Category: Caterham Blog
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To Blog or not to Blog
Post Views: 1,762 Before getting into this build I had only partially been aware of the Blog culture of building a Caterham… both with formal blogs and in some cases with forum posts in a thread. But having taken the plunge it’s clear there are some great blogs out there. Here are some of the…
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First Pass of the Build Manual
Post Views: 1,084 Ok, so today I had a ten and a half hour flight to Los Angeles from London. There wasn’t much for it but to read the build manual cover to cover. I ended up, reading 2015 V2, which Williams later confirmed as the latest available. I spent the flight trying to digest…
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Pre-Build Starts Here
Post Views: 1,069 First deposit paid… what to do next? Even with my still unbelievable June delivery date, I’m going to have to wait 3 months. That’s a lot of planning time and evenings mulling things over. On the todo list is: Option selection Colour – a biggy Sort out the build space Options, options…
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First Test Drives
Post Views: 1,552 After the deliberations covered in the Introduction, I found myself in the Williams Automotive show room talking to their Caterham sales guy, Lindon. He was more than happy to let me have a test drive in a couple of 7’s, talk through options and to see what worked. First off, coffee, followed…
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Introduction
Post Views: 2,044 I’ve always wanted to build a Caterham, for as long as I can remember. It was one of those bucket list things but I just never had the time. Recently we had a couple of those life events that everyone goes through. They focused my mind on the fact that I’m not…