JB455

It was great to meet you and see your gorgeous Seven. I was the guy that stopped to speak with you as you were lining up to head out for your laps on Saturday.

As I said last time this car was posted on here- closer to a Nascar Modified than any Seven.

First time that my wife has been in the Seven this year- driving around try to find someplace open on Labor Day to get lunch. I just pulled out onto US-202 and the gas pedal dropped to the floor and engine dropped to idle. Throttle cable snapped off at the set screw where attaches to the pedal. Luckily, I keep a decent tool kit in the car and was able to get us back on the road in about 10-15 minutes. Wife was a good sport about it... and I was glad it didn't break when I was racing the rain home yesterday!

Sorry to have missed you. I did get to meet several other Seven owners over the course of the weekend, including USA7s member Geoff "cobra8214" earlier today.

The ride home from Lime Rock was a little damp today.

Lime Rock Historics today.

I believe that mine is a 2002- it has a pad there with a 17 digit VIN/frame number. The same number is stamped at the base of the roll bar, as well- though it has a state assigned VIN that was used on the title. I agree that detailed pictures would help with establishing a value.

Congrats on your purchase! Such an original and unmolested Seven is a rare find. It has a kind of sedate look to it right now with the steel wheels and hubcaps. I'd throw on a set of the Revolution wheels (or Minilites) and remount the roll bart that came with it. That would give a whole different, more aggressive look. Kind of a Jekyll and Hyde transformation- without losing any of the originality as it could easily be swapped back. On a side note, those vintage pics above with the white line tires really give a Seven a classy, almost luxurious look. I don't know if anyone reproduces those in these small sizes, but it's an interesting look, for sure.

Finally pulled the car out today for the first time since doing the lights. I'm really starting to like them. I think I'll keep them a while. Here's some pics with both of them installed. Light off. They look modern, but not gaudy. Running Lights on. The blinkers are sequential (meh), but they sure are bright! No way anyone could miss them! This picture doesn't do them justice.

@Silber Don't forget to buy LED compatible flashers. I didn't realize that I needed a separate flasher for the hazard lights, so I need to order another. This the one I got- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1VVJLQV?ref=fed_asin_title These are neat in that you can adjust the flasher speed. There a ton of different flashers available- just make sure you get a "CF 14" unit. The CF 13 flashers are visually the same, but the polarity is reversed.

These are the lights that I chose. I chose them because they had separate amber turn signals. These also have back up lights. There are many different brands, styles and functions of lights available in the 6" oval trailer light size that will also work. I'm guessing that since the original lights were also generic trailer lights, the fact that these cut out work so well is not just coincidence. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2QJH6BY?th=1 I used standard grommets- again many different brands that all do the same thing. If I were buying again right now I would get ones that have the fully enclosed back like this, to contain the wiring.https://www.amazon.com/UBLights-MTGR2239-Closed-Grommet-Lights/dp/B0D54RG6XG/ref=pd_sbs_d_sccl_1_1/135-1034964-9018662?pd_rd_w=oWHPs&content-id=amzn1.sym.aa738fbd-ad05-4d11-aae2-04b598db6305&pf_rd_p=aa738fbd-ad05-4d11-aae2-04b598db6305&pf_rd_r=B7S8HY7V4E0WWKK0M8JR&pd_rd_wg=yZWrp&pd_rd_r=1315e7f9-6e79-4e08-92b1-11e82afe0d06&pd_rd_i=B0D54RG6XG&psc=1I used some nylon wire retainers mounted to the built in studs on the lights to keep the wiring from rubbing on the tire.

Finally got the lights installed yesterday. I've included pics of them in each function side by side with the stock lights. The LEDs are significantly brighter in every function. The red running and brake functions are very red to the human eye, but don't show well in pictures. The brake function is significantly brighter than the running function, so they should do their job. The blinker is sequential, a little too "bling" for me, I'd rather just on/off. It is yellow, but not a deep amber. They are VERY bright and will get other driver attention. The installation is very straight forward and is easily reversed. I crimped on blade connectors to the new lights so they plugged directly into the existing leads. I did need to open up the bottom of the openings in the fenders. The grommets fit fine, but the ones I used had small small ridges added at the mounting point, presumably to make the mounting extra secure. That would be fine on a heavy steel trailer mount, but the light weight fiberglass needed to opened up slightly to avoid deforming the opening. I took off approximately 1/8" just from the bottom. You can use dish soap on the rubber to allow the light to seat more easily. Ignore the cluttered garage in the photos! 1st pic is running lights. 2nd pic is brake function. 3rd pic is turn/hazard function.

Didn't get them installed today- yet. The good news- I did try the grommet in the hole. It's perfect! Even covers the screw holes. So these lights will work. I left the silicone (and dirt) on the fender so you can see the size of the original light.

I thought I had bought myself some time by disassembling the offending tail light and reseating the socket components... but last time I went out I noticed that brake light wasn't working again... AND now the parking light is out too. As an aside, I realized that , with a little twisting, I can check the tail light functions from the driver seat. As a temporary (and possibly permanent solution) I bought a set of grommets for the smaller oval lights that I'd bought. It looks like the rubber grommet mount, common on truck and trailer lights, will fit into the existing hole and possibly even cover the stud holes on each end. That set of lights has both stud mounting or grommet mounting capabilities. The grommets are supposed to come tomorrow, so hopefully I can have them working by the weekend. One bonus of going this route is that I don't need to make any more/bigger holes in my rear fenders. We'll see if/how they work and how they look once installed to see if they're temporary.

I ran up to Lime Rock this morning for Sunday Motoring Meet. Was a nice surprise to meet two more Seven owners there. Great to meet Gavin and Dezzy!