A Caterham Seven Blog
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Build Session 7 : Front Dampers and Suspension Uprights
Post Views: 2,132 A short session today, I managed to get a couple of hours in between, and then after, my evening meetings. Stool / Creeper Firstly: new toys. I’d read in a number of blogs that a number of builders had got on well with folding stool/creepers. After spending a lot of Sunday bent…
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Telephone Call 2 – Williams, Track Roll Over Bar
Post Views: 1,044 The first task today was a simple one – a call to Nick the parts guy at Williams Automobiles. I’d decided, for better or worse, that I wanted to go with the track roll bar and not the standard one that I had ordered and had delivered with the car. Lindon at…
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Build Session 6 : Headlamp and Indicator Pod Assembly (the short version)
Post Views: 1,210 Ok, so the front suspension is now starting to take way longer than I anticipated. I’m 6 sessions in and still not completed what I thought was a simple part of the build. A lot of the problem is that I’m not getting many long sessions in. It just goes to show…
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Build Session 5 : Front Suspension 2
Post Views: 1,141 It’s Saturday and I was hoping to get a good day’s build in – guess what… didn’t quite go that way. I didn’t get up as early as I was hoping and so didn’t get into the garage until around 11AM. The first task however was a trip to B&Q (Lowes equivalent…
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Build Session 4 : Front Suspension 1
Post Views: 1,722 It had been a busy week at work and I hadn’t had a chance to get on with the car other than 20 minutes to look at the poorly threaded harness mount yesterday. Today is a Friday and a work day… and after sorting out all my morning emails I found a…
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