21410 LF MARCH14_Layout 1 03/03/2014 13:25 Page 1 get to know your seven a maintenance seminar At this event you will have the opportunity to learn how to undertake basic maintenan -02 LF tasks on their Sevens; it’s a great way to gain LF-EXP the confidence to be able to check H&J PROGRAM over and look after your Seven’s routine MAX, BOOK maintenance needs, and hopefully be able KERNING 60MM SANS to, deal with some of the smaller problems TEXT: SPACE which LEFT might arise. PARA SERIF OFFICINA k100 SANS ITC 8·75/13/-1/-5, TheRANGED 4·75 event will take place at Caterham Midlands’ workshops, on the A47, about 7 miles south west of Leicester. BDR 2 Series Cosworth back-order…) on be may missing March 2014 March 2014 components enthusiasts enthusiasts Seven Seven note, any Lotus Lotus (please and and form kit in -06 Caterham Caterham LF for for BOOK + magazine PROGRAM a : X-BOLD KERNING CKD SANS k100 OFFICINA c100 ITC 9·25/–/+4/0, Lowflying 21410 LF MARCH14_Layout 1 03/03/2014 13:25 Page 2 Enthusiastic family business Parts and accessories available Old and new models maintained Lotus and Caterham 7 specialists Menu servicing or bespoke for your use Modifications or upgrades for road & track CONTINUOUS SEVEN 1977-2007 SERVICE FOR THIRTY YEARS Caterham Approved Fireblade Parts 21410 LF MARCH14_Layout 1 03/03/2014 13:25 Page 1 Club administration and membership services accept otherwise, not including membership enquiries, changes of address, or endorsement. Event Support Vehicle (ESV) bookings, Event Diary entries does imply and advertising in Lowflying Club technical not Sam Pearce, Lotus Seven Club, PO Box 7, Abergavenny NP7 5WQ The Seven grill… The e: [email protected] see page 24 does whether +44 (0)1873 777303 individuals. Annual membership: advertising Opinions, or £49·50 or £45·50 if paying by direct debit www.lotussevenclub.com qualified (UK or Overseas; membership includes Lowflying) writers. coverage please download a form from the Club website, suitable or contact the Membership Secretary research by individual Editorial Leukaemia of support We into Contacts this month: undertaken mentioned. experiences Chairman NtL Coordinator Picture gallery: only or is Martin Bushaway** Caroline Grubb and a slice of life from the fridge door 2 [email protected] 2 Grafton Close, work views General Secretary Gosport Team talk 4 promoted Hampshire PO12 4GD the Gill Elwell** [email protected] [email protected] The 2014 International event 4 events mechanical Regalia Manager merely Treasurer the Dave Ardley* Springtime attractions 5, 11 in Nick Chan** [email protected] and/or Club’), t: 07590 841674 part [email protected] Track day Coordinator The clattering classes: , UK. Company reg. number 3880568. A copy of the Company’s constitution and rules is available on written (‘the Membership Secretary Merrick Linnett* a less frantic take on Sevening 6 AA taking technical [email protected] Sam Pearce*, see above or 75 Limited that Speed championship news: 10 NP AR Coordinator Robert Jacobs* [email protected] and Ian Bruce Club * Dunsfold handling day 12 discussed t: 07973 291144 [email protected] Seven advice *indicates Management team Team talk: of **indicates Club Directors matters Advertising Adrian Fenwick* the new Club website 13 those upon Street, Abergavenny [email protected] professional Under cover report: Competition Secretary acting Nevill Matthew Willoughby* Lotus Seven Historian keeping dirt and damp at bay… 14 necessarily specific [email protected] John Watson not f: 01923 836637 Welcome to our new members 15 take Events Coordinator are to Robert Peacock* [email protected] publication, Ready and waiting: [email protected] Valuations of Sevens this herein the road to Seven ownership 16 readers Event Support Vehicle Manager for insurance purposes only Paul Richards* Guy Munday reading [email protected] t: 01508 530491 (work hours) Exposé: expressed inside a Seven 18 after Health and Safety recommends Views Gill Elwell** Our former Chairmen From the top: Club [email protected] reader note: David Mirylees (founder) in conversation The any IT and Webmaster by Barry Sweeney** Lol Pilfold with Graham Macdonald 20 Please [email protected] advice. Nick Richens Members’ Benefits Coordinator Roger Swift Meeting the neighbours: suffered Geoff Brown* Keith Jecks the Caterham Club of Norway 24 t: 01793 876465 enthusiasts Andrew Walker Lowflying damage [email protected] authoritative is the trading name of Seven Club Limited. Registered office: 9 Area meetings directory 26 or Steve Winterberg Mark Durrant loss precise Classified advertisements 28 Seven as any Nuke-the-leuk: for the latest fundraising news 28 Lotus Seven Club request to the Company Secretary. Lotus construed Lowflying liability The be Oh deer… any Submissions by post to: Editor, Designer and not Lotus Seven Club, PO Box 7, Tony Pashley* community spirit at work 30 Abergavenny NP7 5WQ [email protected] should Forthcoming events 34 Submissions by email to: Editorial support: [email protected] John Aston* From the archives: [email protected] Caterham Advertising: area antics for the farming set 36 see Club administration, above Michael Calvert* for [email protected] Andy Couchman* [email protected] To report non-receipt of Lowflying, change of address or find back issues (where available), please contact the Membership Secretary. Lowflying is printed by Shanleys Ltd, Units 38–39 Britannia Way, Bolton BL2 2HH t: 01204 523773 www.shanleys.co.uk Lowflying March 2014 1 21410 LF MARCH14_Layout 1 03/03/2014 13:25 Page 2 The fridge door Shin pads needed? The Lotus 88B ‘twin-chassis’ Grand Prix car could put a spring in your step. Andy Shepherd – a regular giant-killer in the HSCC’s Modified Roadsports races with his Series 2. Paul Gibbs’ 2-litre Vauxhall Seven. A good day for drying. 2 Lowflying March 2014 21410 LF MARCH14_Layout 1 03/03/2014 13:25 Page 3 Over the crest of Radillon at Spa; picture by BookaTrack.com C400 race car. I think I may have a slow puncture… Alexia Ardley at Port Leucate, Languedoc-Roussillon; picture by dad Dave. Lowflying March 2014 3 21410 LF MARCH14_Layout 1 03/03/2014 13:25 Page 4 Life beyond the phone line… SAM’S BLOG team talk Sam Pearce Membership Secretary and Club Administration The event season has really kicked off in style This edition of Lowflying will bring an end to an era. and event bookings are flooding into the office! Tony Pashley has expertly combined the role of both editor We have been taking bookings and payments and designer of this magazine for exactly ten years, for the Cadwell Park trackday, Le Mans, Get to 120 know your Seven, the Speed Championship producing varied and unique mementos for us to registrations, Curborough Sprints 1 and 2, the, treasure through the years. I love looking back through old Speed Championship Dinner, the Introduction to editions at members’ recollections of their lives with their Sprinting day… and magazine binders. Phew! cars and Tony has consistently captured the mood with It is an exciting time of the year and I have both words and pictures to help each of our contributions been scouring Lowflying to fill my diary with Lotus Seven Club events. The International sit on the pages looking far more professional and articu- event –to be held at Throckmorton –sounds late than we may have hoped. like a fantastic day out for the whole family, Lowflying is now a publication which compares favourably with more details can be found in this edition of the semi-professional offerings of some significantly larger (and the magazine. richer) car clubs and indeed many commercial ventures, showing I hope that not too many members have been so well the diverse offerings that many of us trepidatiously (yes, its severely affected by the recent storms and in the dictionary!) send in to the editorial team. Tony has worked flooding. It really has been a terrible time for so diligently to allow us the medium to show off our literary and many people; I am very grateful to have had my new roof fitted on my house in the second week photographic skills and blend them so successfully into a common in January as the old one was leaking badly! theme. The magazine is very much the mouthpiece of the Club I don’t think it would have stood the wind and allowing us all to share our tips, trips and tricks –and collating rain we had up in the South Wales mountains… these diverse stories into a consistently readable and visually I attended the Management Team Meeting in enjoyable magazine each month is no mean feat. Thank you, Tony. January, where we welcomed Dave Ardley to You’ll be able to explore back-issues of the magazine in an online the Team as the new Regalia Manager. He has archive, which we hope to make available soon. many ideas but I don’t think I will have any In reviewing all aspects of Club expenditure we have invited tenders from luck convincing him to add some pink into the interested parties to put forward their proposals for both editor and designer Lotus Seven Club palette! roles. As a result of this process we must say goodbye to Tony as this is the last edition of the ‘Pashley era’. We have appointed new incumbents for both roles, commencing in April. We can all look forward to some new faces and ideas from next month. Please remember that Lowflying is our club magazine and relies solely on contributions from us all. So whether you are a capable wordsmith, or a complete beginner with an idea you think we would like to hear, please do get in contact –the editorial team are happy to help and guide you.