The Club Stand at the Classic's at the Castle event 2024

AR Rumblings: 

Hi everyone,

I'm happy to report that my 7 passed it's MOT with flying colours so it was out for the last club meeting!

Holidays have meant it's not had much use since, but hopefully the weather will stay good for the rest of the summer, although to be honest it's been a bit muggy today, so a short sharp thunderstorm wouldn't be unwelcome.....

I hope you're all enjoying the fine weather and I look forward to seeing you at the next club meeting.

All the best
Richard

Out & About:

300624 - Axminster Vehicle Extravaganza:

Two Sevens at this annual show, Rhett Land and the Mirylees'. Absolutely packed showground with all sorts of classic and interesting vehicles, unfortunately it wasn't until most of the participants had departed that we realised no pictures had been taken 😞

Great day spent talking to may people and a special mention to a really nice chap named Chris who parked next to us in his series one Elise (up for sale at £20k) and also informed us that he has a Lotus Seven series 2 at home soon to be back on the road again 🙂 

Also, a surprise visitor was Mark Tredwin a local 7 owner who used to live in Lyme Regis but has since moved to Wales whilst competing in the Caterham Academy series.

070724 - Broadstone Classic Car Show:

Olly and Ian both attended the Broadstone Fun Day Classic Car Show in Poole. (Olly in the Green and Alloy Caterham and Ian in the Black SV model)  👍

120724 - Skeetsy:

Success! MOT passed 🙂

140724 - Oily's Breakfast Club Meeting:

Yes, the Oily Rag is no more - replaced by Oily's Breakfast Club!

And the prize for the first Seven to appear goes to...

Phil making an entrance in his Lotus 7 series 2

Phil's Lotus dwarfed by this early 2-stroke Saab!

140724 - Pride & Joy Event:

Sean attended this Pride & Joy event on Sunday 👍

160724 - Dorset Area Club Meeting:

A beautiful evening merited a fairly good turnout of Sevens and owners at the Red Lion.  The downside was that the car park was full of the visiting cricket chaps vehicles meaning that our small cars had to park amongst the array of behemoth's.

Regardless an excellent evening spent in the car park amongst our cars discussing anything and everything. Special mention and welcome to Sam Smith and his wife Lisa who arrived in his recently acquired yellow crossflow Caterham which looked the 'DB's'.
Nick came along in his BMW bringing with him his lovely black labrador which obviously enjoyed the attention. 

Pics by the Stafford's (and others)

Couple of older chaps chatting with a young lady

Ian and Skeetsy discussing all things 'K'

Johnny passes on some of his wisdom

Sam and Lisa by their Caterham crossflow

The cause of the crowded car park

Just park wherever you can...

Johnny's Porsche 993 (still can't get in his HPC 😞)

Skeetsy's Caterham (much modified) 'K' series

Ian's Caterham SV

Jim's Caterham crossflow

Chris's Caterham 420R

Graham's Caterham crossflow

Robin's series 2

Mirylees' series 3

Yellow 7's don't just attract the fly's!  

210724 - Supercars & Classics at the Castle:

The forecast was for a dry but overcast day but just to make themselves a nuisance, the weather gods decided it would be fun to rain in certain areas when the exhibiting cars were heading to the Sherborne Castle grounds!
We started off from Charminster in the dry but within ten minutes were driving through a shower which however passed quickly. Excellent dry drive along the empty winding open roads through King's Stag and Stalbridge and then back through a passing shower to Sherborne. As usual the Seven got wet but it's participants didn't and as the drive had been so enjoyable it mattered not a jot!

We arrived to find Richard (Salisbury) and Olly already on the stand and whilst the others arrived we headed for the coffee tent.

Not as much interest this year from from owners outside the Dorset area (1 Somerset and 2 x Wiltshire) but with a total of eleven cars on our '10 car plot' we had room to spread and the company was great plus, to top it all, after the initial fine rain, the sun shone through for the rest of the day and personally I came home with a very burned face! A really good day...

Jon's Caterham Classic developed a squint on the way!

7 owners relaxing in the sunshine

Line up facing East

The North and North East facing Sevens

Olly was on pole

Jon captured the Porsche by the Castle

Another of Jon's pics.

Mark captures the 7 stand

Images below from Nick Westbrook:

A genuine Stratos

and the rare Aston Martin Valkyrie

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Phil's Take:

Blue skies, fantastic roads, early start, no traffic, loads of tight bends and a day out at Sherborne Castle, Supercar show with fellow Seveners, shame I had not got a working 7 to go in, the MX5 did the job and good fun but no way near a 7. Still had a very good day out.

210724 - Somerset: Tim & Vicky's Barbeque:

Some of the Somerset area enjoyed the hospitality of Tim Barber and his wife Vicky when they organised a barbeque for the area at their home.
Eight 7's in attendance and enjoyed by all.

A screen grab from Jonathan's drone video

Here's a pic taken by Vicki from an upstairs bedroom, just as the sun/shadow swept across the courtyard. A Good action shot of the BBQ being replenished in the background!

And this one is a favourite because it shows the drone in action, albeit at low level. 

Out & About:

280724 - 'Not the Haynes Breakfast Meeting':

As is usual, a few Seven owners caught up with each other for a breakfast chat on the 4th Sunday of the month.

We had a great drive to Haynes and back along some minor and empty real 'Lotus roads' to meet up with Richard Taylor, Rhett Land and Sean and Adi. Brilliant to have a long chat with everyone in the 'executive lounge'.
Good to see that Haynes have extended their artificial grass and seating area and positioned an Airstream unit selling quick food and drinks.

Bonus for us was that the display car park by the go-kart track was full of Jensens. 🙂

A good day!

Richard's bike engined Caterham

Sean & Adi's Anniversary Caterham

The 'Executive Lounge' 😁

New outdoor area

Jensen's on display

Jensen's on display

From this month's 7 Club magazine, Low Flying:

A DATE FOR THE DIARY!

Graham Nearn Memorial Blat Saturday 28th September.

Make the most of the last days of this year's driving season to blat down to the Haynes Motor Museum for a national gathering in memory of Graham Nearn who passed away 15 years ago. 
As well as celebrating the life of the man who set up Caterham Cars and was instrumental in ensuring the survival and evolution of the Seven, the event will also celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Caterham 21.

The Haynes Motor Museum was started by John Haynes, founder of the hugely successful Haynes Publishing Group. As an avid collector of cars and most things related to them, creating his own museum was perhaps inevitable; it was opened in 1985 and the collection has now grown to nearly 400 vehicles in a series of collections from  'The Dawn of Motoring' through "Wheels Around the World", "Great British Marques", the "Hall of Motorsport", "Ferrari: The Man & The Machine", an exclusive Williams F1 exhibition and the evocative "Red Room" which features sports and GT cars of just that colour (including - it should be said, a 1990 Caterham Seven...) The museum is located in Sparkford near Yeovil,. just off the A303 and 30 minutes from junction 25 of the' M5. Further details, including how to book your tickets, to follow when available.

Castle Combe Autumn Classic - 21st-22nd September 2024:

A brilliant event with always a great attendance by the Caterham & Lotus 7 Club.
The racing is second-to-none with tail-out close racing throughout the various classes. This year it's a two day event so have a look at the Castle Combe web pages and decide which (or both) days that you wish to attend.
If you are a club member the details are here and you'll get a really good reduction on the normal ticket prices.

Autumn Classic details here.

Caterham Tour:

A tour around the new Caterham factory.

Link Here

and even more Here.

AF Seven 360 Unveiled at the British F1: 

Caterham are making a special appearance at the 2024 British Grand Prix at Silverstone with the RAF. Unveiled today, Friday 5th July 2024, is a special one-off car built using exterior and interior components from a Puma HC2 helicopter, paying tribute to the remarkable aircraft.

Link

So, you thought you had problems...:

Barnfind Lotus 7 series 2

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