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    Low Flying - November 2005

    By Guest, in Lowflying,

    in this month's issuethe fridge door   |  news events and snippets   |  area antics   |  club regalia   |  memorable drives - go north young man   |  sprinting at aintree   |  nuke the leuk and a major raffle on the way   |  lotus components   |  members' jottings   |  a truly great car collection   |  the small ads   |  events diary

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    Nuke the Leuk ’05 – Lap 10

    By Guest, in Club Charities,

    “The Car the Club Built” – is back in the fold!
    Under new ownership and now club members, Marc and Sarah Nelson-Smith get a very special insight into the world of sevening with a one-off car that raised over £33K for LRF in 1997-98 from the generosity and efforts from club members, Caterham Cars and Arch Motors.
    Marc says “We are now the proud owners of the car. I had intended giving the car a make over but it looks so much better in the flesh than it did on E Bay.
    The cars second owner, a Dr, bought it at a local auction in Carmarthen in Sept 2000. At the time it had then covered around 350 miles. It then lived in Ferryside, a small village near Carmarthen and was run for a further 3 years before being taken off the road.

    I spotted the car on E-Bay as it had a very low reserve. The colour scheme put many people off from bidding but I have wanted a 7 since seeing one in a Fast Lane magazine in 1984.

    I travelled to Ferryside on the train (6 hrs) and on seeing the car I was a little disappointed as it was not in the same condition as the photos on E-Bay suggested. It had only ever had 1 service. After years by the sea it looked a lot older than its 3000 miles suggested.

    I bought it, as I knew the history from your web pages.

    The drive back was fun; I’m 6'4'' and only just fit in! (8hrs!). When back home in Stamford, Lincs, I took it to a local specialist for a major service and it’s had a lot of t-cutting to get the colour back.

    We have decided to carry the torch for a while and have joined our local branch of Leukaemia Research to do our own fund raising at events. Collection tins and T shirts are at the ready!

    We may make the car look more like a race car (and race it) next year but keep to the original theme.”
    Good luck to you both, I doubt you will have any difficulty in getting advice and assistance from club members as we all have a great deal of affection for the car. Hope to see you and the car at many club events in the future.

    http://cms.lotus7club.com/Portals/4/images/ntl/tctcb05.JPG

    Picture: The ‘drivers’ are Marc and Sarah’s sons, Owen 5 and Thomas 3, starting a petrol-head career at a very early age! They don’t look bad at tin rattling either!

    Conneely
    2005 OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AFTER 13 ROUNDS (7 out of 13 rounds count)
    Round Longcross Llandow Curb 1 Curb 2 Elvington MIRA Loton Llandow 2 Curb 3 Curb 4 Aintree Wiscombe Harewood TOTAL POS Andrew Griffiths 21.50 21.50 DS DS DS 21.50 DS 21.50 21.50 21.50 21.50 DS DS 150.50 1 David Jackson DS DS DS 21.50 21.42 20.83 20.58 21.50 21.50 DS 21.50 148.83 2 Paul Dickens 21.50 20.85 DS 21.50 DS 20.31 20.96 21.18 DS DS 21.03 147.33 3 Brodie Branch 20.50 DS 21.50 20.84 20.50 20.50 DS 21.50 20.50 145.84 4 Charles Fitzhugh DS 21.50 DS DS 20.50 DS 20.50 20.50 20.50 20.00 20.50 144.00 5 Mark Durrant 21.50 DS 20.07 DS 20.45 20.00 20.45 DS DS DS 20.75 DS 20.73 143.95 6 David Nelson DS 20.85 20.79 20.00 20.00 21.50 20.00 20.00 DS 143.14 7 Richard Price DS 20.61 DS DS DS 20.44 DS 20.44 20.08 20.44 20.00 DS 20.00 142.01 8 Jeremy Clarke 20.50 20.00 DS DS 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.50 DS 141.00 9 Adrian Williams 20.00 20.00 DS 19.75 19.52 DS 19.96 DS 21.34 19.68 140.25 10 Ken Evans 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 DS 20.00 140.00 11 Daniel Malkin 20.00 DS DS DS 19.42 20.00 19.92 20.00 19.59 20.21 139.14 12 Rob Margel 19.57 19.12 19.78 20.00 17.66 19.17 DS DS 18.54 133.84 13 Graham Ford 20.00 15.81 18.59 18.74 20.50 18.71 DS DS 20.50 132.85 14 Mike Sankey DS 19.49 DS 18.31 19.00 20.00 DS 18.20 18.73 DS 19.12 132.85 15 John Powell DS DS 18.42 18.45 17.55 20.00 18.33 19.65 19.69 132.09 16 Gavin Craig 18.65 DS 17.21 15.36 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 131.22 17 Darren Luke 14.62 17.49 18.17 20.00 20.00 18.69 20.00 128.97 18 Matthew Jenkins 21.31 20.00 20.85 21.46 20.75 20.50 124.87 19 Roger Cummimg 18.96 18.33 15.24 17.69 17.75 18.50 18.24 124.71 20 Paul Collins 15.96 17.56 DS DS 17.85 15.79 DS 17.74 DS 17.93 18.22 121.05 21 Colin Heseltine 18.15 DS DS 14.58 16.44 13.75 18.65 18.33 18.73 118.63 22 Andrew Jenkins 20.00 18.11 18.48 20.00 19.55 20.00 116.14 23 Gary Nunn 14.33 DS 16.87 15.60 18.93 DS 15.29 19.08 15.05 115.15 24 Jeffrey Smith DS DS 16.77 14.59 15.23 16.60 17.46 DS 15.75 15.77 112.17 25 Richard Ormson 17.74 15.39 12.50 12.94 16.70 14.55 16.52 106.34 26 Tom Carabine 15.29 DS 19.43 16.60 15.95 19.00 18.91 105.18 27 David Warren 15.95 DS 14.62 13.48 10.61 16.42 14.66 16.00 101.74 28 Ian Keen 12.42 14.90 13.02 13.75 11.01 DS 15.11 20.00 100.21 29 Graham Howard 14.62 17.26 17.35 15.74 17.18 17.62 DS DS 99.77 30 Dave McFarlane 20.00 20.00 19.17 20.50 18.53 98.20 31 Simon Rogers 16.67 20.00 19.78 20.50 20.00 96.95 32 Andy Nicholls 20.00 19.23 17.89 18.17 19.24 94.53 33 Malcolm Hickey 14.53 DS 12.53 16.10 17.04 16.79 17.04 94.03 34 Richard Anderson 15.69 16.93 20.00 17.99 17.90 88.51 35 Stephen Herring 15.17 17.01 17.92 18.03 18.96 87.09 36 Antony Robinson 14.66 16.21 16.15 6.51 16.74 15.09 85.36 37 Stephen Marsh 11.88 71.77 83.65 38 Antony Abbaiello 18.78 20.14 20.00 18.89 77.81 39 Simon Harland 14.87 12.68 15.48 18.65 13.88 75.56 40 Headley Flectcher 15.48 19.30 20.23 20.00 75.01 41 Oliver Shaw 13.66 13.92 14.93 16.01 16.13 74.65 42 Malcolm McGovern 17.90 16.71 18.84 20.44 73.89 43 Darrell South 16.26 19.89 17.41 20.00 73.56 44 Lindsay Mercer 16.41 15.62 14.21 18.73 64.97 45 Michael Udale-Clarke 14.42 15.54 14.05 20.50 64.51 46 Mike Riley 12.41 15.75 18.11 16.68 62.95 47 Patricia Chan 8.06 DS 10.14 7.93 2.74 13.25 17.28 59.40 48 Ian Blakeman 16.79 17.66 5.71 17.91 58.07 49 Paul Bowden 18.18 19.64 19.98 57.80 50 Gordon Hodgkinson 18.38 18.87 18.90 56.15 51 Steven Robinson 19.03 18.01 18.50 55.54 52 Eddie Guest 16.31 17.61 4.30 16.65 DS 54.87 53 Alex Minchin 18.14 17.63 18.08 53.85 54 Christopher Williams 15.79 17.10 16.51 49.40 55 Allen Payne 16.39 15.82 16.81 49.02 56 Tony Pickering 15.81 18.09 13.41 47.31 57 Brian Lyall 16.11 14.94 14.63 45.68 58 James Smith 11.53 12.47 16.19 40.19 59 Jonathan Raine 18.65 20.00 38.65 60 Jocelyn Guest DS 12.08 0.00 12.54 11.76 36.38 61 David Wingfield 11.62 13.73 10.82 36.17 62 Kasper McFarlane 0.00 12.70 11.24 11.55 35.49 63 Shaun Mansbridge 17.29 17.13 34.42 64 Jonathan Grantham 9.15 12.61 12.63 34.39 65 Shaun Mansbridge 15.80 15.42 31.22 66 Adrian Glenn 8.22 11.04 11.05 30.31 67 Chris Moore 15.50 14.75 30.25 68 Geoff Hodge 14.18 15.35 29.53 69 Geoff Dixon 13.79 14.77 28.56 70 Tony Glasgow 12.86 12.43 25.29 71 Brodie Branch 20.30 20.30 72 Robin Brackett 6.65 13.06 19.71 73 Graham Perry 19.01 19.01 74 Paul Gibb 18.27 18.27 75 Martin Fretwell 9.56 8.63 18.19 76 Robert Grigsby 17.65 17.65 77 Jane Price 8.51 9.04 17.55 78 Edward Holland 16.56 16.56 79 John Parker 15.85 15.85 80 Robert Mackrill 14.24 14.24 81 Paul Forster 13.64 13.64 82 Patricia Herring 4.01 2.36 7.25 13.62 83 Mark Burton 13.25 13.25 84 Graham Lyall 4.83 4.83 85 Susan Rawden 2.09 2.09 86  

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    End of an Era

    By Guest, in Caterham and Lotus Sevens,

    Hi-Tech Chassis Manufacturing Process for Caterham
    Caterham Cars have entered into an agreement with existing supplier, Caged, to provide the company with a next generation hi-tech chassis manufacturing process for the legendary Seven sportscar.
    From March 2006, Caged will manufacture all the current Seven chassis variants from their UK based Wiltshire facility. They will undertake the metric based development and build program using the latest CAD design technology, state of the art computer controlled tube and sheet laser cutters and robotic welding cells.
    Caged predict delivering chassis of unparalleled accuracy and at a level of quality that the Caterham brand demands. The firm has been responsible for manufacturing the Seven’s F.I.A. approved roll cages and road-going rollover bars since 2002.
    Announcing the partnership, Caterham Cars Managing Director, Ansar Ali, explained: "We’re an engineering-led business, and the partnership with Caged yet again signals how committed we are to evolving, and moving the Seven forward."
    He added: "Caged have made a major capital investment in order to provide us and our customers with a chassis that enhances the high quality character of the current design. Importantly, working with Caged also means we’re confident that we have a supply partner that offers us the flexibility a business such as ours requires.
    Current chassis builder, Arch Motors, will continue to support Caterham's healthy aftermarket and motorsport car park for the existing chassis. More than 11,500 Sevens have been built since 1973, with an estimated 90 percent still in existence.
    The new agreement further strengthens Caterham's commitment to a British supply chain wherever possible. "It is so easy to look abroad. However, the soul of this business is about engineering excellence – British engineering excellence – and the pedigree of manufacturing skill on our doorstep. The partnership with Caged is an exciting one for our customers and the business going forward.
     
    "Britain remains extremely competitive as a technology biased manufacturing base and the corner stone of our new contract with Caged is an investment in excess of £500,000 in modern day engineering technology.".

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    Low Flying - October 2005

    By Guest, in Lowflying,

    in this month's issuethe fridge door   |  sevens in action at castle combe   |  classic motorsport   |  a desert adventure   |  sevens on show   |  drysump   |  our car, the tv star   |  lotus components   |  nuke-the-leuk news   |  area directory   |  classifieds ads   |  events diary

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    Norman's Blue Light Show 2005

    By Guest, in Club Charities,

    Norman Verona’s Blue Light Show 2005
     
    Norman says ”The total collected for the burgers and drinks was £5,829.50, only a few hundred pounds less than last year. Considering the weather I think that was pretty good.  
      
    However this year we had to pay the expenses for the food all totalling £1035.15 but against this was a £2,000 share of the entry tickets for manning the gates and car parks, plus £49.20 interest while the money has been in the savings account.  
      
    The show itself raised over £5,000 for ‘Help a Hallam Child’, the main Sheffield children’s charity and a further £2,000 was raised by the invited charities. 
      
    Not a bad days work” 
      
    Hear, hear Norman! - and it should be noted that Norman and Lynne funded all the pre-event expenses from their own pockets.

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    Nuke the Leuk '05 - Lap 9

    By Guest, in Club Charities,

    Monthly standing order from a shy, team sparring partner of old…   25.00 Norman Verona sale of jacks on Blatchat
    (Brings total to £1,703.69 – stupendous result!)   478.54 Martin Boardman sold some scuba bits to Richard Phillips   20.00 Steve Mell arranged some Goodwood tickets for Alan Lynch   10.00 Mark Gregory passed some dampers to Martyn Heeson   40.00 Adrian Zacher says thanks for all the help over his broken gearbox, not least Angus and Mark F355   75.00 Ian Yeoman says thanks to Jeff Deung for the Goodwood Festival passes   15.00 Paul ‘Susser’ Scott for the loan of Oldbutnotslow’s trailer for Dunsfold   25.00 Norman Verona’s ‘Blue Light Show 2005’ 
    (Brings total to a magnificent £6,893.58)   6,843.58 Andy Clayson ‘K’ engine auction to Bruno Dewaelheyns on Blatchat   855.00 Chris Rome - Caterham Academy Race Series 2004 DVD
    (Brings total to £1,160.00)   115.00 Rachael Sangha collected a donation from a colleague to thank Strongy for providing a video of a programme in which his daughter appeared    10.00 Steve Boyd thanks Neil Frazer for the video of the Silverstone slalom    5.00 Stephen ‘Kipper’ Herring sends a donation for all the help from club members who donated time or parts to help with restoring Robert’s (Kipper jnr) Graduates car to the track after an off at Snetterton earlier this year   120.00 John ‘Fletch 8^’ Fletcher mosaic posters, Marisha Gardener-Thorp for Anthony’s 40th bash
    (Brings total to £200.00)   100.00 Dunsfold Handling Day, Steve Mell   1210.00 Steve Newman says thanks to Mark Durrant for the throttle sensor and Duncan Pratt for the video clips of him honing at Dunsfold   10.00 Keith Pickin Memorial Fund, Croft and Brands Hatch trackdays
    (Brings total to £4,642.00)   640.00 Baywatch 2005, Chris Clark, Ray Hutchings and team   1500.00 Guy Munday 7 Valuations   132.00 Nick Addison, Year in The Club 2004 DVD
    (Brings total to £2,871.06)   60.00 This month’s total is an incredible: 12,289.12 2005 total so far: £23,492.67 Total 2005 to date: £35,781,79   Plus fundraising history 1991 to 2004: £209,918.50    £245,700.29

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    Steve Mell’s Dunsfold Handling Day Sep05
     
    Steve says “The Nuke the Leuk donation (£1,210.00) is made up of member donations, entry ticket sales and money raised from Top Gear test track activities. 
      
    Big thanks to Jim McAllister and Peter Farnfield of Dunsfold Park, Dave Hollington, Nigel Roberts, John Malcolmson (chief marshals) Doug and Mandy Phillips (logistics and administration), Duncan Pratt (media), Graham Clew (Formula Women Caterham pace car), all marshals and volunteers and not forgetting John Reaks for the ‘hot laps’ in his beautiful Ferrari F430!"

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    Low Flying - September 2005

    By Guest, in Lowflying,

    in this month's issuethe fridge door   |  news, events, offers   |  a tribute to Keith   |  speed championship, latest results   |  the x factor   |  a trip to the seaside   |  more mountaineering   |  area antics   |  the story of the seven   |  nuke-the-leuk news   |  the small ads   |  events diary

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    Nuke The Leuk '05 - Lap 8

    By Guest, in Club Charities,

    Hi Folks

    The grand Carrotland Coin Collection has been completed. I have sorted, bagged, and counted the lot. Yesterday evening I handed it over to a Leukaemia Research Fund representative who lives in Ipswich.
    The final tally was:
    £111.45 in current British coins, counted and bagged 5.5 Kg approximate weight pre-decimal British coins (Value unknown but LRF can cash these in) 2.5 Kg approximate weight pre-Euro European coins (Value unknown but LRF can cash these in) 1 Book Co-op stamps (£1) 282 Air Miles tokens £14 in British £1 notes (Now obsolete but accepted by banks) £30 Travellers cheques $4 in New Zealand notes Qty 2 x 100 Yugoslavian Dinara notes (Not sure what they are worth!) The LRF was pleased to receive the donation and I would like to thank you all for your generosity.

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