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Hi folks, I'm a newby member. Bought my 2000 kit build SE Narrow as a resto project from Bangers and Cash almost exactly 2 years ago. I'm an old fart, well into pensioner age and this was acquired as a 'memory lane' project having, in my late twenties, briefly owned an S2 Lotus 7 wearing 'The Prisoner' make-up. Upon collection from Pickering, closer inspection of the more or less stock 1600 Kent revealed that it had visibly blown a core plug and the decision was therefore made to carry out a 'zero hour' restoration on the whole car. The chassis was in pretty good nick for an exclusively track day'd car but everything else was tired. So, what have we done last year, this year, this week and today? Rear axle and brakes have been totally reworked with Quaife ATB LSD. Type 9 gearbox has been totally reworked. Front brakes are now Wilwood 4 pot. Rad has been flushed and restored. Engine build has been in the capable hands of Roger at Aldon Automotive in Brierley Hill, the work starting with a bare block chemical clean. Build has lightened flywheel, balanced and uprated bottom end and HD Helix clutch. Also has 244 cam, Duplex Vernier with access cover, Burton 2A big port/big valve head, HP oil pump, Samco hoses, Facet fuel pump, pressure regulator, new twin 45 DCOE's on Mangoletsi, uprated water pump with new alternator and Gates Tooth belt drive, Aldon electronic ignition and throwback lighting including headlight baskets and Lucas 1130 Torpedo sidelights. Car is in Westfield BRG with now of course, an LO7 yellow nosecone! Proper screen is waiting in my workshop together with wiper kit. Home made screen pillars (aka original Carbuilder/Lotus 7 style) yet to be formed from 5mm sheet ally. Stainless sheet ready to be English Wheeled to fit rear arches. Original Federal tyres had aged to consistency of concrete and (experimentally) replaced with Davanti Protoura road/track boots from Demon Tweeks. Bookend shots were at Bangers & Cash. Work in progress pics were taken at Aldon at beginning of year. Cost? Enough to initiate divorce procedings if my management finds out. Plans? Well here's a clue. I live 6 miles from Shelsley Walsh. Plus a mandatory photo shoot at Portmeirion! Best, NotMcGoohan

Here are some of the embarrassing photos of my retirement presentation. I did redeem myself by driving the Westfield into the factory, what could they do? Sack me?

Project v has now turned into this .. Carbon v8 bonnet zk style First out the tool This has come straight out the tool it's not even been polished yet ! Made from high quality prepreg carbon A little weight saving over a grp v8 bonnet(6.5kg) for those looking at saving weight This carbon bonnet is 1450g This is race quality in the picture I will do a better writeup when I get time .

Gorgeous day. Popped to a farm for eggs. Stopped off at daughters house to say hi to her dog. Managed to separate her from a random family that were out for a wander. Then took my bike out for first ride of the year.

Made a run down to the Ace Cafe this evening for a classic car, Midget, Sprite and Lotus evening. I got sandwiched between a Caterham and a 'donor' car (MG Midget), but I think I got away with it ..😅. It was dark when we left, so the first time driving in the dark, and around the A406 North Circular road to add to the excitement.

Another 35 mile run out today. Engine running great again once I'd replaced the ignition leads and rebuilt the carb. An excellent drive in lovely weather. Engine currently running like a Swiss watch. The XI appears to have shrunk, and I haven't even been out in the rain yet 😅😎.

First run out since being unsorn. 80 miles done and everything seems to be working fine

Phew - just scraped under that bridge….

8 Westfield's meeting at The Great British Car Journey We all scurried inside for breakfast and a catch up Look what's new on the menu, cake! scones made fresh that morning. We are coming here for lunch next time. Next we went on the route, everyone drove well and we all kept together. Thank you to Glynn for helping me, he knew the route and kept an eye on the rear of the convoy. I named it the 'Hang on Tight Tour' the wind was blowing and it felt like we were going fast even when we weren't, wind combined with uneven roads, phew. Good though, twisty, sunny and great views. Becky took a couple of photo's on the move. We arrived at the bikers cafe, The Yondermann. It was full of biker's so we sat outside. The Yondermann Yondermann overflow car park Yondermann seating area Chris and Mo joined us here and promptly ordered black pudding sausage rolls, good choice. Although all the food is good here. We followed the sun to The Pavillion at Baslow for cakes. The car park The seating area And finally the cake It's been lovely to see you all, your Westfield's are just fabulous, beautiful machines that look their best en mass. What a fantastic thing to do, to all meet up and drive along in the stunning Peak District, aren't we lucky? Thank you and see you next time x

Looks like summer has arrived ☀️

just back from a lovely sunny evening run trying out my 4 year old grandsons new booster seat he loves going out in the meg says its his favourite toy.

It's so sunny.....

Almost 2 years since this was on the road, it feels great. I was thinking about how times change - 20 years ago by comparison with most normal cars it was light and quick, but now it's tiny, light and still quick. Almost more fun than ever, because it makes small roads feel reasonably sized again!

A frosty early morning on The Hogs Back, waiting for @Martin Hewes AO Surrey before heading down to Caffeine & Machine - The Hut.

Proud new owner, this was on the way home after collecting. Can't wait to get driving. Thanks Marcus 😎

What could possibly go wrong while flower shopping

A nice run out to Mersea island with Barry and Tim for fish and chips tonight. It's quite remote - at one point we passed a family of kids who pointed and laughed at our funny cars, missing the irony that they were all 3 driving to town on a Mountfield lawnmower.

Thanks @Rednop1 These are Stunning

Two Westies out to play in the dark last night for the Devon & Somerset meet. Bit foggy in places but fun to be out. Good turnout too 👍

Decided I wanted DRLs to improve the look and safety whilst driving on the road. I opted for a set of AliExpress LED Dominators, I prefer the smaller shell vs other larger units. Having bought the wrong versions first time, blue halo ring 🤦‍♂️the correct version arrived. After wiring in a new relay, some resistors and diodes I now have DRLs, Side Lights, Head Lights and Main Beam.

We managed to get 12 cars out in total Sunday morning for a trip to 5 Zeros Supercars. Some of us had an excellent cross country blat afterwards as well. Great day all round tbh!

hello from Greece ,my pre lit

I've been thinking about ordering these for some time and finally got round to ordering them a week or so ago, and they arrived this week. I wanted a matching pair, and for my daughter to have the security of a six point harness to eliminate the risk of her slipping under the lap belts of the four point. I got the two free key rings (so I should think for the cost of the harnesses!) which match the car colours quite well. I've gone for the ultralite adjusters, and was very pleased with them when I drove to our meet last night.

A large box of mystery tour paraphernalia has arrived today

a very angry meg looking for some road to eat.

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Here for sale is my beloved V8. I bought this off the son of the owner of JE Developments (Rover V8 specialist John Eales). As you can imagine with the power to weight ratio, it's an absolute beast. I bought the car being around 60% done and since then I've invested another £8,000 in work to get it to a 100% complete and finished and fully working Seight with of course no expense spared. I only ever used Valvoline VR1 Racing 20w-50 which is meant to be the highest rated oil for Rover V8s. I currently have 4x 5L tubs on me which are included in the sale which alone is worth £160. The beast was a little on the hot side so I took it to Mulfab, the completely redesigned the front end, they managed to get the rad closer to the engine, which means it could be much taller and wider, fitted a performance 48mm thick rad, fitted a high flow Davies Craig 14" High Power fan and had it relocated to the rear of the rad where it should be so the front gets clean air. Removed the oil cooler and replaced it with a oil/coolant heat exchanger. A Davies Craig Electronic Water Pump was also fitted. The Davies Craig Electronic Water Pump has the new revised digital control module which is the little TV screen in the cab. After throwing £2,500 at the cooling system, it now runs at 80-85 degrees and always runs 5- 10 degrees below target temp that's set on the controller, which essentially means the car runs without the need of the fan or the waterpump spinning at full speed. I've even had the target temp bumped upto 95 degrees to help it get warm and it would run at 85. In 35 degrees it would run at target temp and not go over, so if target set to 85 it would run at 85. So the cooling system is more than efficient with headroom to spare. I've also treated any surface rust in the rear boot bay area and front suspension area. The ultimate star of the show is the engine from JE Developments, it produces around 330 BHP and goes as well as it sounds (especially after it's been camed. It's also colour matched to the car! I also fitted a LSD to improve handling and stop 1 wheel burnouts when casually moving off from gravel. Also has loads of carbon fibre, such as: Carbon wing mirror Carbon cycle wings Carbon rear numberplate surround Carbon tail light surrounds Carbon door sills Carbon foot sills List of extra loose parts included in the sale which also total high value include: Brand new sealed 2x Chrome exhaust covers (dotted holes) Brand new sealed SoftBits half hood Brand new sealed Westfield Gear knob Door Side screens Door Wind Deflectors SoftBits Tunnel Bag (touring version) Screen channel Cycle wings in BMW Le Mans blue Rear wheel/tyre holder 4 tubs of Valvoline VR1 Racing oil Rear carbon number plate Rear open differential Racetech oil pressure gauge Mocal oil cooler 4x shocks Front brake calipers Fuel pressure regulator BMW paint touch up kit Filler cap Roll bar 5x Team Dynamics wheels in BMW Carbon Black Front lower and upper wishbones Leather style arm rests SPAL high power fan Various light fittings Many of these parts aren't even available anymore. This list doesn't include parts I've fitted to the car, just the extras loose parts included. Below is an extract from the original advertisement which contains further key information "Here is my 1998 Seight which has been completely upgraded since I bought it in 2015. I’ve always loved V8s (my Dad was Factory Manager at JE Engineering) and seeing the development Seight at the JE workshop meant when I decided to buy a Westfield it had to have a sorted John Eales V8 heart. So I’ll start with the JE Developement engine in this car - it is a 4420cc V8 on 48mm down draught Dellorto carburettors, a 234 cam with Vernier timing gear and high rev lifters. The Compression ratio is 10.1 : 1, 44mm inlet valves 38mm exhaust. It produced 320bhp / 296ft on JE Development dyno as a fresh build, its loosened since (done 2k miles) - in short it’s delivers epic performance with all the drama and sound you would expect. It has recently been given a new AP racing green clutch plate, cover and new release bearing fitted <100 miles ago. I upgraded the front brakes to Hi Spec 4 pot callipers, vented discs & hoses / Mintex pads so it has extra stopping power too. Fred Davis of Tracksport built me some fully rose jointed wide track wishbones, in his view they were better then the Westfield items I’d asked him to fit when he set up the suspension - new springs, dampers & bushes all round. It’s had new RaceTech gauges - engine temp, oil pressure, fuel sender, tacho & speedo. Had a starter button and battery cut off fitted with the electrical work done by JE’s son in law who is at Merc F1. I had the car fully resprayed in BMW Le mans blue and bought new Image Wheels “RM2” with Graphite centres, polished & ceramic outer chrome bolts with R888 - Front 7.5 x 16, Rear 8 x 16 Fitted new Interior - side panels, mats, tunnel and back panels and added more comfortable seats. New - Dominator headlamps with LED bulbs, LED indicators, LED brake units, fog and reverse lights. Varley Red top 30 battery, headlight brackets, carbon fibre mirror covers, alloy Windscreen, carbon effect cycle wings & new brackets, chrome roll bar. Overall I’ve upgraded this car without thinking about the cost of anything as I wanted it to look as good as it goes, there is a full folder of paperwork detailing what has gone into it over the last 6 years. (this folder has been carefully hidden away from the missus to disguise my upgraditus habit) I’ve only ever used this car in dry weather, it could easily become a devastating track weapon with the competition spec engine or remain the epic sunny day blast. Car will keep the descriptive reg plate a 4 litre v8 (A4 LVB). To confirm this is a proper Seight chassis so therefore has the reinforced fillet bracing. These have been checked, especially around the rear diff given the high power and torque of the set up - happy to report all is good and chassis is sound. This car is as solid underneath as it shiny on top. The spare wheels are painted in BMW Carbon Black, they are Team Dynamics Qualifyers - 7.5 x 16. The PCD 4 x 108 and have offset ET37 205/45/16 tyres on front 225/45/16 on rear" The previous owner kept a very detailed log of all work carried out, receipts and invoices, drawings, diagrams and dyno charts dating all the way back to the 90s. It's a huge folder which will take time to go through and there is also an excel spreadsheet detailing all the parts he bought that totals to over £45,000. For example just the wheels where just under £2,000. Adding the £8,000 I've spent takes it over £50k In terms of what I've done in my ownership, I have carried out the following work: The Seight owes me around £27k, but I'm willing to list it for £21,995 with all the extra loose parts included. Will sell for £19,995 without the extra parts Please see all the pictures attached

Nearly ready for the maiden voyage since I got it!

Thank you @AndrewBClarke for taking us out today while @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative is off enjoying herself . Today we discovered we don’t own a Westfield but a time travelling vehicle 🤔 after a few years in the re-making @Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO is back in the fold 😎 great to see you both with smiles on your faces ,and we’re back to having a buddy to drive up to the peaks with. See you all soon Andy & Becky up Wynats pass it wasn’t too busy the back roads ( somewhere! ) the red car back on the road

Overlooking Rudyard lake today.

On a nice day like this, it would be rude not to. Pint of shandy in the sun🍺🌞

Thanks @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative for another great day out , we would describe it as a bright and breezy day . Great to catch up with friends to chit chat and eat , oh and drive around the wonderful Peak District . I’m also feeling very proud of myself for being further up the ladder of “I know how to get home from here” than @ianali Our photo of the day is for @AndrewBClarke& @Andy Westwood you pair of losers 🤣 Catch you all soon luv Andy & Becky

Nipped up to Castle Combe circuit today, met a few mates, one was doing the charity track day which was in progress. Absolutely beeeeautiful day! Not great pics as I wasn't taking them to post here, forgot about this thread!

So many proper use of Westfields above - driving it ! Here with .... MNR still in garage considering which wheels to install...

Great day at Snetterton today, sunny and loads of track time

Managed to get mine out on Friday before they started re service the roads near me. Took little one for quick blast. So it won’t be coming out for bit as only get loads of stone chips hopefully it clear soon ish.

I didn’t really know how many were going to turn up when this was arranged as there were other events going on this weekend. To arrive at the starting point to see 9 cars was indeed uplifting. 7 Westfields, a Tiger and a MEV. Special mention has to go to @Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO who surprised us all by turning up in his fully rebuilt Westfield - first trip out since getting it back on the road. Brilliant. We left in convoy and drove an interesting route to The Ramblers in Edale via the beautiful Winnates Pass. At one point we literally had to wait for the pot hole crew to fix the road in front of us which gave the ‘locals’ the opportunity to leave the convoy to get to the pub first. At The Ramblers, we were joined by Chris Emms and Mo. After a hearty dinner the remaining 5 intrepid explorers carried on to Baslow Cricket Club Cafe for cake before all going our separate ways. Fantastic day out. Weather was exceptional for time of year and a great bunch of people. For me, living soooo far away, it was nearly 6hrs of driving leaving home at 8am. Covered well over 200 miles. Home at 6pm knackered but happy. Till next time…. Credits for photos to @Jakejmagee who accepted my request to be the day’s official photographer. Well done. 😁

Thanks to @AndrewBClarke for arrange some great roads for us. Thanks also for all who turned up for the usual great company. I met @Tony H in his lovely red Mev, just a few miles from home for a nice cool morning air run to the start at McD. We were greated by @Jakejmagee and some newly aquired biker friends of his. A few pics from me.

Met up with Thunderbird 2 for a picnic at Turweston aerodrome.

Another brilliant day, thanks for organising Julie👍. Sunshine and a great route. Just about as good as it gets.

Getting ready for test day at prescott hill climb on Saturday.

The dates have been confirmed!! 30th and 31st August!! Details are

And to prove that it drives as well as sits in a carpark! Disclaimer: it sounds and looks a lot faster than it really was.

Back by popular demand !! new tooling has been made. Westfield style front cycle wings 205 wide normal sketch prepreg Autoclaved Stong ! Only the best quality prepreg materials 100% carbon The first couple of pictures listed below of of them straight out of the tool untrimmed and unpolished just look at the quality!!! They will of course come cleared coated super shiny blinged up or if weight is critical they can come straight out the tooling just trimmed . These are £400 per pair plus shipping or come and collect

Even a simple task of filling up with petrol takes over an hour to complete