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Thanks Phil.

At LUG last week I tried holding the wind deflector out at 90 degrees. Immediate improvement to the air blasting into my left ear but not too comfortable on sporty roads. I'm going to start wearing my leather helmet left over from my biplane days...

Correct. I had a fabricator remove the original then bend and install the new one. The original one was too short.

My 1982 roll bar is welded near the shock towers. A few years ago I replaced it with a single hoop and Petty Bar since no one rides with me, perhaps a mistake. The car is covered right now due to the rain but I’ll send along photos when I pull the cover off tomorrow.

After we arrived in Helper, UT.

Me following Charlie to Helper, Utah, at LUG 2026. Only two Sevens among the 170 or so cars. Good times, great people.

I’m at Laguna Seca. I’ll go see who’s doing the tires.

If it is not a Lotus you may be able to go through the SB-100 process and register it that way.

Takes me back to when McDonald's got sued for hot coffee that spilled in a ladies crotch...

Playing with a new GoPro and some GPS software.

Look at the Golden Gate Lotus Club. Great events and incredible people. https://gglotus.org/track.html tom

Why get down and lay on the garage floor when you can get your grandson to do it? Maybe he can clean up the garage next...

Thanks. But based on my ability to run over stuff that destroys the trailer fenders I don't think I want carbon ones. Maybe if someone is upgrading from fiberglass to carbon I could help them by buying their old ones...

It turns out that the fenders on my trailer are Seven cycle fenders. This week while returning from the Central Coast one of them departed. So I'm looking for fiberglass front cycle fenders if anyone has some to sell. Thanks Tom

Golden State Classic car show in Paso Robles today.

I used an online calculator to try get a close estimate to my new tank capacity. I think I got close... https://www.vcalc.com/wiki/volume-of-a-tapered-trough Tom

Where in the Bay Area. I'll be up in Belmont in two weeks and could be interested. tom

I bought a set of Race Ramps to lessen the angle so my car would not hang up when I loaded/unloaded it. They are light and work just fine.

Thank you all for the great advice and help. As I was preparing to drill out the first rivet a friend of mine asked if he could take a look. He obviously understands this stuff better than I, and can get under the dash. In about 20 minutes he had the problem resolved and everything working. It was a "Swiss cheese" issue, with a couple of little issues that added up to the failure of the gauges. I will get to the rivets towards the end of the year, after the LUG event in Salt Lake City. Thanks again. Tom

From that era but the rivets are beneath the lip of the scuttle and not accessible, even with a 90 degree air powered drill. I may have instrument panel PTSD from the time a friend removed the panel from a Cessna 140 with a Sawzall. The tach is receiving 12 volts and is grounded, the other instruments don't work. All of the fuses are good.

Here is a photo of the seam. I don't think the scuttle has been removed since the car was assembled in 1982. Paint is not an issue as there is none. I will try fishing line first and then maybe default to safety wire. There are two bolts in each side that shouldn't be a big deal. Drilling out 14 or even 26 rivets would only get me part way. I seem to have 48 of them on 1" centers. This all began when I replaced the wiper switch. I've obviously disconnected a wire as none of the electric gauges work. I'm too old and inflexible to get under there. Besides it might be time to remove the accumulated stuff that has collected there in the last 40+ years. Thanks for the help. Tom

May I kickstart this discussion. I've run into an electrical issue and may need to remove the scuttle. However, mine appears to have some type of black sealant/goop between the bottom flange of the scuttle on the sides and the aluminum side panel. Any ideas on removing this? Thanks Tom

It is a great day in the park. Weather permitting, temps below the 90's, I be there.

Yes. I plan on loading up our 7 and heading to Salt Lake. Most likely leaving from Pasadena area on September 22. The Golden Gate Lotus Club is a good connection. https://gglotus.org/ Tom

Well said John. One thing that hasn't been mentioned is hiring someone to help with DMV. In my case we had a friend who, as a part of his business, worked with the DMV every day. His business amounted to if you had an issue with DMV he went to the office and resolved it. In my case after completing the SB 100 process with the referee my friend made the DMV process very efficient. He even told them where to find the instructions for how to do their job. He's gone to the big used car lot in the sky, but I would think that if you asked around you might find a guy in your area who does the same thing. Tom