C7 CAT's Silver Jubilee!

A brief snapshot of some of our memories from the first 25 years with our Se7en


1999

This is the advert from Woodcote Sports Cars
that started it all
Our first photoshoot in the Ashdown Forest
24 Heures du Mans
- our first trip abroad in the 7

2000

24 Heures du Mans with L7C
London to Brighton - Veteran Car Run
Brands Hatch International Festival

2001

Brooklands Handling Day
The Rumble - Round London Run
Enjoying a beer at Le Mans

2002

Cadwell Park Track Day
L7C International
Ferry to Hurst Castle for dinner
Bordeaux Blat - visit to Chateau Chatelet
St Emilion

2003

West Wittering BBQ
Baywatch - Caterham to Rye
4 Counties Rumble

2004

Kleine-Karussell - Nurburgring
Brands Hatch Track Day
Chambourg-sur-Indre, Loire Valley

2005

Castle Combe Speed Festival
Brittany Blat - Grandchamp near Vannes
Snetterton Track Day

2006

Visit to Arch Motors
Day trip to Chateau Tilques near Saint-Omer
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
guided tour at Biggin Hill Airport

2007

Caterham 7 Jubilee, Donington Park
'50 Years of the 7', Royal Norfolk Showground
Maggie chatting with Edward Lewis and his wife
Perigueux Blat - Saint Sauveur, Bergerac

2008

Roadhog -Caterham to West Wittering
L7C 25th Anniversary
held at the Silverstone Classic
Spirit of Kent Spitfire at Biggin Hill Airport

The rebuild begins after being rear-ended
Souvenir shot of all the old panels and GRP
Newly rebuilt and sharing the apron
with a Learjet at Biggin Hill Airport

2009

My first entry into the world of sprinting at Goodwood
Wight Blat
With John Surtees CBE at the start
of the Beaujolais Run

Brooklands Blat
Portmeirion - Se7en Wonders of Wales Blat
Swiss Trip - Group shot at St Moritz
View from Passo del Bernina
Still icy up on the Furka Pass!
Sunflowers on our way home through France

2010


Fancy dress party with the 'Alice' crowd near Monbazillac, Bergerac

Problem with the thermostat
Midi-Pyrenees
Being recovered from Andorra
Souvenirs from a 'grenaded' engine
Crystal Palace Sprint - 1st in Class
Coffee break on Le Bonjour Blat
Arrival at Le Touquet on Le Bonjour Blat

2011

New Zetec engine fitted
At the top of the Nufenen Pass
with the Griesgletscher in the background
on our Italian Lakes & Swiss Alps Tour
Harewood Hillclimb

2012

Classic Le Mans
Brighton Speed Trials
- my first entry and class win
Snetterton Track Day

2013

L7C 30th Anniversary - Beaulieu
Isle of Man 'No Limits' Tour
Caterham F1 Factory Visit

2014

Shoreham Airshow
Visit to Aspidistra
Kings Standing, Ashdown Forest
Classic Le Mans - Indianapolis Straight

2015

Harewood Hillclimb
Silverstone 25th Anniversary
Grand Italian Tour - top of Stelvio Pass
- late summer!

Slight mishap on the Glaubenbielen Pass, Switzerland
Our accident was in the local newspaper
the next morning with the headline
'Injured after a violent head-on collision'
C7 CAT repaired after the accident
and with a new livery

2016

Blyton Park Sprint
La French Connection, Clastres
Castle Combe Sprint

2017

Crossing the River Seine on a local ferry
Gurston Down Hillclimb
Brighton Speed Trials

2018

Visit to Filching Manor
Rockingham Sprint
Camembert in Lower Normandy

2019

On the lift at Arch Motors to fit the anti-roll bar
Chateau de Langeais in the Loire Valley
Wiscombe Park Hillclimb

2020

Wiscombe Park Hillclimb
Blyton Park Sprint
Curborough Sprint

2021

Loton Park Hillclimb
Anglesey Sprint
Deanland Airfield with fellow Sevener
Ray Pearce's SkyRanger Swift 912

2022

Pembrey Sprint
Maggie helping as Scorer at Curborough
When cam belts come loose...!

2023

Hellingly Festival of Transport
Magnificent Motors, Eastbourne
Prescott Hillclimb