hyper7 Posted June 26 Posted June 26 Anyone else coming with their 7? September 5-7th, Pittsburgh, PA It's not cheap, especially since you need to be a member, but it's a fun time and lots of cool Lotus and Lotus derived cars there! https://lotusltd.com/log-44-in-pittsburgh/
wdb Posted June 26 Posted June 26 I could tow the 7 out with the Elan -- or the other way around? Hmm. In all honesty neither car would be suitable to drive across the state, and I remain sans trailer. Gotta fix that issue.
hyper7 Posted June 26 Author Posted June 26 Last time in Tennessee there was a couple with an Elan that died while there, they rented a U-Haul with trailer and drove it back home after lol 1
pethier Posted July 30 Posted July 30 Heck, yes. I hope to have all the wrinkles ironed out on my engine swap. All booked up with Lotus LTD and the hotel. I'll be towing from Minnesota. I'll have my Seven in the trailer and my former engine et al in the truck bed. Hoping to find a little muscle to help out with the transfer of hardware from my F-150 to the non-Seven vehicle of a USA7s member meeting me at the LOG hotel on Friday 5 Sep 2025. Many LOGers make the work lighter... 1
pethier Posted July 30 Posted July 30 On 6/26/2025 at 11:06 AM, wdb said: I could tow the 7 out with the Elan -- or the other way around? Hmm. In all honesty neither car would be suitable to drive across the state, and I remain sans trailer. Gotta fix that issue. I hear you. When I had the Elise I considered driving it to distant events, but never did. I did drive my Cayman to the Porsche Parade in Oklahoma City this year, but that's a regular car.
hyper7 Posted July 30 Author Posted July 30 5 hours ago, pethier said: Heck, yes. I hope to have all the wrinkles ironed out on my engine swap. All booked up with Lotus LTD and the hotel. I'll be towing from Minnesota. I'll have my Seven in the trailer and my former engine et al in the truck bed. Hoping to find a little muscle to help out with the transfer of hardware from my F-150 to the non-Seven vehicle of a USA7s member meeting me at the LOG hotel on Friday 5 Sep 2025. Many LOGers make the work lighter... Well I will be there and know a few of the people putting on the event, I'm sure we can make it happen!
pethier Posted July 30 Posted July 30 3 hours ago, hyper7 said: Well I will be there and know a few of the people putting on the event, I'm sure we can make it happen! Remember that my Minnesota license plate is 74PHIL. Truck is a white F-150.
pethier Posted September 1 Posted September 1 Hitting the road tomorrow. See you all in Pittsburgh! 1
hyper7 Posted September 5 Author Posted September 5 Just checked in, at registration they said 5 Caterhams are registered! 1
mrmustang Posted September 6 Posted September 6 What are those funny things attached to the windshield on 3 of the cars at LOG
hyper7 Posted September 6 Author Posted September 6 Voting placards for the concours - they do car show award types of thing
mrmustang Posted September 6 Posted September 6 38 minutes ago, hyper7 said: Voting placards for the concours - they do car show award types of thing I was alluding to the convertible tops, something I rarely, if ever, use on any of my convertibles
hyper7 Posted September 6 Author Posted September 6 Ahh ok, yeah my half-hood was on for the drive up as it was cold and occasionally rainy - but I took it off when we got there 1
pethier Posted September 7 Posted September 7 (edited) It was supposed to rain, but it never really did. Right after the concour, I put the doors in in their bags and an hung them in the trailer. I drove autocross runs with the top on and educated riders on how to get in. Right near the end, when it became unlikely that either hard rain nor bright sunshine would happen, I took the top off for the convenience of a Caterham owner that was going to ride. They really should have advertised the "autocross" for what it really was. They would have gotten more takers. It really was a no-work autocross practice day. They didn't assign numbers or record times. You just lined up, ran, read your time off the box and lined up again. There were always two or three guys there who may have been working for Chin. One would sit in a side-by-side and if someone hit cones he would zoom over there and reset them. I didn't even bother keeping track of how may runs I got. Edited September 7 by pethier
pethier Posted September 7 Posted September 7 I had three helmets with me, and all of them were in use at the same time. I showed up at the site with one of my enclosed M2020 helmets. Right away there was a couple there with one of the new Lotus cars. He had a helmet and she did not. He asked about a loaner and they said you could go and rent one. That was probably 50 bucks, judging from Chin last year. I told the guy, "Here is my truck key and my trailer key, If there is not an open SA2020 helmet in the truck, it's in the trailer". Somewhere in there, I spotted Tanner, the driver who had delivered Jim Clark's 49 to the LOG. I asked him if he wanted some autocross rides. He said he had no helmet. I told him that was not a problem and to get in. We drove over to my rig and I got him my other enclosed M2020 helmet. Back over to the autocross pad. We dropped off his backpack. After a bunch of runs, we drove over and I asked the "keys guy" to pick up Tanner's backpack for us. Deposited Tanner where he needed to be. Back to the site and gave more people rides.
pethier Posted September 7 Posted September 7 This was the first time I got to go around cones with the Zetec/Hayabusa. What a hoot. I now believe that I need to show up at a regular autocross with a full fuel tank. As it neared 4:00, 74PHIL started missing. I think it was fuel starvation. I stiffed it out until they closed down. I had no problem motoring over to my rig to pack up. For MAC test days I will have to plan on refueling during the day. I should be OK for a regular autocross if I start with a full tank.
pethier Posted September 7 Posted September 7 I don't recall if I met you there at the concour. Yeah, I left my placard at the hotel. 74PHIL was car 69 for the concour, but had 7 on the side. When I ws down by the Lotus 7 area, people would ask me "Where are the Class 2 cars (Lotus 7 Replica)". I would point out to them the orange flag on my car, which could be seen at that great distance.
hyper7 Posted September 7 Author Posted September 7 Yeah I said hi briefly while you were chatting with Fred (the red Caterham), I was making sure you had the trailer work handled that you had mentioned here 😎
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