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Pg 3 Ed Start Festival and sprinting Pg 4 Area News More local happenings from Surrey and Manchester Pg 8 Nuke the Leuk Over £140,000 now raised! Team Members Pg 10 Caterham Festival Images and stories from Brands Chairman Magazine Editor/Designer Keith Jecks* Roger Green* Pg 12 Performance Driving T: 01883 652239 T+F: 01933 314785 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Taking pictures of cameras 'Shrublands'. Lunghurst Road, 12 Aintree Drive. Rushden Woldingham, Surrey CR3 7HE Northants NN10 OYS Pg 17 Baywatch A mad dash to the Kent coastline in the pouring rain General Secretary/ Tmckday Coordinator Trade Advertising Paul T Davis Jonathan Ratty Pg 19 Beg, Borrow and Steal T: 01428 652 493 M: 07790 904159 T: 020 7771 2956 The story of the final 2002 sprint E: [email protected] F: 020 7261 9015 E: [email protected] Pg 24 Seven Glossary Company Treasurer 20 Rowlls Road. Kingston-upon-Thames. Ever wondered what a twink was? Andrew Walker* Surrey. KT1 3ET Tel: 020 7544 6856 E: [email protected] Regalia Sales Pg 26 Crossword 5th Floor. 10 Stratton Street Mo Steer* No, we're not angry London. W1J 8LG T: 01788 817681 E: [email protected] Pg 28 Lotus Components Membership Secretary/ The Mill. Thurlaston. Information Technology Warwickshire. CV23 9JY Wattie finds more treasure Barry Sweeney* T+F: 07000 572582 (07000 L7CLUB) Technical Information Pg 30 Area Meetings E: [email protected] James Whiting* All you need to ensure you turn up on the right day - updated with web details E: [email protected] F: 01784 250915 P 0 Box 777, Haywards Heath. RH16 2YA E: [email protected] 26-30 Glenfield Road, Ashford, Pg 32 For Sale and Wanted LRF/AO Co-ordinator Middx TW15 1JL The Club's classified section Steve Winterberg T: 01903 873007. Mob: 07855 Administrator 846963. E: Geoff Pickin [email protected] T: 01633 881837 South Lodge Cottage. Rogers Lane. E: [email protected] Findon. West Sussex. BN14 ORE. Clementeita. Vinegar Hill. Undy Newport, Momouthshire, NP26 3EJ Lotus Seven Historian John Watson Competition Secretary T: 01923 824376. F: 01923 836637 Graham LyaH E: [email protected] T: 0121 706 2242 Lotus Seven Register. Flitcroft, 13 Astons E: [email protected] Rd. Moor Park. Northwood. Middx. HA6 2LE 139 Rumbush Lane, Dickens Heath Solihull. B90 1RB * Club Directors Annual Membership: Copy Deadline: Peter Steer T: 01788 817681 UK £33 Overseas £42 10th of the month for Ruth Whiting F: 01784 250915 inclusion in following issue

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he last time I raced my Seven was October 2001 at Brands Hatch. The weather was so awful that it was impossible to see the car two feet in front of my nose cone. It was so bad that later T I was told I had overtaken several cars at the first corner, but I hadn't seen a single one of them! So when I first heard that the Caterham Festival was to take place at about the same time this year, I was convinced that it would be cold, wet and in short, a bit of a wash-out.

Wrong. The sun shone so much we had to want to apologise to those who were that this is an event we should be at and take the precaution of smearing sun unable to get on track for the parade laps. therefore we will be in future. cream on the faces of our two kids. And I fear the numbers took us completely by Of course there was one motorsport right royally were we entertained too. We surprise as there were at least twice as event the club was present at, and that all know Sevens racing is always close many of you as last time. I know that was our final sprint of the year at and we all know that the Indy circuit at many of you had children with you who Curborough. We have Morgan Cleasby's Brands Hatch provides the perfect were looking forward to the event and I report, all the results and images in this ampitheatre setting, so expect it to be am so sorry that they were disappointed. issue, and as you can see by the picture good. Throw in a few championship In future years we will ensure that we below, I tried out my Murray Walker deciders into the mix and the results are allow more track time and work with a impersonation in the commentary box. truely spectacular. member of the club committee to book I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it in We have a few images from the event places so that we have some idea of there, you get a great view of all the action to give those foolish enough to have numbers. I can only apologise again and - and some looked pretty hairy! In fact I'd missed it a chance to kick themselves. hope that you enjoyed the event, be delighted to do it again. The only However that wasn't to say there weren't nevertheless." - Belinda Edwards problem is that I want to compete again, so a few disappointed club members at the There were also questions raised as to if anyone knows of a way I can commentate event, and most of the disgruntlement why the club did not have a presence at while driving please let me know. stemmed from the parade laps for club the event, and the simple answer is that Finally I have been asked to explain why members on the Saturday. I have we have to allocate the clubs limited some of the reports I receive take a while subsequently received a letter from the budget a long way ahead, and by the time to appear on these pages. Firstly, I have to organiser of the event. Belinda Edwards. we were informed that the Festival was prioritise reports that are date sensitive, She asked me to print the following: happening this year, we were already so that they appear when relevant. "I would like to thank all the Lotus and committed to the Hurst Castle event in Secondly, I receive most features in the Caterham 7 owners who came to the July. months that you are all out there driving Caterham Festival at Brands Hatch. I also Having said that, the club has recognised your cars, and in late summer you send me more than at any other time of the year. In January, February and March this drops to almost nothing, so it evens itself out over the year. I do print everything I get, so if you want something different in terms of content, you know what to do... I will try and keep all contributors up-to- date with when you will see your work by email, but if you have any questions, then please email me directly. Speaking of content, we have something a little different for you this month, a crossword. This month it's cryptic, but our compiler, Fat Cat, will also be constructing some themed synonym versions too, so get your pens at the ready and turn to page 26.

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A stunning summer it has been too - 2 of our 3 runs are over both with great weather for once in the rainy north-west... Our early summer Oswestry based run into Wales was generally reckoned as one of the best runs ever - thanks go to our friendly GP for organising it. The roads were seriously fast and seriously scary, including the famous RAC rally forest track at Lake Vyrny. Our Portmerion day out was also seriously fast, not much relaxing about our runs! At least no speeding tickets this year. Thanks to all who turned up in Ruthin, the photo was early on so doesn't do it justice. It was fantastic to see the full range of Sevens from Cross flows, through B.D.A's, Vauxhalls to Superlights. Next trip is the Southern Lakes, lets hope the weather makes it special. Hardknott Pass in a Seven... Alan Dixon

lanes of Norfolk to Eccles via some lovely Surrey roads, Bob Ruddock thought that he would be my wing man for the evening and closely What a start to August! We were given a followed me down one of the roads I drive talk by Vic Thomas of the Historic Lotus daily to work. Everything going tickety boo Register on our first Monday of the month until the Uphall 'S' bends were meeting. Not content with just purely a talk encountered, me steaming through at my we decided that a blat to an alternative usual pace, Bob confidently following until venue for the talk was needed, mainly due he saw that I disappeared round the sharp to the extortionate price that the Cornwallis left hander that he hadn't spotted! With a wanted to charge for the honour of using deft bit of sawing away at the wheel and one of their empty rooms! a very big "manhole cover, 50p" moment We met as usual at the Cornwallis and (good description Gordon), he got through then had a damn good blast through the unscathed. Marc Hicks who was following decided to scrub off plenty more speed before doing what Bob did! Thankfully we all arrived at our destination with big smiles and no dents. Vic had already turned up in his daily runner, a Le Mans D Type Jag (VERY nice) and was waiting for the usual 10 minute pratting about with tonneaus, unbuckling and underwear changing (Bob). The bar was too cheap to pass up and we all then got settled about 8.30pm to listen to what Vic had to say What a fascinating chap! He knows everything there is to know about Lotuses, Chapman, Cosworth, Caterham, you name it, he knows it. Vic's talk lasted about 2 hours in total, Fish and chips all round split into two 1 hour stints, he kept our from Diss unless, like me, you don't check (any old excuse). attention all evening with great anecdotes, your fuel before you leave and end up with Alex Birtwhistle was positively brimming slides, facts and figures. One slide of which fumes in the tank as you arrive in Southwold with joy, having just picked up his repaired had a great figure of a girl called Pippa! only to discover that it's a 10 mile drive to 7 from the 7 Workshop on the same day Vic has an enviable collection of historic the nearest fuel station in Lowestoft! AND to top it all, discovered that there sports cars, namely Jag C & D Type, Lotus Thankfully, Bob Ruddock helped me locate wasn't a mention of cucumbers on the ll's, 7's Esprits, Elans etc. Due to this the only petrol station open in Lowestoft menu! (sorry Alex, I just couldn't resist!) rather nice collection, he has now retired and boy did that take some finding! Mind you, Rachael must have had a few in order to look after them all. Envious? I lost count of the number of people who carrots cos she tried to compare Alex's Not 'alf! turned up to enjoy our fish & chip supper ' resprayed Viper Blue 7 against Luke's Viper Blue 7 in the dark!!! Our monthly meeting on 2nd September broke many new records; Largest monthly meeting for attendance, most gold on a 7 in attendance, fastest lap of the Corwallis Mulberry tree (well done Mark!), shortest time to convince a complete novice to buy a 7 after a passenger ride (Well done again Mark!) I think Oliver really yelled: "OK, OK! I'll buy one just get me out of this car, this blokes a nutter!" What a meet! Peter & Rosina Griffiths' gold plated 7 is an absolute stunner (courtesy of the Sultan of Brunei!) One As always, the evening passed too at the edge of the old harbour. I think this criticism though, Rosina's Thermos flask rapidly before our eyes, and numerous is the best supported local event that I've wasn't gold to match. Mind you from what Sevens left Eccles, keeping most of the organised so far and was certainly hard Peter was saying, all of this gold does residents awake for a half hour or so. work just greeting and chatting to all of attract some unwanted attention as well, A few of us waited behind to see the D the new arrivals whilst trying to down my cos some thieving git in France is driving Type take off in unmistakeable style cod & chips! around with 24 carat gold tyre valve caps including one of the residents, who after Loads of sevens arrived consistently on their Renault 4! the village fell silent once more said " I do during the evening from numerous counties. Tom "Lumberjack" Hodge, having just got not normally condone speeding along The weather was absolutely spot on yet his repaired 7 back on the road has inflicted roads, especially near villages, but **** again which added further still to the further damage on his poor 7 by introducing me he did it in style!" excellent atmosphere fuelled by a large a gouge in the nose cone with a 2 handled Our 2nd annual fish & chip evening at gathering of sevener's with full stomachs, crosscut saw! Now that has to be a first! the Harbour Inn in Southwold was a a Jazz band and the promise of an And what the heck has he got a crosscut tremendous success. Firstly, the run there excellent drive home. saw for? Lumberjack extraordinaire or is just absolutely brilliant with lovely twisty Bob & Dave disappeared for a short practicing magician? I did notice that Karen challenging roads traveling across country blast in search of an ice cream dessert Hodgkinson kept her distance just in case Area News (continued)

Tom found an empty cardboard box and after displaying this month's mods to his Nick & I had a bit of a confrontation was looking for an attractive female wonderful WC. with a female VW Sharon driver in the car assistant! Nick Woods' seriously burnt leg is looking park, basically having a dig at us from her Ammo turned up displaying his large as though it's healed really well after his "proper" car. All I said was that I would bore Titanium exhaust to all & sundry and hot exhaust/short trouser incident. We did rather drive a 7 than a squashed Transit by ~eck is it light or what? have the misfortune of seeing pictures of van with which she lost her sense of Andy Kirk is as pleased as ever with his the wound at it's worst. Didn't go down too humour, checked that all of the passengers recent acquisition of a 40th Anniversary well so soon after our evening meal though! had valid bus passes and left in a cloud car. Andy was temporarily tempted out of Graham took some excellent in car video of travel sweet dust! Well if you can't take a seven and into a TVR, but has returned footage of Nick driving to the August it, don't dish it out, that's what I say. to the fold a much enlightened man, with meeting, but I think it's best edited further News just in: Mark "Good Samaritan" an even wider grin. before too many people get to see it. Hicks recently rushed to the aid of a Steve Wright had to head home a bit young lady who he spotted losing control earlier in order to catch up on some much of her moped and disappearing in a ditch. needed domestic chores after spending The moped landed on top of her, parts of most of the summer in a 7. Christine which came to rest in a very admitted that some communications have embarrassing position. Needless to say, been in note form saying things like Mark assisted her in a very professional "Gone for a blast, won't be long, not gone manner, straightened her moped out and with Nifty". Good effort Steve, you've followed her home to make sure she got done well this year, must be torture when back safely. What a gentleman eh? Nifty pops round for a blat and you're All in all, an excellent last few weeks, halfway up the ladder with freshly pasted plenty more to do in the next couple of wallpaper! Top marks also to Christine for months with the Lotus show at her tolerance, (is that good enough to Silverstone, the Caterham Festival at earn you another blat Steve?) Brands and Geof's inaugural blat around Luke did some much needed Suffolk to round off October. photography for our up & coming website Cheers, Ernie They Start 'em young in Carrotland The Warwickshire Area Meeting has had its last meeting at The Red Lion Pub in Hunningham and because the Land Lady, Gaynor is moving on we are as well. We have decided to follow her to her new pub because she has been so good to us over the past few years. So from the 6th November we will be at The Plough, At Eathorpe, just off the B4455, Fosse Way, Nr Leamington Spa and will be meeting there on the 1st Wednesday of every month. For those who don't know the directions, it's simple.. From the Red Lion, turn left out of the pub car park, through the village of Hunningham and left on to Fosse Way at the cross roads. Then take the second left which is about a mile to a mile and a half, After ten yards take a left again down to The Plough. Jamie Jones

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Well, if you haven't had enough fun already this year, here's one from that lot in Carrotland that'll finish you off!

We are holding our annual Xmas dinner and party on: 7th December at the Chequers Inn, Bressingham 7.30 for 8 pm £15 per head Excellent setting, wonderful food & drink. As always you'll be in excellent company! Includes disco & good time at no extra charge All welcome (as always) Contact Ernie 01953 888738 L Or email: [email protected] J BF7 Lotus 7 Cfu6 Cards

12 different pictured cards for £ 6.99, left blank inside for any occasion. Plus add £ 4.00 P&P Contact: Mo & Peter Steer. Lotus 7 Club Regalia, The Mill, Thurlaston, Warwickshire, CV23 9JY Tel: 01788 817 681 Fax: 01788 812969 Email: [email protected] Leukaemia Research Fund

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BookaTrack fires up Septembers offering with a bang! They donate a fiver to NtL for every club member booking a BookaTrack trackday, as reported on Blatchat some months ago. Of course you have to tell them you are a club member else they won't know and NtL will miss out! Special thanks to their top ten regulars, Rob Margel, Andy Murphy, Andrew Bailey, Mark Collins, Dennis Hicks, Michael Sankey, Ian Keen, James Wyatt, Geoff Northcott & Mark Warren. Well-done Jonny Leroux et al at BookaTrack!

4 at two Anglesey Trackdays, 4 at two Bentwater's, 29 at four Brands Hatch's, 4 at one Cadwell Park 10 at two Castle Coombe's, 6 at two Donington's, 8 at two Goodwood's, 13 at three Hethel's, 10 at two Llandow's, 8 at two Oulton Park's, 4 at one Silverstone GP

£500.00 Curborough, Barbara Swift, profit from Curborough badges and hire of timing strut by Derek Davis £14.00 Barbara Swift, 7 Club Blatchat Stickers sold at Curborough (Brings total to a Wowsalls £1070.00) £25.00 Rob Corbishley, Blatchat sale of gearbox parts to G. Leckey, £10.00 Mike Squires, West Sussex, donation for free nose cone stone guard £20.00 Barbara Swift, Le Sept donations including 'frighten a frog' rides at Mas du Clos! £60.00 Dimanche Tour 02, Stuart Golding, more entries for what is rumoured on the grapevine to have been a wicked blat! Brings total to £310.00) £170.00

This month's total £799.00 Plus last month's total to date £19,040.18

Total, year 2002 to date £19,839.18 Plus Fundraising history 1992 to 2001 £120,579.03

Wow! Through the 140K! £140,418.21

Cor, only £161 to hit the £20 grand and still 3 months to go!!

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The Caterham Festival, a three-day feast of Caterham motorsport, thrilled the Brands Hatch crowds and delighted competitors from as far afield as Japan and New Zealand. The Festival attracted more than 300 race entries - well up on the figure for the 2000 event - and provided some close and spectacular racing spread over 18 separate events. John Gladman winning the Superlight race

everal championship titles were flag barely 0.9seconds ahead of race victory propels him to the top of the settled, including those for the championship leader Martin Stewart. The points standings. Motorsport News Caterham two will now fight head to head for the A special race for the over-50s saw one S Roadsport 'B' Challenge, which title in the last race of the season at of the largest grids of the meeting, with went Tony Lawrence's way, and the Snetterton in two weeks. Superlight Challenge regular Pete James Caterham Graduates and Super-Graduates. In the first of Sunday's two International claiming victory from John Schneider and Rachel Green made motorsport history by Open Caterham races, Dillon Battistini, Doug Newman. The Class B winner was becoming the first female Caterham driving a Superlight, led throughout the Roadsport racer Neil Hinson. Simon champion, triumphing in the final round of half-hour contest. In the early stages it Reader took second in class and MG boss the Graduates championship after was a tough battle for the Brands Hatch- Rob Oldaker third. a titanic track battle with Steve Knox and based racing instructor, who was harried There were races for the French and Andrew Outterside. by Team Parker Racing's Paul Kite and German Caterham championships also. The three-way fight endured until Knox Chris Cooper. Cooper's challenge ended Christian Vidal was a double Coupe de and Outterside tangled on the final lap. with an off at Druids on lap five. Kite held France Caterham victor while Britons John Knox went out on the spot, but Outterside on to take second ahead of Frazer Gibney. Schneider and Doug Newman shared the survived to hold on to second place. The second International Open Caterham Yokohama Rial Challenge race honours. Rachel was ecstatic at her win: "It's a Race produced yet more breathtakingly Caterham Cars managing director Simon fantastic feeling. I came into this year close competition, with four British drivers Nearn was delighted by the success of the hoping to do well but I never imagined I dominating the action at the head of the Festival. "It's been a fantastic event," he could win the championship." field. John Gladman claimed the honours said. "The racing has been tremendous The competition between Simon Lambert ahead of Chris Cooper, after swapping the and the spectators have been treated to and Jon Barnes to win the Caterham lead more than 10 times. Gerry Taylor was some brilliantly close racing. Super-Graduate championship title was third, in front of early race leader Paul Kite. "It's only 17 years since the very first decided by less than three thousandths of In the evo Caterham Academy, the group race was held for Caterhams and Lotus a second. Lambert snatched victory right two championship leader James Wyatt 7s and now we have championships right on the line after 20 thrilling laps, ahead of was the victim of a first-lap collision and around the world. The success of the Lawrence and third-placed Mark Smithers. failed to finish. Brian Page took the spoils Festival more than justifies our claim that The 750 Motor Club 7 Challenge delivered and Andy Baylie the championship lead. In the Caterham is the most-raced car in the another close finish. Peter Ratcliff took the Academy group one, Ben Winrow's Brands world."

November 2002 Lowf lying Performance Driving

The Future's Not Black and White

irstly, I want to thank you for the immensely positive response to last month's article - apart from the ongoing thread which has been running on the Club's website, I have had people F calling, e-mailing and on one occasion, even stopping me in the street! This month's offering is a short follow-up and 'call to muster' to those of you who like me are in favour of sensible measures but want to stem the tide of what is tantamount to an infringement of our personal liberty.

I appreciate that many members either can't or don't wish to lurk in internet chat rooms so I will precis the general tone of the discussion on BlatChat. The topic was started by Ken Evans and he's done a sterling job of keeping the subject on the boil - thanks Ken, I owe you a pint! It appears that many would like to see the Club joining the ABD (Association of British Drivers) thus offering its support to this voluntary organisation. That is of course a matter for the Management Committee. Regardless of their decision, we can still join as individuals if we wish. I have nothing to do with the organisation other than being can that have on motorists approaching a member myself, but certainly if their the danger area I ask you? funds grow sufficiently, they will be able to Picture 3 depicts a red-eye (forward broaden their platform and maybe we facing) camera on the Al northbound. beleaguered motorists may just begin to There are no side roads and the vision is be heard. What we do need to do is start good on this stretch. As I attempted to the flow of correspondence to those take this shot, it was astonishing to watch people who have been voted into people braking suddenly as they spotted parliament to act as our representatives. the speed camera - many of them had not The four pictures here - all of speed previously even been driving at speeds ...sorry, safety cameras, which I have above 70! The inevitable domino effect chosen to illustrate the anomalies, which was frighteningly close and I apologise for are, regrettably nationwide. In my opinion, the poor quality of the picture! three are blatant revenue earners and it In the final picture (4) the camera is was with great difficulty that I was able to sited just after a major route board locate one sensibly placed camera. All are advising of a cross-over junction, which is in Lincolnshire - a county priding itself on probably one of the most hazardous being part of the Safety Partnership. In its intersections we are likely to encounter favour it does list the camera locations on and in my opinion is admirably placed. its website, something surrounding If just 10% of you go out and take a counties fail to do. photograph of an illogically placed camera Pictures 1 and 2 are of the same camera and send it to your local MP, accompanied taken from opposite directions. This by a few well-chosen words, by my camera is placed in a national speed limit reckoning, around half the MP's in the area, several hundred metres after a busy country will be receiving mail shortly! Get dog-leg cross-roads. What possible effect to it chaps! Our right to roam is at stake!

12 Lowflying Hugh can be contacted at Cadence Driver Development Telephone: 07976 736661 e-mail: [email protected]

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On 21st and 22nd September, Club Seven More importantly, the area selected Espana had the pleasure to host Cadence included a mountain crossing called the Driver Development from the UK for a Puerto de Piqueras which includes several weekend of advanced driving instruction. hairpin bends and provided all of us with Contact was made with Cadence based the opportunity to hone our cornering upon the very positive feedback received skills. For those of you who may join us from UK club members and we were not for next year's tour, this crossing may disappointed. form part of the intended itinery. For the instruction, we selected an As is the tradition with events which we area of Spain called Soria which is organise in the Spanish club, nearly as renowned for its fantastic empty roads much time was spent behind the table as and almost non existent plod presence. the wheel and we enjoyed listening to many anecdotes which Hugh and Susie from Cadence had to share with us. Driving back to Madrid at the weekend, I was pulled over by traffic police on the motorway. This seemed fairly unfortunate giving that we had spent the last two days learning how to improve our driving. I

needn't have worried. They only wanted to ask me about the car, look under the bonnet and understand just how fast the car was. Fantastic! To close, I would just like to thank Hugh and Susie for the mine of information which they imparted and for putting up with us. We want you back! Advertisement for new Regalia team

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Where will we park all the cars? What route should we take? Will people come? (we originally thought that we might get 20 Bay-Watchers if we were lucky). Permission was obtained from the local authorities and the RAC to stage the event, the route was set and tested, things at Caterham and the Ringlestone Inn were set up and information was sent to Roger Green for an advert for the event to be included in Low Flying. We were expecting a small wordage piece at the bottom of a page, but we got a full page spread! Over the next couple of days the emailing was frantic and we quickly got up to 70 cars. Ray hastily arranged more parking with the Harbour Master who was happy to support our event but was getting slightly worried that Broadstairs was about to be awoken by the sound of thunderous exhausts! The joining pack was emailed/snail mailed out and the 26th May arrived in a flash. 7.45 at Caterham cars. Thanks for opening up so early Jean!. We had organised Comma T-shirts and Bay-Watch stickers with Andy 'you-can't-use-the- Pamela-Anderson-inspired-design-it'll-give- people-the-wrong-idea Noble to give out and all for a small contribution for N the L. The weather was against us from the From superstore to super view, it was hoods up, armbands on. start. As Chris drove out of his garage in Canterbury the rain was pouring down. He looked skyward and shouted an expletive and the rain got heavier! He apologised and it went back to a medium monsoon. Driving down the lane where he lives saw tidal waves passing over the bonnet and hitting the screen with such force that it felt as if he & Suzi Seven were at sea! The early morning weather was a mixture of heavy showers mixed with bright sunny spells. It seemed to rain harder the closer you got to Caterham. Ray had brought a pair of water wings with him for the windscreen wipers (in case things got really bad!). Even with the appalling weather the Bay-Watchers duly arrived over a two hour period with, as usual, Al 'I hate mornings' Wain last to arrive. Baywatch

Chris, Ray and Suzi would like to thank all of you determined 'Aquanauts' (or should that be Aquanuts?) who Bay-Watched. You have the kudos of being the first Seveners to take part in an under-water event! One intrepid soul even requested as to when the next event would be. Who was that? Crazy "I've- got-a-wet posterior" James that's who. All that water in his seat has gone to his head (or somewhere!). Chris also notes that a certain member of the L7C who drives a 'different' car and always is going on about his IRS didn't show. Chris thinks that it doesn't stand for Independent Rear Suspension so much as Individually Rusting Suspension which is why it didn't come out in the rain. That member's name? I'm sure we all know! We would also like to thank Caterham Cars for their keen support, L7C for their invaluable assistance, Safeway for the use of their Seven friendly car park, Wimpy, The Ringlestone Inn, Paul Clugson of UK Sports Surprise! We had 54 cars! Registration Ringlestone Inn and sea views on the final Cars (who put on a great spread at his and briefing was completed by Ray & Suzi section... something for everyone. The showroom, a stopping point) and Thorley carrying out the important but dry (a sun even came out for a while. Taverns (The Pavillion) in Broadstairs. master stroke!) work. Chris wants to know The site of James with his tillet type Hopefully, despite the weather, everyone how he drew the short straw of being on seats with 2 inches of water in both his & had a good time and we managed to the top of a very wet Safeway's car park his passengers seat says a lot about collect over £400 for N the L. rather than inside Caterham's showroom! It Severners (they're crazy). Arnie also had We know for sure that none who was great to put faces to the names that to stop and find a hot air blower to dry out 'competed' in 'Spraywash 2002' will forget had registered and to see the generosity of from the puddle that had gathered on his this day in a hurry. It was our intension to the Bay-Watchers, most of who gave double seat! Did someone say he had enough hot organise an unforgettable event, but, err, the suggested entrance donation to NtL. air of his own? well, maybe not in this manner! Caterham were pleased as Suzi sold 15 of Meanwhile, at Broadstairs, things were We would like to thank you all for your their umbrellas during the registration! happening in true "Bob the Builder" very generous N the L donations. We even Our trusty photographer recorded the fashion - "Can we park them, yes we can!" received cheques from non-attendees who start. The photos were to be processed The cars started to arrive at the beach had very good reasons not to be there and then rushed down to Broadstairs for parking area. They were greeted with a (breakdowns etc). Well done you lot. You collection at the event end. Well, all we superb view of the sea as the entry down really are some of the greatest guys & can say is that the pictures were the approach road to the secure parking gals it's our pleasure to associate with. absolutely superb. The reflection of the area is a hairpin bend dropping down to cars in the large puddles gave that the right. Ray had produced a 'Sevens Will there be more Bay-Watches? interesting mountain/lake effect. Faces Beach' sign and, eventually, all the cars Definitely, but we're planning to chose a could be seen through those screens and were parked (including an escaped different seaside resort each year so give most were grinning ear to ear. Brilliant. Citroen) and much admired by fellow us your ideas. We will also look to move By the time of the start the rain had drivers and bystanders who came to see the date to get better weather. This year's really set in and didn't look like stopping. what was going on. To everyone's relief, event date was determined by the dates Arnie Webb, Steve Motts, Chris & Margaret the sun came out in Broadstairs and of Curborough, Le Mans and a low tide! Alston, James Fletcher and a few others, stayed with us throughout the afternoon. We've looked at staging a more heroically set off with JPE and Brooklands This gave some a chance to dry out spontaneous event but unfortunately, we screens whilst others refused to don the before the journey home. need RAC approval with the large numbers hood, preferring to maintain the stoic Arnie displayed an inventive alternative involved and we need local authority hardiness (madness?) of Seven owners. use for his wing mirrors and roll over bar - approval to park that number of cars in a Chris's knowledge of blatable roads in using them as a clothes airer. After lots of designated area in whatever seaside town Kent guaranteed a great route. B roads, discussions about the cars, most went off we chose. single track roads, dual carriageways, for lunch and a look around, returning Check out Jan 2003 Low Flying to find picturesque villages, the historic later in the afternoon for the journey back out which bay you'll be watching! Beg, Borrow, Steal Curborough Sprint Aug 2002 - by Morgan Cleasby

It was just as well that Barbara Swift rang me on the Wednesday night. "Hope the weather is fine on Saturday," said I. "Saturday? The sprint's on Sunday, Morgan" Less welcome news was that Alex Wong's car was broken, then mended, and then broken again. As a result, he had arranged to do a dual drive in Gordon Cardew's car. It is those facts that demonstrate the nature of members of this club; they will readily lend their cherished machines to others, even those with a known diagnosis of pes plumbus (leadfoot). But why do people always have to borrow the quickest cars around? As Gordon's was likely to be the winning car in my class, this would now account for two of the trophies, and I would stand little cha"™» «* «f»«iner th* thirrf

If I had turned up on the Saturday, I would Isn't it annoying when people can corner sideways in the braking zone. Mike have found the Marshall's Sprint taking immediately get down to quick times in Vickers lost it at Fradley, heading place. Those that competed on this day as other people's cars, particularly ones they backwards towards the tyres, but luckily well as Sunday had rather a wet afternoon. have never taken out before? Roger Swift sustained no damage. Alex managed to beat Gordon in his own was up to his usual tricks, posting a A lot of analysis was going on along the car, but only by bullying his way to the 61.89 in Geoff Pickin's handlebar spectators fencing: It was interesting to front for a dry run; subsequently the conversion of a Blackbird Seven, as see Tony Thorpe and friends dividing the clouds opened before Gordon's attempt. previously featured in Low Flying. Dave circuit into three sections to take visual By Sunday morning the track was still Kimberley sneaked under 59 seconds in split times. He was particularly taking damp, and the skies looked a little Mike Jones' Hyabusa-powerered car, fresh notice of the effects of different tyres, with uncertain. Even Barry Hunt managed to out of the box. It was the first time that ACBlOs managing to trim an extra second lose the back end at Flagpole, before anyone had driven it on the track. off the second lap times, compared to the catching it again. Annoyingly he still posted Unfortunately throttle cable problems radial Yokos. I know from trying out a part a 66.52. Many of the runners in the first stopped Mike from being able to do his worn (scrub that, completely worn) set of 3 classes were 2 or three seconds off first practice run. the Avons from Alex that they warm up their best, but by the time it came to class On to the second practice run. Gavin phenomenally quickly compared to 021Rs. 5 the times were closer to the drivers Stevens spun on the brakes into flagpole, A combination of softer compound and less quickest efforts, suggesting a drying track. whilst Terry Dutton just approached the compliant sidewalls. I guess. Gordon and Alex were taking a different a more balanced drift here, and was quick heels with his new twin-cam power. Alex approach, using a video to compare enough to take the class lead with a must have run into a problem with a techniques (on the track, that is). I would 67.67. Graham Howard appeared to bog 64.91, leaving Robin Oldfield sitting in love to see virtual spectator footage, as down at the start. We were entertained to third on his recently acquired ACBlOs. they use on the WRC coverage! Whilst lots of induction noise from Paul Collins' Terry Dutton and Nick Potter were within a spectating, I found it amusing to hear 1800 crossflow. Everyone managed to get couple of hundredths of each other for the Gordon of all people calling Keith Barnett a through the mandatory noise testing lead of class 4, always a good scrap. "shortarse". It must be said that his driving although as I mentioned earlier, Alex's car In class 5 Paul Dickens took too much position is a trifle odd. He sits so far wasn't here! It is disgraceful that NIMBYS entry speed into molehill leading to an forward in his car that I suspect he thinks move into the area, only to complain off. There was the bizarre noise of he is Damon Hill in the twin seated Minardi about the noise at Curborough. I believe it Graham Ford's launch control system off at Thunder in the Park, expecting Beverley is this that has led to these checks but at the line followed by silence, presumably a Turner to slip in behind him, legs akimbo. least has the benefit of a ban on the software glitch in Houston. David Jackson Dave Edmunds was back in his commentator's sarcastic comments executed a beautiful power slide through "BDR700", with a virtual repeat during the morning. Only joking. I think it molehill, leaving black tracks behind him. performance of the last sprint; a colossal is a shame not to have commentary Unbelievably last May's novice, Peter 115mph across the line, but losing during the practice runs, and would think Carmichael was 5 hundredths quicker control braking on the return road. He a house buyer should research an area than maestro Dave Kimberley who may have sustained damage, as he never thoroughly before buying. Anyway, enough struggled with understeer out of Fradley. reappeared for the timed runs. of my rantings. And this was despite missing a gear on After lunch I managed to see some of Barry Hunt already had the measure of the finish straight. This actually the early runners before heading to the class 2, comfortably into the 63s. Gordon represented FTD at this stage as Hefin holding area. Gordon Hodgkinson looked a Cardew was not as quick as his second was the only remaining contestant in little unsteady into the first left-hander. practice run. A 61.74 was enough to lead class 6, and he lost power out of the Bentley engineer, Charles Fitzhugh set up class 3, but Tony Thorpe was hard on his molehill due to a fuel pump failure.

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were so keen to get going that they had to be physically restrained...

At the beginning of the second timed progressively improving to a 67.06. Guy McFarlane putting his two nearside runs, Stewart Heath set off before all the Rossler's first practice run of 63.73 was wheels onto the grass on the approach to red flags were pulled in. This must have enough to frighten Barry Hunt, but he was molehill, predictably losing the tail end on been due to a communication error at the unable to match this in the afternoon and braking, and thankfully spinning start line as he was allowed to go again, had to accept third with a 64.17. Graham harmlessly into the infield. That must a 69.05 enough to secure third in class Perry passed him into second spot on the have set his pulse racing. Gordon was 1. Giles Wardle improved to 67.4, whilst second run, but Barry once again took always likely to win class 3 and his first Charles Fitzhugh could not, beating him class two honours with a 63.22. He has round 61.74 was his best. Tony Thorpe into first spot. improved his winning time consistently kept improving, and his 62.14 elicited a Paul Collins had to wind on the opposite over the last four club sprints. Just as the sharp intake of breath from Alex Wong in lock in turn one, ended up overshooting others think they are getting close... the holding area. Alex gave it his best flagpole and had to back up. Graham Lyall One of the most exciting offs of the day shot and clocked his fastest run of the won the battle of the brothers, came in class three, with David day in Gordon's nimble car to within 4

Lowflying 21 one hundredths of Tony, enough to clinch driving talent. Fastest lady also came from Alas despite a lovely drift through this first third in class. this class, Debbie Perks with her fastest corner, and finding all the right cogs, Class four always seems to lead to a time yet of 64.68. Peter Carmichael could not improve on his fiercely fought battle. Jonathon Raine took Patrick MacMaster also put a tyre onto first timed run, and had to watch Dave third spot with his first timed run. Nick the grass at woodside, provoking a real Kimberley steal his first spot by three one Potter was already ahead of Terry Dutton tankslapper. Andrew Macswan spun at hundredths. Remember, this was a by a couple of hundreths and improved flag ending up facing the spectators. He borrowed car that no one had driven prior further to 62.53, carrying 94mph over the appeared to contemplate a spin turn for a to this event, 1300cc, winning with a time line. However Terry finally cracked the 62- second before graciously bowing and of 58.57. Another cracking finale. To wrap second barrier, powering across the line applauding to the crowd! Brodie Branch the day up, Hefin put in a complete run to at 97mph to take the class win with a showed great commitment to clock a take class 6 and FTD with a 56.35. commendable 61.85. 59.17 in his Fireblade, unfortunately just Another year goes by, the cars, drivers The fastest novice of the day came out outside third place. It is amazing that you and times just keep getting quicker. It of class five, with Jonathon Bell getting to can register a time like this and still not may be interesting to see what the R300s grips with the Curborough circuit in his get a gong! Geoff Pickin decided it was all and R400s can do next year. I need a Superlight R with a seasoned 63.4 by the too much and just parked up in the quicker car. I feel upgraditis coming on. I end of the day. I would like to think that middle. Graham Ford blasted by at need to start spending some more this had something to do with the rather llOmph. Mike Jones went off at molehill. money. I shall have to buy my wife some expert advice I gave to him on a walk David Jackson looked right on the ragged more presents to appease my feelings of around the course in the morning, but I edge through turn one, but held it guilt. Or maybe I will need to beg, borrow, think this is more likely to represent a raw together to take third spot with a 58.96. steal... Results

Sprint Results: 2002 Low Flying Curborough, August 2002 Sprint Championship

CLASS 1 Ken Evans 65.70 Class Winners Giles Wardle 67.40 Tim Sture 66.81 Charles Fitzhugh 67.67 Paul Stoakes 67.17 Stewart Heath 69.05 Gavin Stephens. 68.78 Headley Fletcher 70.12 Nick Whitlam 68.80 Class 1 - Gordon Hodgkinson. 70.29 Mike Vickers 69.80 Andrew Outterside Jonathan Grantham. 70.95 27 points (max) CLASS 5 CLASS 2 Dave Kimberley 58.57 Barry Hunt 63.22 Peter Carmichael.... 58.60 Class 2 - Graham Perry 64.04 David Jackson 58.96 Barry Hunt Guy Rossler 64.17 Brodie Branch 59.17 27 points (max) Colin Heseltine... 64.78 Jon Hill 59.48 Robert Herring .., 65.39 Patrick Macmaster.. 59.70 Class 3 - Keith Perry 65.49 Jeremy Clarke 60.71 Paul Bailey 65.81 Andrew Griffiths 60.80 Gordon Cardew Chris Sharp 66.39 Graham Ford 60.88 27 points (max) Stephen Herring. 66.49 Lawrence Hoy 61.13 Graham Howard.. 67.05 Julian Holloway 61.54 Class 4 - Graham Lyall 67.06 David Brown 61.68 Terry Dutton Andy Couchman.. 67.21 Derek Davis 62.78 Eddie Guest 67.40 David York 62.83 18 points Brian Lyall 67.97 Malcolm McGovern. 62.99 Martin Richards 68.12 Mike Jones 63.06 Class 5 - Paul Collins 68.34 lain McKenzie 63.08 Peter Carmichael Steve Poulson.... 68.74 Jonathan Bell 63.40 19 points Rebecca Baker... 75.08 Andrew MacSwan... 63.52 Andrew Dent 63.66 CLASS 3 Paul Dickens 63.74 Class 6 - Gordon Cardew 61.74 Keith Barnett 63.77 Andrew Ball Tony Thorp 62.14 Debby Perks 64.68 13 points Alex Wong 62.18 Roger Swift 65.74 Robin Oldfield 62.69 Barbara Swift 67.26 Simon Ray 64.38 John Fleming 67.38 David McFarlane.... 64.91 Geoff Pickin 67.46 Morgan Cleasby.... 65.66 Michael Hoile 65.68 CLASS 6 Peter Williams 66.29 Hefin Davies 56.35 Adrian Ray 69.04 David Edmands. withdrawn Bruce Robinson.... 70.60 Kaspar McFarlane. 73.35 FASTEST NOVICE CLASS 4 JONATHAN BELL . Terry Dutton 61.85 FASTEST FEMALE Nick Potter 62.53 DEBBY PERKS Jonathan Raine 62.87 FASTEST TIME OF DAY Gary Stephens 63.52 HEFIN DAVIES Gavin Craig 63.54 Tony Pickering 65.44 Mike Riley 65.53 Seven Glossary - ^S^WM^

In an effort to slightly de-mistify (without a heated screen) the terms used concerning our beloved cars, here is a sometimes serious glossary of terms. It has been compiled from a thread on Blatchat and special thanks go to Hoopy, Peter Carmichael and Fullharness.

Tonneau Cover that goes over the cockpit De-Dion Form of rear axle think you replace every 3000 miles. Blat To go for a drive Live Axle Older form of rear axle Watts link A mechanism on the dedion Flares /Clams Covers that go over the Wishbones The bits at the front that hold tube that gives you (on each end) a radius front wheels and down the sides of the the wheels onto the chassis, a top bit and arms going forwards (as usual) plus one car - Allegedly the wings of mortals a bottom bit. The top bit can have two going back and a cunning bell crank in the Cycle Wings Round covers that go over bits, and is known as a Double Wishbone middle. It acts to prevent rear wheel steer the front wheels - Allegedly the wings of Billies A "billy", or actually "billies" is the (ie the dedion moving back and forth as it the Gods more affectionate (oooer) name for Bilstein goes up and down). Tin Top Normal car shock absorbers (Term also used by racing 4 Pots Brake calipers with 4 pushy-pad- FIA Bar Roll over bar which is significantly instructors to describe punters regardless onto-disk things rather than 2 bigger than the standard bar and complies of whether their name is Billy or not) Camshaft Some have one overhead one, with FIA regulations (also a term for a pub BEC Bike-engined car some have two (Twin Cam a.k.a. Twink (qv)) owned by Max Mosley). Dizzy A distributor - distributes sparks and proper engines have little rods that do Boot The space above the fuel tank from the coil (which makes sparks) to the it instead. As it rotates the lobes cause Boots Tyres spark plugs. Except not all cars have the valves to open and close in sequence Pixies Boots them these days and use different Harness A fancy seatbelt Rubber Tyres methods like wasted spark etc... On an Fullharness A well-filled bra, or regular Commagirls Heaven EU2 K series (pre 2001ish) its the black Blachat poster Cat Caterham tennis ball sized thing on the top back left Loud Pedal Accelerator Catsuit Commagirl of the block as you look from the drivers Spat The bit of steel/carbon that covers ACBlO's Tyres with very little tread seat, (or a Billy who has spun) the front of the rear wing, or an argument A032R'sTyres with a bit more tread ARB Anti roll bar. Anti roll bar (as caused by getting lost. Yoko's Tyres with more still opposed to Roll-over bar), can be on the Damper The plunger thing ie the cylinder, CR500s Even more front as part of the Double Wishbone, or the rod that goes in and out of it and the Slicks Puddles caused by oil leaks the back. It sets the ride stiffness. connection to the chassis on each end (or Carbon fibre Lightweight parts for those Camber/Caster/Toe Wheels that don't being wetter than someone who with heavyweight wallets point straight remembered to put the hood on when it Quick Release Steering wheels that can Apollo Tank Looks like a big (18" tall) old started to rain) be taken into the pub and used for posing style fairy liquid bottle made of aluminium. Spring The coiled bit around it. Hence the Tillets Grippy seats Oil is pumped into the top (at the edge) and name "coil over damper" (or the best time S-types Less grippy seats swirls round a bit and then sits there until of year, when the car can come out of the Bench Found in a park pumped out the bottom. It gives you more garage once more) K Series Engine oil capacity and also gives air bubbles in Platform A collar on the damper that may VX Old Engine the oil (a BAD thing) a chance to float to be on a thread and so be adjustable. The X-Flow Really old Engine the top and go away. Under hard cornering connections to the chassis can either be Aeroscreens Two ridiculously small pieces the oil pump will start sucking air/oil all by a rubberised or plastic filled thing of glass purporting to be a windscreen. mixed up. So the apollo prevents this called a bush or by a solid metal thing Look good, but only to be used with a No. being a problem. Is so called because it thats free to rotate called a rose joint. 1 haircut looks like an Apollo moon rocket (Nothing to do with shoes or trains). Helmet Essential for those with A-frame bushes Between the A frame (bit of 40s / 45's Carbs (q.v) Weber (q.v.) DCOE aeroscreens and hair metal shaped like an 'A') and the live axle 40s (also 45's) So..."What you got Minilites Wheels (which is located by the A-frame in the mate....Crossflow on 40's?" With Carbs Prisoners Criminals behind bars middle and radius arms at the end) is a (or Throttle bodies) there will be a number Ladies day Excuse for her to have the car lump of rubber - the bush. As things move such as 40/42/45/48 that refers to the all week (nothing to do with Commagirls) about this gets worn and eventually fails. I diameter of the hole. So bigger lets more

24 -flying Novi air in and so more peak power. However, with carburettors is accomplished by the right direction but not in the wrong too big and driveability suffers. butterfly valves within the carb itself; the direction have a look at one, one day... So a 1600 is fine on 40s (two carbs, each term "throttle body" is seldom used in Rose Joint A solid thing to replace a bush. with 2 holes so all four cylinders get fed). this context as 90% of the complexity of Think of a metal sphere with a hole through The K throttle bodies (TBs) are 42 mm, the carb is related to fuelling the air so to the middle. Now you put that in a cylinder although if you port the head you also port pick out the rather trivial 10% for special that's JUST big enough to hold it. But the the hole a bit to make it match so it will be naming seems inappropriate. The term cylinder is actually shaped with a groove in a bit bigger. 45s are big. 48s are only used "throttle bodies" therefore comes into it so the rose joint can't move along the on BIG power race engines where peak common usage as an abbreviation of the cylinder either, it can only spin. The cylinder power is the only real concern. term: "multiple throttle bodies, arranged is connected to the end of the damper (or Both carburretors and fuel injected throttle one per cylinder in a fuel injected suspension bit should you so wish) and body systems have the dimension of the application"; each cylinder gets its own the sphere has a bolt through it that goes throttle body (the housing) measured and "tube" and its own "throttle mechanism". into the chassis, dead easy to explain if stated in mm. This affects the driveability in Plenum Single throttle body you are looking at one... hard otherwise... carburretor systems because accuracy of Dry Sump All the oil is taken to a (nothing to do with flowers or drugs). the fuelling is determined by air speed separate tank that is tall and thin (but Diesel Fuel used specifically by Chalers, you and hope. In fuel injected throttle body bigger than the apollo) and the oil is can rest comfortably in the notion that fuel applications there is next to no driveability taken from the bottom. Since its tall and for a 7 is called 'diesel' and comes from the issue because the fuelling is determined thin the pump always gets oil to pump black pump. If any fool offers or suggests through mapped electronics. In and never air. The scavenge pump keeps that you should be using a green nozzle, or carburretors, the (Weber 45 DCOE) 45mm the tank topped up. There may be more red, then tell them that they're talking bore feeds a venturi (reduction in profile to than one of these - eg one for each end of nonsense and should go talk to Special accelerate the airflow) which reduces the the sump and one for the head of the People Who Know and Understand these. bore to anywhere in the range 34-38mm - engine. (Not a wet sump with no oil in it). Nut Driver, aka the 'nut' behind the wheel the smaller the better for driveability, the EU2/EU3/EU4 European emissions Progress Driving quickly larger the better for power. Fuel injected standards that get tighter each time. EU3 is Discreet Progress Driving very quickly and throttle bodies get a straight shot, with a currently in force and I think EU4 comes not being spotted by a camera smooth profile blending into the port in 2005. the EU2 K series is the early one Understeer You go through the hedge shape - ultimately better for power. (until 2001 ish i think) and the EU3 is the forwards Weber/Carbs Air comes in here and is later one. Visual difference is the lack of a Oversteer You go through the hedge mixed with petrol distributor and a much bigger plastic cover backwards Twink Lotus Twincam engine (very, very old) on top of the engine. Also a different Upgradeitis Incurable desire to improve Roll Over Bar The bit behind your head connector to the ECU and presumable it handling and performance of 7, resulting that stops it being pulped if the car rolls puts out less hydrocarbons etc. in purchase of all the items previously Throttle Body A throttle body is a general Radius Arm From the live axle or dedion to mentioned in this glossary. term meaning "a housing containing a the outside of the chassis, just inside the TDV Track day virgin... First timer on a throttle mechanism". So all our cars have wheel arch. It's about 18" long, 3/4" thick trackday, not a trackday driver who is yet throttle bodies anyway - a plenum car has with a bush on each end. Has two positions to have sex. a single large throttle body that admits air it can be bolted into to control how much TDJ Track day junkie: what you become into the plenum chamber. Usually, the rear wheel passive steer you want. The so after your first session on a track day. Not housing is "a tube" and the throttle called comfort and track postions. a trackday driver with a coke habit. mechanism is a flap on a spindle (or Bell Crank Hmm... You have to see one TDPJ Track day passenger virgin, a butterfly valve). Roller barrel throttle really. It fits between the two radius arms compliant and willing stooge/victim for a bodies use a drum with a hole in it. and the dedion on a Watts linkage TDJ to induce a reaction. Also known as The throttling of the airflow in a car fitted equipped car. It lets everything move in ballast. Not a trackd...

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Lowflying Cryptic Crossword No OOOl Compiled by FatCat Across 9 Collection of supercars perhaps, used to back old CIA mess. (7) 10 It is the light from a candle! (7) 11 Hesitate before I coat perverse sexy things. (7) 12 Specify that eastern time is strange. (7) 13 Step on a box of wine for the way to the first floor. (9) 15 The extent by which an SV is 110mm bigger! (5) 16 Black magician uses black bird on mystical line. (7) 19 Dual river engine. (7) 20 Perhaps not the right seating position for driving this car! (5) 21 Use smart fuel to become dominant. (9) 25 I pose to find Carbon 13, for example. (7) 26 That actuality can be found in the surreal is misleading! (7) 28 The work he staged with thespians inspired a great German sports car. (7) 29 One thousand one hundred and fifty are not part of an Fl team. (7)

Down 1 England manager's kit cars! (6) 2 Car for the Tokyo driver reduced to a toy. (6) 3 A little classic once used for film work in Italy. (4) 4 Aha! - may back the use of this engine. (6) 17 Not in windows - alfresco! (8) 5 A prang could cost more than a cent if the police are involved. (8) 18 Cried loudly but may back me against communist. (8) 6 Insure against bizarre Western ritual below. (10) 22 Be thrifty by using science on the edge of pushbutton starter. (6) 7 Elementary table occurring at regular intervals. (8) 23 Sounds like the brothers are cooking chips here! (6) 8 A rematch to find our favourite car. (8) 24 Long race in problem answer. (2,4) 14 Lorry close to becoming a luxury car. (5-5) 27 The French seaman is quite competent. (4) 16 Leap over crashed Clio to find a steam-powered instrument. (8)

had some early Lotus history to include Peter Brand who worked at Lotus in the Letters being used by Graham Hill. We obviously early days and who kept a lot of the old realise that there must be many similar records. He has sadly died and they do not situations where a person believes that a know the whereabouts of these records. Dear Ed, A friend and I have recently vehicle has certain history that ultimately We have also written to Marcus Pye at purchased a Lotus Seven Series 1 turns out to be untrue or difficult to prove. Autosport to enquire about any history in Registration Mark NGS 365. The frame However we are naturally keen to pursue their archives and also Damon Hill in the number is L516/716. We have spoken with all avenues and would welcome your help. hope that his family archives may reveal John Watson who has been very helpful but John Watson believes that the car left some connection with his late father, as the factory records are incomplete he the factory during the last three months of unfortunately we have received no replies. has been unable to pinpoint the precise 1959. He has seen the Polaroid's of the Can you help? Obviously if we can chassis number. We have now located the car, which is in very sound order and has establish the chassis number this may chassis plate but as I understand the various non-standard racing modifications. help John Watson. The vehicle was in early car numbers were "scratched" on to The registration mark indicates first Sheffield in 1973/4 and was in dry the plate and it is almost impossible to registration in Perth, Scotland and the then storage there until we acquired it. It was read. A work colleague is a metallurgist Lotus dealer has confirmed that the vehicle certainly used in the late sixties/early so I am hopeful that with his expertise was sold by them, but their records do not seventies for sprinting/hillclimbing. the details can be revealed. go back that far. The Kithead Trust who We would welcome any information you The person from whom we acquired the keep old local authority records do not could provide us with to discover the vehicle purchased it in 1973/4 used it for (typically) hold the Perth District details, in history and details of this vehicle. We are a few months and it was then placed in dry fact they confirm that they would have all aiming to restore the car over a period of storage for over 25 years. Unfortunately been destroyed. DVLA also have been time so any help from previous owners or with the passage of time and numerous unable to help. More dead ends! articles would be invaluable. Barry Tucker moves he does not have the reg document. We have contacted Jez Coates at He does recall that the person from whom Caterham Cars who again was very helpful If anyone can help please email me and he acquired the vehicle stated that the car and confirmed that they used to employ I 'II pass on the details - Ed

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Found in Northamptonshire: 1961 Lotus Seven 'A', 2 owners and 85,000 miles from new!

6332R0 has just been purchased from someone in a village in Northants, having been stored for nearly 30 years. The car's condition is best described as a basket case for restoration, but it comes with original chassis plate and chassis number, frame number, original brown logbook dating from July 1961, entitling the car to its original road registration number and a 'one-off hardtop which appears to be a couple of sizes too large

In July 1961 the factory engine options for the tank and the widened Triumph Herald the engine and gearbox mountings. The the Seven were the 948cc. BMC "A" Series rear wheels and wider wheel arches. Note battery, in the foreground, is held down o.h.v. unit and the 997cc. Ford (Anglia) also that the modern reflective number with the original Lotus clamp, but the 105E o.h.v. lump which in January of that plate is fitted below it's light rather than stowage box in the middle and the heater year had just officially replaced the old above it. (Looking at the rear axle, the car in front of that are owner additions. 1172cc. Ford 100E s.v. unit. I say 'officially' had been raised using 2" blocks of wood The nose looks to be original and in because some of the Lotus Seven agents under the spring/damper units!) surprisingly good condition considering it's had been supplying cars with the Anglia 39 years. The nose badge, set into the o.h.v. engine for nearly a year previous to g.r.p., is of the original paint enamel type. that. The BMC "A" Series unit had originally been fitted with the U.S. market in mind, as our cousins over the pond were less than impressed with the 1930's Ford technology being offered to them in the shape of the Ford's 100E side-valve.

Under the bonnet is a larger than standard 1098cc. BMC "A" Series engine and associated rib-cased gearbox with The cockpit has had it's red trim panels twin HS2 V" SU carburettors on a lovely coated with matt black aerosol paint combined tubular mild steel inlet and which, from memory, was a fashion thing exhaust manifold which are supplied by no of the late 1960's. The dashboard has an less than two SU fuel pumps. The original AC open face ammeter and AC radiator, filler/thermostat housing and lOOmph speedometer which was usually steel pipework are all original as are both supplied with "A" Series powered cars. My first view of the car was from the The oil pressure and water temperature rear, nearside quarter which showed the gauges, however, must have been 'home made' hardtop with it's improved replaced in the 1970s. The steering wheel 'wind-cheating' aerodynamics afforded by which Lotus would have supplied would the revised rake of the wide front screen. have been a rather nasty 16" grey plastic Other non-standard features in this Wilmot Breedon job which typically has photograph include the trailer type rear been replaced by a rather nicer period lights which originally would have been Moto-Lita item from the 1960s. Note that Wingard 1055 stop/tail lamps, the 'modern' the original grey plastic centre is still used position of the fuel filler cap which in 1961 with the newer wheel. Also of interest is would have been in the boot, just above the transmission tunnel: There were three Lotus Components ft

shapes of tunnel tops used with the I assembled the car in the open air seize solid whilst coming back into Series Two. This is the earliest (and under an apple tree behind the Victorian London on the M4. I fixed this by brazing lowest) 'flat' type which went with the house (Bleak House) in which many of us a reinforcing web across the back of the BMC "A" Series gearbox. (In addition lived. My hoist was a rope passed one housing to limit the fore and aft whip. there was the 'round' type used with the and half times round a branch of the tree. At some stage I replaced the engine with Triumph Herald remote mated to the Ford From memory it took me about a week of a 1098 A series, I can't remember why, or 105E box and the last used an even spare time (of which there wasn't much) where the new one came from. It probably higher 'round' type for the larger Ford to assemble. seemed like a good idea at the time. I 116E GT remote shift from their Mkl The attraction of a kit car in those days have a vague notion that it was from a Cortina GT. was that no purchase tax was payable scrap yard. I also replaced the gearbox I was lucky enough to contact the first which made for a cheap motor car. From when the original refused to select third. owner, Doctor Andrew Clymo and he memory I think a Triumph TR2 was selling The replacement was a new Spridget unit. emailed me as follows:- for £900 odd pounds. By that time I could get the engine and I bought this car as a kit whilst a senior Early on I replaced the exhaust manifold gear box out of the car in 55 minutes. The houseman at St Georges hospital in with a branched one and the single failure happened when I was driving up London. I was based at the Tooting branch carburettor with twins. I don't think I fitted from Dorset (to Wimbledon) on a Friday and the car was delivered in and on a air filters. Twin separately switched SU evening, I managed to find and buy the new Bedford Dormobile. The space frame was fuel pumps feeding from different levels in one on the Saturday morning and drove on the roof and the rest in three the larger (8 rather than 5 gallon) tank back to work in Dorset on the Sunday. cardboard boxes inside. The total price saved the embarrassment of running out The car took my brother and I camping to was £512 with £8- 10s extra for flared of fuel. The heater I made and it was a Greece (across the channel by Silver City wings. There was also a delivery charge godsend on winters nights. The junction Bristol freighter at 1000 ft) and back again the amount of which I cannot remember between the exhaust box and the with nothing worse than a disintegrated and for which, in true Lotus tradition, manifold pipe was a continual source of rear suspension 'A' bracket bush. there was no invoice or receipt. "It would trouble as was the differential housing As the log book will tell you I ran the car be appreciated if you would see the driver which had a habit of splitting. On one for nearly a decade and regard it as the regarding his charges." occasion this allowed one half shaft to best car I ever had. That is in comparison with the Lotus Europa which replaced it, a 1936 Rolls Royce, an RMA Riley, a Mini Moke and sundry other family saloons. Andrew confesses to the fibreglass windscreen surround and Farina A 40 screen. The latter obviated the need for a hood at more than about 15 mph and allowed smoking whilst mobile. However he tells me that he had nothing to do with the wide rear wheels and wheel arches, external mirrors rear window or external fuel filler cap. The new owners, Brian, is now commencing restoration - watch this space. I welcome correspondence and photographs regarding all things Lotus Seven for these pages.

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4 Counties {Surrey, Sussex, Kent) Arnie Webb 01342 316166 07710 526739 The Coach House, Wilderwick Road, Dormansland, Nr East 3rd Tues Grinstead, West Sussex www.the-webbs.com/4counties/4counties.htm Bristol & Bath Julian Holloway 01454 310648 The Swan, Tytherington, off the A38, south east of 2nd Tues Tony Thorp 01275 845600 Thornbury Cheshire & Staffs vacant The Swan Inn, Main Road, Wybunbury, Cheshire 2 nd Wed Durham PhilipMorris 0191 217 1803 Cock of the North, on the A167 near Durham 2nd Tues Essex Debbie Stott 01277 354239 The Viper, Mill Green, Ingatestone, midway between Mill 2nd Thurs Green and Highwood Gloucestershire Andy Couchman 01451 821982 The Plough at Fordbetween Tewkesbury and Stow-on-the-Wold 1st Thurs Hampshire (N) & Berks Stephen Foster 01483 473026 Phoenix Inn, on the A30 at Hartley Wintney www.strangely.org/7club/ 2nd Wed & last Thurs Hampshire (W) Mick Burrell 01264 710130 The Green Dragon, B3079, 1 mile off M27, Jl, Cadnam. 1st Tues www.tabl.demon.co.uk/sevens/index/html Hertfordshire Dick Dixon 01920 871153 The White Horse, Hertingfordbury, A414 nr Hertford. 1st Wed http://freespace.virgin.net/lotus.herts Isle of Man Matthew Biggart 01624 851871 The Crosby Hotel, Isle of Man 1st Tues Kent & Sussex(E) Chris Clark 01227 451323 The Ringlestone Inn, Ringlestone Hamlet, nr Harrietsham, 2nd Thurs Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1NX, 01622 859900 Lakes & Lochs Dave Eldon 01946 841556 Roving venue, roving organisers, ring for details 2nd Wed Lancashire Tim Sture 01772 734090 Wrights Arms in Belmont on the A675 north of Bolton, 8pm 1st Wed Leics, Notts, Derby & Staffs Vacant The King's Arms, Hathern 1st Thurs Lincolnshire Mai Page 01522 875722 The Royal Oak, Scopwick on B1188, 8 miles south of Lincoln 3rd Tues London (Central) John Watson 01923 824376 The Raj Tandoori, Cowcross Street, London, opp FarringdonStn - 6:30pm last Wed London (Streatham) James Madelin 07771 926607 The Waterfront, corner of Streatham High Road & 1st Wed 020 8677 6642 Greyhound Lane. No car parking so tube or train it. London (S) & Kent (N) RichardBrunero 0208 300 5110 The Plough, Eynsford, Kent, www.the-webbs.com/17cnk/index.htm 1st Tues Merseyside & District Alan Dixon 01625 523819 The Ring O'Bells Pub, Daresbury. Warrington last Wed Middlesex & London (W) Paul Fleetwood 01923 775162 The Rose & Crown, Hare field Road, Woodcock Hill, off A404 2nd Tues Norfolk Ernie Panks 01953 888738 The Cornwallis Arms, Broom, nr Eye, A140/B10777 1st Mon Northants, Beds & Bucks Paul Marriot 01525 382669 The Batholomew Arms, Blakesley. Northants, NN12 8REwww.number7.org.uk/ 3rd Tues Northern Ireland Johnty Lyons 02897 542349 The Templepatrick Hilton on the B95 200yds from the Templepatrick Roundabout 2nd Thurs Northumbria John Sweeney 01661 25623 Newburn Motor Museum 2nd Wed Oxford Brian Soper 01235 531632 The Chequers Inn, Burcot, nr Dorchester-on-Thames 1st Tues Pennine Paul Dickens 01943 831178 The Devonshire Arms, Cracoe, B6265, 4 miles north of 2nd Wed Skipton on Grassington Rroad www.pennine7club.co.uk Scotland LawrenceHoy 0131 445 1241 Gartwinzean Hotel, Powmill, Fossoway, Dollar, Clackmananshire, FK14 7NW 2nd Wed www.lotus7club.co.uk/scotmeet/htm of EVEN months Shropshire Robert Morris 01952 240730 The Gate Pub at Bratton, off the B5063 - 7:30pm last Tues Somerset & Wessex Paul Jacobs 01823 421748 Summertime: The Raleighs Cross Inn, Raleighs Cross, Exmoor, Somerset - 8pm 1st Thurs Wintertime: Lamb & Flag, Blagdon Hill, Taunton, TA3 7SL South West Chris Anderson 01833 853068(H) The Mucky Duck, Lydford, (next to National Trust White Noon, 4th Sun 01752 313306(W) Lady Waterfall) www25.brinkster.com/lotus7sw/ Suffolk Geoff Carlton Smith 01728 860608 The Cornwallis Arms, Broom, nr Eye, A140/B1077 1st Mon 01728 860550(W) Surrey Adrian Elkin 01403 254373 The Wotton Hatch, Wotton, 3 miles west of Dorking 3rd Thurs Sussex(W) Dave Hollington 01444 459470 The Crown Inn, Dial Post, off A24 south of Horsham. 2 nd Wed www.btinternet.com/~ishinfo/sussexhm.htm Wales (N) Terr\ Bithell 01352 781352 The Wild Pheasant, on the A5 just outside Llangollen, 2nd Sun Anthony Jackson 01978 757147 Noon to 14:00 April to September Wales (S) DaveJackson 01633 893929 The Travellers Rest, on A469 from Thornhill to Caerphilly 1st Thurs Warwickshire Colin Swinson 01280 824793 The Plough, At Eathorpe, off the B4455, Fosse Way, Nr Leamington Spa. 1st Wed Jamie Jones 0121 753 1329 Wiltshire (N) Geoff Brown 01793 876465 Freke Arms on the B4019 Highworth to Blunsden road 2nd Wed Wiltshire (S) Trevor Parry 01985 218852 Bell Inn, A361, Trowbridge side of Seend 3rd Wed Worcestershire Morgan Cleasby 0121 311 1874 Brook Inn, Callow Hill Lane, Elcocks Brook. 2nd Wed NigelMarston 07973 347791 http://www.thebrookinn.co.uk/ Yorkshire (E& N)) Martyn Kent 01723 515082 Crown & Cushion at Welburn on the A64 nr York www.enyorkslotus7club.co.uk 3rd Wed Yorkshire (S) Nick Henstock 01226 765463 The Royal Oak, Ulley. off A618 nr J31 of Ml last Wed

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K series, 1.4 Super Seven, November harnesses, Motolita steering wheel. June 2002, tax & MOT until March 2003. 1994 'M' registration with 22k miles and Vecta immobiliser. 16" 5 spoke alloys. Fair weather use, very clean, £10,500. MOT to next March. Very well kept, clean Michelin tyres, tonneau cover. 2 previous Call Philip on 07887 988622 (Yorkshire). example in very good condition. Caterham owners, never raced/tracked. MOT. red, with cycle wings and 4 into 1 Amazing looking car. Loathed sale! OITRO 1700 Super Sprint 1989 G reg 135bhp, exhaust. And now the list of bits and bobs £12,500. Call Danny 07769 707942 or Factory built, De dion, 5 speed, s type - hardly used Yoko tyres on 14 inch email [email protected]. leather interior adjustable seats, dry sump, minilites, 7 grille, leather seats, heated oil cooler, increased weather equipment, screen, heater, immobiliser, soft top. Caterham VX HPC 'J' Reg. Miami Blue, Heated screen, Willians harnesses, heater, tonneau, luggage rack, 5 speed box, 4 flares, Yellow FIA bar plus ring around the tonneau, air horns, electronic ignition, SS way caterham harnesses. She has to go nose cone & bonnet stripe, blue leather brake hoses, LSD, adjustable dampers, (and the car!) - looking for £9,995 ovno. seats, nose cone with motorbike genuine reason for sale, Very good Contact Matt on 07815 873996, or mail indicators coming out of the side of it, I condition, MOT to May 2003, TAX to matt [email protected]. believe that there were only 3 built this March 2003. £8,750 ono. Please contact way. Full windscreen, tonneau, hood (cl8 Allister on H 01747 825640 W 01747 Caterham Seven Super Sprint G reg, months old), hood bag, James Whiting 822233 M 07979 502585. 1990 two owners, 11,000 dry miles. spec side exit exhaust, electronic ECU Kept in heated, purpose built garage. (James tells me cl90bhp). Alloy race Caterham 7 VX Classic. 1999 T Reg. 1600 X/flow big valve, 135 bhp James radiator. Two sets of wheels, 13 inch 1600 cc 8 valve engine. 5 speed. Full Whiting alloy sump, twin 40s Luminition minilights with Yoko 021r's & 5 spoke 16 weather equipment. Green and ignition, rev limiter. Immobiliser, built in inch HPC wheels. C 43k miles. £12,500. aluminium, 6000 miles. £10,995 ono. fire extinguisher. BRG/polished alloy, Call Geoff Johnson on 01252 680156 or Ring James for further details, tel 023 chromed suspension, primrose yellow 07950 942760. 9258 3553 or mob 07976 200808. revolution 4 spoke wheels (two sets on Yoko A032's and 510s new MOT). Swept Caterham Super 7 vauxhall 2 litre carbs, Caterham 7 1992 1700 Supersport, red/ wings Juno handling kit, new fully 1995 19k FSH, Factory built, recent silver - includes dry sumped 48 webers, adjustable Spax gas shocks. New 4 point rolling road, Porsche blue, always blue printed quaife box, widened and Luke harnesses, leather seats, FIA roll garaged, touring miles only, full weather lowered suspension, hi tech dampers, 4 bar, full hi vis weather equipment. Well and leather, immobiliser, tonnaeu, new POT racing calipers, 6" front and 8" rear over £3,000 spent recently to make the tyres, flared wings. Excellent cherished whels. Loads of other extras, too many to best ever classic Lotus look 7. All bills cond. £13,750. Call Colin day 01590 list. Awesome road or track day car. and full diary record of all work done to 612132 even 01202 581122. £9,000. Phone Mark on 01234 261302. date, call for full spec sheet. Reluctant sale £9,995 ono. Ian Hoper, Hampshire. 1996 1700 Crossflow SuperSprint 1998 (R) Caterham 1.8K SuperSport. 5 Tel (w) 01329 825852 (h) 02392 593207 135bhp, live axle, 5 speed, 10,000 miles, speed. 9000 miles, factory built Dark or e mail [email protected]. Black/Ali, Cycle Wings, FIA roll bar, 13" metallic blue. Leather seats, heated minilite type rims with Yokohama A021Rs windscreen, hood, hoodbag, tonneau, Caterham 1700 Supersprint. Caribbean x 5, spare set of Micheline road tyres heater. 16" HPC wheels, uprated front Blue. M reg. 135bhp 1700 Crossflow included. Immobiliser, high visibility brakes, SuperSport suspension, FIA roll bar, engine. Twin webers, competition weather gear, heater, heated screen, blue 4 point harnesses, Motolita steering exhaust, 5 speed, de dion chassis. battery cut off switch, fire extinguisher, 7 wheel, 7 Grill. FSH. £15,495. See http:// Flared wings, painted rollbar and exhaust grill, Caterham 4 point harnesses in Red. www.activepage.demon.co.uk/caterham guard. Full history 10,000 miles. Heater, Never raced, well kept, regularly serviced, for photos. Tel 01829 740002 (Cheshire) heated screen, cloth seats. Luke pistons, rings & cycle wings replaced in or email [email protected].

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Caterham 1700 Supersprint 1984 A. Red, Excellent Al condition £500 ono. Call 3.9 diff £130. Mariner/ltal axle, un• 4 speed, live axle, flared arches, new Adrian Zacher 01296 338528 or email modified, fitted 3.65 diff £40. leather seats and suspension front and [email protected]. Mariner/ltal diff complete 4.1 ratio £25. rear. Roger King unleaded head. Lucas Phone 01621 784071 after 7pm. competition ignition system. Ex Caterham For sale registration number - S7 DUO - press car, featured in Autocar, .on retention certificate, will accept best 2 cycle guards BRG unused, in original Performance Car and Super 7 Books. 6 offer over £200 during 1st week of Caterham packaging £40 pair. Lotus twin months Tax, 12 months MOT. £6,800. advert, this includes all transfer costs cam oil filters £5 (2) original packaging. Tel John on 01455 844986. except the making up of new number Tel 01452 713434 Glos. plates. If interested please call Mark 1991 Super 7 Ford 1600. 4 speed, Met Warren on Sheffield 0114 274 6166. WANTED Red. MOT Aug '03, tax Jan '03. Weather equipment and heater. Straight forward Trailer for sale at £180. A 7 fits it FIA Roll bar for 1992 short cockpit seven. fun, good overall condition. £7995. perfectly. Contact Phil Allen on 01684 Call Kevin on 01425 402318 eve's or Phone 01797 366807 296672 or email fil-allen ©breathe.com. mobile and leave message 07855 121310. [email protected] New unused front (red) anti-rollbar and Your petrol tokens, cigarette tokens, used PARTS rear adjustable anti-rollbar for de-dion car telephone cards, Air Miles, Points on Smart for sale, offers, telephone Harvey Weller Cards, BP, Gulf, Shell etc, also any old 5 Immaculate 15 inch Prisoner alloys. 4 on 07850 553957 (Surrey). Green Shield, Pink or Co-op stamps as they with Bridgestone tyres Potenza S03 only can Help Find the Cure for Leukaemia. done 750 miles. The spare has a Ital/Mariner live axle, case modified by Please send all donations to the LRF Michelin on it - brand new. Suit DeDion Arch motors. Axle built with all new Voucher Appeal, 8 Stavordale Lodge, Car - with locking anti-theft covers. bearings, brakes and seals. Fitted with Melbury Road, London, W14 8LW. Manufacturers of the Original British made Superlite wheels

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