hillclimber Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Caterham 7 Due to a change of plans for 2011 it's time to put the 7 up for sale. The basic car is a 1998 Roadsports A car which has had a long list of parts added to it over the past couple of owners including myself transforming it into a very well spec'd and fairly rapid little 7. I originally bought the car after selling my race car due to lack of use as my Wife and I had twin girls making it a little difficult to disappear for full days or weekends going off racing so I wanted something I could get some use out of on the road, escaping on spirited evening drives as well as entering into the odd local hillclimb when allowed... for this the car has been fantastic - lovely and driveable around town and nice and quick when you want it to be. I ended up doing only 2 hillclimb events this season and the rest of the time it's been getting polished or posing around on the road in the sun! As with all Caterhams it's regularly been lovingly cleaned and polished and tucked up safe in the garage when not in use. Condition wise, I'd describe it as being in really good useable condition - it's not a spotless concourse example as there are a couple of stone chips on the paintwork and on the rear wings, the scuttle has some marking from past fitment of a fly-screen and the usual indent in the trans tunnel from the roof entry route thanks to a full cage, but other than those points it's a good, clean, loved example which really looks the part, goes well and has loads of history with thousands in old receipts. The full spec is as follows: 1998 Caterham 7 Roadsport 12500 miles Taxed til Sept 2011 MOT'd til July 2011 Engine 1800cc Rover K series Caterham Dry Sump system Gold Dry sump pump refreshed a titan less than 1000miles ago 208bhp@7220rpm (setup by DVA Power) Full rebuild by DVA Power around 1000 miles ago (have bills totalling over £3k) Forged Pistons Modified Oil pump Latest spec main & big-end bearings Crank, front pulley, flywheel & Clutch dynamically balanced Oil pickup pipe and sump gasket modified for improved flow Latest spec Landrover 5 layer & shim head gasket Genuine VVC big valve head - ported & polished Lightweight VVC tappets Piper 285H cams Piper heavy duty valve springs & caps Piper adjustable vernier pulleys Jenvey DTH throttle bodies Bernard Scouse airbox, filter & ducting Emerald 32bit programmable ECU (with leads) Caterham R3/4/500 larger bore primaries Rare Caterham R3/4/500 extended re packable silencer Samco coolant hoses Lightweight flywheel AP racing clutch plate and cover Recent starter motor Transmission Caterham 6 Speed box - refreshed last year by Road and race transmissions uprated with a later 4th gear and for better oil flow 3.92 AP Suretrac LSD also refreshed by road and race transmissions at the same time. Chassis and Suspension De-dion race chassis (handbrake under dash) Under chassis gravel pulley guard 22% Steering Rack Widetrack front suspension with interchangeable anti roll bars Caterham Bilstein dampers Adjustable spring platforms Adjustable Rear anti roll bar Wheels and Tyres 13" MB Magnesium Wheels (6.5 front 8.5 Rears) Either Avon ACB10's or Kumho V70As you choose. (Kumhos fitted at the moment) Braking Caterham AP 4 Pot front brakes Carbon Metallic Pads Race master cylinder Adjustable rear bias Exterior Bits Subaru WR blue paintwork Exposed Carbon Wings front and rear Carbon Nose Cone (carbon band exposed) Carbon indicator pods Carbon rear light surrounds Carbon sill protectors Carbon central and side mirrors Black 5 ¾ Headlamps Black full screen Black full screen Battery kill switch Black Caterham aero filler cap SLR rollcage Lower side impact bar (colour coded) Interior Bits Carbon Dash Tillet Seats Caterham/Luke 6pt harnesses Plumbed extinguisher system Quick release Momo wheel MOG half doors Omex shift lights Dry cell battery (relocated in the boot) Stack mechanical oil pressure gauge Starter button Waterproof(-ish) cockpit cover Spares Couple of spare outer rims for the MB wheels (pretty rare) Inter changeable front ARB Old gauges Pagid race front pads A few odds and sods Private plate L7EVL included. I'm looking for £15,500ono for what I think is a smart looking, properly fast 7, with all the fancy bolt ons any Caterham nut could ever want! Please do call or email with any questions you may have Pics are here in my pistonheads ad Pics here Thanks Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nifty Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Sounds like a bargain ❗ ======================================== Keep off the straight and narrow 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillclimber Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 phew! thanks for that, I was worried I might be asking too much for it! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Is this Tony's old car he moved on earlier this year? Seems a good spec... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillclimber Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 Yep, I bought it off Tony, the majority of the spec is thanks to him - over my ownership i've added the full screen and wiper mech, carbon wings, big exhaust system and primaries and put the MBs on. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridgway Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 FWIW (and that's probably not much), I think it's probably a very price sensitive car. At a higher price it's an expensive older caterham, at a slightly lower price it's a very well specced bargain! Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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