Louisiana S2

[Stevensonjr]

Bought this 7 as a derelict race car with a full cage. I stripped it down to the frame and cut the cage off and replaced some of the square tubing. I retained some of the cage tubing to fabricate a street style roll bar. I had the frame sand blasted and powder coated along with the front and rear suspension components. I had a Triumph 7 rear axle and .363 differential shortened and Lotus 7 fittings welded on. 
I fitted the Triumph 10 rear drum brakes, studs and backing plate to the new axle so all 4 corners had the same bolt pattern and studs. I bought new aluminum body panels from ARCH in the UK, wings from Tony Ingram in the US and fitted them myself. Tough job in the boot top tubing/panel interface.

The motor is a pre-crossflow 1500 Ford. Tony Ingram provided the forged parts and cam for the twin DCOE spec fast road version. Dave Hayden built the motor and OH the transmission. I wired the car using the same components I use when wiring aircraft (lots more fuses) I had the car painted by a local restoration shop.

My wife insisted on wire wheels and calls the 7 our “ice cream car”. It’s great fun to drive even in cold weather as I found a S2 top and doors on ebay.

 

Cheers, Bill Stevenson

 

[geoz3]

WOW, nice work

[SENC]

Looks fantastic!  Well done!

[TMRL7]

Awesome work!  Love it, looks fantastic!

[Rodnok]

Beautiful work! You should be very proud. I, on the other hand am more than a little jealous.