Anyone know what's gong on this weekend? We've seen bucketloads of Caterfields milling about in different parts of the country at different times going in different directions. They're obviously all out for a reason but they don't seem to be going to the same place.
National "Drive your Caterfield" weekend?
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Our Westfield was out last Weekend for Eurofest @ Castle Combe (aswell as being European cars it was specialy about 50yrs of the Lotus 7) - we got into a 'Caterham Club' track session & owned them all 
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But ours won't be out this weekend as by the third track session @ Eurofest, an intermittent gearbox problem became worse (downshift from 5th to 4th then 4th to 3rd for a corner, then while in the corner the engine is on overrun {no load} and it pops into neutral
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.But ours won't be out this weekend as by the third track session @ Eurofest, an intermittent gearbox problem became worse (downshift from 5th to 4th then 4th to 3rd for a corner, then while in the corner the engine is on overrun {no load} and it pops into neutral
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Was down the pub in norwich last night and saw about 20 - 30. no idea where they had come from though ?
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well that explains everything, the pub i was in is only 1 mile away and one of the closest hotels to the show ground
When we saw lots in Nuneaton too we wondered if it was a countrywide thing, but obviously we were just on the same road as a lot of them!
There were a few staying at the hotel where I work too so we should have known that it was something round here really.
There were a few staying at the hotel where I work too so we should have known that it was something round here really.
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Can you fit any of the US V8's into a seven?
<yes, i know that tecnically the rover unit is a buick/olds lump>
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I don't know about Lotus 7 look-a-likes but there have been classics (1930s/1940s) running around all over Windermere lately.
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Not been too bad weather though!
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Yes, Dax & Westfield sell se7en kits which can take a Yank V8. Sombody even managed to fit a Rover/Buick V8 into a standard Caterham Chassis..
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What kind of yank V8's? Are we talking about crazy capacities?
surely the weight of those engines defeats the who point of the car?
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55kg in a 400kg car is a lot.
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I doubt that too. All the power in the world is no good if you can't put it down onto tarmac.
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Unless your sexy girl is planning on sitting on the front bumper then no, it's not the same