Marek

A knife, once dull, is no longer a useful tool. It becomes just an implement for randomly hurting yourself.

What is the largest Seven? I believe a Rotus is 1124mm x 3660mm x 1665mm (HLW). Basically a SV with an extra foot of length and a smidge at the hips. But parked side-by-side, the differences seem greater. My suspicion is the somewhat squarer body (especially the nose) exaggerates the difference.

Anyone with Stormcap experience? I've toyed with a custom spec'ed Stormcap as a more useful car cover for my Rotus with a speedster windshield.

Rotus might be unique in the use of a rocker arm front suspension and in theory it should be an advantage. But Caterham never went down that road and others on this forum have commented that they are not fans. Any comment @Croc, Slingshot, or Mazda? (or others?)

Well summarized. I too visited the factory, but was too young to serious consider buying one at that time have only a set of original literature. I've been in contact with a former long-term employee who may have fixtures, molds, and documentation and have considered visiting them to make note of what is available. Feel free to encourage me (I have family in the area.).

For those of us for which winters are serious and not a source or drama, mild conditions can be unsettling. Good to hear condition have returned to something more reasonable and familiar.

McMaster-Carr carries coupling nuts in 3/4"-16; though also not cheap. The real answer here is longer rocker arms to reduce the number of exposed threads. I'd like to give the factory the benefit of the doubt by saying the exposed shaft is intended to make the balljoint sacrificial in a shunt, but that seems optimistic for an early 80s application.

A shot of the hood louvers from the factory. I have no reason to believe this was a standard fitment and could be unique to this car. There is an air-air intercooler below the rear most louver section and the car does struggle to stay cool under sustained boost.

The aforementioned balljoint sleeves. They are the handiwork of the previous owner. The pictured balljoints are "Moog Problem Solver"s. I can imagine the Problem Solver or your F150 ball joints are sufficient on their own. Here you see the original ball joints and the problem they suffer. (Note that the nut in the second picture was later correctly wired!)

Welcome back! I don't think I've seen one of these with louvers on the side of the bonnet or that close to the cowling. What is the engine in the car?

Tough to overemphasize @Croc's comment on the implications of aero to driving style. In my time engineering for semi-pro and pro teams, this was probably the toughest hurdle for drivers to develop through. The old driver mantra for aero is, "The faster you go, the faster you CAN go.". That takes a leap of confidence made even more difficult by the fact that grip from aero load is neither constant or even linear to speed. And then getting your head around it for a low aero car does not mean easy success with a high aero car. There were frequent examples of drivers making the move from FF to FF2000 or S2000 (wingless to wings) but then really struggling when moving to high aero cars.

Yes, a NSU Ro80. In the end I contracted with Gartho Logistics to transport the car. Now just waiting for some snow to be moved so the truck can get to the car.

Ditto on that advice. I shipped a car from the northeast to the midwest last fall and started with a Uship quote. Stopping the spam has been whack-a-mole. For that transport I used Gartho Logisitics and would use them again. I'll report back on what we learn this time. As others have commented, the trailer is the easy part and it is the truck which is the hurdle.

1000 miles. Akron, OH area to north of Wichita, KS.

Are there secrets to renting a truck and trailer one way to bring your new found, non-running, car home? Few companies appear to rent trucks for towing and most want to give you a moving truck. We only need to trailer the non-running car. The moving van is an option as is paying a carrier. But my son is trying to keep down the transport cost as a percentage of acquiring the project (which is not a Seven).