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In today’s world, people don’t often offer help or services for nothing. So here is a message to thank two business that have - Jack Webb Motorsport based in Brigg, Lincolnshire. They spent hours going over my car to resolve damper / spring / ground clearance issues. Cost me nothing and bought nothing from them either!! Intatrim from Telford - admittedly spent a few quid with them a few years back but I needed two replacement straps for my doors. Sent them a broken one and they are making me two new ones in carbon effect pvc to match the seats. Done for the cost of postage only. Good news needs to be shared!!

Having sold my last Westfield to purchase a house, I am now in a position to buy another. I bought this one about two weeks ago and it’s great to be back in one. My wife and I traveled from Thurso in the far North of Scotland down to Lincoln to pick up this beauty.

Perfect morning to stretch her legs - The barges at Maldon, Essex

Hello everybody I introduce myself. So, Stéphane, 42 years old, i leave in the west south of france and i m mechanical enginneer. I've a wife and 2 children At job, i design hooklift and at home, i built cars and motorbikes It makes more than 15 years that i begin to built, transform or upgrade motobikes and cars and i arrived today at this forum because i will start the complete rebuild of a SEI sport carbon from 2001. So, i think i will have some question and i also want to share my work and have some feedbacks. I share some pics of some of my project!

Making the most of the nice weather. Not sure how many more opportunities we’ll get this year now…

Been slowly setting up my side line making steel stuff with a plasma cutter.. Now on my office wall I have a 1m long Westfield… but been doing all sorts … I trace a photo into a cut file… then burn it out… clean it up before powder coating. www.shakeshafteng.co.uk

Spent the morning with @SXRORY at the Clevedon Cars & Coffee meet. First time trying this one out, was a really good event and well attended for this time of year. It happens monthly in Clevedon and is based around three big gatherings across the town, dividing up the cars into different eras. I think we timed our arrival well as we ended up in the centre of one of the displays. Some nice machines on show with Ferraris and Lambos etc. Saw a couple of nice Ultimas to drool over. And here's a few other random photos I took:

Finally managed to combine a work-from-home Friday with some half decent weather

Hello guys, I introduce myself. Cyril, 39 years from France and work in Luxembourg. I just got Friday my Westfield SE 1991 with Pinto 2.0. 🥰

Something from Shakeshaft engineering…. I have a plasma cutter and make various arty things in my shed…

Baby steps towards engine replacement

Little lunch run out with a friend in his tin top

First MOT passed today

Finally got somewhere near finishing this off now. I’ve finished my tool boards, painted them white to keep everything as bright as possible. I’ve also built myself a small bench from scraps I had lying around, with a vice for any car related stuff and fitted a vice to the other bench for woodworking which was very handy for building the new one. Racking is fixed to the walls where possible so nice and secure. Just a bit of cabling and lighting to sort out now.

7 Westfield's and a MEV met at a very sunny cafe in the Peak District After refreshments and a bit of a catch up we all set off up the Winnat's Pass onto the high ground to soak in those stunning views of the Autumn colours of the Peak District, WOW. The convoy ran really well with Dave behind me in communication with Ian at the back. We flowed nicely and arrived at The Rambler Inn, Edale in a timely fashion. We filled the empty car park. The MEV belonging to Anthony and Caroline was very eye-catching The view from the pub was stunning too You know what happens after lunch, we go cake hunting, it was successful!! Missing @Andy Westwood at this point The guilty party all had cake, even Ian and Ali. The Cow Shed, Tideswell. We finished off by wriggling over to the A515 and all splitting up from there, a fantastic day to be driving our cars. Thank you to Becky for being Chief Motion Photographer and thank you to everyone for your wonderful company x

Yesterday morning I finished off a few bits on the car while my daughter was at her dance class. I have replaced the engine mounts which has definitely stopped a lot of the wobble I was getting, and also fitted a better oil pump which has improved the oil pressure too. I gave it a bit of a test run which was all good, except, that is, for taking a cut through lane which seemed to last forever, and was more like a muddy stream than a road! It had rained pretty heavily overnight, but was nice and sunny so I when I got back, I thought I would wash the car before going to pick her up in it as the roads would have dried. On that drive, the roads weren’t too bad, just a few damp patches. After lunch, and a dog walk, we headed to Lyme at about 3.30 to have a mooch and watch the sunset. As said, I thought the roads would have dried by then but no! So much water running off the fields, in places there were streams running down the sides and some flooding still. We managed to avoid the deeper bits and found a lucky space to park up in the Cobb Gate car park right on the front. We had a lovely time in Lyme, quite quiet by that time and we walked on the Cobb to see the waves, had fish and chips then ice cream and watched the sunset. What’s not to like? It was getting pretty dark on the way back and at times hard to see, particularly with a couple of cars with over bright head lights following me. There was still loads of water about, and although I avoided one flooded corner, I hit two others in the dark which sent a spray of water right over the bonnet, fortunately not quite reaching us! I also had a bit of an aquaplaning moment on standing water (I’m on R888Rs which are fairly low on tread now) which was exciting but all ok. Must get my 15” wheels with more sensible tyres back on for the winter. So, having got home safely and put a very tired daughter to bed, I then cleaned and dried the car for a second time and got it tucked away safely ahead of Storm Ashley, which as I type is easing off having given us torrential rain in the night and some pretty gusty winds. Nice to get out in the car even if challenging at times!

Managed to get out in the car today and was really impressed, probably should have taken a photo when out and about, will take some better ones next time.

Whilst the GT40 was a bit of a one off, my ‘regular’ cars were the Cooper Bristols and a Cooper T43. We were lucky that the sun came out for the race on Saturday!

Thanks @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative for another great day out in the Peaks 👍 this was our last day of 2024 as we will be sorn now till March 25, take care folks and see you for Xmas dinner at the Bentley Brook in a couple of weeks cheers Andy & Becky The slippery slope of the rear gully access to our garage 🥴 into the garage till next year 🥲

A good day indeed- Peaks were slightly misty in places at the start NWKCOG Friends Tony and Caroline in their great Red Mev Rocket, trying out the WSCC Thanks for arranging @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative and for great company from everyone else too.

Had a quick trip down to Classic Collective's usual monthly meet in Bicester this morning (just round the corner from Westfield), and a fellow XI owner @Jeremy Higson was also there. It's the first time outside of the National Show that I've ever seen two XIs in the same place.

Hi, Just picked up my Westy on Sunday, managed to get 75 miles in before the weather closed in, looking forward to meeting and discussing Westy's in my area of Lancashire 😎

My lovely wife, Ali, returned from home with a surprise for me. Not long after she mentioned how mucky the roads were as she drove her car home. I suspect I maybe about to get some fresh air…

I’ve just purchased my Westfield a few weeks ago and not really had a drive in it yet. so looking forward to next year but going to do a few jobs over the winter months. I’m located in Derby and would like to do a few ride outs and track days with fellow Westfield owners

This was to be the final rounds of the Westfield Speed Series Championship in 2024. The event was organised by Longton and District Motor Club. And there were high expectations that this again would be another successful event. The running order was with the most powerful cars having the initial runs. So this meant that the British Sprint series competitors were the first to line up on Saturday morning. It was still a little bit greasy and Pete Golding managed to spin at the cork screw, this set the scene. Dave Smith in his Westfield Sports 250 with a highly modified engine reported that he had a plug down on the first practise run. Worse was to occur to Harry Moody in his megabusa. He had had problems with his drive shaft at the previous event at Harewood a couple of weeks previously and had replaced the drive shaft joint and tested it on the drive where all was well, however, 200 yards into the first practise run and the drive shaft pulled out again, so that was it, game over for Harry. In the first timed runs, it was still proving to be slippery. Dave Smith reported a spin along with Mick Dent having a tank slapper. As the day progressed, the weather conditions improved, and some good times were recorded, Dave Banner took the class record with a 52.81, Chris Boyd was happy to get back to seeing some of the times that he had set several years ago in his Sylva Riot. Steve Arkley had a good day until his final run when he suffered issues with his fuel pump, which was diagnosed as a loose connection after the run! Howard Gaskin had started the day on his Uniroyal rainsport tyres and decided to change them to his Nankans, but went slower, so he went back to his Uniroyals and ultimately three seconds faster He had suffered a misfire off the line going up to Rocket, but that cleared throughout the day and managed to finish the day on a 59.99. So he was happy with his result. Dave Smith. reported to be having a good day and was managing to get into the 55 seconds, but couldn't do any better, However, this did result in him setting a class record for the road going class.. Mick Skidmore was on form and managed to beat his PB by 0.5 seconds. John Loudon. was second in both runoffs in the British Sprint series and managed in the progress to set a new personal best beating his old time by 1.42 seconds. Mark Bishop had had a brilliant day and was looking forward to Sunday. Also going well was Stuart Gilks and he was having a good day as well, he was running with a interesting tyre combination with Avon 888 on the rears and Uniroyals on the front. He was sharing the driving with his daughter, Louise. Ian Davenport was back out again, he has not done many events in 24. was enjoying the camaraderie. at Anglesey. On Sunday, the weather forecast for the day forecast rain from late morning. So the organisers wanted competitors to get in as many runs as they possibly could in the morning session before the rain came. However, the rain did not materialise and a dry day was had! Overnight, Mick Skidmore had altered the gear ratios in his gearbox so he could have more top speed on the back straight as we were running a different circuit combination. Dave Smith had also changed class and gone from road going into the slick tyred class. Howard Gaskin kept the same tyres on that he had switched back to and the misfire was gone. So all went well on Sunday for Howard who may be retiring from competing.........Ian Davenport, on the other hand, switch to Uniroyals and had a good run. Dave Banner had the misfortune of a rod coming through the side of the block in his megabusa, so an early finish for Dave. We managed to run through the afternoon in dry conditions with no other major incidents to report. So this concluded the final round of the championship and the points ended up being. equal for Dave Banner, and Dave Smith, both scoring. 10 maximum points on 10 rounds. So the result for the Westfield Speed Series Championship was a tie between Dave banner & Dave Smith. Competition throughout the season has been great and hopefully there will be more to be had in 2025. If you are thinking about competing. I would seriously recommend it. It is just great fun and a great set of people. and some really good circuits to visit, here is to 2025.

Turned out nice. I left a bit later and the frost was all gone.

Some of the Surrey group took advantage of the October sunshine to cross the border into Sussex for a coffee at Torque Moto Cafe yesterday.

Got a new home for the car over the weekend, put it up yesterday. I'm looking forward to being able to more easily complete the engine swap and do other tinkering in less-than-ideal weather. Have to see whether any condensation results. Hopefully with the vents it won't, but I can always zip on some fans to the mesh to give airflow. Cleaning the drive where the tent was to go did highlight how badly the rest also needs jet washing 😁

Agree - the Javelin photographer always likes a good flame-out shot 😁 (this was after the big flames in the video above were mapped out!) ooh found another 😎

First drive after fitting the side screens and they really make quite a difference in the cold weather, I was noticeably warmer inside. Had a 3 figure blast on the motorway too and they performed well, just a shame they've arrived just before Sorn.

Yes, the car is registered to drive on road . left side wheel and standard paper! It was crash 14 years ago and stored in a garage. So i need to make the repairs with an automotive expert follow up in order to put it again on road.

For you was it The Bible, the works of Shakespeare, James Joyce's 'Ulysses' or one of many novels? I was impressed by Shackleton's 'South' for its courage and TE Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'. For its long lasting effect on me the winner is Ron Champion's well known book 'Build Your Own Sports-car for £250' an over ambitious financial claim, with dimensional errors and not a great work of literature but its ideas carried on with me for a good number of years. I was tempted to build one of Ron's Locost cars but felt that the finished vehicle would not be worth very much. After attending some kit car shows I decided to accept the higher cost and in late 2004 I bought a Westfield SEIW starter kit for £3000. The kit gave the chassis, all the wishbones, the aluminium rear uprights and drive flanges, the pedals, brake master cylinder, brake pipes, the aluminium panels, bolts and importantly all the ZK fibreglass body panels. I bought some parts from Westfield and made some parts, such as the dash panel and made careful purchases of good used parts. Even allowing for inflation Westfield's 2004 prices were a bargain compared with the current extortionate prices on Westfield-Chesil's website. I finished the build in 2006 and got it through an SVA test at Shrewsbury and still have the car today. The urge to build a car from scratch was still there so in 2008 I set to work on Autocad to design one. I decided on a mid engine configuration of Seven size and wanted a full roll cage integrated into the chassis rather than bolted on. I also wanted a full windscreen with a curved profile. I drew the chassis and made an eighth scale stress model of it in 3 mm square balsa wood to see how the stiffness varied when members were taken in and out. On eBay I found a good 1.6 litre Ford Zetec SE complete engine and gearbox from a crashed Focus for £450. In simple terms the engine and box were picked up from the normal front position and moved backwards and dropped behind the driver. Moving the gear selector mechanism from behind the engine to in front changed the positions of the gear lever so a flipper mechanism was made to correct this. I went to several windscreen companies to see about cutting down a car screen from a template. I got 'can't be done' replies until I found someone willing to give it a go. A mark 3 Escort screen was only £28 so the deal was: if it cracked I would pay £28 and if successful the charge would be £56. Fortunately it succeeded. The only bespoke fibreglass part was the upper part on the nose cone. I made a buck and took it to a fibreglass company who made a mould and two off for £150. Quotes for painting the loose external aluminium panels were very high, one was £2000. A local powder coating company charged a very reasonable £550 to coat the chassis, suspension parts,and all the inner and exterior aluminium panels in French blue. They did a good job and the finish is still good today 14 years later. Omex mapped the ECU for me and gained an extra 20 bhp over standard .In 2010 the finished car was trailered to Avonmouth for its IVA test. It failed first go on minor points but passed second time. So this lengthy explanation is why Ron Champion's book wins for me. Mal

Todays - after wash picture Later changed headlights bulbs from Philips +130% etc to Aliexpress LEDs , Was during a beer so test drive tommorow evening, but looking good so far, seems a good improvement. (thanks for advice @Flying Carrot Steve ! (in fact His advice was original Auxito bulbs, but I'v tried the Alixepress version - will see. External quality looks really good , as is the fitting) From parking perspective I really can see improvement, might be partly due to more blueish colour, but in long distance swithch now I see the bulbs are working, that was not alway the case with halogen H4) )

I’ve got it and it’s exactly what I wanted, looking forward to dry days 😀

Not when it’s wet! It was strange seeing it again after just over a year since I sold it. But honestly, I really, really like the Exige so no, I don’t miss the westy. The Lotus has a proper roof and is so much more confidence inspiring in the wet that it meant that what would have been a miserable weekend in the Westy was great fun in the Lotus. Which is the reason I swapped over in the first place. However, if I were to actually drive it again around those lovely highland roads on a nice sunny day, the answer might be different 😁

My old Westy! A few of us popped up to Inverness for a curry and there she was. was a nice run out too

Nice little Setrab oil cooler knocked at my door today. Pretty pleased with it 🤩

Not the best pics think they was something on the lens lol

It was another brill day with brilliant people I will upload my pics tomorrow hopefully if they have turned out

whilst holidaying in Bridport, I wanted to recreate the iconic photos above from @Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset here’s my attempt:

Solo Westfielding but it is always good to see Richard Usher and the guys at the museum. It was mainly members that attended and it was a quiet meet, also it was the last meet of the year for them. Weather was amazing I must say, no wind at all and even felt warm, so it was rather a pleasure driving home seeing Matlock Bath by night all lit up.

Got this little baby this morning... Was seriously waiting for it 🤩 The guys at ProAlloy really did a great job, especially Chris who took my CAD drawing and made sure the final product was up to spec 👌🏻

The racing and car control is incredible. If only F1 was this entertaining.

The Westy was soooo last year...

One of the discussions on Saturday at Anglesey was around perception, which to some extents applies here. The perception that a road going car will not be able to compete as everything is a fire breathing monster........ From an outsider who has competed for a just few years 😉 there is a perception that most Caterhams (Yes I used that word as a Caterham owner) compete in road going with a few Westfields in the mix, where as most Westfields compete in modified as fire breathing monsters, with very few similar tuned caterhams. In real terms there is a place for everyone, within the event class structure, from road going standard westfields, to highly tuned and modified monsters in Modified Specialist production. We are competing in roadgoing Specialist Production in a number of championships and see a good mix of road going cars (not just Caterhams & Westfields) with a mix of power and experience, the advice I always give competitors is compete with what you have, see if you like it and learn from experience and when something needs replacing always go for something better. will you be the quickest in the class straight away, probably not unless you are a budding F1 Driver, but if you enjoy it, and most do , you will improve and you will start rising up the rankings, but at first if you have a smile on your face and are improving then thats all that should matter.

I've subscribed to Wayne's (aka Bizzle) "Tea N' Bizzkits" fledgling YouTube channel for a while and finally got to meet him in person at Newark. He has a lovely Rotrex supercharged 4AGE Striker and his channel documents his journey with the car, from maintenance and repairs through to track days and car shows. Nice fella too 👍 The Club stand gets a very complimentary mention and quite a few clips of our cars are in there.

Westfield clock from https://www.mancavepembs.co.uk/. Matches my Alfa clock.

I know it’s a little ‘cheaty’ due to my line of work, but had the pleasure of working on this at the weekend during the Spa 6 Hours. Finished a slightly disappointing 8th (got 3rd last year), but a great week/weekend of motorsport!