Leno's garage on Elan & real Lotus super 7

[BusaNostra]

[MichaelD]

that is a beautiful little car and it's only about 200 lbs more that my Seven.

[super7guy]

If Ricks S7 is the one that I have seen, there is not much "real" super 7 remaining. Most vintage racers in the USA are far from stock or as delivered.

Wayne SB1497

[toedrag]

 

Thx, for posting this. I really enjoyed it.

[SevenAmerica]

Yes, cool but I agree there's rather more to that Seven now than there was on the photos of it on the docks... Great period photos those!

[dilke123]

Looking beautiful car, btw nice video.

[Nick OTeen]

If Ricks S7 is the one that I have seen, there is not much "real" super 7 remaining. Most vintage racers in the USA are far from stock or as delivered.

Wayne SB1497

Rick Benewitz was a longtime friend of mine and I know his 7 (now owned by my friend Jim Hall) quite well. While Rick did some upgrades over the years such as adding a dry sump system and upping the horsepower) it is a very original car.

 

The "26R" in the video is a spectacular car. Jim did a fantastic job on every detail and I'm proud to say I had a hand in some of the final details of finishing the car.

[Taber10]

Great video, and I would NEVER criticize anything Jay Leno says about cars, but he does say, "....Caterham and others copied the Lotus....." during the introduction while describing the original Super Seven. I think I could word that more accurately.

[Nick OTeen]

Don't worry. I chided Jay a while back for referring to Caterham having copied Lotus. He likes my Caterham and even sat in during one of my visits to the Big Dog Garage.