----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
To: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>; "John J. Stimson-III"
<john@harlie.idsfa.net>
Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>; "Michael R. Clements"
<mrclem@telocity.com>; "'John F. Kelly Jr.'" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>;
"Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "'Scot Zediker'"
<roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
> When I first got our 7,
When we first got our 7, or When I first got my 7 :>)))) Pat you're the
owner, right? :>))))
Barry
I drove it on the street for about 3 weeks, and
> discovered, as silly as it looked, using a helmet made it much more
> comfortable to drive; kept the wind from buffeting my face. There were
> several 7s being driven on the street at that time, and one driver's wife
> insisted he put a flag like kids do sticking up, so people could see you
> coming. It did hold three bags of groceries. :) And got excellent mileage.
> The thing that turned me off was stopped at a red light, next to a big
rig,
> and straight level with my eyeballs was the lower lugnuts of his wheels.
> --Pat K
>
> ----------
> >From: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>
> >To: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
> >Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>, "Michael R. Clements"
> <mrclem@telocity.com>, "'John F. Kelly Jr.'" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>,
> "Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>, "'Scot Zediker'"
> <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
> >Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
> >Date: Wed, May 29, 2002, 5:23 PM
> >
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
> > To: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>
> > Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>; "Michael R. Clements"
> > <mrclem@telocity.com>; "'John F. Kelly Jr.'"
<76067.1750@compuserve.com>;
> > "Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "'Scot Zediker'"
> > <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 5:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
> >
> >
> >> > > werent many of these built with a toyota motor?
> >>
> >> James, I think that some other outfit does build a 7 replica with the
> >> Toyota 4AGE engine. There are a lot of companies that make 7
> >> replicas, and there's even a book on how to build one yourself on the
> > cheap.
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 04:16:10PM -0700, Barry Spencer wrote:
> >> > 7's are lots of fun around town. I drove a BDA 7 with 200 + hp :>)
down
> > 880
> >> > a few months ago with two 18 wheelers each side of me :>((( It was
scary
> > to
> >> > say the least.
> >> >
> >> > Barry
> >>
> >> Barry, I have got to wonder if it wasn't you I saw blasting down I-80
> >> about three years ago when I came out to interview for my current
> >> job. There I was, between Cordelia and Davis, and I looked out the
> >> window of my rental Neon and saw the top of a helmet hovering there.
> >> Then a little bitty car zipped around me -- it was a Seven! Cool.
> >> Then I noticed I could see over his roll bar to the trunk of the Camry
> >> in front of me! That's when I realized that it's a fun car, but
> >> probably not so much fun surrounded by tractor trailers and SUVs that
> >> are jockeying for position at 45MPH...
> >>
> >> I still want one.
> >
> > No, it wasn't me.
> >
> > Barry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> john@idsfa.net John
Stimson
> >> http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics
'94
|