Goodwood Festival of Speed and The Sir Jackie Stewart Classic at Thirlestane Castle
Goodwood Festival of Speed and Thirlestane Castle support of Race against Dementia
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Jan 19, 20224 min read
Se7en’s on Ice
On Friday 15 February 2008 a group of seveners from the Se7ens List known as “Tour Se7en”, departed Stansted UK airport at 17.50 to land ...
Jan 19, 20227 min read
The LOTUS SEVEN OWNERS SWITZERLAND (LSOS)
You can't tell the story of the LSOS without also mentioning the story of Roger Savarè. Roger was the driving force to establish the ...
Dec 15, 20213 min read
Hazel Chapman (1927 - 2021)
Hazel Chapman’s contribution to motorsport and the motor industry in the latter half of the 20th century should not be under-estimated...
Dec 15, 20216 min read
Friends for life
This is how Brigitte Laaker introduces herself when you meet her. That makes things easy because her car actually does seem strange...
Nov 17, 20212 min read
High Flying Sevens
On 30th September 2021 members of Kent 7s were invited to a private party to celebrate the completion of Caterham’s biggest ever build ...
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Swedish Annual Meeting 2021
In recent times, we have had our annual meeting of seveners on the first Saturday of the month of August or September. The meeting ...
Nov 17, 20215 min read
News from "Race Against Dementia"
Following a further £2 million of funding by RAD, and with support from Alzheimer’s Research UK, we’re proud to introduce you to the new...
Oct 27, 202114 min read
The only street legal formula car - Lotus Seven - the story of a 7-Buyer 1978
The chronic illness struck me out of the blue on a Wednesday in November 1978. Ten years after the student riots and four years after ...
Oct 27, 20214 min read
The Lotus 7X
Tim Goss’s first experience of racing was when, aged just 18, he borrowed his brother’s Lotus 7 and won his class at Brands Hatch on the ...
Sep 30, 20216 min read
The Series IV – A Seven for the Seventies
Traditionally Lotus Components, the race car manufacturing arm of the Group Lotus, had made the Seven to help pay the overheads. Making ...
Sep 30, 20214 min read
Fuori del Tempo - or “LSOS meets LSCD”
Some have scratched their heads: What the hell does the "Fuori del Tempo" mean? Well, it is the Italian for “outside of time”. The organ...
Aug 22, 20215 min read
Tales of Portmeirion ‘newcomers’
Kent Se7ens members, Stuart and Lesley King report on their first trip to Portmeirion with the International 7 Network and the fun and ...
Aug 22, 20215 min read
Chapter 16 – Luxury Cars – The “S” and The “Twin-Cam SS”
In standard form, the Ford crossflow engine supplied with the Series Three Lotus Seven produced a mere 84bhp. This was no great shakes ...
Jul 15, 20212 min read
Member intro: Super Seven Club Netherland
The Super Seven Club Netherlands (SSCN) is a club of about 200 enthusiastic owners of a Lotus (Super) Seven, Caterham or Seven(-ish) der ...
Jul 15, 20214 min read
With the Dolomite engine in the Dolomites
Reto had long called for the “Dolomiten Classic” meeting between June 11 and 14, and 13 drivers and a total of 17 people had regis ...
Jul 15, 20215 min read
Chapter 15 – The Series – The First “All Ford” Seven.
If there is one component of the Series Two Lotus Seven that has always been a real cause of concern, it has to be the rear axle. The ...
Jul 15, 20213 min read
How do you end up in a Seven as a woman?
It all started in 1993 when my son Eugène, who was 22 at the time, bought a VM kit (made in Germany), which he built together with...
Jun 17, 20216 min read
Cero chulo! (the cool Zero!)
Ben Shepherd – tells his story of seven ownership from a twinkle in his eye to running the GBS Owners and Enthusiasts group. A journey...
Jun 17, 20215 min read
The Series 21/2, Special Series Two cars
The car made between mid-1968 and the end of the Series Two production in August 1968 became known as the Lotus Seven Series 2½. It was a...
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