olymar7 Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/2074525872_lotus at irvine 010.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost7018 Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Tell us something about it. I notice your steering wheel is on the proper side. So is mine. Mine is a Locost made in the UK. Is it a locost or a real 7? looks like a real one, Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost7018 Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Oops. Just saw your other post. Nice Locost. Too bad your on the other side of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaLoco Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Dear Olymar, Nice 7! :iagree:! Tell us a bit about the car!...Is it your own build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olymar7 Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 Hey thanks for the comments. This car is a one off replica. I did not go by Ron Champions book. My inspiration was a series one that a good friend of mine has. He also had a series two frame, and a 84' caterham. We wanted to build, from scratch, a seven in the spirit of Colin Chapman. Going about things the way he would have, back in the day. All we had was a humble shop, and a welder, and "scrounged" for parts(there are some great stories) We used all three cars as reference, I decide early on to make it a right hand drive car because I like the character of it. My goal was to make it as "real" as possible. I did not want it to be "perfect" as these cars are meant to be driven, so I don't worry about scratches an dings...it adds character. The frame is 1' and 3/4" Square tubing, Painted battleship grey. Sheet aluminum was cut and hand formed, then riveted to frame. Engine is 1600 crossflow with dual dellortos, again staying towards the early seven's. stock pinto 4 speed, Bugeye sprite rear connected by a custom driveshaft. front uprights are GT6 with aluminum hubs. wiring all done from scratch. windshield is heated (from caterham) because there is no heating system for defrost. All caterham parts were obtained through Nathan at Rocky mtn sports cars. I am very happy with the outcome, It's funny how You think something ill look, but as it comes together it takes on it's own identity. I am really looking foward to 70707, It will be my first outing with other seven lovers. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/11327273_lotus 007.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsimon Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 From another RHD Sevener, Sweet car! Very nicely done. I can see you took great effort to follow the Lotus Series 2 design. Certain details really make the car. I love the period tail light assemblies, placement of the instruments, and switches. It looks as though your rear wings are alloy. Did you form those up as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxologist Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 awesome. the devils IS in the details! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olymar7 Posted May 6, 2007 Author Share Posted May 6, 2007 hey, the alum. fenders were from richies.com not sure if he still exists or not. the taillights are from a sprite. thanks for your complements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBowker Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 My Seven.http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1460841151_Milford.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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