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Way back in 2002 I went on a driving instruction course at Silverstone. We hooned about in various cars, but perhaps the most fun was had larking about in a Caterham on an autotest course. Such a different experience to "normal" cars. A little later in the year I watched "A Racecar Is Born" on the TV which sparked the Westfield idea. Here was an opportunity to own a completely impractical but fun vehicle. I wasn't an experienced mechanic and to be honest I wasn't even sure I could afford it but I decided to take the plunge. In early 2003 I made a factory visit and had a test drive. I knew I was making a good decisionand ordered a basic starter kit for an SEiW. I cleared my garage of junk and started to prepare for the build. Initially I was going to source donor parts from scrapper. I began by sourcing front hubs, front and rear brake calipers and a rear diff. The condition of these was mixed but I set about stripping everything down and offering them up to the chassis. I was disappointed.... A nice, shiny powdercoated chassis was being spoiled by mucky looking parts, so I decided to have a rethink.. What is the point of spending several thousand pounds and making compromises? Could I afford to use newer parts? In the meantime I set about the laborious task of riveting the panels to the chassis (I really should have got the factory to do that). I also wish I had powdercoated all of the panels too. Instead I painted them with Hammerite - not a bad job, but not quite as professional-looking. I also began to source some better components - new steering rack, new uprights and hubs, front and rear brakes, suspension and rear LSD diff. At this point, the kitty was getting empty and I still had to source an engine and gearbox.

Put me down for the flywheel too bud

From research done earlier in the year, (and that I'm a bit hazy about now!) It's not reasonable. They are not aloud to fine you, only seek recompense for losses (and possibly costs?). £100 is a penalty and extremely hard to justify in terms of simply lost revenue.

Scott, you need to try a book called 'The Meaning of Liff ' - by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd. They decided to give meanings to place names after realising that all these words on signposts were going to waste. Hilarious and very clever.

I've been in Limbo a few times and it is not very good for my back, at my age.

hey dan, i'm upr this unless it clashes with speed series events mate