JohnCh

Do people really do that? I thought it was an urban myth.

The 20 oz mug has taken over primary morning coffee duties for me. Although I don't think @wdb will like his given it's been very accepting of a splash of milk. Sorry Dave...

Based on the orders I did, it appears the mugs (and likely the post-blat beer glass) ship from a different facility than the apparel.

Long sleeve Tees have been added.

@CBuff sorry that wasn't clearer. I meant logoed merchandise. Although you can go through fourthwall directly, you need to create an account, create the item, create a store front, and need access to the logo. A long sleeve t-shirt seems like a good idea, so I'll add that later when I have time.

Would it make you feel better if I told you it was Baileys?

Thanks @BirkinBernie, please share with feedback on the items and end-to-end process with me after they arrive. The items in my orders looked fine but good to get a second opinion.

Apologies for the delays. The day before things were set to go live last month, I discovered the order process for anyone wishing to buy more than a single item (e.g. sticker and shirt) was horrid — each item required a dedicated order with separate shipping and shipping charges. This kicked off a new search for a different printer with a payment and distribution process that worked for us, followed by two more rounds of sample orders to get the printing right. It also meant building a store front with that printer's (limited) software. But it's done. Finally! To keep prices low, they are set to cover the item cost, plus the printer's fees for credit card processing, then rounded up to end in a 7. USA7s does not profit from these sales, so please only buy an item because you want it—not as a way to financially support the site. If there are additional items people would like to purchase, please let me know and I'll add them to the list of possible additions. The full catalog is available here. To aid discoverability, the link to the new store has been added to the top-level navigation between Articles and Club Membership, or you can access it below. Thanks again to @Slonie for his design! https://usa7s-shop.fourthwall.com/ -John

Starting last night, the forum was down for several hours due to an issue stemming from a CloudLinux update, which is an operating system used by our hosting provider. For the technically minded, below is the statement they provided affected customers after closing my ticket. The issue has been identified as an issue relating to a recent Cloudlinux Update: https://cloudlinux.statuspage.io/incidents/36vgtnlfpqdq A possible known workaround is to switch affected sites to use nd_* extensions within the PHP Selector area in cPanel: mysql to ndmysql mysqli to ndmysqli pdomysql to ndpdo_mysql

I've moved the discussion about Steelbro sevens and a one-off S4 clubman to a dedicated thread in the General section. That discussion may be of interest to someone contemplating purchasing this car, but it had strayed too far off topic to remain part of this ad. Apologies to @achova for not catching this sooner.

For the low, low price of just $777, we can do a personal version of the logo for an individual that meets their aesthetic. But wait, that's not all; for a limited time, we'll also include not one, but two stickers featuring that logo! Place your order soon as this offer will end without notice.

For the site logo, it's irrelevant if the .net is legible because the person seeing that logo is already on the site. Rather than do a version without the .net for the site, we decided to leave it there to give people something else to complain about.

Surely my earlier response to @Timothy Keith-Lucas already answered that question I was responding from the perspective of me doing the work and making them available for purchase.

The issue with the stickers I mentioned above was specific to the printing vendor I've chosen for shirts. A different vendor who offers more sticker options may not have self-ordering capability or have decent shirt options. Although we could use different vendors for both, I think most people would want to bundle a sticker with a shirt to save on shipping costs. Most of these places have a minimum shipping charge that will far exceed the purchase price of just a sticker. I'll look into it later when I have time to see what options exist that won't require me to go into the fulfillment business. Of course, if one of you wants to volunteer to become a logistics engine...

Their sticker options aren't great: square rather than rectangular, which creates massive top and bottom borders. I could add them provided people don't mind cutting them to size themselves; however, I have no idea if the adhesive is paint safe. They are likely fine for roll bars and tool chests. A one-off is fine for the time being, provided it's clear that the copyright stays with the club, and there's no form of monetization; however, since the club may opt to monetize merchandise in the future, we'll likely add a restriction that the use can't duplicate an official club item. e.g. if there is no sweatshirt available, and you want a sweatshirt, make a sweatshirt. But if there is a sweatshirt, support the club and buy the official version. Bottom line, we don't want to unintentionally spawn a sanctioned knock-off market

Uh...no. As @pethier noted above, it's brand agnostic. You're welcome to interpret it as an homage to Caterham, or Lotus, or Westfield, or even Lamborghini, but I don't want to create a false backstory on its intent. This should be an apocryphal-free zone.

It's time to announce the winner of our contest and share the new logo. @Slonie has spent the past several weeks making tweaks to his winning design, including developing different color combinations to work with backgrounds other than white, and vectorizing the logos to provide scaling flexibility. In recognition of his contribution, he has been elevated to the newly created Lifetime Member user group, which is similar to the paid Club Member group, but with increased limits, and no expiration date. If you like the new logo, please thank him for his efforts. If you don't like it, please internalize your feelings, silently count to ten, and thank him anyway. There is one downside to the new logo; it doesn't work well with the current site color scheme. As a result, the site will receive updates this weekend. Don't worry, it's not radical. It's simpler, and cleaner, and the navigation and layout are unchanged. Below is a large image of the primary logo designed for white backgrounds, and smaller versions of other color options that will work on various darker backgrounds. I've also included a screenshot of the new site color scheme to assuage the concerns of those with a primal fear of change. You know who you are. Provided the printed T-shirts and embroidered polo shirts pass a quality check, those will be available for purchase in the near future. Rather than increase the price by managing our own storefront which takes a cut of the profits, we've opted to let you purchase directly from the printer via dedicated links that will be published on the forum. Thanks again Slonie!

Quick follow up. The contest end date was yesterday, and we were fortunate to receive a design that @Croc and I both like a lot. The winner has been notified and is cleaning up the design now to get it ready for printing. It should be ready in another week or two, at which point I'll share the new logo and announce the winner.

Apologies @MV8, I took your comment very differently. Obviously, a bad interpretation by me.

Where precisely did I write I don't want to see a transversely mounted engine? I wrote that I can't recall seeing one before. And I can't. That doesn't mean it's wrong or they don't exist, simply that I haven't seen it in the 25+ years I've been involved with se7ens, and I found it interesting. All the BEC I've seen over the years have mounted the engine longitudinally.

I can't recall seeing a se7en with a transverse engine before. I wish there were more photos of the installation.

Great first post; welcome to the forum!

Hi @Timothy Keith-Lucas as per the original post, not all proposals are in this thread, and the intent was to keep it open through April to give people time. There is no rush to reach a decision. If nothing else comes in over the next couple of weeks, or if the people who have privately indicated to me that they are working on something don't need the extra time, then I will consider ending it earlier than planned.

As per the thread below, we now have a new How-to Guides section in Articles that features @CBuff's post as the inaugural guide.

I've made some navigation changes to increase visibility of the Articles section, and I have also added a new section there under the Owners Resources folder called How-to Guides. There are a lot of great threads that discuss how to perform certain mechanical procedures, but they require a search to find. The purpose of the How-to Guides section is to give those posts a second home and improve discoverability. If you have a thread that walks people through a process that you think is appropriate for the new section, please send a PM to @JohnCh and @Croc. In some cases, a single post can be lifted as-is, other times it will require pulling together multiple posts and performing some editing to make them flow. If editing is required, well look to the author to perform that work and provide it to us in a Word doc. Please note, a How-to Guide does not need to start life as a forum thread. Net new content is also welcome. Thanks, John