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Interesting. Honestly I'm less concerned with what it's worth, and more with if it actually is an Evo. I'm assuming it is until someone tells me otherwise, lol. I find it hilarious that my sudden impulse buy of a car I've wanted since I was a kid just so happened to land me such an uncommon variant without my even knowing!

Sorry to revive a dead thread, but... I've read through this whole post, and that leaves me wondering where my Caterham stands. I just acquired it a few months ago, and it's actually the OTHER Caterham mentioned in OP's post, lol. After my most recent interaction with "The Archivist" at Caterham, I'm under the impression that mine might be an actual Evolution...? I'm just going to link to my blog post as it's already got all the information organized, but if you scroll down just below the brochure thing describing "The Course Behind the Car" you'll find a quite from Caterham themselves about my specific car, as well as a copy of the original purchase order. https://www.racecargobrrr.com/post/my-1993-caterham-super-seven-hpc IS mine an actual Evolution? And if so, when you say, "The really valuable HPCs are the BDR and the Evolution," do you mean significantly more valuable? Or are we talking $1k more to the right buyer? I have ZERO interest in ever selling this thing, but just curious!

Ha! I've actually been pleasantly surprised by the BRZ. Maybe it's the fact that it's garaged when it isn't being driven, or the fact that I try to wash it at least once a week in the winter, but even though it gets absolutely COVERED in salt every winter, it's been surprisingly resilient to rust issues. There is one set of bolts holding one underbody panel on that for some reason are made out of the most rust-prone material known to man, but other than those 10 bolts, you wouldn't really know this is a salt-life car looking under it! Which is wild given the insane amount of salt they use here...

Heh! The girlfriend's daily is a 2016 STi. She isn't getting rid of it, but is hoping to park a Supra next to it next year if all goes to plan. My BRZ was my year-round daily for 8-ish years until I acquired the Ranger a year-or-so ago, including many Chicago winters. She's done everything from autocross, to ice racing up on the frozen Wisconsin lakes. I basically took it out in every major snow storm and had a blast. Dedicated winter tires are borderline magic. Even lowered, and with a front lip, I never once got stuck anywhere. Currently at 121,000 miles. Just got new coilovers (RCE Tarmac2s) and a complete front end suspension refresh (I tend to go overkill when I do that stuff, so she got a brand new steering rack, new control arms, knuckles, hubs, etc...) Was going to do the rear end next until I suddenly bought the Caterham, lol. If you're in any of the Toyobaru Facebook groups, you might know me as either the guy who makes the custom switch panels, or the guy with the train horn in his BRZ

This is the silliest thing, but just figured I'd share anyway. I wanted to make the turn signal switch a little more... presentable... as the switch was old, and poorly spaced so the neck protruded more than it should. I'm also on a quest to eliminate all silver in the car for a full black-and-red theme. However, in the process of simply replacing the switch, I decided I wanted a bit more uniformity as well, and decided to fabricate a "base plate" that somewhat matched the rest of the switchgear. So I measured one of the other switches, and then used my tiny CNC to machine a baseplate out of ABS to the same dimensions. In the front, I included a depression. I then used the CNC to mill a small faceplate out of some black, anodized aluminum that I could snap into that depression. Then it was off to my laser engraver to engrave a turn signal icon into it. Placed it under the switch, and presto! Not only does it more closely match the rest of the switches, but it also serves as a spacer of the correct thickness to eliminate the neck protruding in an ugly manner!

Hello everyone! New here; just introducing myself. I had the opportunity to (with the help of my bank) purchase a 1993 Caterham Super Seven HPC... and jumped at the chance to own my "attainable dream car." I have a blog I started in the hopes of documenting my adventures with this thing, and have a lot more info and photos there (link here and below). It joins my two other cars (an '08 Ford Ranger, and a '15 Subaru BRZ), and I plan on driving the crap out of it every chance I get... when the weather permits, given that I live in the Chicagoland area and it's starting to get rather chilly... Either way, wanted to say hi! I look forward to learning about the platform as I slowly work to fix up a few minor things here-and-there. https://www.racecargobrrr.com/post/my-1993-caterham-super-seven-hpc