Hello All,
I’ve now had my first Westie for 5 days and I still haven’t stopped grinning.
The decision that I was going to have a Westie was made by a very good friend of mine (Graham, a besotted Westfield fan) about 4 years ago.
He knew where there was a nice one that might be going for sale and basically nagged me - more effectively than my wife has ever done - every week until I gave up and bought the damn thing.
My wife also needs a mention as she finds the whole thing utter perplexing, the conversation went something like this.
"You’ve bought a car you have never seen..?"
"err, yes"
"And you’ve never driven it..?"
"err, no"
"So how do you know its OK?"
"Because my friend who knows them better than I do, because I’ve never seen one, has checked it for me"
"But if you’ve never sat in it, how will you know if its comfortable?"
"You don’t know much about the whole Westfield concept do you... Comfort isn’t really supposed to be part of the experience. If you want comfort, get some slippers"
"You are utterly mad, completely insane"
"Yes petal" (whilst thinking silently that 26 years of cohabitation tends to do that to a man...)
So on Thursday I trekked up north by train to collect it and drive home.
And it also means my first drive in a Westie started in the drizzle and ended 130 miles away, with no motor ways, one rush hour and nearly 4 hours later, safe and sound at home. Quite a first trip.
I suppose I should tell you what I have bought (as much as you will ever know what you bought with a 5th hand 22 year old Westie)
Put it this way, a piece of paper I found in a box says:
1,700 X-Flow Vulcan Block
Stage 4 head
Twin 40 DCOEs
244 Cam
Balanced, nitrated crank
Hopefully there will be room for me in the madhouse other wise known as the WSCC...
Cheers JK