7veloce Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Greetings to all 7 members. I wanted Catherham for over 20 years. Now, I am a happy cmaper with a 2002 red 1700 Super Sprint, 5-speed, de Dion car. It was by chance, a friend of mine up the street decided he wants to buy a 2008 Roadsport RV from RMSCI and sold his 2002 car to me on Tuesday. Well, that makes two happy campers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanG Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Congratulations, CO (at least the western part) seems to be good Se7en country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N. Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Go to the Events section and see if you can join the Beartooth/Chief Joseph tour this Sunday-Monday-Tuesday.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 He is already planning on attending the BBQ tonight and will bring the car if he gets it licensed and insured. Congratulations, hope to see the new car soon. Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athens7 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Welcome! That's a pretty car-I hope it provides you with many miles of enjoyment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pksurveyor Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Congratulation on your new toy. Have fun waving your hands at strangers admiring your car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Great purchase! There aren't many cars you can buy, enjoy, and then sell for approximately what you paid, years later. You have one of my favorite Se7en color combo's. I like your friend's Roadsport but prefer your colors. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiBirkin Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Welcome along 7veloce and congrats on the new seven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Welcome 7veloce, nice looking ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsimon Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 7V, Good to meet you at Skip's the other night. The picture you sent of Jeff's Lotus Seven SS Twincam at the CSU Moby Gym car park certainty brought back memories. I think that was my first autox, probably about 1978 or '79. I was only dreaming about Sevens in those days. Paying for school relegated me to a well used '69 Mustang. I think I scored 3rd place in mod 1 under the old RMSCC rules. Hope to see you in your new Seven soon. Maybe we can put together a front range Sevens gathering one day. HPR might make a good(fun) meeting place. BTW...There are two other red and alloy Caterhams stalking about Colorado, A Cosworth BD(x) in Boulder and an Xflow in Ft Collins. This is the color combination I often dreamt of having one day. Had to settle for BRG. Oh well, I got to liking it. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7veloce Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Here is Jeff's Lotus SS Twincam Stage III. A very rare one indeed. He think it is in Japan now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wankel_locost Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 anyone else think it's cool that, while everything in the picture looks circa 197x, the 7 looks as fresh as bakery bread? i love that. Godspeed, dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Especially the wide belt and sideburns;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowflyer Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Am I the only one that also noticed the mid-60's Marlboro Maroon Corvette with the side pipes in the background? The pair would be a nice set to have in the garage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Am I the only one that also noticed the mid-60's Marlboro Maroon Corvette with the side pipes in the background? The pair would be a nice set to have in the garage! I noticed it too. :drool: I agree that it'd be a nice stablemate to a Seven but for completely different reasons. Check out this thread on my first drive in a '66 Corvette: http://www.usa7s.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3805&highlight=corvette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Here is Jeff's Lotus SS Twincam Stage III. A very rare one indeed. He think it is in Japan now. Beautiful car! I think I read there were only 13 original Twincams ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Jeff kicked some serious butt with that car back in the day, road racing, autocross and drag racing. Set some records with it as well. As an aside, his father, Bobby Ball raced Indy cars back in the front engine roadster days. Jeff found the remains of one of his father's cars a few years back and the son of the original builder restored the car which was featured on a TV documentary on the Monterey Classics a few years ago. Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskossie Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Jeff Ball's dad Bobby Ball started his racing career racing stockers and midgets in Arizona, and he raced the Indy 500 twice, I believe. He later lost his life in an open-wheel racing accident in Phoenix. You're right, Jeff's 1970 Lotus Seven SS Twin Cam is one of only 13 ever built, and one of only two that made it to the US. In the photo, the giveaways are the drastically-lowered headlamps, the rectangular SS badge on the bonnet, and the nicely-bolstered bench seats. In the rear, you would have seen the rectangular "Britax trailer house lights" that Caterham still uses today, but recessed neatly into the fiberglass rear wing. Road & Track tested Jeff's Lotus T/C SS in the October 1970 issue (check out the tailored hippie shirt that Jeff is wearing as he crouches to enter the car with the hood up!!). After the test appeared in print, the US Customs wrote a letter that was reprinted in R&T, saying in essence, "Don't anybody else try to import a car like the way Mr. Johnson (Ball) did this one!" But they never came to take his car away. I met Jeff a decade and a half later through this very car. He posted a For Sale ad in the R&T classifieds, and the area code for his phone was my old home town of Loveland, Colorado. So on my next visit to my folks' home, I contacted Jeff in Loveland, and he gave me a ride in his SS. The exhaust pipe fell off during our drive, so we let it cool, and i held it outside the passenger side while we drove home. I wish Jeff had been able to keep that car! (Or alternatively, I wish I had been able to buy it from him!). I had no idea at the time that this car was the pinnacle of vintage Seven collecting. I'll never have a chance to make that mistake again....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenAmerica Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 For those so inclined, there are few more nice photos of a Lotus Seven TCSS here: http://www.simplesevens.org/50Years/50YearsGallery.htm scroll down the page a bit to see them... no I didn't get a ride in it although spent a nice evening talking to owner Phil Jewell :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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