The weather this past week has been great for being out in the Caterham. Even took the doors off last weekend for that completely open cockpit experience (although Aeroscreen users might disagree) and went for a blast down to the Seven Stars pub near Petersfield. This is rapidly approaching "favourite" status. Perhaps this is down to my route there predominantly being along the much talked about A272, well known for it's mixture of sweeping curves, tight bends and bikers wedged in trees.
Last week alone I went twice, both times in the Caterham, although on one occasion the Rev Limiter was fitted.
Both the cars should be treated to some new parts in the next couple of weeks.
The Seven is scheduled to get a new, thicker roll bar (left)and the Defender is due a new rear door. Both items are in the pipeline, one more firmly than the other. The roll bar is coming all the way from Darlington courtesy of the For Sale section of BlatChat, and I have a TD5 rear door bookmarked on eBay. The latter usually fetch a very good premium, although in my case I can afford to go a little higher on bids since the purchase is being assisted by a colleague of mine for whom I replaced a head gasket on a 300TDi Discovery a couple of weeks ago.
But it doesn't end there. At the Phoenix Night meeting of ReHaB on Wednesday, a bloke called Phil came along with some very nice seats fitted to his car. They're copies of Tillet racing seats, and very good copies at that. So good in fact, that some of the guys commented that they were even better than the must-have Tillet. And significantly cheaper. Maybe this is what makes them better? And there was me assuming it was purely a visual reference.
Whilst I'm looking forward to these two upgrades, I just know fitting either item won't be the "one size fits all" solution that both Land Rover and Caterham frequently promise yet fail spectacularly to deliver. I think it's down to the cars being hand built, and the fact that no two pairs of hands are the same.
For more on the Seven Stars go here (They serve Badger beer.....and badger's are cool):
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/13/13026/Seven_Stars/Stroud
Last week alone I went twice, both times in the Caterham, although on one occasion the Rev Limiter was fitted.
Both the cars should be treated to some new parts in the next couple of weeks.
The Seven is scheduled to get a new, thicker roll bar (left)and the Defender is due a new rear door. Both items are in the pipeline, one more firmly than the other. The roll bar is coming all the way from Darlington courtesy of the For Sale section of BlatChat, and I have a TD5 rear door bookmarked on eBay. The latter usually fetch a very good premium, although in my case I can afford to go a little higher on bids since the purchase is being assisted by a colleague of mine for whom I replaced a head gasket on a 300TDi Discovery a couple of weeks ago.
But it doesn't end there. At the Phoenix Night meeting of ReHaB on Wednesday, a bloke called Phil came along with some very nice seats fitted to his car. They're copies of Tillet racing seats, and very good copies at that. So good in fact, that some of the guys commented that they were even better than the must-have Tillet. And significantly cheaper. Maybe this is what makes them better? And there was me assuming it was purely a visual reference.
Whilst I'm looking forward to these two upgrades, I just know fitting either item won't be the "one size fits all" solution that both Land Rover and Caterham frequently promise yet fail spectacularly to deliver. I think it's down to the cars being hand built, and the fact that no two pairs of hands are the same.
For more on the Seven Stars go here (They serve Badger beer.....and badger's are cool):
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/13/13026/Seven_Stars/Stroud
