kayentaskier

Ordering a windscreen is easy, swapping between windscreen and aero is also easy. However, adding windscreen wiper assembly in your garage ... not so much.

Install battery master switch: https://caterhamparts.co.uk/battery-cut-off-kits/1341-battery-master-switch.html?search_query=electrical+cutoff&results=7

Ditto all of the above comments. I don't want to speak for Josh, so you should privately verify, but I'm pretty sure Josh performed a complete post build inspection on this car when the R&T team finished assembling it. If Josh did that, then you should feel pretty confident it wwas assembled correctly. In regard to getting most of your money back in the future, I agree with others that it's impossible to predict 10 years out. However, I recently sold my 2020 420R SV, with about 7,000 miles on it for effectively what I paid for it. Of course, I did some upgrades during the time, but still I was happy with the sales price. In the time I had the car, I had two failures, one which required towing. The first was related to the accelerator cable, it did not fail like on older 7s, but instead slipped off it's mounting. It took me 20 minutes on the side of the road to get it running. I was in the middle of no where, texted Josh, he responded right away, had me take a couple of pics and he told me how to fix it. During the next service, Josh revised the mounting method, which is probably now included in all the cars he builds. The second failure was was caused by a Caterham employee failing to tighten one of the alternator bolts to the proper spec, the alternator slipped off the block while I was driving. That bolt was not one you would normally check while building the car. My guess is Josh now checks it every time he builds a car. My kit was one of the last ones leaving Dartford before the factory was shutdown due to Covid, so likely employees were somewhat distracted. Other than those two issues the car was very reliable.

I own several of these shirts and just bought a new “add lightness” shirt. It’s funny because when I wear that shirt when I’m on Kaua’i, I get lots of acknowledgment from non car people. They don’t really see the 7 shape, they tune into the “simplify and add lightness” as a lifestyle choice. The first time it happened I was surprised, in the end I decided I really appreciated both interpretations. I’m moving back to Kaua’i soon and bought the new shirt in honor of the dual interpretation

You can buy them from Caterham. They are made for Caterham by Oxted Trimming. Oxted has a direct retail business called Thundersport. I bought the doors through Thundersport. I use the doors almost the time. I live in So UT, where it’s very warm. The Cerakote coating on the exhaust system cools the cockpit enough to make that possible.

Josh Robbins is selling my very well sorted 2020 SV 420R. It's at his shop in Golden after receiving it's Winter service. You can see the ad on his site: https://rockymountaincaterham.com/inventory/ Please direct questions, via email or text, to Josh.

Wayne, I agree with MV8, the first step is to figure out if the problem below, from your build thread, happens if you're sitting in the tub with no seat: " ... I lift my left leg to put my foot on the clutch, my left leg, just above the knee hits the frame tube under the bottom edge of the dash. This restricts me from getting my foot on top of the clutch pedal." If this problem still happens with no seat, them lowering the floor may help.

The current age is interesting but should be weighed against year the car was purchased, some of us are into 3 decades of ownership

Scotticus, It sounds like the main reason to move the battery is the size. Battery technology now permits much smaller batteries and lighter batteries, are you sure you can't solve the problem without moving it. I went from a 16 lb battery to a 15 oz battery; this is less powerful battery than most people would want but there are so many small choices

BAT shows it sold for $27,000 on 10/29/23. What happened?

Jimmy, I found the standard tunnel cover, with the raised, rear portion interfered with my right arm when shifting. I worked with Josh to design a completely flat tunnel cover. Josh built the prototype and covered it roughly for testing. Once I was satisfied that this flatter version worked better for me, I took the cover and had it covered, locally, to (nearly) match the paint. Given this is my 3rd Caterham, and the first time I’ve encountered this issue, I’m left with the conclusion that the difference is the lowered floors. I’m 6’3”, so was surprised how much difference the lower floor made. With that said, I also use a foam in place seat more than half the time, so my seating position is even lower than the standard leather seats. There are other projects that Josh and I have worked together with to customize my car (the mirror and the 1.0 pound battery are two other examples). Since I’m a “driver not a fixer”, I count on Josh to execute these changes during his annual service of my car. Jim

Jimmy, Actually I had Josh's mirror extension made by a buddy; I had him make a second one as a gift to Josh. The length was made specifically for what worked best for me. I'm 6'3' and my SV has lowered floors. I look over the X in the roll bar and do not have a blind spot when looking for passenger side front tire

Wow! Looks great

Here's my badge, no idea what happened to the car

It's in the garage someplace, it was either 47 or 49.