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    Good to have you here..............scannon!!!!!!!!!!!

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    And this is Skip's Caterham 7. I thought I had more pics of this brute beauty. It is a few inches longer and wider than a regular Lotus 7 (as if there is such a thing). Don't matter, when you ride in this thing it's more like you are wearing it! It is powered by a Miata engine (NA block, NB1 head) and a Flyin Miata turbo kit with a Hydra (as opposed to the Sunburst, that uses the Link system). It too makes 300+ hp to the flywheel and it weights less than 1,600 with a full tank of fuel. When you ride in it, you feel like you are on a two seater F-16 with open afterburners!


    PS: I thought I had more pics of this car, looks like I'll have to go and bug Skip some more!
    96 Montego, replacing a 95M... I miss: My running peeps in Tampa, running barefoot @ Clearwater Beach and First Choice BBQ, in Brandon. In So Cal I miss: The Malibu Canyons, CA 33 and In & Out Burgers ! I'm from Tampa, if I was from Tampa Bay, I'd be a fish!

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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift theothersawyer's Avatar
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    My god! You sir have some awesome cars!

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    Quote Originally Posted by theothersawyer View Post
    My god! You sir have some awesome cars!
    Thanks, I think they are pretty awesome too.

    On Wednesday I fly to Phoenix to pick up a 2014 Subaru WRX 5 door to replace the 2011 Suzuki SX-4 Crossover that is going off lease in November. It will be my daily driver when the weather is too bad for the Caterham or Miata or I need to haul more than one passenger.
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    Another place to follow Skip's threads. Cool.

    Btw, my dad is on his 3rd day of his drive home.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpie View Post
    Another place to follow Skip's threads. Cool.

    Btw, my dad is on his 3rd day of his drive home.
    Ha, look what the cat dragged in! I found yer ugly pic, guess I need to post it soon!
    96 Montego, replacing a 95M... I miss: My running peeps in Tampa, running barefoot @ Clearwater Beach and First Choice BBQ, in Brandon. In So Cal I miss: The Malibu Canyons, CA 33 and In & Out Burgers ! I'm from Tampa, if I was from Tampa Bay, I'd be a fish!

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    Skip, you have my respect. I like the Mini Lotus 7 you have. Very neat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpie View Post
    Another place to follow Skip's threads. Cool.

    Btw, my dad is on his 3rd day of his drive home.
    I'm very happy to hear that! Did the treatments go well?
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    Everything went as expected. He is on the upswing. Thanks for asking.

    Sorry for the thread drift.

    Back to our hail to Skip's coolness thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpie View Post
    Everything went as expected. He is on the upswing. Thanks for asking.

    Sorry for the thread drift.

    Back to our hail to Skip's coolness thread.
    No thread drift at all, bud. This is a thread about Skip and that includes his friends also.
    96 Montego, replacing a 95M... I miss: My running peeps in Tampa, running barefoot @ Clearwater Beach and First Choice BBQ, in Brandon. In So Cal I miss: The Malibu Canyons, CA 33 and In & Out Burgers ! I'm from Tampa, if I was from Tampa Bay, I'd be a fish!

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    Sharpies parents have been friends of mine for many years. I met them though Bill and Teri Cardell when Flyin Miata was known as The Dealer Alternative (West) and had just moved to Colorado.

    Until this year, they and I were the only people other than Bill and Teri who had attended all of the FM Open Houses/Summer Camps, 15 years worth. This year they could not make it because he was in hospital in Seattle for treatments. They were sorely missed and Bill, Teri and I decided to give them a pass. We talked to them on the phone during the closing banquet and that qualified them for keeping their perfect attendance record.

    I am very happy to hear he is well again and on his way home.

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    They had lunch with Bill and Terri in Moab, and got home about 9:00 last night.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpie View Post
    They had lunch with Bill and Terri in Moab, and got home about 9:00 last night.
    I remember meeting you and your Dad, a year ago in Tulsa.


    I had no idea, that they guy we were yelling and hollering for over the phone, during the FM Summer Camp, was your Dad. Small world!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpie View Post
    They had lunch with Bill and Terri in Moab, and got home about 9:00 last night.
    I was in Moab at that time but didn't know any of them were. Wish I could have hooked up with them. I was on my way back from Scottsdale, AZ where I leased a new WRX 5 door. Most of the trip back was done on 2 lane roads and the car and I had a great time.
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    Small world. When Bill and my dad finally got cell signal, they were within a mile of each other.

    Glad you had a safe trip back from AZ. How do you like the new Subi?
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