It’s been a long time coming. After numerous attempts, cancellations and let downs, I have finally managed to get my car onto a track. I applied for the Wings and Wheels event held at Dunsfold a few months before. Thinking again that I was going to miss out, the tickets arrived just a week before [...]

I’ve always liked the body shape of the 7Y. I find it quirky; I like the fact that it has no bodywork at the rear, exposing the suspension, driveshafts etc. The front of the car was a different matter though, the nose being too long and wedgey. I always thought that a nose more like [...]

I knew about my car for quite a while before buying it. What I didn’t know was much about its previous incarnation other than that it was originally called the Lotus 7Y, now called PTP1 but still called the Lotus 7Y even though it no longer retains it’s original chassis (confusing!) The car was originally [...]