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Bless this mess. (and the messy mind that sent this photo to the wrong thread.

At the very least, my photo should have gone to the "Picture you took of your car today" thread as intended. That's what I get for doing stuff late at night. Well, like now.

Cars and Coffee at Prescott’s yesterday

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Relaxing at the Stirling Fair car show today.

Really nice color choice. I approve of the rollover bar matching paint. I usually prefer the RB to be the chassis color, but in your case, it works very well. Take note of the protection around the bonnet spring! consider applying a layer of protective plastic film behind it to prevent scratches. Heck, just PPF the whole car!

No. I realized this after posting. This shouldn't be an issue...thank god. It should be too large to pass through the main jet. It could have come out one of the holes in the emulsion tube, in which case it would be in the bowl. I'll pull the cover off and have a look tomorrow.

Do you have a Lotus SB#? Arch made S3 chassis for Lotus late in production, didn't they? When did those start? Fortunate for you, you can MIG/TIG weld on a Uni-rad frame without worrying about any nickel bronze joint welds. Please start a project thread in the build forum with lots of pics! The "general" section is a black hole of everything. https://usa7s.net/ips/forum/41-build-threads/

is this possible?

WARNING: Inspect all your genuine Weber components before installation. Their QC seems to be lacking. I received a bad banjo fitting a couple of weeks ago. The deburring was not concentric with the ID, and they removed 1/2 the sealing surface. Long story short, it would not seal and sprayed fuel all over the place. Pegasus was great and sent me a new one, which worked perfectly. Today, it was much worse. I was seeing some weird things with the F11 emulsion tubes that I tested. I had one cylinder spitting back through the carb but no other indications of a lean condition. This was only when the mains kicked in (weird). I decided to go back through things and try again. Upon inspection, it was clear there was a machining error in one tube. It looks like the bore for the main jet was not drilled deep enough. As a result, there was a bur above where the main jet seats. I was able to get inside and remove the bur, but the way it was shaped, it looks like there may have been another half-bur at one point. I am praying this didn't get into my valve train. The head was literally just done. Long story short, F11s, 45F9 Idle jets, 00 drain, and 125 mains run quite well. The bad emulsion tube threw a monkey wrench in my testing, but I am glad I found this combination.

Taking a closer look at I’m surprised that the rear calipers don’t allow quick pull out pads looking like I’ll need to remove the center calipers to swap pads.

Hand brake was removed during the rebuild of the car. I use a wheel chock.

@theDreamer - yes, I sent a message to Lotus7. he's going to pop by tomorrow.

@Darcy As I’ve mentioned before check out this site: https://www.anglocanadianlotus7.ca/lotus-seven-frame-and-chassis-numbers/ I’d say you have a Universal Radiators chassis as I’m sure they are the only company that used that particular area to stamp their number. Yes most have just a “B”, but also “UB” which some take to mean it was a replacement chassis. The “L” may be like it is with the Lotus serial number meaning LHD, which would fit your car. Also as previously mentioned, forward this info, (Universal Radiators chassis number and lotus serial number) in text with photos to John Watson and he’ll give you what info he has. http://www.historiclotusregister.co.uk/theRegistrars/newperrinwatson.php

What an experience. I watched a bit of the race online, what a photo finish today. Seems like you need to hide a vinyl Nessie logo somewhere on the car when you get it!

I realized for the first time I can contribute to this thread. (Taken yesterday)

If you fancy giving hms more money. I got these harness pads, one for comfort and two to hide the yellow that doesn’t match anything. I do pull them off in track days as they interact with Han’s. https://www.hmsmotorsport.com/products/schroth-3in-shoulder-pads-with-racing-patch?_pos=4&_sid=82b77f9e1&_ss=r they also keep the uv damage at bay on the harness although with a 5 year dating it’s less of an issue.

That's bloody well clean and organized compared to my little two car garage. Should we start a "Bless This Mess" thread to see who has to climb over the most junk to get to their cars?

Definitely will fixing all rust, so paint matches for body, frame, engine etc would be great.

Hi Darcy. Message sent to you. If you require a paint match for touch-up, please drop me a line. I found a source for the oil based paint (Graphite Grey) in Calgary. W

I need one, it doesn't need to be new, just working. Scott

Hi @Darcy. Congratulations on your purchase. FWIW. Please be aware of any raised manhole covers (which seem common in my neck of the woods - Calgary), as that is what took my 1969 Series 3 off the road. I was sandwiched between cars either side of me taking a curve where the road was under construction for repaving. The collision with the manhole cover that was sitting about 3 to 4 inches above the road surface did a lot of damage. Lotus reckoned at the time that my sump clearance should have been 4 inches, but noted that my springs could have sagged. Apparently a bad batch of springs may have made it through onto the production line? I'm not sure that even 4 inches of clearance would have been that helpful though? I read somewhere that Mike Warner left Lotus after an argument with Chapman, and commenced the manufacture of alloy rims. When he returned to Lotus, the company introduced his rims to their product line. W.

We picked up the SV from Ian at Celtic caterham- only a few minutes from the circuit. Then headed out north west. had some wonderful one lane mt roads. we ended up passing through Glencoe at its most ominous. Looked like some thing out of lord of the rings (except for the few spots loaded with folks stopping to film the valley. once we came out the north end. The sky lifted and the sun came. Stayed the night at Ballachulish Set back out for Knockhil, but not before my son insisted we look for Nessie.

Weekend at knockhill was great. enjoyed watching the academy series. My son loved the 310R group. interesting thing at Knockhill. On Saturday the drove the track counterclockwise. On Sunday they went clockwise Both turn ones was great. And looked like everyone got all 4 wheels off the ground in another (on Sunday). Meet up with the Caterham folks including Callie, who arranged much of the weekend for us. IMG_6264.mov

You have to imagine the accent... Oy mate! You stamped the wrong bloody number on that bloody frame. Bloody 'ell! Put the right bloody number on the bloody car for xxxxx sake!