1962 Lotus Super Seven Gauges

[Gearbox]

Hello all;

 

I'm currently sorting through the remenants of a 1962 Lotus Super Seven which I intend to restore back to original. Well at least that is the plan. While I'll be sourcing numerious parts in the coming days, I have to start somewhere. Among the many things I will need, I could not find good pitures and descriptions of what the original gauges and switches I will need. Does anyone have a good source for this information or better yet, post clear pictures of each guage and switch that I will need? A dash layout with dimensions would be helpful as well. Thanks Allan

[xcarguy]

Allen,

 

Welcome aboard. You may be ahead of the game on this, but a couple of other good sites for this type of info may be LOONY: http://www.lotusowners.com/ or the Lotus Seven Club: http://www.lotussevenclub.com/

 

You may also want to try Simple Sevens: http://www.simplesevens.com/

 

:cheers:

[Gearbox]

Thanks Xcarguy, yes, I did find those sites, but it didn't seem like I could post up a question, may have not looked too hard lol. But it's getting a bit confusing trying figure out all the original bits with all the Seven variations circling in cyberspace. Little things like the parking brake, was it a cross over part from a Spitfire or Herald? Having a real hard time just finding out where it locates. And forget about trying to find a factory manual or parts manual. Yes it will be a challenge. But someone out there must have an original 62 S2 that could help me out with some pictures, yes? Thanks Allan

[breezy7]

You might try posting on the California Caterham Club site, here is a link to a restoration of a '62 7. http://californiacaterhamclub.com/chat/showthread.php?1352-Got-our-quot-new-quot-62-Seven-1500-home-today/page2&highlight=series+2. Where are you located? There might be a Lotus club in your area, try http://www.lotuscarclub.org/localchapters.php I seem to remember that the Lotus LTD club had folks who specialized in each model of Lotus.

Mike

[HankMauel]

All the photos of my 7 dash/gauges are too big to load on USA7s.

Send me a PM with your email and I'll take a full set of the dash and send them off to you. I have a right hand drive car, but all you have to do is reverse the images to get the left hand drive "look".

 

For a teaser, go to the SimpleSevens site mentioned earlier and look at SB2073. That has photos and a write up of my restoration of the car.

Edited August 11, 2014 by HankMauel

[Gearbox]

Thanks Hank, PM sent, Allan