Book review: So, you want to be a racing driver?
Participating in Motorsport can seem daunting and elusive and Leanne Fahy’s new book published by Vecoce Publishing as part of the Speed ...
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- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
Seven Stocking filler gifts
Looking for a last minute gift, or a stocking filler then here is your guide to a smile on Christmas day , a jerry can hip flask, retro ...
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
Hazel Chapman (1927 - 2021)
Hazel Chapman’s contribution to motorsport and the motor industry in the latter half of the 20th century should not be under-estimated...
- Dec 15, 2021
- 6 min
Friends for life
This is how Brigitte Laaker introduces herself when you meet her. That makes things easy because her car actually does seem strange...
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
High Flying Sevens
On 30th September 2021 members of Kent 7s were invited to a private party to celebrate the completion of Caterham’s biggest ever build ...
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Swedish Annual Meeting 2021
In recent times, we have had our annual meeting of seveners on the first Saturday of the month of August or September. The meeting ...
- Nov 17, 2021
- 5 min
News from "Race Against Dementia"
Following a further £2 million of funding by RAD, and with support from Alzheimer’s Research UK, we’re proud to introduce you to the new...
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
Rusty Nuts? Here's how to cure them!
A seized nut, bolt or stud. can be one of the most frustrating, annoying, difficult, and potentially damaging obstacles you can encounter...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
How to rebuild a brake calliper
We’ll start one with a caveat. Any work on braking systems should be approached with maximum care, especially a classic which unless ...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 14 min
The only street legal formula car - Lotus Seven - the story of a 7-Buyer 1978
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 ...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
The Lotus 7X
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 ...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
D8 to the MAX
For the AUTOVISIE Design Classics series, they asked various design departments of car manufacturers to turn a memorable design or model...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 6 min
The Series IV – A Seven for the Seventies
Traditionally Lotus Components, the race car manufacturing arm of the Group Lotus, had made the Seven to help pay the overheads. Making ...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
Fuori del Tempo - or “LSOS meets LSCD”
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...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 6 min
What is Blat?
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 ...
- Aug 22, 2021
- 2 min
Mapping and Blatting and Chatting together
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...
- Aug 22, 2021
- 5 min
Tales of Portmeirion ‘newcomers’
Kent Se7ens members, Stuart and Lesley King report on their first trip to Portmeirion with the International 7 Network and the fun and ...
- Aug 22, 2021
- 5 min
Chapter 16 – Luxury Cars – The “S” and The “Twin-Cam SS”
In standard form, the Ford crossflow engine supplied with the Series Three Lotus Seven produced a mere 84bhp. This was no great shakes ...
- Aug 22, 2021
- 3 min
It’s all about the Driving - The Lotus Drivers Club
The Club’s philosophy is embedded in our name – to get members and enthusiasts out and driving their Lotus and Sevens at every ...
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Member intro: Super Seven Club Netherland
The Super Seven Club Netherlands (SSCN) is a club of about 200 enthusiastic owners of a Lotus (Super) Seven, Caterham or Seven(-ish) der ...
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