Well Christmas has come and gone and I was completely blown away by a little present from my family. More specifically, my ever supportive wife Rita.
Yes, the cognoscenti amongst you will recognise this little gem as the Caterham Super 7 JPE (Jonathan Palmer Edition) which was powered by a 250HP Vauxhall motor and held the 0-60-0mph record for a good while.
Now I want to build a replica of that! The colour scheme is a love or hate affair - it's a bit....er....bright! No losing the cops with that colour!
For cosmetics I have gotten a talented work colleague to make me a grille logo to place on my rather plain Birkin grille. It is an exact copy of the Caterham logo and it will look stunning painted in Signal Red to match the paint job. With the template made it will be a simple matter to plasma cut one made of 3mm ally plate.
And then I spoke to Gearex in Cape Town they are lining up an old T9 HD gearbox for me to refurbish with a spiffy tall ratio gearset from BGH. I have my order of bits from Quaife, Burton, BGH and Bearing Kits all lined up waiting for annual bonus.
Raceline came to the party with the long awaited oil tube and dipstick, plus the cam sensor blanking plug.
I have had no word (or questions) from the Sparkies, I am not sure if that is a good or a bad thing. Either they know what they are doing or they have not started yet! I think I will rattle their cage towards the middle of January.
