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  1. Main Club Area

    1. The Start Line

      The place for past, present and future owners to discuss all non-technical things related to Westfields and other Kit Cars, or just fun cars in general. New member? Welcome! Introduce yourself and make your first posts here!

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    2. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

      Valuable answers to often-asked questions about Westfields - a great place to start when you're looking for help. (If you'd like to start a new FAQ, please contact an Administrator.)

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      • Sam Harland
    3. Tech Talk

      For all your technical and mechanical questions and discussions, big or small. Building a Kit Car, (any kit car), or renovating a Classic Sports car? Tell us all about it! (Visible only to Members)

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    4. Video Talk

      Here you will find links to the WSCC's Social Media content, including our YouTube channel and Instagram.

       

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    5. IVA Info

      The area to exchange views and get information on the IVA test.

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    6. X-Cars

      The area specifically for advice and discussion regarding XIs, XTR2s and XTR4s

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    7. Membership Information ONLY

      This area is exclusively for questions and Info on membership, benefits, etc. - all other posts or threads will be moved or deleted as applicable.  Please read the pinned notice(s) at the top of the forum before starting a new thread.

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  2. Out & About With Your Westfield

    1. Local Area Meets, Events & Kit Car Shows

      Find out what your area is planning to do, tell us all about how your events went, and find out about kit car shows around the country. We like photos!

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    3. Track Days

      This is the place for Track Day life in general; discussing, planning, posting pictures and videos, anything and everything Track Day related - we like photos and videos!

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    4. Places to Visit and Road Trips

      Recommendations on where to go, tales of where we've been, advice on what to take and preparing the car. (Note. Members only forum)

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  3. Club Member Adverts

    1. Cars for Sale

      Adverts can be placed only by full paying members for their car or that of another full paying member (please read the pinned post at the top)

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    2. Cars Wanted

      Adverts looking for cars can only be placed by and for club members.

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    3. Parts for Sale

      Adverts can be placed only by full paying members for their parts or those of another full paying member (please read the pinned post at the top)

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    4. Parts Wanted

      Adverts looking for parts can only be placed by and for club members.

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  4. Club Traders & Sponsors

    1. Current Traders & Sponsors

      Here is where you can find our current Traders and Sponsors. 

      Rules and Guidelines for Traders:

      • the forum is not a shop, catalogue or auction site, you may post with specific special offers or deals in your Traders section.
      • When advertising an offer/deal please state a clear price for the item(s)
      • Please do not "spam" the forum, a high number of posts in a short period of time makes it very difficult for members, particularly those using mobile devices to actually view and use the forum.
      • If you have a large number of items or services to sell, please provide a link to your sales web site, eBay shop etc, do not insert individual posts for each item.
      • as a business, you may have a broad range of products. Most Club members will tend to ignore posts not at least slightly involved with the ownership, maintenance, storage of or competing in a Westfield. Please limit your forum posts to this range of products and services.
      • As a Trader, you can post anywhere in the Club's forum. However, please keep any thread you start relevant to the section of the forum it's in. 
      • As a Trader, you may also make relevant posts on other member threads, where you are either using your specific knowledge or technical expertise to solve a problem, or, where you draw the attention of the original poster to a product or service you sell, which to the best of your ability, you believe would solve their problem. Don't forget though, that no means no, if a member does not wish to follow your advise, please leave it there.
      • Please do not use the PM system to spam members with unsolicited advertising/offers.
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    2. WSCC Members Only Offers and Deals

      Here is where you will find anything from Members only deals and offers from our Traders and Sponsors, to discount codes for use by Club Members only. (You must be a paid up member to view these deals.)

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      • Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator
  5. External and Non-Club Member Adverts

    1. External Adverts

      Forum for links to all external selling websites, such as eBay or similar. Note: WSCC cannot be held responsible for the content of other sites. Buyer / Seller beware of standard Internet buying issues.

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  6. Chat & General Information

    1. Stuff & Nonsense

      For those underworked owners to waste the odd hour - home of putting the world to rights, daft video clips, jokes and tall tales.

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    2. Club Boardroom & Website - Evolution & Issues

      Updates regarding the club boardroom and website - tell us your thoughts, what features you'd like, and report any issues

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    3. Parc Ferme

      This is a section of the site where, from time to time we may, temporarily, display different, interesting threads or parts of threads for non members to see! 

       

      (Please note, these are copies of the original content, which has not been moved; as such,  this forum is essentially "read only" with no posting, except by the Admin Team)

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    • Rob Hunter - Club Secretary
      I probably know a bit more than most on this as a couple of us have been putting in a lot of time (some more than I) trying to help in our own time in the back ground.   The car was a non-runner being sold at a very low price for a Westfield of exportable age. It last had an MOT in 2020 and had been sat untouched ever since.   James (who was selling the car) managed to get the car started and a video was seen of it ticking over (although not running particularly well).   Using contacts from our end, a transport company was sourced for Nikos to get the car to the docks in Bristol and he had sorted the export paperwork.   Rather than being container shipped, the car was being exported as a running car (i.e. was to be driven onto and off the ship by the dockworkers).   The transport company did not start the car, they winched it onto and off their trailer and it was delivered safely.   When the dock workers attempted to start the car they could not. It was assumed that they were not used to an old car running webers.   At this point, a helpful member rang various local garages who could attend the dock to get the car started.   Paul at Bristol Classics agreed to do this, arriving very early to try and start the car. Unfortunately when the car eventually started (after over 2 hours of fault finding) the carbs were so far out of tune a backfire caused the filters to catch fire. Thankfully Paul managed to extinguish the flames.   Bristol Classics then agreed with Nikos that the car be transported to their workshop to get the car running. They spent many hours on it with various electrical and fueling issues. For instance, they found the ignition was permanently on (which they fixed), the fan switch had failed and the fuel was stale (tank drained, system flushed and fresh fuel added).   On inspection of the carbs, the 40 webers are of two different types (one from a Lotus and one from an Alfa) with different jets etc. The carbs were dismantled and cleaned along with new jets etc so the car could run with reasonably balanced fueling.   While the bill is a lot if money, the car was not in a road legal state (known to have no MOT and be a "barn find"). Bristol Classics have done a lot of work and shared photos and videos at most stages of the work.   The sale agreement (who with, what was described etc) is really between the seller and the buyer. It's not something I could or would offer an opinion on in open forum as its not fair on either party without all of the facts.   Even with the £1500 spent, the car us still thousands below the price of all other exportable age Westfields I have seen for sale.   On a side note, I'd like to thank the people who have helped in the background (you know who you are!). One person in particular has spent hours and hours of his own time liaising with the docks, transport companies and the garage trying to help someone in need.
    • Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator
      @StuartYes hopefully for reference, I've not got round to it yet not sure how accurate I can get it as the route is very long and complex, open to offers of help to create one if anyone is interested!
    • Rednop1
      £1500 too not fix the car 😒 
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