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pretty....

the light pods and nose are kinda nice....(nose looks like an old indy car or something) the rest is... uhh.. well.. it just looks so wrong. a bad mix of old and new... with that rear wing sorta like a kiddy cart you see someone pushing around at wal mart thats supposed to look like a car..

yes we are sure we must owe and our renewall due by now?

#6 for our son Geoff!! On here!

very cool these old handmade passions of the mind

Nothing wrong with the old kent x-flow... thats what we have in our birkin! (of course, given the choice.....)

Was just 2" alum tube. wish i could have found some scrap aero-tubing.. oh well still turned out ok. had to order the side bullet ones today though. need to make windshield wiper post covers too. and i might play around with making some fancier wing nuts..hopefully i can start polishing the assembly by the weekend. Time to get black and dirty!

Further progress, and we decided to make our own center mirror. i couldnt find what i wanted, that i could afford so i made it. (gee isnt that what 7's are all about anyways?) it's 2" X 6" we just have to get the mirror glass cut for it now.

I am keeping warm by the heat of TIG welding..

Yup! i needed to weld the tab to hold the mirror and go through the cowl as well for security, yet be easy to access. Actually..i am having a difficult finding a center mirror that i either like..or can afford (pick one). so i am thinking about making one. i dont quiet like those hot rod or british flat ones..not very aerodynamic ((he-he like it matters)) and the carbon fiber center ones are not in the spirit of my budget. i am going back to the old bullet side mirrors so i am thinking maybe sorta making up a center one to sorta match...sorta.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html

We are in the hunt for a new breadtruck...the old one is giving it up.

Wow!! thats an Awesome design study!! very cool, and yeah one of the better concepts i have seen, of the original.

Project continuing... Thanks to Mike R for letting me use his metal roller!! That REALLY helped put the basic curves in the windscreen scuttle/cowl mount. We were able to further tweak it nicely into place using an old tool called the English Knee (lol) . We made this a bit diffrent from the caterham setup. Since we will be taken off and on for extended trips/vs local blats we dont have to fiddle with the wiper arm posts. We made the windscreens fit the cowl/scuttle angle diffrently as well. all in good fun! it's getting there..gotta figure out what to do for mirrors. wish we could find slightly smaller bullet mirrors than the traditional.

Awesome looking 7, we could only imagine it goes as well as it looks!

Has anyone seen the RC "7" car being sold in the UK? i gues it's modeled after a Top Gear episode and comes complete with the Stig. Anyone know how to get one? I also heard (from my son geoff) you cant get them shipped here? any thoughts? http://www.worldcarfans.com/109112723264/stig-approved-caterham-superlight-r500-for-1950/lowphotos#1 this would be GREAT on those frozen brine covered ohio days. the price is great..i'll take 2 if anyone can get them??

Mike, will give you a call.. 10:00 or so thinking mid morning if that would work for you. i got the left side frame welded up last night.

Mike...are you free this saturday 01-02? lets get this cowl piece bent?

Gorgeous 7...

Indeed may everyone have a very & christmas and may 2010 bring lots of miles and smiles

We found..or rather gary Slutz found us some lotus wine this past fall!!

Wooden wheels are great... but yes they splinter!! i was in an accident in an old healey 3000 with a wooden wheel.. YIKES!!! the wooden wheel was REALLY scarry! by some miracle the daggers missed my chest. as beautiful as they are.. i would think twice before having one again. However i have seen plastic fake wood ones...that look pretty dang nice. yeah it's fake but it might not puncture a lung.

Mike.. i have the scuttle-cowl piece cut out and template cut out.. i need to collect on your offer now Yes i saw these brackets at our christmas party (thanks mike) i am going to look into this option as well. good idea really.. a trip to the strip?... sounds like a potential lotus CALL event!! Sure why not?...i have never been on a 1/4 mile drag before, never even as a spectator. do i bring the bleach for those rocks i am running on?

Awesome picture bruce!!! I have never had mine out in snow... i dont think i will be doing that anytime soon either. rain, yes.

ours just snap on to the original door snaps.. i should probably add one more snap on the front though.