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Quicksilver has built two engines for me. They know what they are doing. Very high quality work.

Two vintage Elan's make the over 1000 mile round trip journey to LOG38 in Cleveland Ohio. Two additional Elan's join along the way. Some highlights of LOG38 included, especially news about the future of Lotus under Geely ownership.

Few more photos of Seven's at LOG38.

Is Today!

Video of Thursday's track day (July 5th). Watch in HD.

Great day with the entire Sevens group at NJMP today. It was friendly, it was HOT, it was fun, it was eventful, it is always a good time. Video to follow:party:

Very cool video Mike! The 360 camera allows many vantage points and the track overlay is very nicely done.

Couple of Thunderbolt track videos that include Sevens :driving::driving::driving: They aren’t exactly instructional, but somewhat entertaining.

Croc, we could have scale races if we each had one........... wait a minute, I need a full scale 7 first. Never mind.

Ha Ha, fair enough and yes......but I have a full garage right now.

Croc, you need to have this in your track garage........ https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-beauchamp-point-seven/

New restaurant in Princeton. Just had dinner there, very very good!

Great write up Mike and bravo for all the photos! Fantastic experience driving some of the great European tracks.

Congrats to the buyer. Bummer for me.......

I can vouch for Quicksilver. They have built a number of my engines and they know what they are doing.

I have bought and sold many cars from a distance. As previously mentioned, a thorough conversation with the owner of the car is vital. I refuse to talk to “a friend who is selling the car for his friend” That alone stops the conversation. (unless it is a death, then I confirm it with a search on the internet). A personal look at the car by someone you know (I’m lucky enough to have a wide network of friends) is also important. I require recent photos (with something in the picture to prove the date, a newspaper or magazine) if you can’t get a personal inspection. Most of the time I do wire transfers (once I see proof of title, both sides to make sure no liens) as they can’t be faked. I accept personal checks as long as there is enough time to have the bank clear. Like others, only due business when the banks are open. ALWAYS create a bill of sale. I once bought a car that was misrepresented by the owner despite all my due diligence and lucky had him sign a bill of sale stating the car was as described in his ad. When the car rolled off the transport is was evident there were other issues. I contacted the seller right away and told him I wanted an adjustment on the purchase price. When he balked I calmly told him the consequences for interstate fraud. I got my adjustment check Fedex’d the next day. I would NEVER do an all cash deal with someone I did not know. Never. I also do do a photo search on google. Take one of the photos used in an ad and copy it and then paste in the google picture search. You will be amazed what comes up. Rule number one, if it sounds too good to be true......it is. Rule number two, never accept putting the money in a “trust account” which will be released upon delivery of the car by the seller because they are overseas or in the hospital or what ever (I’ve heard it all). Most important is to buy cars from people who are on sites like this that are known to others and have some history. And be careful of auction sites.....the bidding frenzy is sometimes out of control and you have no idea who your bidding against. Good luck!

Congrats! My garage is way too dirty and packed with gear.

I used to have a garage that looked like that. All new and empty waiting for its next phase in life to store and work on cars that are the “must have” of every mans life. Then a few years went by and it turned out like this:

That was extremely well done! Not just the skiing but the video production (of course with Audi sponsoring they must have had a big budget).

Thanks Kitcat! Looking forward to seeing the entire group again this year. I have a few new ideas for this years video.....

Awe sucks. Flattery will get you everywhere. I have the dates in my calendar, will try for the Thunderbolt day to shoot another video.

I seem to recall a video of last years event ............

Gettysburg LOG was where I met all you guys. It was the first time I had seen all the variations of a Seven in one place. You were all so enthusiastic about answering questions and letting me sit in your cars. (Well, to be honest you were more enthusiastic because Maureen was hanging out with me looking at all the cars). One day I’ll own one and won’t be on the sidelines :driving:

I’m not a big fan of Jeremy. The Ford GT is another story.

Seasons Greetings to all!