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Muscletrike
PostPosted: August 30, 2010, 2:26 pm 
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I have been asked to submit some more picture of my Seven so here you go:

I bought it in 1999. It was not very nice when I bought it but It was not too expensive and it had the "magic" engine.
The sought after Cosworth YBT.
The engine developed, at that time, the standard 220 horses.

Here the picture I to the day after buying it.
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PostPosted: August 30, 2010, 2:46 pm 
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First modifications.
Notice the custom made "safer" roll hoop and new aero-screen
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I also made an extended scuttle.

In the summer of 2000 I did a trip to the UK to visit the main Seven manufacturers: Westfield, Caterham, Dax.
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This trip triggered the frame up restoration I started in 01.

I got mainly inspired by this car:
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Dax fireblade
Notice my car in the back with the hood off.


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PostPosted: August 31, 2010, 2:56 pm 
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I found this picture of a track day at Hockenheim.
My car in the pits with it's big sister the "Rush Dakota F1 roadster"
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Can you get on and use the old track at Hock? I raced their in 72,73,74.

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B85 wrote:
Can you get on and use the old track at Hock? I raced their in 72,73,74.

Yes, I think so. Well I was there in 1999.

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PostPosted: September 2, 2010, 9:45 pm 
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In 2000 I started to strip the car down and found out that the frame was twisted.
It look like it has been in an accident and was poorly repaired.
I decided then to buy a brand new frame from HKT (well known german seven manufacturer)
I bought the frame thinking it would be the same measurements as my old frame, but it was not.
Everything was off by 1 or 2 inches.
I had to modify every single piece of the bodywork.
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Trying to look cool :mrgreen:


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The car close to completion:
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