Highlights Factory-built with original chassis checklist, welcome letter and stamped service booklet Just 21,061 miles from new across 28 years Twin Weber 40 DCOE carburettors on the 1.6-litre Vauxhall 8v engine Sympathetic modifications including Alcantara steering wheel, powder-coated black windscreen frame and carbon fibre rear wing protectors Extensive documentation Overview You could say that when you buy a Caterham Seven, you're buying into something more than a lightweight sports car.

You're buying a legend.

And the late '90s VX Classic represents a particularly charismatic chapter in the Seven story, because it was among the last models Caterham offered with carburettors.

Twin Weber 40 DCOE sidedraught carbs feeding a 1.6-litre Vauxhall 8v engine, a live rear axle, cycle wings and the traditional narrow S3 body: this is the Seven formula at its most elemental, delivering a sensory experience no fuel-injected car can replicate.

In a car weighing around 525 kg, even 100 bhp i...