New Member saying "Hello".

[Cobra-Kid]

Thanks for the welcome guys.

The talk of CT small town cops reminds me of the nightmare with a Lotus Super 7 / Caterham that I bought, it had the CA S100 or whatever that exemption was, but no go in New Hampshire! I spent more time with the DMV on the phone, so much so I almost went the Montana plate route. But I knew that once cops started noticing this odd car with out of state plates I would also be getting friendly reminders. Finally I found a way to register it but by then also found out it was too low for our hill and dale roads and I could not see over the next hump for any obstacles.

Blas, thank you for the offer to e-mail you. I will have a question for you or the forum about updating my clutch with larger master so I get more travel....it barely disengages and when hot it does not totally disengage, so it is hard to shift. I suspect the prior driver put a good amount of wear on synchros, I can live with that, but I'll need to take care of it. I guess early SPFs had this problem and there was an update, not sure.

It's also coincidental about the offer to e-mail, and the note on your signature about wiring diagram, I just went nuts putting the battery in after having it out for last winter (busy summer.....) and went nuts as the fuel pump would not work. Finally I realized that there was another connection somewhere that had come undone, I pulled the carpet and there it was. Connected it, fuel pump came on, car started.

Now I have to get lots of miles on before December!

Olddog, I was impressed with the handling, considering it is an old design. I could not believe my luck last year when one of the two 427 alum blocks I could find in the country for sale was 18 miles away from me, a CSX, a year old and 2k miles or something like that. I convinced the consignment shop to let me go out with him and I just had to see how it handled. I told him "Now don't be afraid, I'm going to swerve here, but not into the oncoming lane, I want to feel transient response, I won't break her free...." but I think he was white knuckled. Then, "I"m going to steadily open it up, I won't rev over 5, but I need to see power, I"m covering the clutch, anything happens and clutch goes down, I won't get her sideways.....". Again, apprehension on his face.....

Finally, "OK, we're going only 40, next side street that has no curb and a lawn beyond, I'm going to suddently turn right as fast as I can, she won't break free, but I need to check out cornering". Three streets down, BAM, hard fast cut, he was white, but this was totally safe. Bottom line, I was impressed. But they would not deal....wanted $148k!! So, I bought the SPF, come to find out, it really felt identical to me in handling.

Now, it isn't the Lotus Super 7, but what is?

Have fun, keep safe...