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Hi All My name is Gerhardt Botha and am from Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. I grew up next to a race track as my dad used to race stock cars. From a young age a fiddled with methanol/castor oil model motors and raced various RC cars and planes. At the age of 22 I have rebuild a bike and was looking for a new challenge. I found a lotus 7 builder close to home and with his help I successfully completed a 2l twincam Lotus 7 in about 3 years. This was challenging, but very fruitful. I learned