Underneath a caterham

[pkw2704]

if you get caught out in the wet, what do you do to the car when youre home?

is it straight in the garage and left

left outside till dry 

inside the garage ,dry off top and underneath

what about the grot area and water between the panels/chassis 

[David Brown]

It's a car, treat as suggested before and then use it an don't worry. 

[Billy.Whizz]

Anyone got an answer for #12 please.

[Benton]

if you get caught out in the wet, what do you do to the car when youre home?

is it straight in the garage and left

...... and go and make a cup of tea ;-)  

I"m with David!

 

[pkw2704]

ha ha, i understand.Just dont want to end up with an expensive chassis/re skin.if i can reduce this then great

[David Brown]

#28. Billy I answered in #15.  

[Benton]

Joking apart, I liberally spray ACF50 in all likely areas 2 to 3 times a year.

My last Caterham covered over 16,000 miles in over two years and was used all year round wet/dry and no doubt exposed to salt etc. (I remember got some funny looks driving around when there was still snow hanging on the branches!)

During last lockdown (March) did a thorough top to bottom clean and check. Apart from some light surface rust on some of the bolts/threads that could be cleaned off and some pitting of the chassis rails/axle due to stone chips the rest of the body/grot trap etc. corrosion wise looked fine. Cleaned all the old protection off and reapplied.

If I planned to keep the car for the next 10 years I might have adopted a different strategy but reality is I change my cars on a regular basis and indeed am now on to my next Caterham, though it will be treated in the same way as before.

[jonsymons]

#18 Alan - I've had another look at them and they seem to be a standard Lucas pair of high and low note horns:

 

[Ivaan]

I use a domestic pressure washer on mine about once a month. The car has no carpets and tillet seats, so I've drilled holes in the floor to let the water out. I get all around, under, and in the car inc the cockpit, just avoid the electrics under the scuttle. Pressure wash under / behind the seats, all the grot traps, inc behind the fuel tank ( I take out the boot floor), get into the tunnel from both ends. 

After letting it drain, and drying off the bulk with a chamois leather, the car then goes into the garage with a dehumidifier for 24 - 48 hrs. When it fully dries out, I'll spray WD40 in all the grot traps, and along the bottom rails in the engine bay. Then wipe over all the powder coated suspension, roll over bar etc with a rag coated in WD40.

I polish it maybe twice a year.

Car effectively is 8 years old, no corrosion, and all powder coating is excellent. It's used all year round, apart from this year, but I do try to avoid going out when there's salt on the roads. The only problem is with the excessive stone chipping from too much use, high mileage, but that's "patina" and adds character. 

 

[Toughie]

"...standard Lucas pair of high and low note horns"

Does that mean they're twin tone?  If so, I thought all twin tone air horns were illegal in the UK.  And IF I'm correct about that, when were they standard?

[John Vine]

Re #35:

They don't look like air horns to me. 

JV

[7 wonders of the world]

There just normal electric horns....

These are money well spent on a 7....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303854719035?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=303854719035&targetid=1141640585971&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9045420&poi=&campaignid=12125450855&mkgroupid=118098821258&rlsatarget=pla-1141640585971&abcId=9300480&merchantid=6995734&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhtmh8NDp7gIVVe7tCh3qGgrSEAQYASABEgKrtfD_BwE

 

[7 wonders of the world]

Twin and triples are fine providing they all operate together, two independent alternating tones are reserved for emergency vehicles.

Musical hones are also not legal