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For sale is my caterham 7 super sprint. I’m looking to sell on for someone else to enjoy and draw the attention that this car gets when out for a drive. The car has just received year MOT with no advisors and with the millage only covering 1702 miles. See below detail of the vehicle and its previous years of history’s.
This Caterham Super Sprint was registered with the DVLA in 2025 after an IVA certificate was issued in 2024, its origins are believed to date back to the 1990's and it is powered by a 1. 7-litre Ford Crossflow engine (with AX block) and a Type-9 gearbox.
The car is accompanied by a box containing a large and well-presented collection of maintenance invoices, workshop manuals, club magazine excerpts and high-quality photographs telling the story of its restoration. The current V5C is also present along with a spare set of keys.
According to a dating later from Caterham in 2024, the chassis dates from 1995, and the engine from 1997.
It was re-registered on 1st February 2025. Including the cost of the original ‘project’, well in excess of £20k has been spent on the rebuild.
Ford Crossflow engine has been bored out to 1691cc. The block is the sought-after Ford South Africa ”AX" block which has thicker walls. It has a high-lift cam, large valves, and the head as been gas-flowed. The gearbox is a Ford Type 9 five-speed XR4i box. The rear axle is a strengthened live axle from the Morris Ital. Basically the car has been built to Caterham “Super Sprint” specification, which also includes the ‘correct’ low sump. The carburettors are a pair of reconditioned Weber DCOE 40s which breathe through short trumpets and make a wonderful induction noise. The chassis bears the serial number of AM 95 1173UC, this being a chassis ordered by Caterham from Arch Motors for the Caterham Academy series of races.
The car also comes with x2 sets of keys, a couple of folders full of paper work and all its history.
Would consider part ex/ swaps for anything interesting.
