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I could very much do the second series of dates July 23/24. The first set of dates might be a problem as I have a 10am conference speech on the 15th in Calgary. Sadly I no longer have a private jet so would need to slum it on a commercial air service to Portland then drive over. I would also need to borrow a car off you Bruce as Caterhams do not work as hand luggage. Maybe a certain green one with carbon wings is available?

Caterham https://bringatrailer.com/listing/caterham-310s/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Model_Update

Calling our erstwhile K series "experts" to this thread. @yellowss7 @slowdude

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For cars under restoration where you are adding value you do need to disclose that 1) the car is not in your normal garage, 2) it is being worked on to restore and 3) How much you are putting into it for increments. For value increases, I have found Hagerty do require proof in the form of comparables. I did docmentary analysis of the market on two of my cars and shared that with them - they agreed there was good reason to increase value and we agreed on a number. Its a bit of work but I think it is a fair way to approach things.

Joke? No I am a devilishly handsome gentleman for which ladies fall over themselves......laughing......at my attempts to be suave and debonair. Almost. I accidentally forget on purpose to post the really good deals as I buy them myself!

No need to complicate thinking on data. Good free to access reference points are here: https://bringatrailer.com/caterham/seven/ or https://bringatrailer.com/lotus/seven-caterham-seven/ There are enough sales at bringatrailer to make a statistical sample and extrapolate predictions from.

Hard to say. If its stated value then look at the policy. It usually is depreciated. So if you bought it for $X say 5 years ago then they will depreciate it over say Y years. If it is a regular car then 4-5 years on its usually at 40-50% of original cost. Varies by car make/model. I assume State Farm would use Kelly Blue Book or similar for depreciated values. Now you are not in that data with a Caterham. So comparables may come into play if they decide its close to another make.model (in their minds). Either way, have a claim and you have set yourself up for an extended food fight over the claim value. Sometimes the only way to resolve these disputes is litigation. So thats why you pay more for agreed value - it is insurance to avoid litigation on claim amount after a claim.

What makes Hagerty less coverage than State Farm?

I mean it’s not as if a car with a reputation for high speed understeer from a light front end, heavily encouraged from lots of rear downforce, will need a front wing…. 😛 i am glad you have good fabrication skills! Looking forward to instalment number 2!

Week Beginning January 11, 2026 Let's restart for 2026. Some statistics on this thread - 1,581,176 Million views and close to 4043 individual posts and the thread with the most number of individual contributors. Clearly you all love shopping and mentally spending money or other guy's money! For my New Year's resolution, I promise I will not buy another se7en from this thread, something I failed miserably at in 2025. However, no one else is likely to make that resolution - so buy away! USA7s Classified Ads of Cars for Sale USA7s classified pages - USA7s club members have the benefit of selling their cars by listing them for free on USA7s forum. https://usa7s.net/ips/forum/26-cars-for-sale/ New Ads This Week Westfield Megabusa Project https://www.facebook.com/share/1D8UbMmyVx/ Caterham https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/2026-caterham-seven-miami-fl-2916813 and here https://www.facebook.com/share/1FfJXWdZzG/ Lotus 7 S3 https://skagit.craigslist.org/cto/d/oak-harbor-1969-lotus-super/7905956016.html Caterham SP/300 https://www.facebook.com/share/17pLjf3DCR/ Lotus 7/Something Else? https://www.facebook.com/share/1AJHhGda1m/ Westfield https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ah9g8pLxx/ Caterham https://www.facebook.com/share/17iTReSio6/ Repeat Ads from Prior Weeks Caterham https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/2023-caterham-super-7-sonoma-ca-2891993 Caterham https://www.hemmings.com/listing/2025-caterham-super-7-399750 Caterham https://www.hemmings.com/listing/1999-caterham-all-models-526915 Birkin https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1994-birkin-lake-mary-fl-2864819 Caterham https://ebay.us/m/mz4gnG and here https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1998-caterham-super-seven-fort-lauderdale-fl-2914012 Lotus 7 / Early Caterham https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1964-lotus-dania-beach-fl-2905845 and here https://www.facebook.com/share/1SBToExiCQ/ Lotus 7 https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1973-lotus-los-angeles-ca-2900891 and here https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ctd/d/los-angeles-1964-lotus-stock-a2102/7904038532.html Lotus 7 S2 https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1963-lotus-super-seven-cochranville-pa-2891143 Lotus 7 S4 https://www.facebook.com/share/1C3f6PTEzG/ Caterham https://www.facebook.com/share/17gURBNSoY/ Caterham https://www.facebook.com/share/16hW1onnj9/ Locost Project https://www.facebook.com/share/17VrosU6ex/ Locost Project https://www.facebook.com/share/18HPPdBLNi/ Locost https://www.facebook.com/share/1ZEzEmnDE7/ Locost Project https://www.facebook.com/share/1C5McrtEU3/ Dutton Project(?) https://www.facebook.com/share/1KJ6NkNKk6/ Locost Project https://www.facebook.com/share/1CL3GZbhQM/ Diva https://www.facebook.com/share/17qLWHNm6Y/ Mitsuoka Zero https://www.facebook.com/share/1DtEpy6TEL/ Locost Project https://www.facebook.com/share/1DQ1a31M9Y/ Canada Ads Caterham https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1977-lotus-seven-montreal-quebec-2916639 Locost Project https://www.facebook.com/share/1MWPh1KxiG/ Locost Project https://www.facebook.com/share/1C7ehCj3pn/ Ariel Atom https://www.facebook.com/share/1Khg19dsAV/ Lotus 7 S3 https://www.facebook.com/share/1GAQjWRryX/

Excellent, you both enjoy good quality wine while fabricating - well done! Good to see I am not the only civilized person at USA7s! @JohnCh I want a wine cheers emoticon/smiley thingy!

Clearly you have never seen a USA7s HPDE at NJMP? Only two times.... I laughed at the Nine Lives Racing! Lovely work to fabricate the wing though! Is it allowed to be wider than the rear track? Maybe thats just a race rule I remember? How much did you go up in spring weight to make the aero work?

Yes - belts, helmet, and Hans (or similar). Anything with a date label they will look at - so be careful with your arm restraints (I have Simon's red fluffy pair spare if you need them). You are probably safe with your AARP card though. Since it is so many years since you were last bothered to visit us, a Hans or Hybrid is mandatory. Edited to add - DOT tires have a max 5 year life. They check date codes. If you bring slicks then they do not have any date codes....

Yeah yeah, you say that every year then crickets. @yellowss7 Betting odds of Seb actually turning up?

Both the Skip Barber and Everyday Driver Spa packages are operated through RSR Racing. Given most people on USA7s are reluctant (or poverty stricken) to spend that big then you can do an arrive and drive by just renting directly through RSR Spa and RAR Nurburg to drive on track and driving between the locations in your rental car picked up on arrival at an airport. You save by organizing your own travel. However, if you want to do a bucket list Europe trip then you can do it 'cheaper' again by avoiding RSR and doing it in a se7en. TFL Racing take their rental 420 race car to Europe tracks as part of the bigger group. Ask @bball7754 about his experience doing it at Spa in a TFL Racing rental Caterham. Bruce Beachman also rented the same car for Spa and then the following year at Portimao and Estoril. Its well prepared and supported the entire event. Whichever way you do it make sure you get the insurance. The write up here describes your average tourist group renting from RSR. The RSR Iberia trip this year is April 25 through 28. One day at Sevilla and two days at Portimao. I am very much trying to clear my work schedule to go. Portimao is a better track than Spa - more challenging. I'm also looking very closely at October 9 through 12 inclusive. Two track days operated by RSR and Goldtrack (4 days total) at Spa-Francorchamps. I'd pick three days and enjoy. There are other RSR Spa double header events throughout the year. TFL Racing send the truck to Spa a few times a year - just time your trip to fit in with the group. Makes it cheaper by sharing the car truck transport and its social in the evenings as the group get together for dinner at the town of Spa, 20 minutes drive away.

You know, I read the headline of this and naturally thought @Vovchandr was driving it. Apparently not.

Already asked the question. The production run is limited so not enough for Ford and Caterham. The per unit engine cost is roughly double a 620R Duratec unit set up (incl. the roots supercharger). Obviously this comparison is flawed as it does not cost in changeover in ancillaries and installation elements needed if you were to productionize the engine in situ in a Caterham - so cost differential would be higher in reality. The 2L Duratec with supercharger is slightly heavier but it can reliably produce 350hp at 8000rpm in a track setting (when using the Partridge Green Motorsport modification package that unlocks the Caterham ECU and fixes the TPS and other design issues unaddressed by Caterham). Photo of that engine package. Different engine design for a start - no common parts to exchange. The Millington engine had its early origins in the Ford YB Cosworth - block recast in aluminum, head changes (new valve angles), and so on. A lot of work - the current Millington engine is a LONG way from being a YB Cosworth engine. The Millington engine is designed for competition so it has a refresh life that is shorter than what is accepted for road going production cars. I thought long and hard about using one in a Caterham and visited Millington twice. Its a tall engine - using one in a Caterham SV was always going to be a challenge. Weight is about the same as an equivalent Duratec package. Refreshes would have needed to send the engine back to the UK - something that is fraught given EPA restrictions on engine imports for cars.

Yes your experience is exactly what I would expect and what I have heard from other owners of Tracsport T9 equipped boxes. If you are worried about internal corrosion from sitting then I think the risk is overrated as they would have been covered in grease then in an oil-rich environment. Its hard for rust to develop that way. I am assuming it was stored "wet", now if the box were stored "dry" then maybe you need to consider a gearbox oil change.

@KnifeySpoony I never understood your issues with rear bias causing rear pad wear. It had never been my experience after decades with Caterhams on track. I have always followed the accepted wisdom described by @SK400 of you run differential pads front and rear. A correctly working Caterham brake system should give you years (or decades in my case) on pads both front and rear. But I did believe you were seeing a real problem on your car and now you are not alone. Recently a 2021 Caterham landed in my garage needing attention. The former owner would use rear pads up in 6 days at Mid-Ohio - very similar complaint to you. His solution was a Wilwood brake bias valve installed off the Caterham race master cylinder - adjustment knob under the dash. Front brakes are the upgraded 4 pots and rears are standard Sierra. It does work in this set up albeit lacking feel but running two proportioning valves just feels really wrong - the Caterham race MC does have a screw adjustable proportioning valve - at least the one in the photo does So I am now going through the logical decision tree for what might be going on. 1) Crimp from manufacturing or build in front brake lines - Visual inspection reveals nothing but I plan to blow out and pressure test the brake lines to check. Quite possible as I have seen damaged brake lines new from factory before 2) Handbrake is dragging with rear brake on even though lever shows disengaged - no not here 3) Brakes lines plumbed into MC incorrectly i.e. swapped - no not here. 4) Calipers blocked brake fluid galley or piston actuation faulty - no it tests out fine on all 4 wheels 5) Race master cylinder assembled backwards - This is my betting winner - waiting on a new one from Josh to swap in and check.