craig chima

SOLD

Aluma model 64133 trailer for sale. 12' long x 6.5' wide extruded aluminum bed. 3000# GVWR and in perfect condition. Has many extras including wind deflector, aluminum wheels, 2 year old tires with less than 1000 miles, E Track installed with 4 E track tie downs and 2 E track wheel chocks included. Has aluminum ramps, a spare tire, plus an extra hub and bearings (thankfully never needed but purchased new with trailer). Weighs 515 pounds so super easy to tow behind most any vehicle plus with the tongue wheel it's easily moved around your drive or shop with 1 person. I have typically used this trailer only 2 or 3 times per year and have hauled everything from Lotus 7's, Lotus Elise and other small British sports cars. Always stored inside and located in Akron, OH. $3500 OBO. (330) 807-0738. call/text. Craig

Sale Pending. Thanks to those who inquired!

Pair of Wingard rear taillights for Lotus 7. Near perfect condition and includes the rubber bases and even have an extra lens. $300 including shipping from Akron, OH (sorry, I couldn't get pix to load but feel free to call/text 330 807 0738 and I'll be happy to send you some pix. Craig

Quick shift assembly now sold

Have a couple of items that may be of interest to folks with A-series powered Lotus 7's. These are both for Sprite gearboxes and one is an extended shifter housing that moves the shifter location rearward by about another 4" and gets the shifter out from under the dash into a much more user-friendly location. It is a direct bolt on piece. $300 and it even comes with an original wood Lotus shift knob! The other is a "quick shift kit" for Sprite gearbox. It changes the fulcrum/pivot point and shortens the long, stock shift throw to about half. Again a direct bolt on piece. $100. Pix attached

Nelson Ledges has what they call Wonderful Wednesdays. Usually a couple of each month. Run all day long for $250

Prints are sold.

Set of four drawings/prints of a complete original Lotus 7 S2 frame including every conceivable bracket, mount, tab, pickup, etc. Includes individual radii of specific bends, tubing sizes and wall thicknesses. I have pictured just two of them but they are suitable for framing/wall display or technical reference. Each print is 24" W x 18" tall. $65 for all four including shipping to Continental US. Call, text, or email (330) 807-0738 or chima97@aol.com

I have a pair of 10" x 200# springs in 1.875" diameter that I would sell cheap ($50). The spring rate might be a little high on a street car but doubt that most people would notice the difference. FWIW I run 250# on the front of vintage race cars with conventional S2 front suspensions as a point of reference

Sent you a PM and I have one that is extra to my needs and am willing to sell.

Suspension is free except for no pushrod/pullrod. Required to keep stock wheelbase, track can increase up to 10% and must also keep original diameter rotors. Must use original block, head and valve sizes and overbore can be up to .047 but internals are free. Trans is free but must keep original # of gears and cannot be sequential.

Robertson's car is in the Barber Museum and is for all practical purposes the suspension is essentially what you see on most vintage race prepared 7's these days. Stiffened chassis and upgraded springs, shocks and anti-roll bars. My current SCCA car has front a-arms that are more than 2x longer than stock and meet at the chassis centerline, has a Formula Ford steering rack, triple adjustable Ohlins shocks, blade type adjustable sway bars, and full floating rotors. Rear end is 3 link design with horizontal watts link and is de-cambered for 1 degree negative and uses full floating axles, floating rotors and Wilwood calipers. An entirely different animal than my vintage car.

Clamshells actually have very little detrimental effect and the "high speed front end lift" is mostly a wives tale. I've run my car with and without them on the same test day as back-to-back test and straight line speed was virtually the same. Also confirmed by the CFD analysis of the car. The much bigger problem on a 7 is the drag caused by the flat leading edge of rear fenders. About 10x the drag of clamshells.

Per the title, I'm looking for a 1500 Ford Kent block. Standard bore preferred but might consider nominal overbore and block needs to be standard deck height. Casting numbers 701M, 116E, 120E, or 2731 are what I am looking for. Craig Chima, CC Motorsports, Akron, OH. (330) 807-0738 or chima97@aol.com