paul jacobs Posted August 25, 2002 Share Posted August 25, 2002 My car really does have to go a good home. A new owner has to be discerning, not mind being envied and stared at in the street or have complete strangers come up to them, offering things like their wives in exchange or being asked to take brides, who they don't know, to church on their wedding day. These are all things which have happened to me, since I registered my 21 in May 1997, then on a "P" plate, although now wearing the number TEN 36 [which I will take off the car when it is sold]. It is a well known and thoroughly developed car, now fitted with a 245bhp SBD built and tuned Vauxhall 16v dry sumped engine, running on individual throttle bodies, with much internal work done, mated to a tuned length, big bore, triple silencer exhaust system, showing 96dbs, when last tested at Castle Combe a couple of months ago. The gearbox is a close ratio Brian Hill helical unit, with a quickshift lever and at the back is a Caterham supplied Limited Slip Diferrential. Suspension is fully uprated and has been flat floor setup within the last 12 months. Shockers are AVO adjustable units with uprated front and rear springs, with front and rear adjustable anti roll bars, 4 pot AP calipers on the front, with huge ventilated and cross drilled front discs, running Pagid pads all round, and a Caterham "Competition" big bore master cylinder. Stopping and cornering is now simply awesome! 😳 In spite of the power, the engine is completely tractable on the road and in traffic. It DOES NOT spit, stutter, die, surge, fail to start, consume vast quantities of fuel, overheat or show any signs of temprement whatsoever. It truly is a pussycat, except when you press the thottle hard. It will eat Exiges, M3s', most Porches and lesser Sevens for breakfast, will give most superbikes a good run for their money and will always entertain and reward. It has no funny tricks and will not bite back. It has never been involved in an accident or any off road "incident" - ever. The chassis and bodywork are as straight as the day it left the factory as it should be with only 13,742 miles under its' wheels. If a 21 is what you want then check out this car. I am looking for an offer in the region of £16,000:00. Considering the amount of money that I've put into this car and its' current condition, this just has to be some kind of a bargain [though not for me]! Check it out on www.entty.co.uk - sorry the site will take ages to download, go and make a drink, it's worth a look when you get back though. In addition, I have by seperate negotiation, a complete, newly rebuilt Vauxhall 16v XE engine, with an Alpha-Weber throttle body and ECU set up, running piper cams it should put out around 180 -200 bhp, but is currently unrun since the rebuild. There is also a standard 5 speed gearbox as well as a set of 16" wheels shod with Yoko 32's. I will sell seperately or together. Red 245bhp Vauxhall powered 21 [Now For Sale - £16k should do it!] Edited by - Paul Jacobs on 25 Aug 2002 22:36:37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted August 25, 2002 Share Posted August 25, 2002 16k seems very cheap Paul... Is this just a reflection of the current state of the market for 21s 🤔 HOOPY CYCLE WINGS CUCUMBER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul jacobs Posted August 25, 2002 Author Share Posted August 25, 2002 Yes, ''fraid so. ☹️ Red 245bhp Vauxhall powered 21 [Now For Sale] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymac Posted August 25, 2002 Share Posted August 25, 2002 How much for the XE, TBs and ECU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul jacobs Posted August 26, 2002 Author Share Posted August 26, 2002 Well Andy, The engine cost me £400 originally, the rebuild, with new piper cams, was another £700, the Alpha-Weber ECU and Thobble Botties were £750 second hand with under 6 months use, plus miscellaneous parts like a Caterham sump etc. Care to make an offer? Red 245bhp Vauxhall powered 21 [Now For Sale] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymac Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 I don't think I could make you a reasonable offer at the moment - had the tintop attacked over the weekend so money's now going on sorting that. ☹️ Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stijn LUYCK 1 Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 If I only had the money or the guts !!! I do not want to sell my 7 but this 21 really is tempting ... everyone should realise that for 16000 you get a great car, well set up, with a HUGE potential. Paul ... would you consider one of my kidneys as a down payment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul jacobs Posted August 29, 2002 Author Share Posted August 29, 2002 Don't tempt me........... Red 245bhp Vauxhall powered 21 [Now For Sale] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catse7en Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Hi Paul How about a couple of dozen steak and Kidney pies? Only joking. I must say though Paul, your car is really impressive, would be more than tempted if I could afford it. John Gathard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul jacobs Posted September 1, 2002 Author Share Posted September 1, 2002 OK, I don't think that there is much interest from Blatchatters, can anyone recomend some good places to advertise a niche market car like the 21? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 Findit. Classic and Sportscars (green title text) Autosport. Classic Cars (pretty sure it's different to the above. This one has a brown-ish title). Usual mags like Autocar/E&M/Autotrader. And if any of those fail you might have to end up having a word with Caterham/Paul Matty/etc. Perhaps you could try one of the classic car auctions that are usually listed in the classic car mags. Sorry to hear you're having such hassle selling it. As an aside, I saw one at Caterham last week...not for sale but in the wokshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arukum17 Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 The Caterham 21 is one of the prettiest cars ever. Plain and simple Dont know how the UK automobile manufacturing industry went down the tubes inspite of repeatedly producing beauties like the 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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