Just had to share

[mrmustang]

I've been traveling recently and not focused on anything "7" related besides ordering parts from my good friend, Rick at Time Machine . Today I get a call from none other than George Alderman (yes, that George A.) in regards to a simple inquiry I had sent his son about my 2013 Caterham. Turns out that my car is the very last Caterham that George personally ordered new and built up. George spent about 35 minutes on the phone with me talking about why he ordered it, and what plans he had for the car before deciding to finally sell to the person I bought it from. Advised George I was going to add the low profile "wet sump" from Caterham, a dropped floor for the drivers side, and the upper shaft/removable steering wheel set up for the car, along with my frustrating search for the 195/45/15 replacement tires (tires on the car are 2013 dated). George was surprised by a few of those choices, but could see where I am headed with the car, turning it into a nice weekend street cruiser while I await my next Cobra replica build. George was even more surprised that we had met before, roughly 18 years ago at his very shop/dealership, guess I'm just not as memorable as he was to me, go figure  .  George was very gracious, and I much appreciated his time and insight. Wish everyone I dealt with in the specialty car circles was as open and honest. It's been two hours, I'm still excited about the call, just had to share.

 

Humbly submitted

 

Bill S.

 

Edited September 29, 2021 by mrmustang
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[Croc]

 

Great story and thank you for sharing.   George is a wonderful guy and a real resource when it comes to our cars.  He and his son came to the USA7s sevens event at NJMP about 6 years back.  He is way on there in years but he is still driving....and quickly!

[Christopher smith]

I used to watch George racing his Alfa Romeo powered Cooper formula car many years ago that was great I wonder if he would be interested to know that my 1959 series 1 originally had an Alfa Romeo engine

 

 

 

 

 

[mrmustang]

Coincidentally, I got an email from Martin Phillip at Caterham UK, he sent me a copy of the original sales order for my car, along with the much sought after paint code for the 40th Anniversary cars. Now, for anyone who googles the 2013 Caterham Anniversary Edition, they will now have it as follows:

 

40YOC paint code of GM BRILLIANT RED MICA "75".

 

Cool stuff indeed.

 

Bill S.

[Mark IV]

Bill,

 My first interaction with George was 1972 at Lime Rock where he was racing his Datsun 510 Trans-Am car while I was crewing the Bobcor Alfa (we were the second tier Alfa team...really more like the less than triple a AAA baseball squad to the Yankee's second cousin's neighbors, friends down the street acquaintances). Small world although George called a couple years ago looking for a Caterham part.