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Historic Cateringvan
donut - 8/3/07 at 11:40 AM

I was in Caterham this morning and walked past the Cateringvan showroom and saw this early car.

Sorry for the poor pics but they were taken on my crappy camera phone:

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02GF74 - 8/3/07 at 11:44 AM

and you didn;t buy it?!?!?!

inyteresting to say the least - the wings look non moveable - are those stacks and su's stiking thourgh the bonnet?

notice also the position of the headlamps - it'll never get through SVA.

was there a price tag on it?


nitram38 - 8/3/07 at 11:44 AM

Judging by the positive camber, I think that is a hill climb trials car for muddy conditions.


iank - 8/3/07 at 11:50 AM

That is a Lotus 6 if I'm not mistaken.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_6


G.Man - 8/3/07 at 11:53 AM

beat me to it

yup its a lotus 6


nick205 - 8/3/07 at 11:56 AM

I appreciate the historic-ness of it, but it's a ugly bugger and I can't imagine it being all that great to drive either....?


02GF74 - 8/3/07 at 12:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nick205
I appreciate the historic-ness of it, but it's a ugly bugger and I can't imagine it being all that great to drive either....?


bet you wouldn't be saying that if it were 1950!


nick205 - 8/3/07 at 12:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
I appreciate the historic-ness of it, but it's a ugly bugger and I can't imagine it being all that great to drive either....?


bet you wouldn't be saying that if it were 1950!



Maybe not, but then I wasn't born until 1974 and progress is progress


Fozzie - 8/3/07 at 12:26 PM

Deffo NOT a cater-van Andy-mate!!!!!!!!!!

Most definitely a LOTUS 6..........


Fozzie


donut - 8/3/07 at 01:19 PM

Fozz you're so picky!!


Fozzie - 8/3/07 at 01:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by donut
Fozz you're so picky!!


But of course!

Fozzie


G.Man - 8/3/07 at 01:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
I appreciate the historic-ness of it, but it's a ugly bugger and I can't imagine it being all that great to drive either....?


bet you wouldn't be saying that if it were 1950!



Maybe not, but then I wasn't born until 1974 and progress is progress


So all that progress and you are driving a replica of a car conceived in 1957 which was made until 1974...


Alan_Thomas - 8/3/07 at 02:24 PM

I believe they also offered a 'bike engined' model.

It had pedals and a sturmey archer 3 speed!


iank - 8/3/07 at 02:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by G.Man
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So all that progress and you are driving a replica of a car conceived in 1957 which was made until 1974...




Since no-one is building a replica of an S4 I'd argue 1969/1970 was when it actually finished being made.


nick205 - 8/3/07 at 02:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by G.Man
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
I appreciate the historic-ness of it, but it's a ugly bugger and I can't imagine it being all that great to drive either....?


bet you wouldn't be saying that if it were 1950!



Maybe not, but then I wasn't born until 1974 and progress is progress


So all that progress and you are driving a replica of a car conceived in 1957 which was made until 1974...




Not a replica, but inspired by the concept and further developed