Tag: PreBuild

  • First Pass of the Build Manual

    Post Views: 1,089 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…

  • Pre-Build Starts Here

    Post Views: 1,075 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…

  • First Test Drives

    Post Views: 1,558 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…

  • Introduction

    Post Views: 2,051 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…