Cranky

I stopped by and checked out the car. It is a real beauty. I think it is the nicest looking Caterham I've ever seen. Rick has done a great job taking care of it. Special thanks to Rick. He was very gracious. His garage is incredible. The upstairs is like an F1 museum. Lots of cool memorabilia. So why didn't I get it? I'm in the middle of building an airplane. I desperately miss having a 7 in my life, but after a lot of soul searching, I decided that this was not the time to bring one back. But if I was going to get one, this would be the one. The car looked amazing. I didn't drive it because I was afraid that I would get too emotionally attached, so I can't say anything about how it drives. But Rick seemed like a really good guy. Judging by his garage, he's very meticulous and takes care of his things. I hope that the car goes to a good home.

Beautiful car. Can you tell me more about it? Are those 14" wheels? Does it have harnesses or belts? LSD? Is the 6 speed a sequential? S3 or SV? I'm flying up to MI in a couple of weeks. If it hasn't sold, I'd like to stop by and check it out. I'm more in the market for a 360, but this is such a gorgeous car that I'm interested.

I never did anything with them. I eventually sold the car. One of the dumbest things I ever did. I miss that car.

One of the biggest questions that keeps coming up about the car is fit. It's an S3, so it is small. I just measured the width of the seat and it is roughly 14" inches wide. If you're curious as to whether you'll fit, build yourself a mock seating area that has walls 14" apart and 6" high. If you can squeeze into that space comfortably, you can probably squeeze into the car. If your hips are too wide for that, they're probably too wide for the seat.

I added some engine pictures. https://photos.barbierifamily.org/Other/Caterham-R300/n-R5865/i-D2nTjcw

Oh, and if I sent you my phone number via the message function, please text me before you call. I get several spam calls a day trying to sell extended warranties and so I'm used to ignoring the phone. One prospective buyer called yesterday and his phone number showed up as "Scam likely". Fortunately, I answered it anyway. But texting first will help your chances of not being mistaken for spam. If you do try to call and can't get through, message me with your number here and I'll call you.

I uploaded a bunch of pictures. The first 17 are old pictures. The remaining pictures are ones I took this morning. I also included a video of a cold start. I just realized that I have no pictures of under the hood. I'll add more later. I put descriptions on a lot of the pictures to provide more context. I've tried to disclose everything relevant - the scratches, the crack in the windshield, and stuff like that. You can see the pictures and video here: https://photos.barbierifamily.org/Other/Caterham-R300/n-R5865/i-cRMbBxw Once again, I would like feedback on what pictures or videos would be helpful to prospective buyers.

I'll make sure to take a bunch of pictures. I'm a hobbyist photographer, so that won't be a problem. I measured my front fender as roughly 9" from edge to edge, so I presume that would be 4.5" from center to edge. I think it is registered as a '62 Lotus Seven or something like that. My wife handled all the registration. My intent was to register it as an assembled car or something like that, but when my wife took it in they said that they didn't have any of those plates and gave her an antique plate instead. I believe that I'm only supposed to drive it to shows or something. I've never been stopped, but I'm always prepared to say that I'm on my way to or from a "coffee and cars" or something. I thought someone on the forum has been trying unsuccessfully for years to get him to review a 7. I know that he loves odd cars, but I don't think a seven is something he'd be interested in. I'm pretty certain that he's too big to safely fit into my S3 that has a standard (not lowered) floor. I had no idea that listing on BAT was so involved. That's good info. My challenge is that my wife and I are relatively recently retired and are only home for a 2-3 weeks at a time between travels. That might make it difficult. I really appreciate everyone's responses. I'll take a bunch of pictures of shoot some videos. I'll probably start by reposting here and in the local Lotus group Facebook site. If that doesn't work, I guess BAT is the next stop. I'll miss the car. It was a dream come true to own one and I loved the first few years of having it. Also, this forum has been a great resource. The community really benefits its existence and the help the members provide.

I've got a Caterham R300 (2013) with about 5,000 miles on it. I think I'm going to sell it. I've never done anything like this before. I'd appreciate any help you can give on setting and price and picking a place or places to list it. This is the originally listing from back when I bought the car: The car has about 4,000 miles on it now (I think, I should check). I made several mods: Added a 5th point to the harnesses Changed out the battery for a smaller lithium battery Added USB ports to the dash Replaced the speedo with a GPS based speedo Added doors Added a half-top Added a rollbar mounted third brake light Added several small chips, a scratch or two, and a small crack in the windshield. It's registered as an antique vehicle in Texas, although I think my 5 year registration will need to be renewed soon. Also, the tires are original. They look good, but they're getting old. I was thinking about asking for something in the low $40s, but I don't have a good sense for whether that is too high or too low. Once again, I'm interested in any advice on how to price it and where to sell it. And if anyone wants to buy it, I guess I'm also open for offers.

I took my Caterham when I sent to get vaccinated the other day. I didn't expect a long, slow moving line. We were in stop and go (mostly stop) traffic for 2 hours. Then the car had enough and stalled out. A quick checks showed that my battery was below 9 volts. I have a lithium ion battery. When I got the car home, I charged it over night to about 13.5 volts. The charge drifted down to 13.0 volts after 3 days, which is normal. It usually drops to the high 12s after a few days and will hold the mid 12s for months. I took it out for a 6 mile drive near the house this morning and the voltage on the battery increased slightly from the 13.0 initial voltage to 13.5 volts. During the drive, the voltage showed between 12.8 and 14.0 volts. Am I wrong in concluding that things are working fine and that the problem was that my alternator doesn't put out enough amps at idle to sustain the car for hours, especially when having to run the radiator fan? Or am I missing something. I thought my next trip would be in the 20-30 mile to give it another test.

Couldn't they just use parking boots on them? Or just let the air out of the tires instead of vandalizing them? It doesn't seem like a good way to handle a situation in which the cars are very likely to be owned by innocent people.

Amazing! Thanks, guys. I never would have found it.

I've got this old picture of my father and I'm trying to identify the car. Any ideas? The picture was probably 1956 +/- a couple of years. The car looks like a Cadillac to me, but I can't find any images of a similar Cadillac. Any guesses?

I own a 2013 R300. It's this car: http://www.chariotsofpb.com/chariots/inventory/details/SDKLDK3NS11070411. I bought it many years ago. It's pretty much the same only I've sorted out several issues (with a lot of help here). I think the only significant changes are the addition of a third break light on the rollbar, adding a half-top and doors, and replacing the battery with an Li battery. I'm not interested in selling it, but I'd like to have some really rough estimate of it's current value. It seems like Sevens trade so infrequently and are so different that I have no clue what a reasonable value is for it. Anyone care to put a guess or to give advice on how to make an educated guess?

The carpet is coming unglued from my tillets. Is there any particular glue I should use to reattach it?