I recently had the opportunity to ride in and drive a late model Caterham kit version of the Lotus 7 that was built by an insane friend and equipped with a 350 horsepower turbocharged GM Ecotech 4-cylinder and 6-speed. Getting into the coffin-shaped passenger compartment was tricky, but acceleration was nothing short of psychotic. At […]
This next car comes as a tip from Hugh who writes: What do you call a T-bucket roadster with a Jaguar XK engine and an automatic transmission? A lotus Seven of course! It’s almost as strange as that desert boat pickup thing. Maybe pickups that aren’t pickups week? I dunno…but this next car sure is […]
I have a friend who purchased and assembled a Caterham replica of a Lotus 7 for driving on US roads. For the sake of anonymity, I will call him Dwood, and this next post is dedicated to him. I won’t say how much Dwood spent on his Caterham, but I’d bet a Buick Roadmaster that it […]
Building a Caterham (Lotus) kit car will set you back something in the range of 40-large even with today’s excellent dollar-pound exchange ratio, and even a used off-brand kit will cost in excess of $10k. However, if you are willing to live with something that is a bit more Volkswageny and less Lotusey…you can save […]