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6 seats available Gloss Carbon with Tillett embroidered headrest £199+ VAT - a 30% saving £10 carriage per seat or collect from Edenbridge in Kent. The B3.5 is an ultra light weight single skin seat weighing only 1.8 kgs. It is the front half of a B4. It does not have the bonded GRP backframe or bottom fixings. that turn it into a B4. The seat is offered to those looking for the best looking and lightest seat on the market. This seat has been fitted to the red SBD Westfield that won class H this year driven by Matt Hillam. Because it is single skin it needs to be carefully supported in the car. It comes with bolts and cup washers to attach to alloy strip supports at the back and sides that you would need to fabricate. Alternatively you can support on injected expanded foam. Or if you want to be creative and occupy yourself on dark winters nights, fabricate your own GRP back support. To order PM us or call the office on 01732 865 635. All major credit cards accepted except AMEX. No credit card charge.

I shall have words with the supplier of that photo!

hi ,just saying hi from my workshop in winsford cheshire off for a p*** now ,then back to welding the jones's chassis ,its a tough life

Painting painting painting... I swear that's all I've done between then and now. The orange calliper paint arrived and it had the general consistency of water. Any thinner and I think it would have been a gas. It took 5 coats and even then coverage isn't perfect. I was patient though and left at least 24 hours between coats. Seeing how bright the colour was, I also decided to do some of the calliper in black to break it up a bit. I think it's paid off. My masking didn't appear to be brilliant, and I've managed to get the callipers dirty anyway but the general outcome looks good IMO. For both the front and back I did just the outside half of the callipers orange, with the inner half and mounting brackets going black. Otherwise, they'd have stood out too much, I'm hoping this will be nice and subtle behind the wheels. If not, I can always paint the rest of them black. I've left off a rear calliper for now as I've lost one of the retaining clips. A new pack has been ordered from MX5Parts for just over a fiver and should be here tomorrow. The engine has also been painted, with the rocker cover naturally being the trickiest. I wanted the raised lettering orange, but couldn't think of the best way of doing it. In the end, I painted the lettering first, then carefully masked it up ready for the black paint. I wasn't comfortable with the masking though, so decided to bite the bullet, paint over the orange and sand it back. Luckily, in the course of painting I found I could just wipe the black paint off whilst it was still wet. Bonus! I've also been busy building the engine back up, with the water pump, oil pressure sender and oil cooler being refitted. The rocker cover will need to come off to fit the timing belt but I needed the bench space to paint the manifold. Much more painting ahead then. The inlet manifold needs doing along with all the little brackets that go on the engine. Oh, and one more thing. Paid for the completion kit today, should pick it up next Thursday