We’ll start one with a caveat. Any work on braking systems should be approached with maximum care, especially a classic which unless ...

The chronic illness struck me out of the blue on a Wednesday in November 1978. Ten years after the student riots and four years after ...

Tim Goss’s first experience of racing was when, aged just 18, he borrowed his brother’s Lotus 7 and won his class at Brands Hatch on the ...

For the AUTOVISIE Design Classics series, they asked various design departments of car manufacturers to turn a memorable design or model...

Traditionally Lotus Components, the race car manufacturing arm of the Group Lotus, had made the Seven to help pay the overheads. Making ...

Some have scratched their heads: What the hell does the "Fuori del Tempo" mean? Well, it is the Italian for “outside of time”. The organ...

It started when I first bought my Seven. The Internet led me to groups and clubs that fed my enthusiasm. I learned a great deal, but one ...

One of the goals of the International 7 network is to look at our common goals and meet them collectively. It’s all about the driving and...

Kent Se7ens members, Stuart and Lesley King report on their first trip to Portmeirion with the International 7 Network and the fun and ...

In standard form, the Ford crossflow engine supplied with the Series Three Lotus Seven produced a mere 84bhp. This was no great shakes ...

The Club’s philosophy is embedded in our name – to get members and enthusiasts out and driving their Lotus and Sevens at every ...

The Super Seven Club Netherlands (SSCN) is a club of about 200 enthusiastic owners of a Lotus (Super) Seven, Caterham or Seven(-ish) der ...

Reto had long called for the “Dolomiten Classic” meeting between June 11 and 14, and 13 drivers and a total of 17 people had regis ...

If there is one component of the Series Two Lotus Seven that has always been a real cause of concern, it has to be the rear axle. The ...

It all started in 1993 when my son Eugène, who was 22 at the time, bought a VM kit (made in Germany), which he built together with...

Ben Shepherd – tells his story of seven ownership from a twinkle in his eye to running the GBS Owners and Enthusiasts group. A journey...

The car made between mid-1968 and the end of the Series Two production in August 1968 became known as the Lotus Seven Series 2½. It was a...

Most tools in a DIY garage are permanent items. Your socket set and floor jack are not in need of replacement after every few uses.

I was first smitten by Caterhams in 1999 but it took ten years before I could afford one of my own on 4 July 2009 – an auspicious day...

The 109E 1340cc. engine from Ford’s Classic and Classic Capri models that powered the Lotus Super Seven in Cosworth Mark V form was to ha...