Colorado Sevens Gathering 2013 - Pictures

[scannon]

The gathering was yesterday (Saturday). We met at the Cars & Coffee in Lafayette and then drove to my shop in Erie. We had 5 Sevens, 2 Caterhams, 1 Stalker V8, 1 Locost and 1 Birkin. Another Birkin joined us at the Lunch break at the Wondervu Cafe.

 

Russ and Jane from Kansas joined us in their Locost with a mighty 1,300 cc Crossflow engine rated at 58 HP. With the altitude they had a little trouble keeping up on the uphill grades. Mike with his 430 HP LS3 powered Stalker however had no problem. The Stalker became street legal on Thursday and this was it's first long drive.

 

Also along for the roughly 140 mile blat in the foothills were a Miata Italia, Mazdaspeed Miata (factory turbo model), one each NA & NB Miatas and a BMW M3 Roadster. Traffic was surprisingly light for a Saturday and we were able to drive briskly most of the time. Weather was clear with a few high clouds and the constables practically non-existent.

 

A good time was had by all and a rather boisterous time was had during the lunch stop.

 

Some of the pictures were taken by Mighty Mike, the rest by me.

 

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[Taber10]

Skip,

 

Wish I could have been there--since my Cat is "awaiting parts" I could have driven my (the wife's?) 1991 (NA) BRG Miata (#174*). As it was, I attended a Car Show with the Panhandle British Car Association, but didn't feel right as I didn't think the Cat was in "showable" condition!

Does one of the Miatas have Fla plates?

Taber

[scannon]

Skip,

 

Wish I could have been there--since my Cat is "awaiting parts" I could have driven my (the wife's?) 1991 (NA) BRG Miata (#174*). As it was, I attended a Car Show with the Panhandle British Car Association, but didn't feel right as I didn't think the Cat was in "showable" condition!

Does one of the Miatas have Fla plates?

Taber

 

Yes, one Miata is from Florida but he lives in Denver now.

 

I think you should have shown it as is with pictures of what happened and how it was fixed. Is the bear trophy still mounted in the headlight?

[Alaskossie]

Skip,

 

It looks like you guys had great weather, and got up Left Hand Canyon just ahead of the tremendous flash floods and cloudbursts.

 

Lucky you didn't schedule your blat for the next weekend ....

 

Growing any rice in the paddies presently around your house?

[scannon]

Yes, we had only a few clouds and no rain for the blat. The British Motoring Conclave scheduled for this weekend has been postponed on a week to week basis until the grounds dry out enough to allow the cars on the grass.

 

No rice but the ducks are having a great time in the back yard. These are pictures of my back and side yards as of this afternoon. The irrigation canal beyond the fence in the last picture is about 6' above normal and overflowing on the other side.

[MightyMike]

Pool party at Skip's place!

[KiwiBirkin]

Nice phots's Skip

 

Mike how was the new Seven ???

[MightyMike]

Hi Stephen,

 

I really enjoyed taking the Stalker out. At first I was a little nervous about a break down or some type of failure, but after a few miles relaxed somewhat. The car is amazingly powerful. Massive acceleration is instantaneous. It handles and brakes extremely well too. No complaints.

 

At present, I have almost 1,000 miles on the odometer. Here's a pic from Saturday. I drove it down to Woodland Park for a car show, then drove it down to Colorado Springs through some heavy rain (with a bicycle that my son won in a raffle strapped to the roll bar). This evening I drove it through another rainstorm back up to Denver.

 

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