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Hi Seb - Thats good you are bringing the AuPair - Tom needs supervision! I think that is great your better half wants to try the car out. I suggest that she does not sign up now as a driver but we ask if she can try the car out in the first green session (follow the leader) when things are slowest. If she wants to do more green sessions then you can officially sign up and pay the fee. I am not sure they will like that approach but it is worth a try. Worst case is that they want the full fee before doing 1 session but they will accept sign up on the day for green group. I definitely would make sure that you have signed your wife up as a visitor and paid the fee.

Not me - I am on track in France that week.

Congratulations! She looks well looked after and in top condition. That is my all time favorite seven color. Are you going to be auto crossing or tracking it?

Sadly Shane did not make the event thanks to this little incident a month earlier: http://www.usa7s.net/vb/showthread.php?10354-XCarGuy I have talked with him and he will be fine - a little family love, a nice nurse, a couple of beers and a bit of humor is all he needs! I agree with you though on Barber circuit - The Indy race was a cracker and what a top looking circuit! One day I will get there....next year since France and Spain are in the works this year.

I would not mind eating some shrimp off Barbi. Do you think she would mind?

But Paul....you miss the obvious workaround. The brilliance with using the SUVs is that their entire circuit is a track. I can just dash around the outside of you onto the grass and slither four wheel drifting around and off into the distance all while you are still doing the Walmart RV parking demonstration exercise to block the track! And then I am gone....bye bye! You have to admit that my idea works - I have plenty of experience on grass! :driving::jester:

But Stevie.....we all know that GMC stands for "Genetically Modified Chevy". Genetically modified means it was emasculated in its brief run down the production line before being foisted on some undiscerning consumer in PA. Honestly a minivan would have been a better sop to your masculinity! Have you considered getting a Kia or Smart Car? :jester: now if you painted it Scooby Doo Mystery Van colors then that might just save it? :hurray:

I took my beemer SUV on track in the middle of a monsoon when I decided the poor old Mustang had had enough spinning for a day. It was initially alarming and then ultimately entertaining once I modified my driving style to stop it producing bulk understeer and drive it more rally style by flicking it at corners and flooring it in AWD. I will say though it was very sudden at breaking loose on the limit!:ack: Still, I kept ahead of the chief instructor in his subaru STI for quite a few laps! 3.5L + supercharging and no sense of self preservation helped I guess? I think Mike's VW Tughead is about the best competition I have for a track race with our SUVs? The rest I have seen would be wallowing around corners far in our wake with their drivers redecorating their dashboards with sick from the roly poly motion? Tom's F150 plasti-chrome monster? Shane's backbreaker lardy pickup? Stevie's Chevy Mediocrity, Dave's custom van? Jeff's Datsun Armada? Someone else was driving a Vulva SUV. No chance guys...bring it on! :cooldude:

Professional woman? Power of the clams? I prefer wings thanks! :seeya:

Not enough drinks to keep up with you John! :jester: oh and Tom....how come the babes all wanted to get in MY seven at Gettysburg?

Ok - I was misreading your original statement and heading off in a different direction to what you were thinking. I needed expanded logic to get my brain into gear. However, I don't think you are advocating taking a substantial sprung weight (and aero) penalty in a seven by installing clams in exchange for a slight weight advantage on an unsprung basis? Its like saving a penny in exchange for paying a dollar.

Eh? Every clamshell I have seen attaches to the chassis/body which attaches to the suspension which is attached to springs before attaching to wheels. Did you mean cycle wings? Have you had another big night on the town drinking ....again? :toetap05:

Some Hemmings ads A Stalker in AZ for $28k http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/lotus/7/1726421.html A 1970 Seven replica in CA for $16900 http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/lotus/super_seven/1722760.html Anyone want to bargain with Wayne Carini? The worlds longest running 7 ad I think. If he waits a few more generations his asking price will meet the market! http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/lotus/super_seven/1571604.html

And one last one for people. Currently bid $2600. May be hard on the feet but light on the wallet for gas. Grip and handling in corners could be interesting... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replica-Kit-Makes-Unknown-/291438911873?forcerrptr=true&hash=item43db1ce181&item=291438911873

Does Texas have boom gates on its toll plazas? If not then stick it on the windscreen and be done with it. It it fails then rely on them taking a photo of your license plate and matching it in the database. I just hold my ezpass tag and wave it in the air when I reach the gates. It does not work even half the time on my daily driver SUV.

Time for an update here. Some good cars out there right now for sale on this forum: $25k for a Fisher Fury $42k for Paul's CSR $17k for an interesting Westy $43k for a Superlight R What else is out there? Well if you cannot afford a car then how about the seat? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Super-Seven-Racing-Seat-Lotus-Super-7-and-Caterham-/251923403625?hash=item3aa7ce1369&vxp=mtr Then... dribble dribble...a 1959 Lotus Seven Series 1 vintage racer. She looks lovely at $32900 buy it now - bidding currently at $18600. Seems a very good price for what it is but does the chassis check out? http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTM4MFgxNjAw/z/ynEAAOSwEeFVN~Dx/$_57.JPG http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Other-race-prepared-/161681781780?forcerrptr=true&hash=item25a4fc3414&item=161681781780 The Arch chassis replica series 3 lotus seven is back again on Ebay. Buy it now at $28600 or bidding at $10400. Seller has come down in BIN in this listing - was looking in low 30s previously. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Super-Seven-/281669448248?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4194ceb238&item=281669448248 A Locost with a rotary engine is a little different. Looks like a quality build. Current bid $5100 with reserve not met. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Super-Seven-NONE-/201335933528?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2ee08e8a58&item=201335933528 Westfield Megabusa is back from IL. $25k buy it now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replica-Kit-Makes-Westfield-Megabusa-Race-Trim-/331537499658?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4d312cc60a&item=331537499658 1995 Westfield in BRG and tan upholstery at $31995 http://classiccars.com/listings/view/631866/1965-lotus-super-seven-for-sale-in-washington-missouri-63090 None of these appeal? How about building your own? Blueprints for a seven ($240), a 23 ($300) or an 11 ($300) here: http://moseslake.craigslist.org/cto/4964496144.html Yellow miata powered Birkin in Hawaii for $17k http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/cto/4963002195.html 1964 Lotus Seven Series 2 in CA - immaculate race car, freshly restored. Asking $49500 over at San Francisco Sports Cars http://race-cars.com/carsales/lotus/1421036694/1421036694ss.htm SFSC also has this Caterham - 2000 Zetec with 5 speed in BRG at $32995 http://sanfranciscosportscars.com/2000-caterham-super-7/ Bruton advertising the Stalker XL here http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/4970879603.html And another Stalker lurking here for $27000. Nice burgundy paint, well developed cage and a shelf for your beer at the end of the day! http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/4971083174.html

Using the link I posted earlier... SDK = Caterham as manufacturer L = LHD L = Long cockpit K = Kit built R = Generally race chassis but sometimes also referred to road chassis depending on year GS = 100bhp 1600 crossflow S = chassis year 95 0347700 = chassis number. Did you drop a digit as it should be 8 digits if it was a 90s era chassis? Thats its for your chassis. No package reference as it is a pre-2010 chassis.

I prefer this chassis number guide since it gives you the possible alternatives. I think you have pulled in the first digit of the chassis VIN (digits 11 to 17) as Package 2 is a Series 3 kit. http://www.lotus7.club/guides/frequently-asked-questions/chassis-numbers-what-do-they-mean#h10

LOL - How do I tactfully respond about choice of deodorant? :jester:

Hi Paul Congratulations on the twins! You will feel better once the news has sunk in some more....I hope! You may want to edit your original ad as it says "no longer for sale" at the very top. Somehow this is inconsistent with the price chop so I assume you are really selling the car as you need to fund the cost of having 2 more screaming kids on the way! :ack: This is a real eye opening deal at $42k. Never seen a CSR that cheap before. Pity I am not in the market. Good luck with the sale Cheers mike

Even I have made reservations at the Fairfield. While I now have a functioning garage I am pretty sure I will not be able to stay overnight there! Roman - I now have overnight storage for your car within a short walking distance of the pit suites at Thunderbolt.

Its more embarrassing when you remember after you have sat down in the passenger seat...

:rofl:

I know of one BDR seven over towards Michigan. I assume it came in as a kit and was built that way but I am not really sure. There is also a BDA Caterham that I last heard was in upstate NY but again not sure of its history. Also there is Sabbot's 80's era Caterham that started off as a crossflow but then one night he stole the BDA out of his Wife's Lotus Elan and gave her the crossflow. Then after deciding it did not have enough hp he upgraded it to a more "fruity" spec (I think it was BDD?). Amazingly they are still married!

Randy - that is one road trip! Thumbs up for taking that one on. I will be looking forward to the photo blog on that. :cooldude: