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Well guys my trial period expired this morning, so Ive taken the plunge and now got myself affiliated The information I've received so fat has been great, and Im looking forward to getting one sorted and hitting the road. Will try and get along to meets etc when time allows.

Good day all round, nice to see some familiar faces for the first time in a while. Some great times and good inter class battles in A and F. The dirt 'ramps' at the cross over claimed a couple of front ends unfortunately but hopefully mainly cosmetic. Along with class records there was possibly another record for fastest Westfield over the line; Ash Mason managing a hard to comprehend 120mph in his supercharged 'busa.

How did this guy manage to wedge this Laguna in between this armco..? And it must have been driven in as the offside is proper cut up on the armco. More to the point, how did they get out..? On the B4088 just outside Evesham on the road to Norton. Its just after a round about and it is a foreign motor so I guess they might have had a 'what side of the road do they drive on, tell you what, lets try for the middle..' moment.

Ok here's one to be going on with

Some of that looks more the angle of the sun, either overhead, or just in front of you. It's striking the front of the lens and sometimes washing out the image, sometimes just highlighting the odd mark on the lens. (Unfortunately, getting everything from bugs to oil spots and dust etc on the lens is inevitable especially where it can be thrown up off your own wheels. the frame rate, (sort of the equivalent for shutter speed on a still camera), will make a big difference to picture quality on a moving vehicle like a Westfield. Generally speaking, you want as high as possible. 60 fps (frames per second) works really well. It will also, normally, dramatically reduce any rolling shutter artefacts - that odd shimmering jelly wobble like quality you can see in the first clip. It's essential caused by the vibration from the car interfering with the way the sensor in the camera records the image.

You mean like this? On the other hand Marcus has a couple of thousand photo's of my car, from the front, from the rear, and some side views too Or it may be that some are being kept back for mags and calendars

Just to play devils advocate for a moment.... Chopping the front of the tub down for the carbon sides is quite a big mod. With the orange car, it does look like you're perhaps paying top dollar for one of that age with really tidy bodywork. If your plans include much modified body work, I'd be tempted to look for a mechanically sound, but poorer condition bodied car and save yourself a few grand on the purchase price. Something that's had an engine change leaving odd shaped holes in the tub is perfect where you want to put the "very nice" carbon side panels on. - You can get the seller down on price cause of the extra holes, yet you'll be cutting those bits off anyway!

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TEL's TALE's 056/2015 Curborough Figure of 8 : 2015 A big break for several competitors since Blyton saw a split of events betweeen the Loton Park hillclimb weekend (which seemed a little expensive to me) and Curborough. Clearly I chose Curborough having enjoyed the new layout last year. There were 8 Westfield's as Adrian Clinton Watkins had withdrawn and was going to Loton Park. An early start for me and Steve as usual saw us arrive bang on 0730hrs for me to find that some pea brained Carteringvan person had parked his car and padlocked trailer in my allocated spot. So I blocked the paddock for 15 mins whilst the culprit arrived, without his padlock or car keys to ask what the problem was! In the end he moved the stuff and turned out to be quite a nice guy. It was good to see Ash Mason back in his narrow bodied Westfield after several years campaigning a single seater and next year he tells me he is entering the speed series and as a very experienced driver he will do well. Dave Cleaver was at last fully recovered from his ankle operations and was pleased to be back in the paddock with his car and his notebook where he logs all his secret testing data including tyre pressure and other elements of his car set up. The figure of 8 layout is very testing at the crossover points and it takes a long time to get through the entries so we would only get 2 Practice and 2 Timed runs with a cloudy but dry day. In practice P1 everyone went ok with no real drama but the visibility of the crossover sections seemed difficult and needed a lot of concentration and bravery to get the line right and be quick through that part. Mike Skidmore's vauxhall redtop car sounded like it had a misfire at low revs. In P2 we saw some action as Steve Everall's aggressive style caused such a vibration to the car that the glass out of both wing mirrors fell out (he even found one at the side of the track at the end of the meeting). Mike' misfire persisted so a change of plugs cured that ready for the timed runs. Dave Cleaver was going very quickly and Ash Mason was pulling 120mph through the finish in his supercharged busa whilst I could only manage 100mph. Howard Gaskin went grass cutting somewhere near the middle cut through section ( molehill area) and broke the nose cone and the radiator so a trip to the shops saw him back with a new Polo rad but it did not have an overflow/return on it so bleeding the water system was to prove tricky. He fixed that but on start up we were alarmed to see petrol coming out from under the rear of the car which was quickly diagnosed as a split swirl pot so he was in trouble. I remembered that I carry a spare Bosch hp pump for Steve's car and I suggested he tried to bypass the swirl pot and in the time available he left the low pressure facet pump to feed the hp pump and it seemed to work ok. T1: In class D Howard's car was running ok but he could only record a 66.00 secs run. Steve Everall was pushing hard and got down to a very good 62.85secs (PB) with Michael Skidmore chasing on 66.10 secs. The class A battle between Dave Richings and Jason Brown, who had new tyres fitted, was very very close with 66.41secs and 66.54secs respectively. John Loudon was having his own challenge in class C and was very smooth and quick with 60.09secs to set a new record. Dave Cleaver in class F avoided a big moment and went straight on at the crossover as he carried too much speed and bailed out of the turn. I was alone in class G and had a great first run with 57.79secs also to set a new record. T2 was held up for a while as Howard's car blew all its water out of the system at the start line so maybe there was an airlock as his temp gauge did not read high! The water scalded his ankles so he was not a happy bunny. Dave Cleaver got it right this time and banked a new record of 58.30secs. Steve, Mike and I could not improve our times and John equalled his T1 time exactly! In class A Jason Brown just pipped Dave Richings with 66.05secs against 66.26 secs so a close result. Hope to see some of you at Ty Croes in Sept and Oct. Terry Everall Speed Series Correspondent Class G competitor.

Here it is my best timed run of the weekend at 57.54s and a massive 3s faster than last year

You could have shaved another few milli-seconds without all that umbrella weight....!

Blimey, that looked fast Martin. Taking 3 seconds off ya previous pb is awesome, well done mate. Better watch myself at Anglesey next weekend :-)

There are quite a few on Facebook Julie. It's so much easier to post them on there.

Richard - Thanks very much for your input

The orange one's "fixed seats" are fine if they suit your particular pedal reach / preference, otherwise (to state the obvious) they're not easily adjusted for the initial drive home. Clearly drilling more holes in the floor or adding an adjuster rail will personalise things a bit better in the longer term. The yellow one on autotrader presents nicely but I'd ask for a few more photos (engine bay) etc. I think I'd lose the spare wheel too is it were mine. Following northern naming convention however, you'd have to consider calling it "Daffodil, tulip or sunflower"

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Your paint is a wonderful colour

got to say the memebership fee is worth every penny for the knowledge and help from other members if you need it and the friends you will make it a 5 star club all this for less than around of Friday night beers

I've got to add to this, that membership probably pays for itself in the saving you make on the car insurance alone.... Add to this the wealth of knowledge and experience of the members and really any Westy owner that doesn't sign/pay up is really just shooting themselves in the foot.

A bargain that can pay for itself many, many times over.

Money well spent.

Tank should be STD 28 litre do around 150 mile range.

It's only really around Linlithgow main street, so just steer clear of there in the morning.

Looks like Terry is doing an Irish dance Is this the start of the silly pics then?

Thanks Steve, I've just ordered a pair from "Bolt On Bits", which look good as they are clear lens like the Cateringvan R500. Might still get myself one of those "7" grill emblems..................................joking!

Try showering more often!

The final price including VAT, postage and fixings is £25. I need the following people to PM to me the address that I am to send their badge to; Molestrangler Quinten Bigals FerryRitstier I will send you my address so you can post a cheque to me. First reserve is Terryathome Soon I will post details of where everyone else can get one from. I hope this is all seen as a fair way of distributing the goods and is approved by all.