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Even for totally street driven cars, people never think about belts aging. When I got the Birkin (25+ years old) with 3 point belts, the first thing I did was replace them. Old is old and dry and maybe stretched. Don't need um till you need um.

Can you try a smaller bulb in the light box?

"I push hard to reach 140,000 km mileage." Go, Doc, go! Those Birkin fender stays are a well known Birkin weak point. I replaced 2 in 10 years, though the car is c.30 years old. Welding worked well. I also got a new replacement from Tom Carlin and it had additional ribs that obviously make it stronger. Good luck.

The good doctor really does put the glamour in 7 photography. His web site is well worth the visit.

Aluminium yes. As I recall, it's bolted into the lower frame tube. Held up well and serves as a step for small children.

Food for thought indeed. Since Mad Max damaged his F1 car with a pylon 2 races ago, you may have discovered the fix for FIA's "track limits" problem. F1 needs more cones! A real, but slight, mechanical penalty for violating track limits. Our region gives a trophy each year for the autocrosser that hits the most cones. You might be in contention for a prize if your club does similar. I prefer to leave the cones alone, but seem to find a couple a year. This was my solution on the Birkin.

I think that you are in excellent shape. As good as any purchase on the $ side, and better than most Seven purchases on the reliability side. SO: Let the local friendly mechanic really get to know the car. If he's a real mechanic, not a "remove & replace" technician, he will get along great with such a simple car. Use him consistently if he's good. I had Hagerty's insurance for the 10+ years with my Birkin and could not be more pleased. Get the 50 mile towing. You never know. I went a year before I felt the car was reliable enough to run around without a tool bag. You should be much better off than I was, but it's nice not to worry about how to get it to the shop if needed. Relax and enjoy it.

20 odd years ago, I had a nice visit with Jon and his wonderful wife, Shirley. Great shop where you could build anything. All first class workmanship and parts on the Kurtis. They won the Carrera Panamericana in one. Jon built Trans Am cars in the 60s, Jerry Titus's Firebird +. Then he moved into building custom cars for Hollywood movies. Last I heard, he went for stability and had an equipment rental business in Pampa!! Good folks.

$2,000 also includes a "Concours" section, I recall. Some don't quite fit in that description. It is an interesting bunch. People with real talent and skills and shops and equipment. Wonderful that you took your car there and defended the faith. Sounds like you made a convert, but not for $2,000, ha.

You have 4 seasons up there. We also have 4: Winter; Summer; Super Summer; Summer. So, for 6 months it's hot. 80-83 at 5 AM quickly warming to 95-110. 60% humidity, full sun, not great for a roaster. The roads in and around Dallas are in poor to terrible condition, worse that Mexico. The closest place a road has more that 2 curves is Central Texas, 200 miles away. Lastly, the wife won't get in it, which limits my possibilities. Liked the car very much for 10+ years, but need something I can drive more. I may be crazy, but I'm a driving fool.

John, I'll stick around. The car is headed to Reno Nevada area.

Thanks, Croc. Not positive yet about the replacement. Must be something I can drive more regularly. Loved the 7, but the environment here just was not conducive to enjoying it. Most likely candidate would be an NA Miata with a few mods and a hardtop for the summer.

SOLD. It's going to a good home!

Nice tilting bonnet. BTY, Locost, as in Low Cost. If it was a kit, I would expect someone here to recognize some detail.

Down under Fraser:

Equipment old?? Shock. Seems to be the usual when a company buys an English company. Rolls Royce scandal for example.

Is that all there is to the "IKEA Instructions"?

Not on our Sevens, but on the new cars: https://www.motortrend.com/news/data-sharing-insurers-gm-onstar-smart-driver-app/?lid=a7nfam2ae8oo&eml=organic%3Aeml%3Abrz2&utm_source=braze&utm_medium=emaileditorial

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The only experience I have with poly bushings was that I could not stand the squeaky noise, so I went back to rubber. That was on a Miata for autoross.

It always seems to me that a lot of "criticism" is related to lake of experience with a certain car. I once had a discussion with an old, experienced F5000 friend. We agreed that in a car you really know well, you know in advance how the car will react to something like a bump. Take a car whose tail likes to step out over a bump. The front may stay planted, but the tail hop/slide is different. Knowing the car, you can anticipate it accurately and already have the tiny correction dialed into the steering almost before, or exactly as the tail jumps. No sweat, even entertaining,. Maybe an aid to rotation. Of course, if you didn't know the car, you'd call it a scary flaw.

If you fit well in the bare tub, you might web search for Truckers Seat Cushion. Open cell or memory foam, with finished edges and no cutting.