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Lotus Caterham Super 7 on 2040-cars

Year:1984 Mileage:42993
Location:

Sonoma, California, United States

Sonoma, California, United States
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1984 Caterham Super 7. Well sorted Car. Holby 1800 cc motor. Recent engine over haul with new steel crank, Fardon rods, J E pistons, valves, bearings, water pump, oil pump,oil cooler,oil lines and oil cooler thermostat. The motor is very strong. New gear reduction starter. It has the latest current Caterham alloy radiator and cooling fan. It has been up rated to current Caterham/AP 4 pot alloy front calipers and vented discs. It has an Odyssey dry battery and battery master switch. 4 speed. RHD. Paint has some checks and blemishes, but the fibreglass and alloy is in very good condition. This of course a CATERHAM Super 7. Lotus is used only to reach a wider audience. Although it is widely accepted that Caterhams in general and earlier one specifically are true Super 7s. Note the zeros in the stated VIN are added to fullfill Ebay requirements and not part of the actual VIN(CS34249MKRM).


On Jan-24-14 at 18:17:19 PST, seller added the following information:

1984 Caterham Super 7. Well sorted Car. Holby 1800 cc motor. Recent engine over haul with new steel crank, Fardon rods, J E pistons, valves, bearings, water pump, oil pump,oil cooler,oil lines and oil cooler thermostat. The motor is very strong. New gear reduction starter. It has the latest current Caterham alloy radiator and cooling fan. It has been up rated to current Caterham/AP 4 pot alloy front calipers and vented discs. It has an Odyssey dry battery and battery master switch. 4 speed. RHD. Paint has some checks and blemishes, but the fibreglass and alloy is in very good condition. This of course a CATERHAM Super 7. Lotus is used only to reach a wider audience. Although it is widely accepted that Caterhams in general and earlier one specifically are true Super 7s. Note the zeros in the stated VIN are added to fullfill Ebay requirements and not part of the actual VIN(CS34249MKRM).


Additionally, the motor is dry sumped as originally from Caterham. The interior carpeting is very good and original. The bench seats have no tears and have worn well. It has a heater. It has a Ford rear end(solid axle, not De Dion) with an uprated and strengthened spherical bearing assembly on the lower A frame.

It has a top in fair condition with hood sticks, but no doors(side screens).

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The Lotus Elise has given birth to some seriously fast and varied machinery. Aside from Lotus' own models like the Exige, 2-Eleven, 340R and Europa, electric vehicles like the Tesla Roadster, not to mention the never-released Dodge Circuit and Detroit Electric SP:01, are all based on the Elise's platform. As were/are the Melkus RS 2000, the Opel Speedster/Vauxhall VX220 and the Hennessey Venom GT. But this could be the most extreme use of the lightweight chassis yet.
This Series 1 Elise has been built by one performance-obsessed Brit with a single purpose: to compete in the UK's Time Attack championship. For those unfamiliar, Time Attack is something like a rally or a hillclimb event, only it takes place on a racing circuit. Each vehicle goes out on the track by itself and sets the best time it can, without needing to worry about other competitors until the finish line is crossed and it's the next racer's turn. That's what drove Lee to modify his Lotus so thoroughly, with more wings, diffusers, flaps and carbon fiber than a Boeing factory. Check it out in the video below.

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Tue, 19 Aug 2014

If we had a nickel for every version of the Elise that Lotus has rolled out over the years, we might actually have enough spare change to buy one ourselves. And we're not even talking about the entire separate models (like the Exige and Europa) that Lotus has based on the Elise's platform or the other automakers' cars (like the Tesla Roadster and Hennessey Venom GT) that have used the same. And now Lotus appears to be testing another one.
Spotted lapping the Nürburgring, what we're looking at here appears to be the track-bound Elise S Cup R, but our intrepid paparazzi by the side of the track tell us it's missing the switches for the battery isolator and fire extinguisher. In their place, this Elise is wearing an even bigger rear wing as part of an altogether rather aggressive aero kit - not to mention a rockin' matte red wrap.
All of these telltales make us think Lotus has something extreme in the works, and we could find out what exactly it is as early as the Paris Motor Show in October, so stay tuned and watch this space.

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