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Jan 19, 20224 min read
Getting your car ready for hibernation
The dark nights and freezing temperatures mean we all think about going into hibernation for the winter. With wet weather, salt spre...

Jan 19, 20223 min read
Book review: So, you want to be a racing driver?
Participating in Motorsport can seem daunting and elusive and Leanne Fahy’s new book published by Vecoce Publishing as part of the Speed ...


Dec 15, 20212 min read
Seven Stocking filler gifts
Looking for a last minute gift, or a stocking filler then here is your guide to a smile on Christmas day , a jerry can hip flask, retro ...


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...


Nov 17, 20214 min read
Rusty Nuts? Here's how to cure them!
A seized nut, bolt or stud. can be one of the most frustrating, annoying, difficult, and potentially damaging obstacles you can encounter...


Oct 27, 20214 min read
How to rebuild a brake calliper
We’ll start one with a caveat. Any work on braking systems should be approached with maximum care, especially a classic which unless ...

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, 20215 min read
D8 to the MAX
For the AUTOVISIE Design Classics series, they asked various design departments of car manufacturers to turn a memorable design or model...

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...


Sep 30, 20216 min read
What is Blat?
It started when I first bought my Seven. The Internet led me to groups and clubs that fed my enthusiasm. I learned a great deal, but one ...

Aug 22, 20212 min read
Mapping and Blatting and Chatting together
One of the goals of the International 7 network is to look at our common goals and meet them collectively. It’s all about the driving and...

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 ...


Aug 22, 20213 min read
It’s all about the Driving - The Lotus Drivers Club
The Club’s philosophy is embedded in our name – to get members and enthusiasts out and driving their Lotus and Sevens at every ...
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