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Car is under cover. Will take it off this weekend and send you some photos. email me your email address. My email address is in the ad I think. Nope it is not. May as well post it here. I am not hard to find, I think I am the most well known Lotus nut in the USA. tvacc*at*lotusowners*dot* you know where.

Yes, fine with the Elises. I decided yesterday to sell my 1999 Elise Sport 190. Only has 2k miles on it It's for track only and I'll be 72 this year.....and inability to lift heavy things like my rear trailer door....my track days are over. If you know of anyone interested, let me know.

It was 2013. We did not have a LOG 33 TRACK EXPERIENCE as the Porsche club had rented the track. Some of our attendees did take advantage of the Porsche event.

Still for sale. Located in Buffalo NY. In heated garage. Although as they have started to salt the roads here, not available for test drives until the spring. Not that it matters. I think this is a car you can buy sight unseen without a test drive.

I am selling my 93. Not as powerful as Franks and its been around the block a few times but lots of extras and a great driver. Listed in Caterhams for Sale.

Yes, car is sold. I hope Frank enjoys it as much as my friend. He is probably looking down and smiling if you you believe it that sort of thing!

A deposit has been taken on this Caterham. Sale to be completed by July 1.

Interesting on the "Butt Extractor". The full cage makes is a little more difficult. Not just a straight pull up. Once i get it out of winter storage i will see what I can do. Maybe it will not be necessary to sell. Tony

This car would be more than 70K today with a year or more wait. I find it difficult to understand why this has not sold. It is a great Caterham. Best one I have driven.

Just a bump for this, I still want to sell it. I dont know if I can climb in out of the car with the my abdomen issues (just repaired hernias). The cage makes it very diffucult.

I sort of get immune to small irregular things on the cars I have here. Too many cars. This car does not have windshield squirters. We never put a nozzle ( in front of the windshield) on the car as the fluid canister sits right over the headers and is melted. Easily fixed if needed. The car also has the "starting" security setup disabled. When we built the car, Caterham could not get it to disarm every time we waved the circular sensor under the dash (to disarm to the "no start circuit) So they just told us how to wire it to bypass it. We were running out of time to allow my friend to drive it before the inevitable happened. Car just starts up with turning on the key and pushing the starter button.

I met Graham Nearn at the Sevens at Summit (Raceway) back in I think 2001 or maybe 2002. He loved my wings. Thought it was a good design to fix what I thought was an issue for me. I always felt good that the owner/founder of Caterham liked my design.

Let me answer a few questions here. The "Vaccaro" wings are my design. They went through about 4 design changes. First I made them wider which helped a little on the side wind but did nothing for the total wind. I thenade them longer, but the real trick came when I made them long enough to direct the wind under the rear wheels. That was the answer. I can talk to my passenger at 80 mph, semi-normal voice. People ask me why I did it. On my first drive after I built the car I drove it down the Lake Erie shore road. Wind and sand blasting my ears. That was just not acceptable to me. Friends of mine that also bought Caterhams at the same time told me to use the doors like they did. I told them if I wanted a car with doors, I would have bought a Corvette. Hence the "Vaccaro" wings. Just took much liability to sell them with the car. I don't believe I will be able to get out of this car (with the full cage and side impact bars) without stressing my abdomen muscles to the point where I am going to end up back in the hospital. And like I said, I know I cannot work on cars any longer. I am between a rock and a hard place.

They are Cibie lenses. H4 bulbs. I bought most of my stuff at Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply But that was many many years ago and a quick search showed me there are lots of places to buy stuff now. As I recall I put in 130/100 bulbs. I installed relays on the dash switches with the power (all fused) for the lights coming right from the battery using 12 gauge wire for the power and 10 gauge for the grounds. On my first run in about 20 minutes my lights went out. When I got back home, I had melted the connectors on the back of the bulbs. So I bolted the wires directly to the prongs on the bulbs. Been this way for years with no issues. And yes, I did lots of night driving all over the northeast and central USA. When I hit those lights, the "dark" goes away! As to the post above from MarkIV. I was the chair and President of the club for Lotus Ltd Lotus Owners Gathering 33 at Watkins Glen in 2013. We brought Bob Dance, Team Lotus Chief Mechanic for Jimmy /Clark, Graham Hill, Mario Andretti, Aryton Senna in for the week. When he arrived at my house to drive down to the Glen I had my car all packed up, cooler in passenger footwell, snacks in passenger seat etc etc. They were drving to the Glen in a Jaguar XJ12 provided by one of the LOONYs. When Bob saw my 7, he asked if he could ride with me. I said "SURE!" We moved all my stuff to the Jag and Bob rode with me. One of the highlights of my Lotus Life. Great stories and we could talk easily because of my Vaccaro Wings. Honestly guys, if the car sells, fine. I just cannot get into it, or really get out of it any longer with my abdominal issues. If it does not sell, that's OK as well. It has great Karma. I can also keep it. My Doc says I should be able to get in and out of it once I recover from the surgery of about 10 days ago. Surgery was so painful I am a little nervous about poking the bear again. We shall see. I know I will never be able to pull engines, turn hi-torque wrenches, change tires ever again, Docs have read me the riot act on that! So that is also an issue. I dont know if I want others working on my 7. Tony V

Hi all, Real quick here. I just bought an Elan Sprint. I could use the garage space. The fuel cells are out of the car. To replace the cells is 4K. If someone is interested in the car at 26K with a stock Caterham tank, stock wheels with brand new Avons, contact me. Tony 1993 Caterham, long cockpit, Dedion, Built by me. Jay Ivey ¾ race crossflow Ford. When built dynoed at 149HP. Dry Sumped, Oil thermostat so oil is always at correct temp. Car is “over oil cooled” so that is necessary. Miles? I honestly don’t remember as I write this but I will look. 5 speed. I have a dipstick on top of the gear box so you can easily check the level. Hydraulic clutch. Adapted from a slave cylinder for a VW. It has to pull, not push. Brake light switch is modified so that it comes on when you touch the pedal as the “pressure” switch takes too much pressure to operate and when I first built the car sometimes when I lightly touched the brakes….no brake lights! High brakelight on rear of full cage. Side impact bars. Has yellow nose on it now, green nose included. Rear fenders are held on by plastic bolts so that if you hit something, the rear fenders just tear off and not bend the aluminum. Limited Slip diff. Leda shocks. (Cost over 2K) Corner balanced. Car handles great. I easily out handle much higher HP cars on the twisty roads. When I went to Summit Point for the Sevens at the Summit back in 2002, I easily came up the higher HP cars in the turns, but they would catch me at the end of the straight. Top speed is about 117 MPH with the windshield on. Two fuel cells. (cost over $2500 for both when I got them) Both at about 7 gal. Switch between the two on the dash. They have not been checked in 12 years. While not leaking, the bladders should be pulled and the tanks sent to Harmon Racing Cells for new bladders. Cost is about $1000 per cell. High power headlights and just have to be seen to be believed. I had to directly bolt wire the lights to the prongs because when I installed them (many years ago) it melted the connectors. They are bright! There is wiring already installed for the Super Oscars I had on the car back in the early 2000s. I had a small mounting bumper for the Oscars. Wow! You should have seen the light when I lit all of them up! 6 point harnesses Leather seats Removable steering wheel Luggage rack. Oil pressure warning light that sits right over your head in your line of sight. Prisoner Wheels with tires starting to age out. I have $1200 worth of Bridgestone RE71s (4 rear 205/50/15 and 2 front 195/50/15 on special order) that will go on in the spring. Available if price is right. Full weather gear and tonneau (remember, no doors!) No doors due to the side due to the side impact bars but I do have half doors. Aluminum honeycomb protection around the bottom fuel cell. I have lots of cool things, like active deer whistle (it really works). A power connector for things like GPS and Phones. A Blinder laser warning system. Works fantastic and the best there is. Also set up for Valentine 1. Self cancelling turn signals. ( unusual on a Caterham). Oil temp gauge as well as oil pressure gauge. Dual fuel tanks can be checked by a switch on the dash but the gauges for fuel are not that accurate. I keep track of the miles. You get about 120 to 130 miles per tank. I usually run the top tank dry, switch to the bottom tank and then start looking for gas after about 60 miles running on that. I am sure I am missing stuff but I have done so much to the car over the past 30 years, I have forgot lots. Is this a stock Caterham…well no. But it is one of the most well known Caterhams in the country, (at least it used to be when I drove it everywhere) Modified by a guy that knows what he is doing and made the car for HIMSELF. For the right price, lots of extras, race roll bar, extra fuel cell, I think a regular extra tank, extra parts motor, Maybe two of them, and extra 4 speed or is it a 5 speed tranny (don’t remember and I cannot lift them to check) about 10 oil filters, maybe more. Extra set of the original wheels with brand new tires. (Came on a Caterham from the UK) I am sure I have extra brake pads, and lots of extra misc. stuff. A whole basement full to be honest. I need someone who wants THIS car. If mods bother you, don’t buy this car. This is a car I would have no problem in jumping into this afternoon and drive across the country. I have driven this car all over the northeast and central USA. Only let me down a few times. Once then I hit a set or railroad tracks on the way to a LOONY breakfast in Geneseo and put a hole in the pan, (no longer an issue with the dry sump and the car only lost a quart of oil by the time I got breakfast where someone noticed I was leaving a pool of oil on the ground) and the other time is when the pressure plate imploded, Again on the way back from a LOONY breakfast, also I think from Geneseo. Oh..sure I ran out of gas a few times until I got the second cell, but that is because I drove the darn car everywhere and would get lost One thing that does not go with the car are my Vaccaro wind wings. Too much liability. 35K with none of the extras, Price negotiable, Extras negotiable.. Pictures are old as the car is sitting on my trailer ready to be taken to heated winter storage. I can get new pictures for anyone interested. Car is the same.

It is registered correctly as a "Custom". I have done several of these for myself, my best friend whose car this is, plus a few other LOONYs. All it takes is to follow the rules.

2010 Caterham. S3 long cockpit, cycle fenders, Dedion. Just under 4000 miles. It is BRG (yellow stripe). Has a Ford Duratec that puts out about 240-260HP (that is what we were told by Caterham USA that built the motor). We had the largest throttle body setup they had. You can almost put your fist in the trumpets. Full weather equipment. Luggage rack, Shift Light, Leather seats, Tunnel Bag, Limited Slip, 6 speed Caterham gearbox that has a 6th that is 1:1 so you are always in the power band. 0-60 in 3 seconds or under. Scary fast. This car was ordered (we built it) as a cost no object surprise gift from a son to his father. The LOONYs built this car for one of our club members, my best friend. Gone now, I am sure is having breakfast with Colin, Jimmy and Graham. We have kept it for the family for the past 11 years. New inexpensive tires. ($100 Advanta Touring) I bought these because I knew the car was not going to be used and the tires would probably age out. Now the family has decided to sell the car, and anyways I am sure the buyer will buy whatever tires they want for their intended purpose of the car. The fuel cell has not been inspected in 12 years since we built it, and while it appears fine, cells are meant to be inspected and redone every 5 years. If I were to keep the car, I would pull the bladder, send the tank off to John Harmon at Harmon Racing Cells and have the cell replaced. Cost is approx. $1000 to do so. To prepare the car for sale, I have changed the oil/filter. I have done a brake fluid flush with Castrol LMA. I know of no issues with the car other than some of the dzus fasteners on the nose are broken. You could hop in this car and drive it anywhere. Car is located in Buffalo NY. I am selling the car for the family that owns it. I can answer any question you have. My son and I are the only two that have driven this car in the past 11 years. $50,000,

We are out there. I am in Buffalo. Was in Rochester with my Caterham last Sunday at the Tilted Kilt for a car show. We have a few of us in the area, Send me an email. Join the LOONYs Lotus Owners of NY. Email me at tvacc*at*lotusowners*dot* you know where. (COM if you don't know about http://www.lotusowners.com) Tony V

Hi all, I have a client in Tucson AZ that would like to sit in a Caterham S3 over the Thanksgiving Weekend. Any one down there that can help me/him out? Thanks. Email me at tvacc*at*lotusowners*dot* you know where. Tony V

If you want to hold it in conjunction with our Track day then it of course means that it would have to jive with our date. Our date the past two years has been July 1. We have not guarantee that it will be the same next year as we have requested a 2 day event next year. It really is not up to us. It is up to the Glen. We TAKE what they offer. I don't really care when you want to hold it. My only conflict would be with whenever LOG is that particular year.

I think it is safe to say that LOG in 2017 will not be back in Colorado. In any given year the board of Lotus Ltd is always actively working on the next two LOGs. I am the current President of Lotus Ltd and I am sorry but I am not at liberty to discuss particulars regarding those LOGs but I can tell you an event in Watkins Glen in early July would not appear to me to be in conflict with a potential LOG. Not because there will not be a LOG in that area that year as cannot tell you that, but because we normally do not have LOGs during that time of the year. As far a roll bars in a 7 type car. We do require a competition rated bar with cross bracing and at least 4 points into the chassis. A "street" bar will not cut it. It is not hard to get your 7 ready for the track.

Let me say a few more things. Organizing an event is really tough these days. Most hotels demand a hotel guarantee. Unless one of you is independently wealthy and wants to put up 20K, you need the kind of relationships I have with the people around the Glen. Plus the Glen is an expensive track to rent with a requirement of 5 million in insurance which can cost almost as much as the Glen rental. Tough to do it unless you tag on with another group like ours. The Mercedes-Benz Club of America and Lotus Ltd team up to bring this day to our members. Tony

I would be willing to help organize an event here around Watkins Glen. I have been the chair at 3 LOGs, and involved in many more. If you guys want to arrange this around the date of our yearly High Performance Advanced Driving day at the Glen, then you could offer the group Track Time at the Glen. I have excellent relations with the Radisson Hotel in Corning. I could get us a discount rate. Driving the Glen is a blast. The Fingerlakes region of NYS is just really super great. Be happy to do this for you all. Tony Vaccaro

Sorry, they posted I should use the 1007 Signal Dynamics Penta-Star Turn Signal Control Module. I honestly don't see the difference between the two Penta units so if someone knows, let me know. I am trying to figure this out.

I ordered the Signal Dynamics Self-Canceling Turn Signal Module 01501 But then someone posted on my other post that it would be better to use the Signal Dynamics Pentastar-XP Turn Signal/Brake Light System Module 01017 So I cancelled my order till I posted this. I don't want to figure out all the wiring options. Can I still use the diagram posted earlier in this topic with a small mod like adding the brake wire or will I have to re figure out all the wiring? Tony