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CATERHAM CARS BUILD MANUAL ONLINE!

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Caterham Cars has just made its Build Manual available online for current owners or prospective customers! You can download it at Caterham’s site by clicking here

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SOURCE: CATERHAM CARS

FORMULA WOMAN DRIVER TO SWAP MINI FOR A CATERHAM SEVEN

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Image property of This Is Lancashire / Joe Foley
Michelle Perry, a 31-year old fragrance maker from Hollins Lane is to swap her beloved MINI Cooper for a Caterham Seven.
She will compete with 99 other women for a place in the final 16 who will compete in the Formula Woman Championship at Silverstone and Brands […]

“DISASTROUS” CHILD ROAD DEATH FIGURES - PM MUST ACT

Friday, June 29th, 2007

RoSPA RELEASE
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents say new road accident figures released today were “disastrous” news for Britain’s vulnerable road users, particularly children.

DONKERVOORT D8 GT CONCEPT

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Former Caterham dealer Donkervoort, has been manufacturing Dutch-version Sevens since the late 1970s. The Donkervoort D8 GT Coupe seen here in concept art is based on the D8 Roadster but is fitted with a carbon fibre hard top and roll cage.

The overall weight of the D8 GT Coupe is only 20 kgs heavier than the […]

MOTORSPORT ACADEMY’S INAUGURAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

It’s quite uncommon to have so many top motorsport bigwigs assembled in one place – on July 10/11 Ross Brawn, Dr Pat Symonds, Patrick Head, David Richards CBE, Frank Dernie and Sergio Rinland will be at Silverstone for the Motorsport Academy’s inaugural Education Conference.
The main aim of the event is to discuss the development of […]

EVO: WESTFIELD VS. CATERHAM

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Arch rivals Westfield & Caterham blast about on a track in this YouTube video from EVO magazine. What do you think? Leave some comments please.
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SOURCE: YOUTUBE, EVO

HIROBO LOTUS SEVEN

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Japanese radio control model company Hirobo Electric Corporation (ヒロボー) is a Japanese RC model company famous for making radio controlled helicopter models, both internal combustion and electric versions. Founded in 1949 as a textile machine maker, Hirobo began forays into electronics in the early 70s and by 1973 had started producing R/C products. By 1977 […]

CASTLE COMBE DRAMAS RESULT IN FOUR ROADSPORT VICTORS

Monday, June 25th, 2007

The 2007 Motorsport News Caterham Roadsport Challenge welcomed three new race winners at Castle Combe yesterday (Saturday), with Dave Pearce and 18-year-old James Davis claiming the honours in the Roadsport class and Simon Turner breaking his duck in the Roadsport B division. Early points leader Andrew Thomas took the other Roadsport B race win to […]

HGM 6

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

Developed 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, 2007

From 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 […]

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