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You can't tease a Lola and not post photos!!

I'm 5'7" baby!! First car that actually works for us. I'll put my helmet on today and give it a shot. What helmet are you using?

It needs a cleaning but here are a few.

Thanks all, will be doing some more club oriented track days at ya'lls reccomendations. Took the car home today. Mechanical grip is incredible. I have rain tires on it. I can't imagine the grip on these cars with good tires. Car tracks straight and true, switches all function etc. Have some valve tappet noise a prior owner warned about, so that will be the winter project along with checking suspension, some light corrosion on the upper wishbone near where the anti roll bar bolts in. I'm smitten.

Absolutely, the salary temptations are always there to jump for 30/40k. I'm just leery of the economic situation, last in, first out mentality. I was part of an accelerated leadership program through the company (and had a brief stint overseas)- I am currently trying to angle for a CFO role within the company in one of their British brands. Hopefully can gain some traction and will see where that goes, as it is the same role I am doing now, just with a few extra zeros. Getting that title will be crucial, then it's absolutely time to move. Speaking of auto industry in the Greater NYC area, Aston Martin is moving to Manhattan. I'm not quite sure how that will work, but that puts JLR/Ferrari/Aston/BMW in the Greater NYC. Mercedes went south about 5 years ago? They're offering Mercedes Benz as their company cars and are expecting the majority of their workforce to stay in Michigan (I can't remember if that is what the recruiter said).

Sorry to revive an older / dead thread. I've been in the auto industry (OEM side) for the past 5 years. Corp FP&A/controller. Started out with a degree in history and then did the MBA route. Nothing special other than 1st gen college student. As a car guy, you'd think it's great- and it is, but I'd say it's better to keep your passions separate. Auto industry in the Greater NYC area is well below area average. Sure, the company car discount per month is nice, but there's no equity being built, and fairly stringent rules (no autocross or track time etc). I think what's been hardest for me is marrying corporate life with the auto industry. Theyre two very different beasts, from understanding the sales / dealer relations side to the P&L/BS "classical" business approach. If you're still interested in hopping send me a PM and we can connect - just know that you will be low-balled salary wise to have a discounted car dangled in front of you.

Front wheel bearings for a 95 S3 available?

Came here to comment this. #1 is most relevant to my FP&A brain. Theyre trying to maintain margins given the weaker pound -> I'm sure a good deal of their business is also in Europe. Given their new corporate overlords, maintaining a healthy profit corridor for the first few years is most likely an interest for the holding company. Shipping is fairly cheap, shipping the Cat from Liverpool to NYC for a 10 day voyage was around $1700 RoRo. Containers are still high (around 12k USD), but are coming down.

Ahh, completely forgot about Nasa. I'm too close to the NYC Metro area so I am getting a lot of "track adjacent" clubs coming up (read 911s who do the bear mountain cruise for IG shots and then some NJMP stuff), but I'm really looking for a more chill vibe, to your point. I hadn't really thought about that, but I'd definitely be interested in doing multiple events across the various clubs If there are other Cat 7's in attendance. Looks like there's maybe 8 or 9 of us in the Greater NYC Metro Area. It's good to see that people have been able to get on track for fairly minor modifications, and frankly, the harness updates are a must. Helmet date + Hans date. Arm restraints etc, it's really not too unreasonable If the factory rollbar is sufficient for most of these trackday groups..

This has been my concern. There seems to be track-lite time and then any HPDE/ more "serious" track days have very different requirements. I'd expect to be requiring arm restraints on a Caterham in case there is a rollover etc.

I see why people want that door bar. Looks great when you're coming over wheelie hill!

This is exactly what I am looking for, thank you so much! I'm going to be sending you a barrage of messages from now on. I can compare your notes with crocs above to setup a sorted, "track OK" caterham.

I'll need to look into these other SCCA events, it looks like I can sign up for the track time or auto x without being SCCA as its not seen as "wheel to wheel racing time" Awesome leads and thank yall for your patience!

All I know is what I have found here. https://www-1559a.bookeo.com/bookeo/startroute_41559YHJYA41588D4784EA?ralias=true&axiomframed=false&inwidget=false&a=41559YHJYA41588D4784EA&_ga=2.203064337.1649692825.1665437258-1264964815.1665335542&nowidget=true&s=2087381811&c=02a&t=zHTwl4yrpk0iMjIF%2BOqj%2F471M8eQiABruSelbEevfSQ%3D Their Miata/BYO school is pretty cheap.

Hey Croc, Awesome and detailed list. I'll go through that FB posting. It seems like some of the driving schools I am looking at require SCCA compliance. If I can get away with the caterham cage, I'll do so (and swap for the street, absolutely). Good to know there are other K series guys out here. Regarding registration, I'm already looking into registering it in RI. Worst case I can do a Montana LLC. I can't stand these bright yellow plates of ours. I'm about 15 or so minutes north of Morristown, so holler when you are planning on doing another track day. If I can get the time off from work (and the track prep work sorted- I know NJ is militant about their harnesses), early 2023 isn't unreasonable for some track tag. Many, many years ago, my grandfather had a brief stint running midgets at Thompson in the late 40s. The goal with the SCCA compliance is to be able to take the driving school at Thompson with my dad, so he can run the same track as his father. It seems like we need to get a tri-state caterham meet up. I have some decent roads out by me that are glassy smooth motorcycle roads.

BMW should have a part number available via their Employee Tool Kit 4.0. Service desk at a dealership should be able to help you. Depending on year, you may need to go to BMW Classic. I know BMW classic is moving headquarters and may be slow to respond. If BMW does have the diff internals, they would come out of Dingolfing. Figure 2/3 weeks or so.

Hi All, New guy to the 7 world (but not British cars. I have a 69 Federal Spec Cortina GT as an ongoing project.) I've been drawn to the Cat/Lotus 7 because of the driving experience. The closest I've had was sitting in one a few years back at an Event in CT. I'm a bit of a track rat when funds allow, I've been running in Lemons for the past 7 years, primarily at NJMP/Thompson. In addition to this, I ride a vintage Honda CB750, and have done a few track days on BMW S1000RRs. I'd say I'm slightly below average on speed (I work in FP&A. By nature I'm fairly risk averse, but I am excited to start on this learning process with the Caterham.) Ideally I see the car I just picked up as being more track oriented. I'd like to make it as SCCA compliant as possible (if not fully), but still welcome on the street. I am going to do some digging on the forum, but I'd be curious If there is a resident track guy here who I can connect with for guidance. (Maybe Croc? I've been following your for sale posts for about 2 years now.) Now let's look at the car: https://www.lucassportscars.co.uk/cars/caterham/seven/s3roadsport1.8dvak-series/728216/ It's currently at the port in Liverpool (It was originally scheduled to come out of Dagenham, the same port as the cortina roughly 50 years before.) I am using a friend who has imported a few odd cars from Europe (the 037/Stratos running around the NYC area), so I am fairly relaxed with the travel time & in good hands as far as having the paperwork done correctly. The 1.8 in the car was built by DVA tuning, with new pistons / rods / balancing / paperwork etc. The original 1.4 was a bit slow with the 5 speed, so one of the previous owners had the 1.8 built. It dynoed around 150, and from the builder estimation, ITB's + ECU will put it around 180. I'm looking to just go through it when it is here and get it prepped for the 2023 season. Any advice on these rover K Series engines / USA based engine experts would be awesome. I can't tell if LR or BMW has the spares for the engine. Car has had clean history and I have nearly full paperwork going back to 1995, including original order / build sheets from Caterham. I've been able to connect with a few previous owners as well. With the fall of the GBP, and shipping costs coming down, I was able to grab this for a price I could just not get stateside. The RHD might be a nuisance, but the purpose of this car is not to be convenient, so I am not too bothered. Any thoughts / items I should look out for would be certainly welcome. I know the foam baffle was removed as that is a problem point on the sump for these engines. Also big thanks to Des, who has been putting up with my constant Instagram messages. -Charlie