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I ended up going with Hagerty with an agreed upon value for my 1999 Caterham. The application and underwriting process was painless.

LOL, I just spent thirty minutes figuring out oil filters for this motor. I hear you.

Thanks for the tip on the book and about plugging the hole. I'll be tinkering this weekend and will p0st some photos of the speedo. Scott

It's mechanical.

I did some soul searching and research before I bought it since these motors and parts are like hens teeth over here. It has the five speed. I've only driven it a couple of hours and I'm loving it!

Thank you all, I have my research cut out for me and appreciate the insights. Scott

LOL, sounds great! Scott

I've done a search and don't see anything recent. I've recently acquired a 99 Caterham with a history of failing speedometers. It appears that various drives and cables have been replaced over the last 25 years even though the car has not been driven that much. The speedometer has recently failed again and I'm not inclined to fix the problem the same way and am looking to replace it.. Is anyone aware of an 80mm GPS speedo that looks similar to the Caterham unit or an 80mm non-GPS one with a sensor I could run to one of the front wheels? I have found the Speedhut GPS units but those are 85mm and I'm not wanting to modify the dash. Thanks! Scott

I have been a fan of these cars for many years. I remember buying a book about them in the late 90's; however, the stars never aligned until this past weekend when I went to pick up my seven. It's a factory built De Dion K1.8 VVC and was imported to the US a couple of years ago. I was lucky enough to get with it the records going all the way back to the order sheet, factory build sheet and every record to present. It has the lowered floor for the driver and the only additional options it had from the factory were the Ford Pacifica Blue pearlescent paint and carbon fiber dash. I'm sure now I'll be posting quite a bit as I start figuring things out. The only thing I know that needs attention at this point is the speedometer, which was working until recently. I notice in its history that this is at least the second time it has had speedometer issues. Scott

Very nice Bob!

Very nice! Scott