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Is everyone happy with the rota that I put together for this year's Stoneleigh? Hopefully the couple of errors in the first attempt are now ironed out. If anyone has any queries or issues, please let me know asap so I can amend. Only 3 weeks to go now Many thanks Ian

This is the old roll bar, time to go.... old roll bar removed and holes made in bodywork for rear stays: MSA bar arrived and ready to fit :-) roll bar fitted easy compared to the real one!

And then walk on them later bare footed, ouch that hurts!

Lady Chairman can burp the alphabet, so I guess that makes us the Alphabet Artists.

If he does Lego, they'll drop on his foot and that would be very painful.

+1 on this sentiment. I was a complete numpty in respect of working on cars. If I'd bought a pristine car, I'm sure I still would be. However, my Westy was anything but and, as a result, I am chuffed at the extent to which I now know my way around it and love my tinkering time in the garage.

I can make my right ear move without moving any other muscles. Try it in front of a mirror and look at the face you pull But I can't do it with my left ear!

I can clear a room after a curry...

Hi Gary Yep you are booked on the auto jumble on Sunday and camping Sunday night. cheers Ian

Yes love that too anything that would offend the purists, you can't beat a v8

Looks like a nice clean car. To be honest, if you buy a clean car at the price that seems about average for its spec. , you'll get your money back when you come to sell it. I just bought the first one I saw, that I liked the condition of and the engine spec, and then sold that after a while (for a healthy profit) , and bought the next, which is nowhere near as clean as some, but it's brilliant fun, and I'll get my money back easily. I'm just not the type that can be patient and look at several cars. I just go on instinct. Part of the Westie fun for me is trying the different models, one by one :-) When you look at Westfields they seem to come in two camps - the very clean ones, and the averagely clean ones. It's pretty obvious when you see a few. The very clean ones have not a dangling wire in sight, under the bonnet or dash. Everything is clean. Minimal scratching. Nice condition tyres. Clean interior. All the accesories (hood, toneau, doors). All the paperwork. Your red one looks like this. The average ones tend to have more crazing on the glass fibre, scruffier interiors (oil spills and torn carpets), scruffy wiring looms under the bonnet (loose cables cable tied to the back of chassis members , held together with an array of different connectors), patchy history. Both mine have been these, and both have been excellent cars. No doubt I'd have had spotless cars had I had more patience, but I'm not bothered. As long as they are fun, and good value, that's good enough for me. There are a few dogs around - keep an eye on ebay - though there is nothing wrong with ebay. This forum seems to be the source for some really top cars. As does Pistonheads

Love this combination take a great engine from a badly made Italian car and put it into an iconic badly made French car for peasants, watch it go

Sorry Julie still waiting for my ride to get back from the garage..couple of oil leaks needed some attention. But will be with you on the next trip out Ben & Nat

Isn't this the engineering principal behind the phantom?

That AM V12 bike looks a bit heavy!

It's the red car Mark, in case you forgot.

Hi Ian, You're not too far from me mate. Do you get out to any meets? Mart.

Yep I would wait for Stoneliegh to get some ideas, the cloth gaiters came of eBay which I took s punt on I had the rubber bit of WF. You won't see many handbrakes like mine as I swapped it to the s2000 one I had. See you a Stoneliegh Andy

I'm still looking for my Westfield in the back of the garage, I think I left it there sometime last year but it's a bit burried behind pieces of other cars I'll be at Stoneleigh so hope to catch up with some of you there

I would attempt to clarify and add to this....... With the gradual increase of driver safety (driver incompetence mitigation) aids over the years, It's important to realise just how much of the driving a modern tin top does for you.

Q, I hope to get out more this summer - arthritis been bad this winter which has delayed the engine rebuild (freezing cold garage hasn't helped) Engine is off the stand now so I'll dismantle it (otherwise I can't get the car out the garage ) - also makes it easier to carry - give me a pm when you need it. Colin

In the perfect world everything is 100% straight and in line. and nothing else flexes or becomes looser fitting you don't...

Why do you want multiaxis articulation on your front inboard wishbone mountings, on a Westfield or similar?