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"selling due to Single-seater switch!Now fully refreshed after Harewood last season, the spec includes Nitron suspension,Alcon 4-pots,ZF-LSD,1400 Mistral Engineering conversion in 2006,Translogic Quick-shifter,Barnby Eng.magnesium wheels etc,etc.Infact the Complete Package enabled me to better a number of Hill and Track records comprehensively last season. A dream to drive, I don't think you could enjoy a car more than I have this version ?!! 100% reliable and a complete Giveaway at £16,950 or £15,500 in 1300cc spec. Please phone 07886700724"

This is the car Brodie has taken to Overall champion wins in 2004 & 2006 of the lotus 7 club sprint and hillclimb championship, as well as 4 consecutive class 6 class championships.

Hopefully we will see Brodie at some club events, and hope he has a good time in his single seater.

If I had the money and garage space I could be tempted but would be embarrassed about my inability to get the most out of it and get no where near brodies times, also if it was road legal it would be more appealing to me :)

Rob :)

Everything is back in and last Tuesday we fired the engine up (just for 30s) to make sure it would, and it ticked over nicely with a somewhat meaty/roaty exhaust note than before

• Route loom for new SPA gauges (more on those later....)
• Gearbox mount bolt
• Centre arm rest
• Driver seat
• Refit catch tank and centre blanking plate

there are a bunch of other smaller jobs, but besides that we should be ready to get it run in

rob

Just surfing around and playing with some of the MSN search 'advanced features'  and came across this series of hillclimbing pictures from a Hilclimb in the US Jackens Photos :: Heron Hillclimb
they certainly do it different to us  not sure a 7 would make it up...

although this chap seems t be going up in something like a fomula junior

http://www.jackenhack.com/HeronHillclimb/IMG_5774

and do you fancy taking some of those big muscle cars up someplace like Wisombe...

rob

OK - so i have setup an MSn alert to allow anyone to get an alert when this blog gets updated

think all you have to do is click it and follow the instructions... not sure how I get it to a different place in Spaces....

My first sportscar was a rather pretty Sylva Striker (the yellow one in this picture http://www.se7ens.net/meets/images/PIC00004.jpg)  I owned this for a number of years, crashed it once had it rebuilt and took my first tentative steps into trackdays...

After a few years I 'upgraded', am sure the Sylva boys may disagree on that point... to a caterham, which is what i really wanted but couldn't afford when I bought the sylva, in fact it was this exact car http://www.se7ens.net/meets/images/PIC00012.jpg  this was very much a road going car, with comfy seats, carpets, heater and road biased tyres...but it did have a straight cut box.  I then started to get into trackdays in a bigger way and drove to various circuits across the UK and even Circuit de Catalunya in it.

1. It is relatively cheap to get into the sport, there isn't much you need beyond a license, overalls and a helmet to get going.  Any car will fit into a class at most club events.
2. It is all down to you, you make one tiny mistake and your run is ruined.  I like this aspect of the sport the fact that you have to get everything right over in some case 1 run.  It really focuses the mind on what needs to happen.
3. The level and club i compete in is extremely friendly and good natured.  Not sure if that is the case everwhere.
4. Entry fees are usually cheap (but see #1 in the against file)
5. Some of the venues are extremely challenging and in some places frigtning, this gets the adreline pumping.  I am sure the adrenlaine pumps in other forms of motorsporttoo.  Butyou are never doing 80 mph plus with stone walls 2 foot either side, or up a hill such as wiscombe where the trees are protected by railway sleepers...although I guess rallying has similar 'expereinces'

Against

1. All though entry fees are cheap, you don't get that much 'track time' for your money, usually you will get 2 practice and 2 timed runs, whihc may not add up to much more than 4 minutes. 
2. There can be a lot of hanging around inbetween runs. Usually good to either get some kip from an early start or fiddle with somethign on the car...
3. Some of the venues are not that salubrious and facilities can be minimal.

I am sure there are more and will update if I think of anything

rob