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Morning All, The sun is out Westfield is taxed, MOTd, serviced, cleaned and polished A good friend of mine is taking me and da Mrs up in his light plane for a couple of hours and a spot of lunch I'll go for a blatt later no doubt Curry and few beers later perhaps I have a new job, way better than the last Mrs has a new job, way better than the last Kids are OK Apart from the real nastiness that is going on in the world at the moment and I know not every one is as lucky as me, right now I have nothing to complain about and feel quite contented. I hope this little outpouring spreads some cheer to you too... Happy Easter, happy blatting

Because I couldn't get it to run perfectly, I ended up going to ATSpeed Racing, a local rolling road/Weber specialist. Although he made a really good job of balancing the carbs and it did make a difference to the running, he was on the phone to Weber to try and sort out the idle jetting. No matter how big a jet he tried (I think he ended up with a 70 in as I recall), it was still running lean. His "Guru" at Weber identified the carbs as being made specifically for Alfa Romeo and apparently these have large progression holes, which causes this issue at idle and low revs. He said these would be fine for racing, because of how hard you rev and, interestingly, it was originally built as a sprint car. Bottom line, he could fudge it to make it OK, but was almost embarrassed that he couldn't do a proper job for me. He said ideally I would fit a new pair of 151s and get them jetted so, with one birthday present outstanding, I negotiated with Mrs T that instead of a nice watch to remind me that I have turned 60, I would order a nice shiny pair or carbs to make me feel 20!

I'm about to keep my wife happy in the bedroom department this Easter. Going to start with a bit of stripping then getting plastered, then laying. a new carpet and some wallpapering.

I would have ripped up the old decking and taken it to the tip in the westy one plank at a time

I think I passed you on the A64 just before Huntington around 4.30pm today, in the stop start traffic, it was horrendous! I set off from Essex at 11.30 and arrived just before 5 in York, awful journey. My spare wheel carrier looked like it was doing its duties! Car looked great. Going anywhere nice?

Hahaha. No way. I had been over to the Leeds area for the day and was making my way home. Traffic was ridiculous. I did ask a fella if he had a sandwich in his car to share at one point.... He just ignored me. You should have gestured. Thanks also for the nice comment about Buttercup. There is a big breakfast meet on Sunday at Malton which is only 20 minutes from York. Its also our Thunder Day at York next Sunday if you wanted to join us all.

I believe you can, but as the Bose I use has no storage, it's not a facility that I've looked at. But, in my opinion, the content is certainly excellent and I have pretty diverse tastes!

40 in June !! And owned since August last year

I'm a Deezer man and love it. Bought a Bose Soundtouch and got 12 months at 50%, but will never camcel it.

43, picked up my kit 20 years ago, not finished yet... Where'd the time go?

Yup Didn't see Andy, but 75 glorious, sunny (and acceptably warm) miles of "top down" motoring today on the less major roads of Suffolk and Essex I feel ten years younger (even if those miles were not in a Westy!)

There's hope for me yet then! I'm 51 now, Westie is 16 & we met 6 years ago. Took me almost 30 years to realise my dream of owning a '7esque'

You may be able to tax it from the 1st of April on the morning of the 30th. I was in the same situation last month, and I was able to tax the Westfield on the morning of the 28th, but starting on the 1st of March. Would not show as taxed online until the 1st though, so don't be tempted to drive it beforehand

51, I started thinking about building a car when I was 47ish picked the kit up at 48.5 and had it IVA a few weeks before my 49th birthday - cheaper that the other mid life crisis options.....although I now have carbon fibre and electronics addictions.......

It is because it is instant transfer. 1st April fill it in and away you go. There are no reminders now for Sorn as it runs until you tell them

Honestly, who would know the tacho is not period? Haha! It looks very good and suits the car, and I wonder where you found it (any address?). Coming together nicely, isn't she? Any schedule you want to have her finished? Cheers! Jos

I'll keep you posted!

Just read the entire thread. Transformation is great to see, 30 minutes for me 3 years for you!

Too long on mine as well, I was tempted to shorten them on my bench grinder, but it's so rare they ever need to come off, that I didn't see the point.

Thanks All.... It feels like a rocket ship.... But then 220 ish bhp and over 185 ft it should do I've been warned how addictive sprinting can be And the upgrade bug is already there..... Seats... Steering wheel... Gauges... It's all good though

TEL's TALE's 058/2016 Rockingham March 2016 So here we go for the 2016 speed series which has a good number of entries despite the enforced MSA changes to roll over bars, cages, tyres etc. Class F seems to be well supported and this years sees a few more in single seaters or having sold their Westfields. Despite all the doom merchants suggesting it would be cold, wet and snowy it was actually dry, reasonably warm and we had sunshine. Nine speed series contenders were there. Only the track stayed a bit on the cold side but we are still in March so we were happy with hat we got. I had the usual start at 0445hrs meeting up with John Hoyle and Steve and Margaret Everall on route. Due to his blown engine Steve had to spectate which was a shame as he went well here last year. Spectators included Martin and Michell Harvey who turned up on the Harley Davidson, Derek Hodder and Matt Hillam. After a straight forward scrutineering for all we got stuck into the convoy runs. John Hoyle and I were out alost last wth me leading John as he had not walked the course. John was having trouble with the electronics on his new Sadev gearbox and his altered rear brake calipers. I has a brake snatch at the first corner so I opened up a gap from John down the main banking straight and just before the bend I braked hard to test the brakes. The car snaked around a bit and had a short lock up but were then fine ( no use since October last year and sat in the garage does not help). John slowed behind me but his brake bias was wrong so he moved alongside me as there was plenty of room. Unkown to us the Sierra cosworth turbo car behind John for some reason thought we had stopped on the circuit (we never got below 40 mph) and locked up, skidded , just missed both of us and slammed into the wall. I felt a bit sorry for the guy until I heard him say that he was in 4th gear and doing 130mph!!!!!. In reality this was a convoy lap where you do not overtake anyone, you can check everything is working ok and you normally go around 50 to 60mph. This guy was clearly in his own little world and nearly wiped out John Hoyle and myself. I think that was not a clever way to drive on a convoy lap. Practice saw a reasonable level of grip and newconers Simo Jones and Paul Beesley geeting to grips with their cars on this testing track. Simon Jones admitted that he had been on a trackday practicing the day before so he knew the right lines to take and was feeling confident. John Hoyle and his brakes were still giving him concern as he had too much rear brake bias as well as missfiring due to the electronics on his Sadev box deciding that they did not want to play ball. On his second practice he braked hard for the 180 deg lefthander at the end of the banked section and glanced the concrete wall causing damage to the rear offside wheel arch and his brand new immaculate bodywork. He was not a happy bunny. Eventually disconnecting his gearbox electronics at least gave him some smooth runs but he did need to use the clutch. Pete Goulding was really enjoying his new Formula Ford Mygale 1600cc ecoboost and improved his tomes all day. In summary here is were we all ended Class B1 Simon Jones 85.57 Class C Mark Bishop 87.40 Graham Frankland 88.73 Craig Spooner 83.09 Class F John Hoyle 76.82 Gerry Houghton 88.11 Class G Terry Everall 74.10 Class J2 Peter Goulding 71.64 A good start to the season for most but John Hoyle has a bit of work to do before Croft on Easter Monday but he will be there. Terry Everall Speed Series Correspondent Class G competitor.

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