Fairly handy (and broke) so will strip and rebuild myself after speaking with Arch.
Just looked at the rear wheel and it is at a funny angle so that will need looking at too.

Tin Duck Dave......€1200 (Left hander at pit lane exit of T13)

[tin duck dave]

Jeff101 said:

Thanks for all the advice.


Tin Duck Dave......€1200 (Left hander at pit lane exit of T13)

It's tighter than you think , remember Adrian sutil making a mess of a gumpert there at an early dn event. Check the dedion is straight and the Ali ears haven't cracked.

[HustleRussell]

Jeff101 said:

Thanks for all the advice.

Fairly handy (and broke) so will strip and rebuild myself after speaking with Arch.
Just looked at the rear wheel and it is at a funny angle so that will need looking at too.

That's what I'd do

Bruce at Arch will tell you whether it's a long front or whether a repair can be made to that front corner only, they will de-braze and replace bent tubes and replace damaged aluminium skin. You will have to find somebody to paint the bodywork afterwards and then it's a refit.

Sounds as though you've done a de dion ear or tube too.

Helpfully a Caterham becomes a wheelbarrow if you strip the entire front end and remove the engine so if it's a long front at least you can easily cart it onto a trailer and get it up to Huntingdon.

[framerateuk]

tin duck dave said:

It's tighter than you think , remember Adrian sutil making a mess of a gumpert there at an early dn event. Check the dedion is straight and the Ali ears haven't cracked.

Owch. Nasty corner that one - not much room for error.

I touched the armco after the esses of Hatzenbach. Luckily my car took more paint than the armco and the track attendant laughed when he saw the damage saying there's no way I've bent the armco.

Hope you get it all sorted!

[pikeyboy]

arch sorted mine for me when I went off at oulton, needed a long front and two new side skins. I stripped the car and took it to them. Try and get it in before the race season starts.

[HustleRussell]

boy said:

Try and get it in before the race season starts.

Too late! Grads kicked off last month and Caterham motorsport got going last weekend

[TheHoof]

HustleRussell said:

boy said:

Try and get it in before the race season starts.

Too late! Grads kicked off last month and Caterham motorsport got going last weekend

...and they will already have some business coming their way from the looks of the Snett paddock on Sunday.

[Jeff101]

Dave,

You were right.....DeDion ears cracked!

It doesn't have the spec written on it so will have to replace as a pair......

What angle do I want? Caterham have 1.5 or 2.0 degrees......

[tin duck dave]

Jeff101 said:

Dave,

You were right.....DeDion ears cracked!

It doesn't have the spec written on it so will have to replace as a pair......

What angle do I want? Caterham have 1.5 or 2.0 degrees......

2 degree was the r300 race series option so given your use probably the ones to go for.