Nice 7's editorial by Peter Egan

[soareyes]

This was in my new Road & Track magazine, and now online:

 

"The Lotus Seven Chronicles"

 

He has owned three Sevens! I'm stuck at two, but won't rule out a third. :crazy:

 

 

[Mike Rohaley]

That is a great article, very funny and touching at the same time.

[scannon]

What Peter doesn't mention is that he got to drive his old Seven while at LOG27.

 

I chatted with Peter several times over the LOG27 weekend and offered to let him drive my Caterham but he politely declined. I think he was savoring the experience of driving his old car. He did agree to autograph my pedal box cover.

 

 

[Al N.]

Where were his recollections of running out of gas, losing coolant/oil, and his bonnet flying off? Totally unrealistic memoir...:jester:

[eVox]

great article, I just wish it were longer!

[Ian7]

From page 2 of the link : " I set a goal of having it done in time for the 1991 Monterey Historic Races. I took it to Chris Beebe's shop, Foreign Car Specialists, and we pulled about three months of all-nighters and weekends, and got it done. We towed it all the way back to California, stopping just once to sleep for six hours, and arrived at the track with about 15 minutes to spare. "

 

His three lines above summarize a 4-page article from the Feb 1992 Road and Track about that car restoration and racing it at Monterey. I'd scan and post if I could. If it can't be googled, post a note and I'll try to find a scanner.

[Kitcat]

If there is a better auto scribe than Peter Egan, I haven't stumbled across him yet. He could make driving a Model T seem like a an exciting automotive experience (In fact I think he did that already).

 

I started reading R & T in 1962, and soon thereafter developed a severe case of Lotus 7 lust. Peter has done everything he can over the years to keep that lust alive. I read his Lotus 7 restoration articles in the early 90's, suffered with him when he sold it, and stayed connected to the Seven model thru his occasional reviews of newer 7 vehicles (The RMSC site has his R & T article on a later model standard Zetec-engined Caterham). Now, there he goes again!

 

Its nice when someone can put into words what we all feel about these evocative, mysterious little cars that are so much more than the sum of their very few parts.

[Mike Rohaley]

Jay Lamm gets my vote for favorite writer. If I ever find myself laughing out loud at an article I can count on seeing his name in the corner of the page. He is the guy behind the 24 hours of lemons race and his article on it in C&D will crack you up.