by Greg Zelazek Well, as many of you with families know, there comes a time when additional ‘wheels’ needs to be purchased so fledging drivers can get themselves to school, jobs, trouble or whatever else they can find to get themselves out of
Tale of Two Tinas – Epilogue
In September of 1990 I embarked on a mission. I bought two rusty, beat-up, parts scavenged wrecks that were once Lotus Cortinas. I spent hundreds of hours over the next seven years tearing them both down, picking out the best body and parts, selling
The Leaky Dipstick
In our never ending pursuit to find and stop the oil leaks in the lovely Lotus cars we work on, I recently found an answer to one of the many puzzles that cause leaks – the dipstick. I have always used the process
My Next Project
Even though I am not yet done with my Seven America, I always have an eye open for Lotus projects. I found one on the net a couple of weeks ago and I went out to Dayton last week and picked it
How to Build a Caterham Seven in 38,496 Easy Steps
by Jeff Plummer In 1996, I had the pleasure of fulfilling one of my dreams by building a Caterham Super Seven. I opted for the race car chassis with live rear axle and Ford Kent crossflow engine. Following are some of my recollections
Throttle Cable Trials
It is a given that machines are fallible devices, and that the older a machine gets, the more likely it is that something will indeed fail. In this particular case, it was the throttle cable of my 1973 Europa Special that decided to
How About Giving Me a Push?
Zzzzzzap! That’s the sound I heard when I plugged in the battery charger hooked up to my Elan. The battery had gone flat and I wanted to go out for a cruise. My battery set up is a little different. I have the
Seven Notes, Part 2
by Joe Nepsa Well, now that the handling is greatly improved because of our bump steer adjustment, we thought that a little safety would be nice. Just look at the steering shaft. A six-foot long x 3/4 inch diameter hardened steel rod
The Great Road Trip, Day 9, The Final Stop
We never did find a gas station in the town of Caterham. We stopped at the Safeway for some more road food before we headed back out on the ‘M’. Mark dined on a ‘Prawn’ sandwich. I was not as daring. We found
The Great Road Trip, Day 8, Caterham
The shower in our room was really interesting. There was an auxiliary heater hung outside of the bathroom in the bedroom. The adjustment for the heat was in the bedroom. Initially, the setting was too cold, so I got a cold shower. Rich turned the setting up and