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Did not know there was such a thing until......

 

95 N Caterham 7 JPE Turbo

very high spec, 320 bhp, ultimate spec car that has cost £80K to build. Developed into probably the quickest Caterham ever built (including the R500) under the direction of its fastidious owber, its now for sale with just 2000 miles on the clock and obviously as new. Please telephone for full spec, £29995 (T) Paul Stephens Specialist Cars Tel: 01440 714884

 

I got this add off the Autotrader website, sounds like a fast 7?

 

Simon.

 

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Saw this car in arrowstar a couple of years ago. History is started life as JPE purchased by one of the heirs to Tetra-Pak who live in Oxfordshire. He spent about £55K in total getting it turboed by whoever-turbotechnics/Courteny etc., then traction control etc., etc. After 6 months he got bored and gave it to Arrowstar to sell-at whatever price they could get!! They sold it for £22-23K if I remember correctly- apparently it is something of a beast, but I tell you what- I'd have sold my Granny......
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>> I think the person brave enough to pilot it should have a nice headstone chosen!<<

 

Keys please [:0]

 

55k having it turbo-charged? They must have seen him coming!

 

I saw the Tetra-Pak car being built in the factory. Len Unwin pointed it out to me and explained that they were going to make it *really* difficult to get the bonnet off, but eventually when you did all the fluids would splurge out it all directions...

 

Mike

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It does seem a very high amount, a decent race V6 for hillclimbing is only about 25K (500bhp) so just what they spent 55K on I dont know.

 

lets face it, 320bhp from a 1800cc turbo engine is not all that much, some cossies can reach 650+ so 200cc cant make that much difference!

 

Simon.

 

 

 

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