Chassis
ED’S ROADSPORT SV 140 BUILD PAGES
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Ed Renshaw builds a 1.8-litre Rover K-Series powered Caterham Seven Roadsport in these build pages. Read and be inspired!
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SOURCE: ED’S CATERHAM BUILD DIARY
CATERHAM DE DION SUSPENSION
Saturday, July 7th, 2007The easiest way to describe a De Dion suspension is to say that it is a suspension system in which the rear, driven wheels are bolted to a transverse rigid beam. Power is delivered to the wheels by CV jointed half-shafts attached to a differential mounted on the chassis.
Image courtesy of The Car Bibles
BENEFITS
One obvious […]
HGM 6
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Developed by two aerospace design engineers in about 5 years, the HGM 6 is a fairly accurate replica of the Lotus Mark 6.
The HGM 6 chassis is constructed from 1-7/8, 1 and 3/4″ round and square section ERW tube, set up in a laser aligned jig to ensure accuracy. MIG welding is used throughout although […]
LOTUS MARK 6
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007From Motorsnippets by John Sutton and Derek Cattani - Photographs by Douglas Eatwell
In 1953, 25 year-old Colin Chapman owned Lotus Engineering Co., Ltd., which was little more than a garage with a sign saying as much, located at No. 7 Tottenham Lane in North London. Lotus Engineering was a part time business for Chapman, who […]
CARBON-BITS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR LOTUS / CATERHAM SEVEN
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Carbon-Bits produces a wide range of replacement panels for Sevens, made in carbon fibre. We’re used to seeing nosecones and wings in carbon-fibre but Carbon-Bits produces just about every panel you can imagine in carbon, including side panels, footwells, etc.
The Lotus / Caterham Seven product range is known within the Lotus 7 Club […]
CATERHAM SEVEN REBUILD
Sunday, June 17th, 2007Stripped to the bone! These are fascinating video clips from “CATERHAMNUT” on YouTube of a 1995 Caterham Seven stripped to bare frame for a rebuild. Check out the bronze brazed (Capillary Brazing) frame, with Watts Linkage framework.
“It was taken apart so that the powdercoating on the chassis could be totally replaced, to give the car […]
CATERHAM SEVEN STARTER PACK
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Caterham, custodians of the Lotus/Caterham Seven since 1973, has ensured that the Seven has continued in production for 50 years.
Customers can buy a Seven in three forms - Complete Kit, Factory Built or, as we will see here, a ‘Caterham Starter Pack‘!
A Caterham Starter Pack, costing UKP3995 (UKP4694.13 incl. VAT), is a flexible way to […]
HOMEBUILT LOTUS SEVEN REPLICA
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007Canadian Lotus Seven fanatic Rod (who was 23 years old at the time) decided to build his own Seven in 2003. His father had owned one and Rod was a diehard Lotus Seven fan. After years of collecting used pieces, the decision to build his own Seven was made.
SPAX KRYPTON GAS ADJUSTABLE DAMPERS
Sunday, May 13th, 2007SPAX now offer uprated and adjustable Krypton filled dampers for the Caterham Seven from 1996 on at a price which compares favourably to ordinary replacement.
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HOW MODERN CATERHAM CHASSIS ARE MANUFACTURED
Thursday, April 5th, 2007The Caterham Seven is one of the most widely copied cars in the world. As last count there were about 29 manufacturers with varying levels of specification and quality. To add to that are dozens if not hundreds of homebuilders making Seven-type vehicles. With all this going on it’s a wonder people still fork out […]
