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I know Josh, but do not believe he has any of the old sales files from the original distributor. Unless I stumble across someone who has the same after build engine stamp, with their records, I'll not know what has been modified from the stock Zetec long block. Bill PS: Yes, we should get together soon.

You'll want to wait 60-90 days before you PPF the freshly painted nose cone. Put it in a spare bedroom, if it gets below 55 degrees, the paint will actually stop the cure process, then restart at 60 degrees. In addition, even though a new paint is considered cured, it will still outgas for the first 30-60 days. Where in the upstate are you located, I'm just off Pelham and Hudson Bill

Greenville, SC here with a SV without lowered floors if you want to take a drive up to check how you fit. I can tell you from experience though, that at 6' tall, 34" inseam, and 10.5EEE feet, a standard chassis S3 (with or without a lowered floor) was on the tight side for me, and I had to wear racing shoes to drive comfortably. In the SV, I have my street sneakers on, and there are no issues with footbox room. Bill

As I've told buyers of my past Cobra replicas, even 200hp is enough to kill you in one of these. Like a 7, no anti lock brakes, no modern suspension, no traction control, no air conditioning. I also tell them to repeat the following in their heads as they are walking up to the car "As soon as I get near the car, it will try to kill me", over and over and over again until it sinks in. Sadly, I've seen what happens when they do not. Bill

Tom, Thanks, if I have to get into the ECU/tuning, or find myself stumped, you'll be the first I'll contact. The rest is all the same to me, either vintage iron, to SWMBO 06 Miata GT 6spd with a 2008 2.5L Duratec under the hood. Sincerely, Bill PS: You find yourself in or around the Greenville, SC area, let me know, we are always up for some company.

Thanks, I should (maybe) have a compression tester in my toolbox and yes, that was on my list along with filters (fuel/air) and new plugs and wires. A quick squirt to all moving parts to lubricate them. No smell of coolant, but testing will be added to my list of things to do, in other circles, I call that "baselining" where I bring all maintenance to current so I do not have to worry about when it was last done. Taking the fuel tank to true empty and sucking 20+ years of crap into the filter is never a good thing, hoping it did not make it past the filter. Fuel gauges underhood make me nervous, but I may have one off a past race car I can make work to test the pressure. Airflow meter just ordered, might get it on the 17th, thanks for the link, sure beats the old one I have for tuning downdrafts on my old TR6. Filter was sticky as heck today, as I was dressed a bit to clean for dealing with that, I left it in place for another day, but I get where you are coming from. The rest, yes, the ECU and tuning is the last thing I was planning to touch. I'll get to everything once it's safely in one of the garage spaces next Sunday or Monday. Anything else you can think of, I'm all ears, the last similar setup I had was under an Emerald Controller, and I didn't need to do a thing with it while I owned the car. Bill

So, no dry sump, looks like you are correct ITB's (have not pulled air filter yet to really confirm) Where we get into questioning things is between the next two pictures Clearly a ZX3 head However, this one makes me question the internals While this appears to show the ITB's we would expect when someone labels the induction "4 roller barrels" At least we have a non cat, really nice header and exhaust The above was the only time I had today to get under the bonnet. Other notes, no dropped floors (I didn't think so when I purchased it), Caterham-zetec ribbed/reinforced pan. Bill

Suggestions? Keep and force it to work properly Go back to a stock Zetec induction and ECU? Replace with ? Right now, with a short run, from reprime of the system to a ride 3 houses up and back after idle warm up, and a few pops and a lot of hesitation. I have not otherwise touched the car yet I'm all ears

Anyone know if the Caterhamusa.com is still around? Trying to get additional information of the 202 hp Zetec with 4-50mm throttle body injection manifold and Pectel engine management system. I'm seeing mention in my plethora of printed email (info@caterhamusa.com) correspondences to Engine ($10,000), dry sump ($1,170), and exhaust ($2,100) all dated April 9th, 2004. Thanks again in advance Bill

Thanks, that is what I was looking for. Interesting it's the June 2001 issue, wonder if the picture was just used as a template since this car was not ordered till 2002 and delivered 2003. Bill

No, no, no, no, no A cobra, real or replica, should only have a V8 installed Bill S.

Insurance (Monday) title and plates (Tuesday/Wednesday), then a quick going through the basics (fluids, electronics, filters, tire age and pressures) on Wednesday or Thursday (still sitting on the front lawn) and a drive after that. Temperatures never bother me, -6 is the coldest new years day ride with the top down, so yeah, I'm one of those guys. Should be able to drive on the new driveway next Sunday or Monday, which means getting it truly under cover (no pun intended) and close to my tool boxes. Bill S.

Thanks, I did just a few minutes ago (I'm a member there on and off for years), as their archives are extensive, but I'm not sure what year or issue the car was featured on the cover. Trying to narrow it down before I go through month by month and year by year myself. Bill S.

OK, it's not 100% Croc's fault, but his constant taunting by posting cars for sale, week in, and week out finally wore me down. After a few years of no "7", I've finally brought another one into the fold, a world traveling, RHD 2003 SV. Spec'd and built by it's original owner in the UK, originally a Rover powered car, now a 202hp Ztec (working on digging up specs, but have plenty of emails with caterhamusa) 5spd, the car has seen travels in several continents, the UK, Australia (his honeymoon), apparently Italy, Scotland, St Mortiz, just to name a few, before a change in career paths brought him and the car to the USA in 2004/2005 time period. In 2016 the car changed hands, the car was actually posted here for sale as "2003 Caterham Super Seven SV 200 bhp specification engine purchased from Caterham USA, 2004. 4 throttle bodies 5 Speed, LSD, Heater, heated screen, Tonneau, Top, Sun Top, 21,000 miles', with the 2nd owner(a gracious man I might add) adding an additional 3,830 miles since that time while it resided in Kentucky.The 2nd owner actually made a post inquiring on potentially selling it, and I reached out at the time (7 months ago or so) to see if I could guide him through the process. Not looking for a car at the time, but apparently and subliminally selling it to myself in that process. I've only had time to drive the car off the carrier yesterday and park in on my lawn (new concrete driveway poured this past Friday, two weeks ahead of schedule), after adding 5 gallons of fuel to get it to fire of course. Went through some of the 8" thick files this AM, sure to stumble across additional information. I've got a busy week ahead, and the weather here is not likely to get warmer than 39 degrees, so the car will probably sit covered till I can get it in the garage next Sunday. Going to be a fun project to sort out and drive, looking forward to it. Bill PS: Anyone know where I can get a copy of the publication shown in picture number 4?

Usually overlooked, I'll throw the hat of the Subaru Legacys in to the fray, having been known to go 200,000-300,000 miles with just regular maintenance. We are planning to test that theory with a 2023 Legacy Touring XT, as SWMBO has told me this will be her last car. Our family history with Subaru shows a major change from the original tin can of the 80's (our 87 GL sedan for example) to our latest XT Touring sedan, factory Turbo charged and quite nimble, to be a modern day luxury car. Sadly an automatic, but paddle shifters make up for this on occasion. As the old saying goes "try one, you'll like it". Bill S.

The description on the Beachman site states 2016+

Having been actively involved in kit car circles since the 80's I can tell you that back then, states titled cars as whatever the MSO stated, or in the case of Caterham offerings, if a state had the VIN format for a Caterham already in the system, instead of reinventing the wheel, the DMV/MVS clerk used whatever was already listed in regards to make a model. It was the mindset of "why rock the boat and create more paperwork" Some states are still like this. While others won't accept the factory VIN, and will force the owner to a state issued VIN tag pop riveted to the car, usually near the factory Caterham chassis tag. As for how it is titled, for the state, again, they simply do not care, for your insurance company, as long as you have provided the details of the car to them, regardless of how it is titled, they really do not care. To them, it's just another 2dr convertible, it's really your ownership and driving history that will affect rates, same goes for where it is primarily stored, as your zip code, and where that falls in the crime database is more than 50% of the deciding factor in your cars rate for your stated value. Hope you find this helpful. Sincerely, Bill S.

Thats right Croc, keep posting them, keep trying to draw me back in to ownership, persistence might pay off. If it does, I'm telling my wife it's all your fault Thanks for all that you do Bill S.

This is excellent advice, in all the years I've bought and sold specialty cars as a hobbyist, I've never let anyone else drive my cars. If that was a deal breaker, so be it. If they insisted on driving, then they brought me cash in a suitcase, and signed a liability waiver, maybe.. Most people got it, a few with their noses bent out of shape walked away. The bottom line, it's your car, your choice. Best of luck with the sale. Bill S.

Having spent my time in the northeast, also having owned a high production/volume body shop, who on occasion did AACA quality work, I've had more than my fair share of partial and full flood salvage cars in house, fresh and salt water alike. Most, like this, were specialty cars, Lotus, Porsche, vintage Mustangs, MGB's, TR6's Morgans, even a Rolls Royce (1951 if my memory serves me). With that said, there is no such thing as a fresh water flood car, why, simple, because by the time the water level has come up high enough to damage such a car, it has been contaminated with misc chemicals (oils, gas, acids, etc), along with biologicals (IE: think human feces, dead animals, and that is just the tip of that iceberg). So, if you really want to know how to decontaminate follow along here with my basic process: The following is a basic list, simplified as best I can for everyone to understand, there are a ton of small details in between what is listed below. 1: Safety first, heavy gloves, decontamination suit, medical grade respirator-----Why, you don't want to breath in anything in and around the car, nor do you want to cut yourself and potentially risk major infection 2: Large plastic bubble that you can drive the car in to 3: Ozone machine-(I recommend Estate 4000 from odorfree)----To kill all biologicals that want to kill you, it will take running it for 24 hours so that enough Ozone is built up in the space. If the car still smells after 24 hours, another 24 hours, or more may be required. You cannot rush this process 4: Once the car is basically decontaminated, now comes the real fun, disassembly, and cleaning of each part, interior first, followed by mechanicals, then the wiring harness. If the wiring harness has been immersed in water at all, pull it and throw it away. Again why, because water will wick into the harness if submerged longer than 5 minutes. Drying it out in the sun will only prolong the electrical issues for a day, week, few months before it rears it's ugly head in one way shape or form. 5: Now you have the car disassembled, seats and carpet have been pressure washed and ware baking in the sun, did you do the same with the shell of what you are working on, did you get in every nook and crevice, did you remember to put the car on a rotisserie and flip it over in every direction, flush it, drain it, flush it, drain, it, turn it, and start the process over and over, and over again. If you did not do this for at least a full 8-10 hour day, you are doing yourself and the car a disservice. 6: Ok, you've made it this far, are you having fun yet. 7: Now it's time to take inventory of what you still have that can be reused, time to open your wallet and spend money to replace everything that cannot be saved and reused (remember that wiring harness and switches in this equation)........ 8: Assembly time, well, maybe, are you sure you have everything you need, is everything safe to install? 9: reassembly is now under way, again, are you having fun yet. 10: Time to see if your hard work has paid off, attach a battery and turn the key 11: Well, how did you do? Salt water requires all of the same, but once the chassis has been stripped of all parts, requires immersion in a large tank at your local Redi-strip to neutralize the salt attacking the cars metal. Hope you find this helpful Bill S.

No real earthquakes close by, usually hear about 1.5-1.7 60=150 miles north of here, no wildfires in our area either, again 50 miles or more north of here. Most major storms skip over us as they hit the mountains west of here which usually turns them elsewhere. The outlier of course was Hurricane Helene, a 500 year storm for this area, did cause a lot of downed trees and subsequent damage, but no landslides or major flooding, again that was an hour north of us in the Ashville and surrounding areas there. ....Snake wise, Copperheads are known(anywhere in the eastern US), Black Widow spiders (anywhere in the eastern US), Brown Recluse (again, anywhere in the eastern US)....Wild Turkeys (7 in the yard this AM), Deer, the occasional red tail fox, small rodents like Racoon, possum, squirrels, abound. Then again so do barn owls and hawks. Thankfully no gators, rattle snakes, or lions, tigers, and only one juvenile male bear that came through the neighborhood and wiped out all the bird feeders before moving on to the next, and the next, and the next (you get the idea)...Stayed here for two whole days, then never to be seen again. Weather wise, it can get cold, usually overnight, down to the 20-30's for a few weeks a year, usually followed by daytime temps in the 50's, this really is a 3 season area, if it snows overnight (once or twice a year) it is gone by lunch time the next day. Great infrastructure already in place, so no surprises with new schools and such doubling or tripling your taxes a few years down the road. If you are really interested in an area, my advice is to make certain it checks off your families wants and needs, for us, it did, knocked Charlotte, NC from the #1 spot. Delta hub just 15 miles up the road, minor league sports teams, major concert venue, 1 hour to the mountains, 3.5 hours to the ocean, 2 hours to Charlotte, 2.5 hours to Atlanta. Several road race tracks in a 2-3 hour radius.......Did I mention low taxes. Car wise, yeah, I have a thing for convertibles, typically two are in the smaller converted car port and our two daily drivers are closest to the doors, but the smaller garage is being used for construction materials until the middle of next month. Questions, let me know Bill S.

Figured I'd update the thread, no "7" in the garage at the moment, but plenty of space if and when I decide to purchase another

Great meeting you today at C&C, sorry I had to bail early, something came up that needed my immediate attention elsewhere. We will catch up again. Bill S.

If you didn't get the email today, Eurofest has been postponed till 2025 (at this point and time). Should be at Cars & Coffee at Michelin on the 26th, uncertain what I'll be bringing at this time, but planning on bringing the Tiger or 289 FIA replica Bill S.

Have family in town for the week, so staying local is key to having everyone who wants to come out to the show do so, while everyone else can spend time downtown. Family always comes first. Bill S.