Caterham Super Seven 1600

So I've never liked the standard carpets that Caterham supply, the material is not very nice at all. When I spec'd my car I told them to remove the rear panel carpet, they also didn't fit carpet to the sides of the boot (just the boot floor one). I job I've wanted to do for a while is completely line the boot with a much better padded vinyl. So I finally ordered this from Amazon . It's a nice diamond stitch vinyl with a foam backing that will protect the skins of the car and also reduce noise from things knocking around in the boot. I ordered 2m x 1.3m which was plenty. I started by removing the old boot floor carpet and using that as a template to cut the new vinyl. I removed the screws from the filler pipe cover to gain access. Even though a lot of the edges were cut with scissors, the edge fit was fine. I then spent a while cutting all of the sections necessary to fill the side panelling. For these I used professional velcro to attach them to the sides, so they a...

With the weather finally picking up after a very rainy and generally horrible winter I've got the car out of the lockup and back on the drive way. I've done a couple of drives already. A meet up in town in March. And also a trip up to Morecambe to see the lovely Jennifer. That's a proper 6 hour drive from London ! With the great weather this week I did a trip to Eastwell Manor, one of my favourite spa break hotels. I also did a little job on the car that I've been meaning to do for a while. I ordered a set of replacement fuses that are known as Glow Fuses. Basically if they blow then a small LED lights up to indicate the failure. This is a great improvement as you can visually see which fuse has blown, rather than having to start testing them all. I got these from BRT Motorsport in the UK. Note that my car is an EU spec vehicle based on the 275. The fuses are as per this table. Looking forward to a big summer drive. Off to Italy and back in June !