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Shameless plug to say I'll be bringing some of these to Stoneleigh if anyone wants one Also in case anyone didn't see this in the Trader section, I thought I'd pop it here: I was asked to make a version of BeamStop main beam controller that could also manage sidelights and toggle between side and main with a single button (like a Caterham). I've done this, so I made a few in case anyone else is interested. They cost £85 plus postage (or I can bring to Stoneleigh): The unit is connected to 12V permanent (so sidelights can work with ignition off). It only draws 5.5mA so should not be a significant problem with battery drain. There are 3 relays (not included) – sidelight, headlight power and dip/main. With ignition off, the headlight button will toggle sidelights. With ignition on, the headlight button will toggle sidelights/side+headlights/off [repeat] With ignition on and headlights off, the main beam switch will turn on the main beam while the button is pushed (i.e. flash function) With ignition on and headlights on, the main beam will toggle (latch) between dipped beam and main beam.

Well what a great day we had. Sunshine was the order of the day, great cars, great place, great food....and FAB WESTFIELD MEMBERS, what a smashing day. Met with Roger and Judy at Driffield after a spot of breakfast at Bridlington. We left home at 7.30am and it was a beautiful morning but just had that nice cold bite in the air. From Driffield it was over to Stamford Bridge to meet Robin and he was patiently waiting for us. Over to Castle Howard we went and we had our own moment from the Italian Job film which was great fun.....you will see this later. We continued over towards Rosedale and dropped down Rosedale Chimney and parked at the pub. Anyway myself Robin and Roger unpacked the cars and then noticed Carol and Judy had disappeared. We thought they had gone down into the village so we set off to find them. After going down the steep hill we could not find them so back up the steep hill we went......We eventually found them in the closed pub. The landlady said they could come in to wait and that was it.....Bloomin Women comes to mind. Terry soon joined us and his car cockpit is more like a fighter jet than a car. Chris and his gang were with us soon after but were running a bit late due to car trouble, but it was good they all managed to get to us. Its amazing how all the cars are so different and it was good to see them all together. We made our way into the pub and the table I had booked was all laid out for us and it was a really nice place to sit. The food was all out at once and it was all really tasty and was hot. The in really did a smashing job of looking after us. Anyway here are a few pictures but there will be more up later after I have made a bit of a film and saving some of the days going's on for the magazine. Thanks everyone for coming and it was great to meet you all......All your cars look great.

Here is a video I made this evening. Hope you like it. The road is a 1:3.

You must have better cameras than me, Great video Geoff. Really is a steep hill, 2nd gear and a bit of wheel spin at the second hair pin.

Just sent a late entry in for this double header Couldn't select class 37 as it would only let me put in class 5C hopefully it can be changed.

I did experiment with hinges instead of brackets for flexibility but the airflow pushes it back and the police would not approve so just carry a spare number plate in case !

I have mine secured as you suggest, just some bent l shape brackets secured to the underside of the nose cone with rivets to the nose cone. You can then drill some holes in the front of the bracket to bolt your number plate to and it just floats in front of the air intake at a height you choose. Watch ground clearance if you use a full size plate but it does fit. Cheers jon

I use a couple of soft rubber "bobbins" to mount the plate at the top of the nose recess bit - the advantage being if you hit something lowish, the number plate just canters backwards. Something a bit like below, although the rubber may be a bit hard on these.. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-RUBBER-MOUNTS-20mm-D-x-15mm-Long-M6-car-boat-male-bobbins-Ford-Porsche-type-/361291966869?hash=item541eade995:g:T5gAAOSwKIpWE3LS Dave. Edited to add - just realised yours is cut out for airflow - but maybe you can make some right angle brackets...

Gah! - I'm over in September when working on Bestival but I'm fairly sure I'll have sorted seats by then :-)

I've entered too, can't wait

Well that really is a sledge hammer to crack a nut. The police already have enough power to deal with these people, but the big problem is now they are policing by popularity if it is easy. I think that many modified cars would be found to be legal, but they appear to be saying any modification from standard makes a car illegal if they want it to. So buy a set of Michelins, when it came with Pirellis and if you go to this extreme it is illegal. Yes since time has been around there have been idiots, but this "big brother " approach seems too much and innocents will be dragged in. Imagine you happen to drive past a cruise site in your Westfield, innocently, according to this your car is now flagged on APNR as a vehicle of interest. I am sure many will say nothing to fear, but if you have done nothing wrong why should you be recorded as a person of interest? If the police put as much effort into other things, like extremism, drunken behaviour, violence etc. that would be a much better use of the additional resource now being levied upon motoring and I for one would feel much better. The thing that drives this is as a driver you have an asset that can be sold to pay fines, a drunken chav has nothing so why do anything. 6 months for "Street racing" when no one was hurt, when we see the lenient sentences for violent crimes seems wrong. The days of enthusiasts being able to drive without restrictions creeps ever nearer every day. It appears motoring is to be a means to get to work and provide an income stream for straying outside allowed dictates.

just don't try and keep up with dave! i am still shaking from last time! myself and Alasiter (AKA the prisoner) will be at kames test day if you guys want to integrate this into your run for a coffee stop? Cheers Paul

Hey.... I was second in class too ; though not in a Westfield.

The advice Mark gave to me when I had mine was to run it in for 2000 miles keeping the revs below 4000rpm, he said the better the running in period the better the it would be for the engine, he advised an oil change (not filter) at 500 miles and then other (with filter change) at 1000 but don't use expensive oil use semi-synthetic 10w40, which is what I did. Without a filter change I put 3.5 litres in, I've just done an oil and filter change and put 4Litres in and the oils at the top mark on the dip stick. (I was told it was 4.5 litres but it does not seem to need that much) From memory I did not use full throttle and kept it to 4000rpm for the first 1000 miles, between 1000 and 2000 miles I did use more throttle for very short busts and let it rev to 5000rpm for very short periods. As someone new to small light powerfull cars this approach also helped me get used to the car and it's characteristics more gradually. I was aware of how Sevens can bite having been lucky enough to have a go in a HPE Caterham at a corporate event where I experienced it spinning in a straight line if not treated with the utmost care when changing up from first to second.

I'd just like to say a big thank you to all those that helped me with the issues I had On Saturday. Initially a dead battery which meant the car kept cutting out, cheers Barney for running and getting my slave battery to get me going - sorry for making you run when it cut out again on the start. Graham, thanks for the loan of your spare battery which allowed me to keep running, much appreciated. Unfortunately the faulty battery masked the real issue as the car still cut out on the finishing straight after coming out of ashes on P2 & T1. Not sure what the actual problem was but after messing with the fuel pressure and bleeding some fuel from the fuel pump managed to actually get the car across the line on the final run. Also thanks Martin and Pete for help in the paddock getting ready, can't believe how difficult single seaters are to get in and out of. Cheers Bud

Oohoo look at us, sat outside the Wheatsheaf, there was no wind and we were sat in direct sunshine, lovely and warm. Thinking it was just us 4 and Alan came and saved the day, yeah hay. I love Thundernuts, I just want to keep saying it, Thundernuts, it's a very appropriate name as it thunders behind me. The Wheatsheaf So, right from the off they started about the ruddy caravans didn't they. Glen joined in and even Alan, who I thought was on my side, even he had to join in with them. We always car spot as we sit outside and point out any spicy cars that pass, ruddy hell, Sue got me time after time, ooh look at that, I spin around and it's a pigging caravan. Glen pointed out every caravan that we passed, but justice was done when Martyn got stuck behind a motorhome he he he. I thought he won't be there for long so I didn't slow down, sure enough he soon got by and caught us up, good old Pinto Pants. We wiggled right through the Peak District, up the Esses to Ben's Land, what a cracking bit of road that is Ben, no wonder you had to buy a Westfield, up and over the high ground until we got to Tittersworth Water. Ssshh, no cow poo in sight, don't tell the farmer's. We parked on the waterfront and went into the cafe that also overlooks the lake. After lunch we took the scenic route back through Ilam to finish at The Bentley Brook, for more car spotting, that's car, C.A.R. you know the 4 wheeled things that do a Grand Prix, you don't get caravans doing a grand prix do you? The Bentley Brook The weather? it was perfect today, as was the driving and the company, brilliant day. thank you to all that attended.

I've done it before Clark, it's fairly easy to learn considering its length (that's what she said)

Hi Clare, since I live 300 yrds from A Plan, I will be popping in to see you when I get my Westfield built and running. There is always one benefit of living in Thatcham

I built this in 1976, did 92,000 miles in it and sold it in 1983 for more than it cost me to build it. This is how it looked when I found it again in Sheffield in 2000. Just after that it was bought by an Italian bloke who drove it back to Milan - it could still be driving around there. It was good to know that a car I built was still going strong 24 years later and I sort of wish I'd bought it back just for old times' sake.

Mike Just put a post on our local Facebook group North West Kitcar Group with your website link, might bring some business your way. Regards Rich