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Does anyone have any they could send me please? (editor@lotus7.club)  Sam Hayto has provided a few from the paddock (thanks!) but a couple more wouldn't go amiss.

Many thanks,

It was back in May Mark.  Doesn't time fly  

The way to check when the chassis was built vs when it was registered is to check the stamp on the top of the rear suspension turret behind the driver's right shoulder.  Assuming an Imperial car, it will be stamped AM then two digits, and below J1 or J2.

AM is Arch Motors (who build the chassis) and the two digits is the year.

J1 or J2 is which of their two jigs the chassis was built on, so if work is needed in future, it goes back on the original one.

I love this continuous history!

Nigel Cole, who has been kind enough to provide me with photos from Wiscombe for LF, has also posted a video from last year's event on YouTube

Fantastic to be back.  Brilliant competition.  Superb driving.  Great atmosphere.  Just everything that club motor sport should be about  

At most track days, you'll find people wearing all sorts of things, but if you've got a race suit and boots, just wear them!  Safety kit won't do you any good if left in the cupboard. 

Race boots in particular make a huge difference in a narrow footwell.

Rob's YouTube channel is here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCovER5GiegKYCctnxP9VwoQ

I know that this is not a Club trackday, but the Club's "Trackday Safety Requirements and Recommendations" should provide some useful suggestions here:

Most of all, have fun!  

Enjoyable YouTube video with some great Climax engine sounds and a fair bit of engineering in "Ivan's Shed" video 

There's some history here from a Lowflying article by John Watson that may be of interest?  here   

Thanks Graham  

Hi Graham - do we have any news about if / when entries are likely to open please?  I assume it's all tied up with the lockdown uncertainties in Wales?

Cheers,

Looks like a great time was had at Goodwood.  Graham has sent me some sunny photos already but I'd happily take a few more if anyone has some nice ones  

My mailbox isn't (yet) overflowing with emails from volunteers all fighting to do me an event report... Come on, don't be shy 

Best of luck to everyone who is competing at Goodwood at the weekend - particularly anyone having their first event!  Wish I could be there  

Since I'm not, would anyone be willing to volunteer to do a write-up for Lowflying please?  It could be a personal account of the day or just a factual account of class positions, whatever you fancy.  Oh, and I'd also appreciate some photos too... 

Many thanks,

Hi Alan - this Lowflying article from April 2016 should provide you with the required steps .  Good luck :-)

http://lowflying.lotus7.club/2016/2016_04_09_Rollbars.pdf

All the best,

Pretty sure that the R was in the font Rage Italic.  I used to have it, but lost it during a PC transfer sadly, but I'm sure it's available for download for not much money.

Good luck!

I think it's fair to say it's probably not the prettiest view of a Seven. 

Low down, I'd particularly be looking for signs of oxidisation along the bottom of the panels, which can indicate that the powder coat on the chassis has failed, causing bi-metallic corrosion.  

Best of luck with your search.  Where are you in the country, and do you have an idea about what your ideal Seven would be?

Hi Adam - I believe this article may provide some of the answers, http://lowflying.lotus7.club/2016/2016_03_05_Rollbars.pdf but I'm not sure I understand what you mean by the "standard" and "sloping" versions. 

As far as I know (setting aside the "tall" versions") the trackday bars are only available in single and double diagonal versions.  The former were designed for the imperial (Arch) chassis, while the latter were a later design for the metric chassis.  

Simon Lambert provides some interesting insight on Caterham Cars' current views on the subject

I am aware of a number of different projects in this area that may be or interest to members.  Look out for an article in Lowflying in future months  

Welcome on board Arthur and great choice of car!  I can't help with the build manual I'm afraid (hopefully someone else will!), but I can help with Lowflying.  Back copies of LF are generally available from the Club office, but we also have an online archive of past editions that is available here: http://lowflying.lotus7.club/lowflying/search.jsp

We have carried a number of stories on the the 160.  A couple of links are below but it appears that there is a key edition missing from the archive (April '14) which had a major article on the development of the car.  I'll see if I can get that sorted for you but in the meantime, if you could let me have your email address, I'll send you a scanned copy directly.  The following editions also have 160 content and I'll have a think later to see what other articles there are that may be of interest to you.

http://lowflying.lotus7.club/2014/2014_06_05_160.pdf

http://lowflying.lotus7.club/2014/2014_05_07_CTI.pdf

All the best and hope to see you at a Club event in your car when it's allowed again  

Bring it on 

Will be great to see everyone again!

Hi Tim - not directly relevant, but there's sone information about the development of the 6 speed box and what was carried over from the Type 9 in the Lowflying archive here:

Otherwise, this is another thumbs up for Road and Race Transmissions  

TSK (Aka "Tony the Brush") only moved from Erith to next to GP Sevens last year.  Great people to do business with and the move addresses the only problem with their old premises which was ease of access...

Yes, relatively easy job.  You'll need to get a new upper steering column fitted with a quick release boss and then it's a direct swap to and fro between fixed and QR.  Think you might need to play with the relative positions of the lower UJ near the rack so that the wheels are straight when the steering wheel is straight but other than that it's a quick and easy job when you have the parts.

Nigel tells me he is going to be putting his photos on Flickr.  I'll post the link as soon as I have it