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If you've never been Steve, you really should. Even in one of your other cars, the sights are just amazing as you can see from Ian's pictures.

What an amazing trip and hats off to you for doing it with an aero screen. I'll be back again in September this year, but in a tin top. It must leave you with a great sense of achievement after having conquered such an epic tour in a very impractical car, well done.

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Yes, I'd totally forgotten that!

What an epic thread this is! I am so envious. Sadly I think maybe I've left it too late in life to deal with a mega trip like this, so for now I have to live vicariously. Thanks for the amazing write up @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO!

Mind you, car ferries, I may never look at quite the same again! …I’ve seen things, man!

Here you can see the higher rack position and additional brace of the Mega S2K chassis.

What an ace trip you guys had, love the write up of it all. you cannot beat a nice pizza 🍕

As above, the tapers are the issue. The uprights supplied under the Mega S2000/Sport 250 part numbers are nothing mysterious though! They’re exactly the same parts as standard uprights, they just came preassembled with the left and right side steering arms swapped over and the other way up, so that the tapers were correct for ball joints above the arms. But as mentioned previously, that chassis has a repositioned steering rack to suit. (The rack mounts are much higher up in the nose.)

I haven't seen the car in person, but I've known Martin for a few years through the Irish Kit Car Club. Looks like a really well maintained car. Not many registered over here! https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/westfield-sei/40154761

I'm sorted now thanks.

Wanted fuel cap , alloy type with short style straight neck .

Fingers crossed that it all works out for you Richard. Dave

Brilliant write up. Another epic trip. Looking forward to next year! Andy

Day 14 - Mon 30th June - Hull to home - via the Peaks I really needed this 'durty' breakfast for some reason....... Perhaps it was something I'd drank 🤦‍♂️ Nearly ready to roll. There's always interesting vehicles travelling with us. ...and we're rolling.... The same Tesco in Hull we fuelled at on our way out. We've driven some great, roads but it's nice to be reminded we do have some good roads in the UK too. Especially in the Peaks. Another nice tradition, the 'Queen of cakes' @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative and Glen, met us in Bakewell for a drink and catch up. We had a good natter and then all set off on our ways. Though @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) and I convoyed a little further. Bagpuss safely, home. Time to unload and clean! @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) about to do similar. My shorts will live to serve again. Car washed and back in the toybox.

Happy Birthday Simon, have a great one!

Malvern is better purely due to having working toilets and showers. Stoneleigh was like going to the 3rd world. However stoneleigh does/did have that great cafe for breakfasts

Day 13 - Sun 29th June - Düsseldorf to Euro port Rotterdam After an uneventful night and uninterrupted journey, we safely drove off the train in Düsseldorf, though as you'll note in the pic above, the cars in front get off quicker than us, as we've got to move all our stuff out of Dave's car before he can get in! Sunday morning traffic in Düsseldorf, isn't difficult! Given we'd not had a proper evening meal and a light breakfast on the train. We stopped for the first 'Fast Food' of the trip. Which ironically wasn't very fast, but was fresh (same slow service as last year). We were soon across Germany and back into the Netherlands. As we've got our TomTom's on avoid motorways, we were taken along some crazy roads. Above shows the cycle lanes either side of the road are huge, the centre lines gone and cars are forced against each other! Even in more rural areas! More of the good stuff. As we did in 2024, again as the Ferry doesn't sail until the evening. We've stopped off at a museum to kill some time-link Luckily they'd got a 'Wheels and Wings' event on- so there were cars as well and military items to view. Given our earlier restaurant disasters on this trip with closures. I'd rang ahead and booked into here. Our 3rd or 4th visit. Great food and attentive staff. De Beren It's only about 20 mins from the Ferry. Another 320kms (198 miles) covered. We'd normally refuel in Europe ready for the journey home, however it's not cheaper than the UK currently so we didn't! Into the ship we go. Luckily we've been put on the lower deck again, which should make for an easier/quicker unloading in Hull. A quick wash and we're soon in the bar to celebrate the end of another great Euro blat.

Day 12 - Sat 28th June - Time to head home- though a few more passes first.......Passo Stalle, Grossglockner Pass and Gerlos Pass We awoke to another glorious view- Blue skies and not a cloud in sight! cars packed and loaded for the trip home. Ready to roll. On our 2024 visit to the Dolomites, @Si.Dalziel noticed we'd always travelled south from the hotel we stayed in (not the same one as this year) and he suggested we go north on our way home. We did and we found some nice roads/passes to drive. So this year I planned to take the same route. I saw the countdown timer on the traffic light and thought 37 secs isn't long to wait. Then I woke up and realised it was minutes! The light is green for our direction only 15 mins every hour. Clearly @Jim cunliffe had two Coffees at breakfast last year, meaning we arrived whilst the light was luckily green. So we turned round and stopped by a lake we'd seen a few mins earlier. @Stu Faulkner allegedly likes 'dropping logs off' in the woods, but this time he wants to climb on them! We were soon joined by some riders who'd probably had the same idea. We got through the traffic lights eventually and were soon back on Austrian roads. Another fill up and we meet two German drivers (Lotus and a VX220). They're also heading to the Grossglocker Pass and ask if they can follow us. Why not! However we lost them before we got to the start of the pass and never saw them again! The toll booth on the Grossglockner Pass- Wiki Link Not the cheapest at EUR 135 for the 3 of us! Rather foggy in places, perhaps another 30 mins later and it would have burnt off. However last year we only just got up the pass before it shut for a cycle race and we didn't want that to happen ( @Stu Faulkner had checked for Austrian and Italian Cycle events prior to us leaving the UK- but whenever we saw more than a couple of riders together we blamed Stu 😉 ). We found a 'Nissan GTR / Skyline Meet' at the top. I'm sure their engines were not enjoying the thin air. Another sticker earned We then travelled down the other side of the pass and headed to our next stop for a leg stretch and a break. Our train wasn't until the evening so we'd got plenty of time. Water world (no, not the naff Kevin Costner film). We'd passed this last year and it looked impressive from the road (as above) but looked too busy, too touristy to stop in our Westies. However Dave did some pre trip research and it looked do-able. Dave had even sensibly brought his walking boots along just for this. I'd got my running trainers. The Krimml water fall is the highest water fall in Austria and the 2nd Highest in Europe. Wiki Link We parked in a payable, barrier controlled car park. I left my luggage in the car, If someone wants my stinky trip washing and running kit their very welcome to it! Can you see our cars? @Stu Faulkner took this selfie with his 'Fisher Price' Phone! Sadly our last pass of the trip, the Gerlos Pass. Very light traffic. Cars drinking the good stuff again. We then headed to a Restaurant just outside Innsbruck that we've used for the last 2 trips. Sadly it was closed for the weekend (yes, just like the Oil Can Cafe- we should have rang ahead and booked!). Cars were treated to another top up of V-Power Racing and we bought snacks in lieu of the evening meal we weren't going to get. We've not exactly starved whilst away 😉 Back at the Innsbruck Rail Terminal- not exactly a surprise to see the same Dino we loaded with in Duesseldorf. The trains are sadly so infrequent post covid. I'd emailed and rang UEX (the train company) after Stu's outbound roof incident to advise all 3 cars were cabriolets, so hopefully we'll be correctly boarded on the lower deck. and we were! You'll note, Stu's not risking further damage and has put his doors and luggage in Dave's car, along with my luggage.

Brought by mistake - didn’t fit my SEight hope it’s of use to someone £25 collect (Wolves) or £35 posted

Set of 4 adjustable SPAX TRAK dampers & springs taken from SEight with standard track front end (12” front & 14” rear) due to upgrade - passed MOT 12 months ago, front springs have been “half” spayed in black??? £130 collection only from Wolves

Thanks for the reminder! My local track so I will be popping in to spectate

If you wanted new runners i wouldn't buy the runners from westfield, I would of thought these would fit. But you would need to check. https://www.europaspares.com/universal_seat_runners_set_1

£50ono happy to post at the buyers cost.