Caterham R500 No: 53 (2001) NOW SOLD

[Adrian Williams]

Now sold, thank you for the off line interest.

 

Caterham R500 Superlight No. 53:

Originally supplied by Classic Carriage (later became Caterham Midlands) in 2001 and then bought by me from Caterham Midlands in 2008 as a two-owner car both of which are detailed in the history supplied.  The car came with the current personalised registration R500 SEV and was in excellent original condition, finished in Blue.

Since buying the car I have engaged a number of professionals and spent several hundred hours myself creating a very personal R500 with what I think are all the right bits and a fastidious level of detail that was achieved regardless of expense.  This included a bare metal respray by Tony at TSK who finished the car in its present Magenta/Hot Pink colour and a full re-build using new fasteners including stainless and alloy versions in non-critical areas.

With only 9,200 miles from new and an engine refresh less than 2,000 miles ago this is an immaculate and rare car in as new condition, main specification below:

 

Drive train spec:

Minister 1796cc R500K, Mapped by the two Steve’s (Track n Road) for both with and without cat making the full factory 231bhp & 155 lbft, currently has the ‘with cat’ map installed.

Wasted spark ignition with heavy duty twin coil pack and custom Magnecor leads.

QED remote thermostat with Samco silicone hoses and stainless clips throughout, ecu controlled radiator fan with alterations to main loom and fuse box for full integration.

Painted magnesium bellhousing dry sump tank with alloy catch tank giving an clean oil mist free engine compartment.

Heavy duty Burton CRB and modified carrier fitted with new updated Caterham dry sump clutch release arm.

Six speed gearbox re-built by Phil at Road & Race with slightly increased gate springing.

ZF Diff, 3.92 LSD re-built by Phil at Road & Race with correct ramp angles and pre-load (which weren’t in place originally).

 

Chassis spec:

Wide track aero wishbones re-furbed by Arch, Rear adjustable ARB, Freestyle front adjustable ARB, Standard dampers with Meteor Motorsport springs, Freestyle adjustable rose joint front top links and rear toe shims, Quick rack 22%, New Barnby rims with wide front rims, Kumho’s with loads of tread, lowered drivers floor, shortened passenger foot well, Freestyle custom light weight wing stays and lowered headlight brackets, radius arms fitted with watts linkage available.

Caged, SLR cage with mirror mount modification, Soft Bits custom boot cover to suit.

 

Brake spec:

Standard CC front big brakes (AP 4 pots), Pagids front pads, Mintex rear pads, uprated big bore master cylinder, flexible rear brake pipes.

 

Carbon spec:

Nosecone, aero front wings, rear wings and light blocks, Kevlar Tillets, front indicator pods, aero screen, dash, half doors, sill protectors and SPA mirrors.

 

General spec:

Polished R500 titanium exhaust with cat fitted (bypass pipe included), 4 point Harness’s, drivers 6 point, Powervamp lightweight battery, Stack dash re-flashed by Stack to enable user controlled parameter limits and warnings, Suede Momo wheel with quick release, Aero main kill switch & big red starter button, LED dash warning lights, Standard ACES shift lights, Tonneau cover, Newton aero fuel cap, Remote oil sensor pipe.

 

£27,500 ono

 

[Adrian Williams]

See above.