Craigs List, North Carolina

[Al N.]

No affiliation/endorsement.

 

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1874359830.html

[TheDingo8MyBaby]

Odd...the 4age exhaust exits the left side of the motor.

[BruceBowker]

$8000? That is cheap if the body and motor are decent.

[Kitcat]

Doesn't seem to be a Caterham, fenders (front/rear) aren't right, hood doesn't fit, etc. Looks a lot like a home built se7en, tho I am no expert.

[Al N.]

@Kitcat: I second your "doesn't seem to be a Caterham at first glance" assessment. Might still be a good buy for someone. As you know, it's pretty simple to spend that much sorting out a car!

[Proj217]

As you know, it's pretty simple to spend that much sorting out a car!

 

Ugh, tell me about it.

 

You guys have to stop posting up these great buys...makes me cry myself to sleep.

[supersportsp]

There is nothing Caterham about this car. Body, suspension, etc.

[cheshy]

Looks more like the replica build of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[Kitcat]

I e-mailed the seller and got a response that said, well, there are SOME real Caterham parts in it, but a lot is home-built (including everything I noted above).

 

Al, you are so right. I have spent a small fortune, making my used Caterham right, post-purchase (fixing stuff that didn't work, upgrading to my spec, etc.). I am still doing it, in fact, tho the money flow has slowed considerably, a mere 3+ years out. In hindsight, it might have been cheaper to buy new or, at least, not as used.

 

Mike

Edited August 4, 2010 by Kitcat

[DLW]

Nice, and stuff like a normal windshield, tonneau and weather gear can be made easily if one so chooses, but why put a teak dashboard in a Se7en? I think those belong in Jaguar SS100 and MGTD replicas and not Se7ens.

[BrunnyS1]

I have a problem that it is listed it as a Caterham even tho the seller knows it clearly is not.

[DLW]

I have a problem that it is listed it as a Caterham even tho the seller knows it clearly is not.

 

That is a problem... looking again at the ad and closer at the car, it seems as though this is a Locost made with a few Caterham parts, if even that, and that the sellers may be trying to rook buyers.

 

If you were to take this to a Caterham club meet or even call it a Caterham at a car show, you'd get laughed out of the show at best or banned from further meets/shows at worst.