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A few updates Discovered a strange bump in my hood with cracked paint and found the root issue..

I don't necessarily agree with that. New generations carry internal generational codes and designations, as well as a new vin assignment which communities grab on to. Small volume manufacturers even such as Ariel have clear generational designations as 1, 2, 3 and 4 to designate different generations even though not a lot has changed to a naked eye.

You're right about all of those My point is that we don't really have labels for those "generations" which are typically vin based or at least have a name "EF" for Honda, "e92" bmw, "993" Porsche etc, nor is the community keenly aware of them. Typically those generational distinctions imply changes which makes parts not interchangeable so they need an identifier when being sold. For Caterham it matters in some very specific aspects. Imperial vs Metric matters for some things like roll cages but not many others. Dedion vs solid rear matter for rear end but many other things are still interchangeable. Maybe that's why we don't have these distinctions in the community, because they matter so much less?

That's a very good example but it does have distinct generations such as 1302 and 1303 etc. S3 is mostly just S3. Even when tooling changed from imperial to metric there isn't a generational name for it.

I was thinking about it today. Nobody really talks about Caterham generations since it's mostly just S3 vs SV once it came out. If it's an S3 there is a divide on whether it's solid axle or de dion. From then on changes are just considered within S3 generational updates but not a different generation per se. Even facelifts aren't really considered at such due to how minor they are (smaller headlights, move headlights forward, different roll cage). Im not sure if there is another car like this. The variety of motors alone that one can come with factory throughout the years and continents is huge, especially if you technically consider it all one to generation of the car. I get it that it's largely due to the "kit" nature of the car and anything can be optioned during the build but it's still very unusual in the car world to have such a long run of a model without generational designations and clear cut changes between those generations.

Looking at the track pictures Looks like some years it was closer than others The one in your screen shot is the fender that's held on by the bolts so it must by the original stay This picture is from 2022 and is another factory stay with a glued fender yet very similar

Good eye! It was pretty close but since the fender floats with wheel it never contacted. Either way that's the first iteration of my mounts/fenders that came with the car. Since then I've switched 2 or 3 times. (New fenders/new mounts/another set of mounts/CSR fenders and mounts) Here's what it looked like before CSR mounts

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