Stephen Szikora

For the Canadian readers ... the book referenced earlier about Sevens and independents, has a chapter for Canada covering the Fejer cars. However, I remember another manufacturer based in Cambridge, Ontario that called theirs the Cambridge Seven. It would have been around the same time ('80s.) Anyone remember those or have info on them?

I'm in Guelph. Here's something interesting I realized on the car this morning - the wheels have differing front and rear offsets. This car (and perhaps all Fejers) has an exhaust that goes to the back of the car rather than just a side outlet. The tire was rubbing on the exhaust on that side (left) so I was concerned that the heat from the fire warped the frame or the exhaust but both looked as designed and built. Then I noticed the difference in offset between the spare and the left side rims. Checked the other side and noticed a difference between the front and back. Voila - The spare got swapped onto the car and with too wide a tire it rubs on the exhaust. It must have had three front rims and two rears with the extra front rim used as a spare. When I get around to putting tires on it I'll have to use a skinny spare so that it can be mounted on the rear in a pinch without fouling the exhaust (think of it as a classic version of a space saver spare!) Of course, going to a side outlet would be an option but I like the idea (or at least being able to hear my ideas in my head) of having the quieter rear exit. Loud pipes may save lives, as the Harley guys like to say, but they don't improve the quality of life.

Hello all, I just joined the forum. Letting you know that I purchased this car. Jon is correct. It looks much worse than it is. The frame only has light surface rust on it from recent exposure to elements (in the picture showing the chassis number it looks like the frame tube is rotten but that is just the paint peeling and some shadows.) Frame, suspension, drivetrain (other than wiring), and the wheels are all good. Decent bones for a project. I have a Jensen Healey so I did have thoughts of using a 907 motor in a Seven (particularly after reading this article - http://gglotus.org/blog/tag/lotus-7/ ) but after seeing this car I was impressed by the little 2TC Toyota motor - alloy, cross-flow, pushrod hemi - not a lot of power but it looks right! It has a header and a single side-draught Weber so maybe the stock 70hp has been bumped to 76! When researching the engine I did find one racer in the US who managed to get 358hp out of a 2TC! Even a highly-modified 907 would be hard pressed to push that hard. Besides, I'm a sucker for the underrated and unwanted - as is obvious from my purchase.