IamScotticus

Is it not just a simple matter of replacing the bearings and races?

Heck, they have wing piping!

If you can make that, You can skin an entire 7.

Another https://mogparts.net/ Also keep in mind Morgan ran the Xflow a long time.

Related to wiper blades, I have read, and and it's true for me now, the arms can become stuck to the Sspindles through a galvanic corrosion. I am now needing advice on how to remove these. Drill the tops and soak? I don't mind a destructive measure, as they are probably done anyways. It's the fact they are hanging on thin sheet metal that prevents me from prying them off from the under side. So, Vin, and everyone, when you get yours on, you are advised.

In Low Flying June Ed, an article by Gavin Hobbs is stating that uprated wiper blades used on Morgan's will press onto the same arms Cat uses. Got them from Krazy Horse. 10mm x 220mm. Longer blades are available. https://krazyhorse.co.uk/pages/parts-and-accessories I couldn't find a link to the blades on thier site, but they support Caterham as well. They should be able to get you sorted.

I don't see where else the side marker/turn signals will go.

For 7 purposes, most HB levers were bent at an angle. This was a modification, no OEM part is bent like this. I wouldn't decide on looks alone, see if it can bolt up to the bung in the frame. It might be there because it could be made to work.

@rider Will you build the car or have it assembled?

there are brake line locks that can act as a parking brake The covered aluminum is a product called Lamiplate. I looked at the current equivalent offerings and they are not produced in small pieces. I think an adhesive backed vinyl is the way now.

Nope

I sure wish my extension were that length

If I can fit it, l want to add a radiant pannel to the front of the pedal box, with an air gap in between to act as a radiant heat barrier. I have other bright ideas like paneling the bottom of the tunnel and having fan fins attached to the driveshaft to move air forward. Bright ideas I haven't flushed out yet. This might introduce a lot of dirt and dust. Perhaps just boxing and blanking off the tunnel is better.

Who's the OP? IMO , SLNGSHT is too close to Slingshot which is its own similar creature, but not a 7. It's perfect for a Slingshot.

when I'm ready to drive again, I will just keep a "shower cap"

I'm not any thermal engineer, although I do have a thermal imager, I suspect that the felt heat is not so much from hot air flow (which much of it is) but from radiated heat. airflow and radiation shielding is required. Even with that, I have found it necessary to wear protective clothing, particularly where the knee and thigh enevitably rest against the tunnel. in the end, this is a race car; creature comfort was not a consideration. Some things to consider are that the early 7s and perhaps the majority of 7s made by Lotus and early Caterham were RHD with left side exhaust. Considering the average climate of northern European and UK markets, with lower atmosphere and road surface temperatures, cockpit heat may not have been a major complaint. The majority of sufferers seem to be the drivers with the exhaust on the drivers side. In that the 420 is a RH exhaust and you are most likely considering a LHD 420, you may not have too much of a heat battle with the headers being opposite side of the feets. It is not uncommon for drivers to need to wear the slimmest shoes they can find and racing shoes made with Nomex or fire resistant materials is an option. Perhaps they should be a requirement. The seven you get will have its own particular set of niggles to work out. Thats part of the fun of having one. You get to work out solutions to problems quite frequently. I appreciate the advance effort of research here. The 7 is going to be what it is. Like a motorcycle, you sit on top of a machine that was barely designed to accommodate human beings, and you eventually learn to stop burning your legs, or you get used to it 😉. I don't want to derail this thread, but my burning question is, why are you set on a 420? That new car smell is nice, but there are 50 years of Caterhams to choose from. You can get your training wheels for half the price.

There is the old story that to reduce cost and weight, Chapman had frame tubes removed until collapse, then put the one back to hold. Trial and error design back in those days. He would say he wanted pounds ouf of that car. Pounds weight and pounds sterling.

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I did same recently, pulled a hood out of a box. I found it had shrunken. Might want to try fitting your hood to see if will go on at all. Now considering buying a new set. But I avoid getting 7 wet if at all possible. A weather kit is low priority for me, opting for long sleeeves.

Its a mystery 🤔

There was a discussion recently about a reproduction source for those tail lamps

U joint lubrication access cover? Im holding out hope there is a purpose..

Ian, can we gave a close up of that medallion on the tunnel?

Get the pannels from Arch. Do the rest here. Another S2 repanneling said his rivet holes matched! Arch may not be able to make Lotus length bonnets, I would call about that. Cats run an inch shorter.

A snippet fron the aforementioned article: "Consumers should be aware that what this company is doing is importing a Solex designed carburetor from South America – branding it a Weber – and calling it a “Genuine” Weber. They reason that if Magneti Marelli owns the Solex factory then it can legally be called a “genuine” Weber...Now this company has taken it a step further (as of the Summer of 2011) and is now supplying the 32/36 DGV series and the 38 DGS series carburetors and branding them as Weber's just as they did with the Solex Carb's from South America." "That company", a prior N American distributor, is no longer importing these, I understand. The article, the best I've found so far, doesn't mention parts interchangeably or performance. The issue is branding. I don't have any reason to doubt that my carb will work as a carb should, but if I need tubes and jets, will Weber parts interchange? Or is my carb bespoke? Of course the answer is put it on and find out. I'm several months away from that.