A Caterham Seven Blog
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Delivery 1 : Shortages Box
After speaking with Derek Howlett yesterday, Monday, he shipped the missing shortages box by courier. I had given Derek my work address and the delivery arrived at 8:42 today, Tuesday. We opened the box while I was at work and found: N/S and O/S, upper and lower, wishbones Pair of De Dion Ears Pair of…
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Email 1 – Caterham (Derek) : Shortages, Bellhousing and IVA Trim Questions
Here’s the first, and hopefully only (you’ve gotta think positively haven’t you) email and answers in-line, to Caterham’s chief fixer, Derek. I called him a couple of times on the Monday morning but the poor guy was only just back from a week off so I was only really calling on the off-chance. I decided…
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Build Session 2 : Engine, Gearbox and Bell Housing
Day 2: front suspension day… or so we thought. First thing Sunday, while I waited for Harry to “wake up”, as he sat watching the football on the TV, I decided we needed the better bodywork protection I’d been thinking about the day before. So, I took one of the spare Caterham cardboard boxes (I…
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Build Session 1 : IVA trim and Steering Rack
And so we’re off and running…. sort of! Saturday morning broke and I was hoping to get a full day’s build in, but of course, things didn’t go to that plan. We ended up doing a bunch of chores around the house, and garden, and didn’t get off to a great start with the car.…
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Our Kit Car Has Arrived
After 151 days since putting in our order, the Purplemeanie Caterham 420R Kit Car has arrived! We got final confirmation of a delivery date earlier this week and a courtesy call from Caterham yesterday confirmed that they would deliver our car before lunch time today… … And at just after 11 this morning the Caterham…
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