A brief history...

About the time I got my first car, I started watching "The Prisoner" on TV, in which Patrick McGoohan famously drives a Lotus 7. I didn't know what it was when I first saw it, but I wanted one...

As is the way of things, I couldn't afford one back then, but I promised myself I'd have one by the time I was 31. I kept my eye on the kitcar scene over the years, and set my heart on a Westfield SeiGT v8 when they first came out.

Time passed...

By the time I was in a position to start seriously thinking about it, (i.e. had a house with a garage), I'd missed my deadline by 3 years, but on the plus side there were a lot more options. Seemingly hundreds of 7-style roadsters are now available. So I settled down to read as much as I could about each. Over the course of this process, the Dax Rush seemed to appeal to me the most. As well as being the best looking 7 by far (in my humble), they are one of the few that can handle serious power. Compared to Caterhams and Westfields, the Dax seems to be the only one that's still a real "build it yourself" car. The other two seem to have gone the way of providing "bolt together" kits, with everything predrilled and ready to go...whereas the Rush by all accounts involves rather a lot of, shall we say "creative adaptation". The plus side of this is that each Rush is quite unique, evolved to each builder's tastes, which really appeals to me. The downside is many nights of swearing at awkward bits that don't quite fit.

But that's ok, I'm good at swearing.

And so...

...early in 2008, at the Stoneleigh Show, I placed an order with D.J. Sportscars for a Dax Rush. Engine: not decided. Colour: not decided. Delivery date: October 2008. (I did manage to choose a rollbar style though!)