Welcome to the Purplemeanie blog of our Caterham journey. We hope you enjoy our trials and tribulations during and after the build. Please leave us a comment and tell us what you think.
Where to Start
The latest project from the Purplemeanie HQ is to have a go at converting a Seven to be an electric vehicle (EV). Follow the project here.
For my most popular video take a look at “Build a Caterham 420R in 30 minutes“
For more reading…
- If you want join us on the journey from the beginning then take a look at this post: Build Blog Index
- If you’d like to see a bit about us then please take a look at our About page.
- If you just want to skip to the latest news then take a look at the Blog.
- We’ve also put a Gallery together if that’s your thing.
- If videos are your thing then take a look at what we’ve posted to YouTube: YouTube Videos
- If my ramblings aren’t enough for you then you can find a whole different bunch of other blogs in this post here.
- … and some might like to jump to my tools and trinkets here.
Latest Posts
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Project sEven pt7 : Q&A and Weekly Updates
Post Views: 9 Quick update video this week. I picked a few of the questions from the last YouTube video and give a quick update on what I’ve been up to this week. Here’s the chapter list: 00:26 – Quick Project Recap 00:50 – Q&A – Mission Statement 01:16 – Is it Achievable 01:37 –…
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Caterham SV Prop-Shaft Scan
Post Views: 6 The next in the list of things I’ve scanned is the prop-shaft from a Caterham Seven SV. It’s taken me a couple of years to get around to extracting this from the EV project car, but I need a model now to verify the CAD for the gearbox that’s being designed.
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Putting the EV in Seven – Two Year Mega Update Video
Post Views: 67 Well… I finally got to the point where I realized I wasn’t going to be able to upload all the videos I’d wanted to. For the whole of my Putting the EV in Seven project, I’ve been taking video and pictures in order to put together a series of progress videos for…
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Caterham 5/6 Speed Gearbox Mount Scan
Post Views: 24 As part of my Putting The EV in Seven project I needed to have a good model of the gearbox mount that Caterham used on their 5/6 speed installations. I had a partial scan of the mount with it in the car but that wasn’t going to be good enough for my…
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Putting the EV in Seven: Progress #3, 3D Scanning the Project Car
Post Views: 41 Time for another video. This time on one of the first jobs that needed doing once the project car had been stripped down… to 3D scan what remained. A scan is an essential part of an EV conversion these days. It allows you to accurately measure all the odd angles and protrusions…
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Caterham SV Nose Cone Scan
Post Views: 78 Well this one was a long time coming. I’d been wanting to scan my nose cone for ages. Mainly with the intention of modeling and printing a “bracket” for the number plate – which flaps around a bit on its velcro mount. But the first thing to do was get a scan. …
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Putting the EV in sEVen – Progress #2 Strip Down and Weigh-in
Post Views: 59 Time for another EV progress video. In this quick video I cover the strip down of the project car to remove the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) drivetrain. There’s also a couple of interludes where I visit: Fully Charged Show, Caterham Seven EV launch, Goodwood, the Taffia Fish and Chip Run and the…
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SV Rear Top Scan
Post Views: 60 Here’s a scan of my 420R SV rear top. I did the scan mainly to capture the roll-over bar, but you may find other geometry interesting if you need it. This is a 2M triangle render, if you’d like higher resolution then send me an email or get in touch on socials.…