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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, 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 ...
May 13, 20214 min read
Five bearings, disc brakes and the Prisoner | Chapter 13
The 109E 1340cc. engine from Ford’s Classic and Classic Capri models that powered the Lotus Super Seven in Cosworth Mark V form was to ha...
Apr 23, 20214 min read
Cosworth and the first Lotus Super Seven Cosworth | Chapter 12
Several people and suppliers were responsible for Lotuses successes as sports car and race car constructors. Mike Costin was ...
Mar 26, 20213 min read
Women and the Seven: Brita Maria Nordström
To celebrate International Womens day – member of the Lotus Caterham Club Sweden Brita tells us about her Lotus Super Seven 1500 Cosworth..
Mar 26, 20214 min read
Jon Derisley's Works Drive - Chapter 11
As a student of the College of Estate Management in London, Jon Derisley had passed the Lotus works at Hornsey on his way home in the...
Feb 25, 20215 min read
Chapter 10 – The First Lotus Super Seven
It is said that every Seven that was produced by Lotus up to the end of Series One production was sold at a loss. The choice for Lotus was a
Feb 25, 20214 min read
Rob Oldland – Agreements and Partnerships
Sponsorship For 2021 If you have followed my journey you will know that I race on a limited budget and with the support of sponsorship....
Jan 13, 20212 min read
"What would you most like to do?"
When it came to the turn of Art Editor Charles Pocklington to be asked: "What would you most like to do?", his spontaneous reply was…
Jan 13, 20215 min read
Chapter 9 – The diminutive Lotus spreads its wings
By the middle of 1958 four Sevens had been exported to the U.S., but the Americans were not impressed with the Ford side-val...
Oct 14, 20204 min read
Chapter 6 - THE FIRST SEVEN
Colin Chapman had a customer for the first Lotus Seven even before it was designed! He was Edward Lewis, proprietor of "Westover Shoes"...
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