David Mirylees

Rear view still good - unless I need to read a number plate of an SUV travelling too closely behind 😞 I suppose it depends where your rear view mirror is placed - the side mirrors cater for blind spots.

This was us on our way to Silverstone a few years ago. Big tent - "Freedom Trail Sendero 4 Family Tent" (wifey says must be able to stand up in the thing) Double airbed, sleeping bags plus air pillows. All in a standard cockpit boot. Everything else on the outside including waterproof Samsonite case plus drybags for washing gear etc., etc. Washing up bowl behind the spare wheel. Home to home! 🙂

Ref. Wrightpayne: The Canley site states that they also supply Ford PCD hubs.

Canley Classics do an upgrade kit for the larger stub axles and same size bearings https://www.canleyclassics.com/?product=uprated-front-hub-and-stub-axle-kit I think that you'll find they are identical to other kits out there. Plus they also do a trunnionless conversion kit which you might have seen elsewhere https://www.canleyclassics.com/?product=trunnionless-front-suspension-kit I believe that the trunnionless kit was developed well ahead of the Caterham offering which may be very similar - I have never looked. I have the trunnion and axle kits on my series 3 7 and they are the DB's. David

Sixes and Sevens at Castle Combe AR Rumblings: Hi everyone, The summer seems to have made an appearance and I hope you've all been enjoying your sevens! As some of you will have seen, I managed to let the MOT lapse on mine so am awaiting a date to get a new one! It was a great turn out for the June meeting at the Red Lion with plenty of 7s in attendance, plus a rogue 911. Make the most of the good weather and I'll see you soon. All the best Richard Out & About: 230524 - New Member: Sam Smith Hello all! I’m Sam but I tend to use the 'Felix Klein' moniker online. I recently bought a 1996 Caterham SuperSprint 1600. After a little frustration while trying to source replacement calipers for the front brakes, I’ve been able to take it out for a short drive around Poole today. I look forward to attending the meet up next month This was take a little while ago - pre-service. Since then, it’s had new tyres, new steering rack gaiters, new calipers and pads for the front brakes, new shoes and cylinders for the rear brakes, a new fuel filler hose, a new oil filter and a change of all fluids ------------------------------------------------------ 250524 - Club Lotus Track Day at Castle Combe: Great start to the day after an early morning traffic free blat via Sherborne and Wincanton to Bradford-on-Avon where we found the first Caterham of the day at the Five Zero's where we stopped for coffee and Tiffin before heading off to Castle Combe. The Five Zero's was a brilliant place for enjoying a beverage and food whilst surrounded by Supercars of all makes and ages - well worth a visit if you are headed that way (Link). Sample of the Five Zero's menu (Note the Caterham Classic!) A beautiful day meant that there was going to be a cracking turnout of Lotuses at the annual Club Lotus trackday held at Castle Combe. This free entry event always attracts a wide range of the marque from the very early Six's to the latest Emira's and pretty well all the road cars in between. The Historic Lotus Register always has a good display of cars on show which this year included the famous Clairmont (which may have been the forerunner of our Sevens) plus Malcolm Rickett's type Nine. There was also a good display of early Seven's and type 14 Elites. The HLR stand (Note Robin Cheeseman's Red S2) Malcolm Ricketts with some early 7's Six's, Seven's and an 11 Charles Help's Lotus 6 There were plenty of Seven's this year 😃: Entry to the paddock etc is free but if you want to get on the track to test you car and skills against other Caterham's/Lotuses you will need to be a member of Club Lotus and pay the required fee. All in all an excellent day enjoying the cars and catching up with old friends. ------------------------------------------------------ 250524 - Olly: Olly attended the 7 event at Gurston Down 😃 ------------------------------------------------------ 250524 - Greg: Meanwhile, Greg was hillclimbing his Caterham at Shelsley Walsh! ------------------------------------------------------ 260524 - FaceBook: Rowland Casebourne, a much liked and well known character to the Dorset area 7 owners (who sold his 7 and moved to Sussex some time ago), was spotted by Graham Baker who posted the following on FaceBook Graham Baker: Yesterday I was at the Bexhill 100 Motoring club display on Bexhill seafront the gentleman seated next to my 7 has owned three Caterham's and only gave up as he can no longer get in and out of the car spent sometime talking with 90 year old Rowland (that’s the correct spelling) and as he lives right opposite when I was parked he went to get his photo album full of Sevens and other interesting cars. Great to meet you sir! It really is a small world! ------------------------------------------------------ 010624 - Sturminster Newton Classic Car Show: Sunny dry day, great company and a mass of classic cars - what's not to like? 🤣 The very first Caterham 7 was spotted 😂 Bill & Emma-Janes's Caterham with Robin's S2 Old chap looking at old 7 with Colin's VX220 behind (Colin also owns the Caterham 160 that has often joined us at the Dorset meeting) Interesting Austin 7 Time to compare of old and new! ------------------------------------------------------ 020624 - Breakfast Meet Once again the weather gods were in our favour for a breakfast meeting just off the Weymouth/Bridport coast road at the Egg Cup Tea Rooms. Only one 7 but 3 owners in attendance. The Bike Engined Caterham belongs to Richard Taylor from Chard ------------------------------------------------------ 040624 - New Forest 7's Monthly Meeting: Nick Westbrook: Quiet as usual, me and Josh in Caterhams, two 7s failed to make it due to issues. Pub was fine, food good, big carpark. I have been asked if I put anything on FaceBook to reach other owners who may like to join in but personally don’t really put much on Facebook. ------------------------------------------------------ 060624 - Nick Westbrook: Just had the engine, gearbox and brake fluid changed on the R500 at Miltech Auto Performance at Axis 31, Three Legged Cross. Great job! Ian has a great attention to detail being an ex Porsche technician 👍 They have a nice coffee bar too called Torque & Grind BTW Ian is more than happy to work on other 7s. He is not a Caterham expert but has many years experience working for Porsche and BCA as a problem solver and in my view is a very competent technician. Charges £75 per hour ------------------------------------------------------ 060624 - New Member: So, today on the Dorset WhatsApp group, it went something like this ... Olly: " Sitting with Sarah at Bovington Tea Rooms who has a caterham - can she join our group please?" Skeetsy: " Of course, welcome to the Dorset 7s." Sarah: " Thank you for adding me! I’ll pop by on Tuesday and get my lovely car back on the road ASAP. (Inherited - don’t know much about her I’m afraid...) She’s (the Caterham) is a well travelled girl - currently in a barn in Wales but now I know there’s a local club I’ll break her out of SORN and get her down to Dorset!" Welcome to the Dorset 7's Sarah ------------------------------------------------------ 060624 - Somerset Area Meeting: Pics and text from Tim Barber: Great turnout this evening and good to see everyone. Here are a few pics for those who weren't there. 7 x 7s although late arrivals didn't get pole position. Sadly, we don't have a dedicated parking area! Sharing all of the car pics but sadly none of them particularly stunning. ------------------------------------------------------ 080624 - Olly: I'm doing the Minehead motor club tour of Devon tomorrow, currently parked at my brothers garage ready for a early departure. ------------------------------------------------------ 160624 - Phil: Currently at the brewery in Blandford. Yes, the 7 is back on the road again! I'm the only 7 here, but some nice cars. ------------------------------------------------------ 160624 - Rhett: Rhett took his Caterham out for some serious exercise on the coast road (more than once...) before joining the Mirylees' for breakfast at the Egg Cup Tea Rooms. ------------------------------------------------------ 180624 - Olly: MOT just passed, catch you later 👍 ------------------------------------------------------ 180624 - Dorset Monthly Meeting: An excellent turn out of Sevens and their owners at the Red Lion to enjoy a beautiful evening plus good food and drinks. A great line up of 12 cars although we did manage 13 in all as Paul left early in his green 7 and was replaced by Ben arriving later in his green 7! As usual plenty of Banter on 7's plus Bucklers Hard, le Mans and goodness knows what else! Great to see Bill making his first appearance at one of our meetings - not easy as he spends a great deal of his time away with his job covering the F1 Grand Prix. Ian has his Black SV back and it is now running sweetly 👍 Good to see Keith who came from Chideock in his Lotus 7 series 2 Justin arrived in his Elise and Johnny in his Porsche so a really good number of owners present. Plenty of pics were taken: These were from 'the Twins': These are from Nick Westbrook: These from David: ------------------------------------------------------ 190624 - Poulshot Green: Some of the South Wiltshire group attended the annual Poulshot Green (Nr Devizes) Vintage meet. Helen says "A massive turnout....don't think it wasn't expected to be that big!" Pics by Helen: and Chris took this at the Bath Arms: ------------------------------------------------------ 200624 - Somerset Old Boys: The Somerset Area Old Boys group met up at the Aviator cafe, Dunkeswell for a lunchtime get together. ------------------------------------------------------ 200624-Somerset Meeting: The Midsummer hard-core!! ------------------------------------------------------ 210624 - Sam Smith: Sam asked via What's App for help!: Does anyone know someone who can weld stainless steel? The mount for my 7’s exhaust has just fractured, leaving it hanging from the primaries images/Archives/Smiley-Aghast-18.jpg I’ve spoken with Redline Components who have advised me that it’s a custom mount (presumably that a previous owner made in their garage). Happy to be given second/third/fourth opinions! Update: 230624: Update: Ian came to mine this morning and fixed the mount. I… err… had to test it by taking the car to Sandbanks and back 🤣 ------------------------------------------------------ 220624 - Bucklers Hard: Image by Charles Been looking forward to this event and it didn't disappoint! We had Chris and Ken Conley driving up from Cornwall to stay with us on the prior evening so our driveway was graced with their beautiful Caterham Cosworth HPC for a while. Ken Conley and his Cosworth HPC Luckily the damp start that was expected didn't materialise and the day dawned dry and sunny ready for our departure to Picket's Post where we then drove though Burley and Brockenhurst to Bucklers Hard where we were half an hour too early. Ready for the 'off'. For future reference we have earmarked the Shappen Cafe (situated on the right as we entered Burley) for a tea and wee stop if we are early again which is what Charles did this time and gave the cafe his nod of approval images/Archives/ThumbSs.jpg The organiser, Lee Rayment, arrived just after us and we were allowed in where we were able to watch the other 7's arriving. Not quite the full house expected as there were 5 Caterham's short of the expected 27 but a great turnout just the same. great for us to catch up with local owner Charles and regular event attendee, Lee in his Innes Ireland Caterham 160. All in all a great day and company, thanks Lee for organising it (and the weather!). Image by Charles Image by Lee Rayment - Even the happy couple wanted the cars to be included in their special day! Another image by Lee. ------------------------------------------------------ 220624 - Nick Westbrook: Nick is on an Alpine tour with some other Caterham's. Finally into Switzerland! ------------------------------------------------------ 230624 - Dan Moors: One lonely 7 at the Thruxton Historic today (Two including mine in the car park) ------------------------------------------------------ 230624 - Pete Gorry: After yesterday's dive off Swanage Pier I camped at Norden Farm, Corfe. After breaking camp, I went to Compton Abbas airfield... Me: "Hello, what time do you open?" Coffee Lady: "10 o'clock. What time is it now?" Me: "9.05". Coffee Lady: "Give me a minute, I'll switch the machine on". Yay for good old-fashioned customer service! Then, after Compton Abbas, drove home to Bedfordshire along A-roads (A338) via Porton, Tidworth, Wexcombe, Hungerford & Wantage. Superb fun, flying up & down the rolling hills of Dorset and across the roof of Wiltshire 👍 ------------------------------------------------------ 240624 - Nick Westbrook: Top of Karlesjochbahn pass Weather has been good where we’ve been but we met a guy with a Merc up from Italy that had a badly damaged car due to hailstones!! ------------------------------------------------------ Supercars & Classics at the Castle - July 21st 2024: Always a really great event - don't miss it! Link to Show here Upcoming Events: July/August (Always check the web pages to confirm events) Car Related Events: July 6th/7th Chickerell Steam & Vintage Show Info 7th Portesham Car Show Info 7th Broadstone Family Fun Day - Car Show Info 13th/14th Historic Vehicle Gathering - Powderham Castle Info 14th DATE CHANGE! Oily Rag, Weymouth Info 16th Dorset Monthly Meeting @ The Red Lion Info 20/21st Somerset Steam & Country Show Info 21st Supercars & Classics @ the Castle Info Non-Car Related Events: ------------------------------------------------------ Car Related Events: August 3rd/4th Beaulieu Supercar Weekend Info 11th Breamore House Classic Car Show Info 11th Steam Punk at Yeovil Junction Info 18th Clayesmore Supercar Sunday Info 20th Dorset Monthly Meeting @ The Red Lion Info 23rd/25th Silverstone Classic Info 24th Wings & Wheels - Henstridge Info 25th Sherborne School - Historic Vehicle Rally Info 25th Classics at Party in the Park - Ilminster Info 28th Seaton Fish 'n Chips Info Non-Car Related Events: 14/15th Gillingham/Shaftsbury Show Info 22nd Melplash Show Info 24/25th Stock Gaylard Oak Fair Info Recurring Monthly Car Events: (Always CHECK on-line) When: Where: Info: 1st Sat. Classic Car meet - Sturminster Newton Info 1st Sun. Haynes Breakfast Club - Haynes Motor Museum Info 1st Sun. 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