for Lotus and Caterham Seven enthusiasts Lotus Seven Club • PARTS FOR ALL SEVEN MODELS - 1957 TO DATE • RAPID MAIL ORDER SERVICE, ^Sf EXPORT ORDERS WELCOME • ENGINE BUILDING, TUNING, NEW & EXCHANGE UNITS • TRANSMISSION, NEW & RECONDITIONED • SERVICING, REPAIRS & RESTORATIONS • ACCIDENT REPAIRS We are Agents or Stockists of most leading brands including: WEBER, K&N, SPAX, KENT Cams, VANDERVELL BEARINGS, MINILITE Wheels, WILLANS Seat Belts, NGK, TOP TEK HELMETS, O/E LOTUS & CATERHAM Parts, MOTORCRAFT, LUCAS, Plus our ränge of REDLINE Accessories. For Spares, Repairs, Servicing or Free Advice Telephone or Visit our premises in Caterham. Only minutes from Junction 6, M25, Short walk from BR Station. HISTORIC SEVEN PARTS SUPPUERS FACTORY APPOINTED PARTS & SERVICE CENTRE \ // REDLINE^H Vi/ /-» -w tr 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 | WWW.jOiïÎeSWhÎtiiig.COm Appletree Works, 26-30 Glenfield Rd, Ashford, Middx TW15 IJL t)+44 (0) 1784 241466 f) +44 (0) I 784 25091 5 Club administration and membership services GBZÄ^CMraDGZÄXDOT including Event Support Vehicle (ESV) bookings, Calendar We support the coordination and advertising in Lowflying Leukaemia Research Fund Sam Pearce* Lowflying is published by the Lotus Seven Club, PO Box 7, Abergavenny NP7 5WQ e: [email protected] t: +44 (0)7000 L7CLUB(572582) f: +44 (0)1873 858717 Lotus Seven Club for membership enquiries or changes of address, contact: www. totussevenclub. com e: [email protected], or Sam at the address above or you can download a membership form from the Club website Annual membership is £42 which includes Lowflying {UK and Overseas) this month: or £40 if paying by direct debit News and events 2 Welcome to new members 2 Contacts 50 years of the Seven Chairman Members' Benefits Coordinator Steve Winterberg** Geoff Brown* keeping the spirit alive 8 South Lodge Cottage, Rogers Lane, t: 01793 876465 Findon, W Sussex BN14 ORE [email protected] A Master's in Classics t: 01903 873007 m: 07855 846963 a day at the races 8 [email protected] Event Support Vehicle Manager Malcolm Godfrey** General Secretary [email protected] Area antics Mark Durrant** Kent and East Sussex review their year 12 15 Searles View, Horsham, Marketing West Sussex RH12 4FG Tim Abraham Nuke the Leuk t: 01403 250468 [email protected] [email protected] the Latest fundraising news 16 Other team members Company Treasurer Martin Bushaway* Regalia Lynda Preece** [email protected] 10 East Castle Street, Bridgnorth, Christmas presents and bargains 18 Shropshire WV16 4AL Jamie Jones* t: 01746 762451 [email protected] From chilli sauce to maple syrup m: 07717 535309 [email protected] Johnty Lyons* seven army blats on its stomach, perhaps 20 [email protected] Membership Secretary Sam Pearce, see above Simó[email protected] Rogers* m Academy racer's charity event 23 AO / AR Coordinator Adrián Williams* Speed Championship Martin Richards* [email protected] from the beautiful setting of Wiscombe Park 26 t: 07884 437652 [email protected] *indicates Management team Land's End to John o'Groats **indicates Club Directors IT and Webmaster a doubley-challenging charity fundraiser 30 Barry Sweeney** Lotus Seven Historian PO Box 777, Haywards Heath RH16 2YA A member's tale John Watson t: 01444 458065 f: 01923 836637 [email protected] [email protected] realizing a long-held ambition in Canada 34 Competition Secretary Caterham Archivist Mark Durrant Area meetings directory 36 Rosey Moffatt see General Secretary, above [email protected] Classified advertisements 38 Regalia and Brand Manager Valuations of Sevens David Nelson* Diary of events 40 [email protected] for insurance purposes only Guy Munday LRF/ NtL Coordinator t: 01508 530491 (work hours) Rachael Sangha* see note on Nuke-the-Leuk page Nuke the Leuk, PO Box 585, Cambridge CB1 OFN t: 01223 271440 m: 07974 097771 Our former Chairmen [email protected] Dave Mirylees (founder) Track day Coordinator Lol Pilfold Geoff Pickin* Nick Richens Clementeita, Vinegar Hill, Undy, for Lotus and Caterham Seven enthusiasts Newport, Monmouthshire NP26 3EJ Roger Swift t: 01633 881837 Keith Jecks [email protected] Andrew Walker Lowflying The Lotus Seven Club is the trading name of Seven Club Limited, Editors Designer Trade advertising Registered office: Horsingtons Yard, Tiverton Place, Lion St, Abergavenny NP7 5PN. Tony Pashley* see Club administration, above Company registration number 3880568. A copy of the Company's constitution t: 020 8771 8337 and rules is available on written request to the Company Secretary, details above. [email protected] for non-receipt of Lowflying or change of address Please note: Views expressed herein are not necessarily those of Seven Club Limited for submissions by post, contact the Membership Secretary ('the Club'), merely the views and experiences of individual writers. Opinions (whether send to the Editor technical or otherwise)should not be construed as precise authoritative advice. c/o 2 Oak Lodge, 130 Auckland Rd, Lowflying is printed by The Club recommends readers to take specific professional advice and that technical London SE19 2RQ Shanleys Ltd, and/or mechanical work is only undertaken by suitable qualified individuals. Units 38-39 Britannia Way, The Club does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered by any reader Classified advertising Bolton BL2 2HH after reading this publication, acting upon matters discussed or taking part in events see directions on the t: 01204 523773 mentioned. Editorial coverage or advertising does not imply endorsement. Classified pages of the magazine www.shanleys.co.uk November 2009 Lowflying Membership matters Our Administration Secretary Sam Pearce reports from behind the scenes - or beyond the phone Une... The Lotus Seven Club says hello to new members who have recently SA joined us... Mr C Bramley and Ms F Santos-Mawdsley, ÏS>G Northants The dark nights are drawing in and the trees are Mr A and Mrs V Corser, Surrey lazily losing their leaves but life in the office is Gavin Duke, Buckinghamshire still full on - no hibernating here! I've just John Evans, Gwynedd returned from the AR meeting in Luton and am Mr M and Mrs D Fanner, Kent working hard on turning my hurried notes in Kent to readable minutes. The meeting went well Richard Fitzgerald, with all agenda items being covered and it was Mr F Gustafsson and Mrs A Djarf, London good to put some more names to faces and Ross Law, Oxfordshire meet the hard working ARs that I communicate Mr Lewis and Mrs Audrey Sykes, with so often by email or phone. West Sussex I've also been busy taking bookings for GTKY7 Andrew McCausland, Wiltshire Brooklands Blat, and the Freestyle Speed Championship Awards Lunch and am going to Keith Morgan, Wiltshire be to logging interest throughout November Dean Morris, West Midlands for the possible GTKY7 in the Midlands (see Richard and Louise Napier-Hemy, news item elsewhere in this issue) for which I Cheshire hope there will be lots! Douglas Nelson, GERMANY I was recently sent a copy of Low Flying dating Twenty years ago: back to 1989 by club member Martin Bates. very shortly after the Collin Singleton, PARMA It was interesting to see how the magazine and time this issue was John and Trish Skyrme, Essex arriving on members' the Club has changed and grown over the years doormats, I was Colin Turner, Lincolnshire and I found the old Members Matters letters writing a cheque to Mr A and Mrs C White, Wiltshire section quite amusing! I can see too how the Caterham Cars for my internet has changed the way the Club is run in Starter Kit... Ed. Thomas Winter and Rosie White, London many ways. For instance, I noticed that BlatChat in 1989 was an opening piece for the And welcome back magazine about upcoming events and such- to these former members who like, which seems to have no relation to the have returned to the fold... bustling online forum called BlatChat that club members use today. Egil Time, NORWAY INTERNATIONAL SUPER 7 MEET The 2010 advertising rates for Lowflying have & LOTUS 89 COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE Steven Millard, Gloucester been agreed by the Team and I am in the John Slegg, Suffolk process of writing to our advertisers with the <£> A, Ian Bailey, Swansea Club's new rates shortly. I think you'll agree that the magazine does look brighter since we Mr S and Mrs A Parker, Fleet stopped offering black & white rates. Neville Dyson, Ashford The Club does now offer small spaces (1/32 and Nick Barker, Southampton 1/16 page) exclusively for Club members to advertise their non-Seven related businesses. If you are interested, please contact me and if you wish to offer your fellow members a We're always pleased to hear from new members: tell us a little about yourself, how you first discount, your company can appear in our tha official magazlna of tha lotus seven owners club became aware of the Seven and, if you've Members' Deals & Discounts Directory (which is recently acquired your car, how you are getting available on the website) for free. We already on with the Seven experience (or, perhaps, how have over 50 companies offering great deals you tried, but couldn't live without one!). (some of which are limited and time-limited) so be sure to check it out often! 2 Lowflying November 2009 News and events Graham Nearn Getto knowyour Seven in the Midlands? As this issue was going to print, we were saddened to learn of the death of Graham Nearn, founder of Caterham Cars.