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Hello all,
I have recently checked my bank account and found the balance was positive for the 1st time in decades. Therefore, I decided to take that valuable few dollars and put it towards something special. A Lotus Seven.
Why a Seven? A more modernized Caterham would be more ideal I suppose, but they tend to cost a lot more. I figured a Seven is a good start. I'm sure there is some blatantly obvious flaw to my rationale here, so by all means, contravene and whack some sense into me.
I want a very minimalist vintage car. Morgans are OK, but they aren't my 1st choice. Elans are cool. There's probably a host of other cars I haven't considered due to my limited knowledge. It has to be something relatively simple to take apart and replace things on in case something should go wrong.
So here it goes:
1. How difficult is it to take a Seven to a track or autocross? Do things break frequently? Tires expensive? Expensive replacement parts? Body panels? Is this a car best left in the garage as an antique?
2. Are there any LHD Sevens? I am really not looking forward to a RHD car. As it is, I hardly know which side of the road is the "right" side. Are these rarer and therefore more expensive?
3. What years are good years and what years to avoid if any?
4. Any leads to some Sevens so I know where to look when I'm ready?
5. Are motor swaps common?
Thanks... Feel free to share your advice, criticism, suggestions, etc. Hope to be a Seven owner, unless you somehow convince me not to.
Mike
I have recently checked my bank account and found the balance was positive for the 1st time in decades. Therefore, I decided to take that valuable few dollars and put it towards something special. A Lotus Seven.
Why a Seven? A more modernized Caterham would be more ideal I suppose, but they tend to cost a lot more. I figured a Seven is a good start. I'm sure there is some blatantly obvious flaw to my rationale here, so by all means, contravene and whack some sense into me.
I want a very minimalist vintage car. Morgans are OK, but they aren't my 1st choice. Elans are cool. There's probably a host of other cars I haven't considered due to my limited knowledge. It has to be something relatively simple to take apart and replace things on in case something should go wrong.
So here it goes:
1. How difficult is it to take a Seven to a track or autocross? Do things break frequently? Tires expensive? Expensive replacement parts? Body panels? Is this a car best left in the garage as an antique?
2. Are there any LHD Sevens? I am really not looking forward to a RHD car. As it is, I hardly know which side of the road is the "right" side. Are these rarer and therefore more expensive?
3. What years are good years and what years to avoid if any?
4. Any leads to some Sevens so I know where to look when I'm ready?
5. Are motor swaps common?
Thanks... Feel free to share your advice, criticism, suggestions, etc. Hope to be a Seven owner, unless you somehow convince me not to.
Mike