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Thanks. Wish I could take credit for the photo, but it was taken by someone else. -John

The Westfield grill features the company name, but the letters are the same color as the grill, so as you can see, it's pretty subtle. http://www.throttle-steer.com/uploads/1/1/0/8/11083275/9036596_orig.jpg -John

You can join using PayPal ($20/yr) via this link. Once you've become a paying member, your permissions will be revised and you'll have the ability to start a thread in the For Sale section. I'll close this thread so questions about your Caterham remain in the new one. However, as BigDog mentions, I'm sure people will be interested in learning more about the open wheeled race car in the background, so don't hesitate to start a new thread about that in the Off Topic forum. Thanks, John

Glad to hear the roads there are still fun (just realized it's been 30 years since I last drove them ), but sorry about the breakdown. Anything serious?

I'm confused. Have you decided to pass on the car, or are you involved in selling it? Thanks, John

It's been years since I've lived in Lafayette, but at the time, there were great roads outside of Moraga heading towards Oakland and Berkeley. As I recall, we'd follow Moraga Road to Canyon Road and have fun from there. -John

And it looks like about 30-40 new users over the last couple of days share the same email domain in Poland. Should we just ban them proactively, or give them the benefit of the doubt that it's the Polish7s.com community reaching out to us? Oh, also noticed someone registered with a CheckOutYourCreditScore.com address. That's gotta be legitimate too, right? -John

Not with a Storker in your garage -John

Glad to help. And for what it's worth, I was speaking from experience; I previously owned a 2002 and an M Coupe. Although the lithium and electroshock therapy fixed most of my issues, my shallowness and superior attitude remain. Of course, that's why I still have the Porsches... -John

I was initially planning to throw BMW owners under the bus instead of Corvette owners, but decided it was just too damn easy. I mean the list of personality issues with people who drive "The Ultimate Driving Machine" is simply immense. (does that help? :jester:) -John

Not only was I unable to complete my car in just 3 months, but I missed my first-drive target date by considerably more than that I'm following your build on WSCC and looking forward to seeing the car in May! -John

Perhaps, but we're actually thinking something else. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7262/7730325554_809dfe62a6_z.jpg -John

When did we change this thread to a discussion about Corvettes??? -John

Sean, taunting people with that fact would just be arrogant, and as I've already established, we're not arrogant. -John

I own 2 Porsches and find the Arrogant Bastard Beer line offensive -- just because we're better than everyone else doesn't make us arrogant. For the record, this is the official beer of the Porsche Club of America and is what all my Porsche-owning friends and I drink: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/04/d5/6f/04d56f6e46681295a984fc4420c826f7.jpg -John

Now that Carlisle is just 3 months away, thought I'd revisit this thread to see if folks are still interested in making this a bigger USA7s event. I'm toying with flying out there if that's the case, but given my schedule, really need to lock things down over the next month. BTW looks like British Cars will be featured. So who's in? Thanks, John

Randy Grubb of Blastolene fame owns (owned?) a Birkin and has posted here before that he can make custom aluminum fenders for se7ens. Not sure about cost, but I'm sure the quality is pretty spectacular. He previously posted his contact details here. -John

I put together a gear comparison chart a while ago that might be helpful. It shows speeds in gear, rpm after an upshift, and the rpm when cruising at 70 mph for the Caterham 6-speed, the BGH long 1st gear (E2) and two versions of the BGH Sporting close (E7): one with the shortest 1st and tallest 5th, and the other with tightest 1st and 5th combo. The speed in gear and revs at 70mph data assume a 7500rpm redline and 205/60-13 rear tires. I ended up keeping my 3.62 LSD diff and going with the BGH long 1st gearbox. My engine (210hp 2.0L Duratec) has such a broad torque curve that the 6-speed was pointless, and although I would prefer the E7 for the tighter gap from 3rd-4th, those ratios are really optimized for a 3.92. No complaints. http://www.throttle-steer.com/uploads/1/1/0/8/11083275/7645517_orig.jpg -John

Continuing the Colonoscopy hijack (which is wrong on so many levels...), if you haven't heard the colorectal surgeon song, it's worth a few minutes. -John

Looks like Terry joined the California Caterham Club site and started a PBB thread here. Might be another thread to monitor for updates. -John

On the same postal scale, my outgoing PC680 weighed 14lb 10oz vs. just 3lb 4.5oz for the Evo 2. So yeah, there is a bit of a weight savings to be had... -John

But I bet the zip ties are lighter! -John

Wouldn't that be considered cruel and unusual punishment? -John

It's not hard to fabricate something. I built the tray out of sheet aluminum and the hold down brackets out of thicker stock bent to shape. http://www.throttle-steer.com/uploads/1/1/0/8/11083275/409951_orig.jpg -John

Terry has a thread about this tour on BlatChat, so my guess is updates will land there. Given this was not an official USA7s tour, I don't see why he would cancel it, although I suppose he could opt to make it a Caterham-only event. -John