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Unofficial P.B.C. and what we found! (day-1)
Friday 15th March 2019 marked the start of an important couple of days in the project. My 7 was due to be shipped to a local...

CTRMint
Mar 17, 20194 min read
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Coolant System Layout
Even though the build is pretty much complete and I'm basically adding the finishing touches at present there's still plenty of topics...

CTRMint
Mar 14, 20196 min read
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A debate over the tonneau cover
This weekend I decided to fit the tonneau cover, partly out of interest, but also because I thought it might be easier for the local...

CTRMint
Mar 10, 20194 min read
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Dry sump tank install
This blog post is a retrospective post and briefly covers the installation of the dry sump tank which was performed in two phases,...

CTRMint
Mar 10, 20193 min read
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Test fitting the weather gear, full hood
The reality of living in the British Isles means that rain is a regular reality even through the summer months and so, for this reason,...

CTRMint
Mar 8, 20193 min read
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New logo....
OK so it's not really build related or even life after build, however I thought it was worth mentioning as it took some effort to create....

CTRMint
Mar 7, 20191 min read
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Catch Can Install
I've mentioned the catch can in so many blog posts but never actually covered the install of the can, I think it's time. This one is a...

CTRMint
Mar 5, 20193 min read
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Paint Protection Film between the bonnet and bodywork
I recently removed some untidy temporary protection applied by Caterham for shipping. The protection was some doubled back foam stuck to...

CTRMint
Mar 4, 20191 min read
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torquing up the wishbone required draining the coolant!
The last week has been spent tidying up odds and ends which needed finessing as I approach the completion of the build. One of the areas...

CTRMint
Mar 4, 20193 min read
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Wing Mirrors - option 1 Racetech single seater mirrors
BlatChat comes to the rescue once again, and directs me towards a different approach... Yep, this time with the wing mirrors. Fitting the...

CTRMint
Feb 26, 20193 min read
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More disappointment... come on Caterham!
More quality issues and more disappointment! I'm writing this having not spoken to Caterham about the matter, but I hope when I do a...

CTRMint
Feb 25, 20192 min read
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Rear light cluster cabling
A very quick post... This weekend I addressed a number of smaller tasks one of which was tidying up the tail light cluster cabling in the...

CTRMint
Feb 25, 20192 min read
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Eng​ine first start, the big day!
16th February 2019 was the big day, the day we first started my Caterham 7 420R. A week has gone by now and it's time I blog one of the...

CTRMint
Feb 24, 20194 min read
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Currently not Caterhams biggest 'Fan'
Building my Caterham 7 has certainly been a mixed bag of emotions, and sadly it's included a significant amount of frustration which I...

CTRMint
Feb 22, 20196 min read
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gremlins..... electrical gremlins...
During the last week or so quite a bit has taken place, including the engine start, which thankfully went well. Covering the start in a...

CTRMint
Feb 20, 20195 min read
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