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Video of the parade.(in two parts) the passenger had a Gopro on a stick so it was all filmed by hand so excuse the wobbly bits. A parade is where one car follows another so if the car in front goes quick....

If your not here this is what you are missing F1 car performs in front of a line of Westfields

A great couple of days, thank you for organizing it. A few pics from me. The Westfield area, with a very well presented gathering of cars. (i'm sure if we make it a regular event and I hope we do i'm sure we'd be better still) Westfields on the grid (well that's a bit like how it felt) Westfields on parade, (taken while driving)

Had a fantastic couple of days - thank you Scott, Andy and A-Plan and anyone else that was involved in making it happen I think I may have overtaken a few cars on the parade lap - oops

Quality videos Stu. That car in front looks like it was pulling well Your car is a credit to you, very nice build

I know the secret of how Paul gets those great camera shots, I tried one of my own, But can you spot the camera man on the right catching me at it.

I'm fascinated by these things, so make an effort to find stuff like this on my travels. This one was above Coniston in the lake district. I've also found a Hurricane on the Isle of Coll in Scotland. It took a bit of tracking down.

How to lift a Westie! Not!!

I have a spare moment and thought you folks might be interested in looking at these pictures that I took the other day while on one of my yomps around the Peak District. The aircraft that crashed was a USAF Boeing Superfortress, killing all 13 people on board, in November 1948. I think these were the wheels I think this was part of the wing I don't know what part this was but that very shiny metal has been there since 1948 and nobody has been along with the Autosol to polish it. Can I have a car made out of this please? Possibly an axle or part of the landing gear? Here is a good one. Top right is where the spark plug was sited? and middle bottom, there is still a spark plug in there? Impellor? The wreck is on Bleaklow, just off the A57 Snake Pass road, at approx 2000ft. I hope you have enjoyed this.

So...for some time now I have been wanting to do something different with the tunnel in the car. It is currently just covered in bits of bare aluminium which it has been since I conducted the rebuild. Essentially I want to cover it with something which was a bit different, looks good and like the rest of my car fairly minimalist. There are a few options which I have considered. Most people go for a carpeted option which does look good and has many other advantages. But I wanted something slightly different and also to avoid just adding carpet to the aluminium. I considered getting some stick on vinyl in a carbon print to match my carbon fibre dash. While this would have not added much weight and would have looked ok - it was not really the minimalist single piece smooth line that I was after. So I have come up with a plan and not sure if it has been done before or if it is the best method, but I am going to give it a go! I am planning on making a single piece which will go over the top of the entire tunnel and come about 5cm down each side. The sides I am going to carpet because I don't think I can get away without a little bit of carpeting (might change them to carbon at some point). This single piece will be made from fibre glass and skinned in carbon twill fabric. The reason for not making the entire piece out of carbon is the lack of my ability, facilities and knowledge to pressure mould the whole item (although I am sure this is possible). I am also not planning on creating a mound and then casting the final piece from it. I plan to create the whole thing over the initial mound and then skin it. With some careful work, filling and sanding I am hoping that this will work out ok. So here goes...today I have measured up the tunnel and drawn it out on my workbench in full scale to start and make the side templates. I then cut these on the bandsaw and screwed them together. I single piece of MDF covered the entire top to get the line as smooth as possible. Hopefully you can see where I am going with this. I didn't really intend on starting this today and therefore do not have any of the other materials...but I will get them on order and get started again next weekend. If you're interested then please come back next weekend.

The Saturday gathering. I'm a grandad with a 'selfie stick' who'd have guessed it.

Thanks Gary. Your motor makes quite a nice noise when it gets going.

the fine filtering on many car designs is primarily to stop debris getting to the injectors. Pump filtering is often quite basic by comparison. Nothing to stop you adding extra, but be aware that there are special versions of filters for the "suction" side of the pump, which by their much less restrictive nature tend to be more "open" co pared to post jump filters that have plenty of pressure to push the fuel through fine filter elements.

Crikey, I counted 57 Westfields and 67 Caterhams today, I really must stop being competitive and obsessed with sales type figures but it is just interesting to see how we compare, sad I know. That goes down in my short history as the biggest gathering of our club so far. Lots of cars equals meeting lots of club members and I have made loads of new friends and caught up with lots of others too. We even had a girly moment when I met Gail, owner/driver of a Westfield and gathered Sue up, who drove Martyn's Westfield down while he bought the caravan. The best bits today were in the paddocks watching a man set the tappets on an engine, which may sound trivial to many of you lot but I only ever get to see Ed China do it on the telly, this was real mechanics on a real race car right under my nose. Also we watched the F1 cars race from the top of the big wheel, the best view in the house and the sounds was still thunderous from up there. Thank you to Clare and the A-Plan crew for smiling through your frustrations and to the WSCC committee for organising the day. Here is a good one for the campers amongst us, at 1 am this morning someone had a fag in our hotel and set the fire alarm off, it wasn't one of you was it? pay back for my earlier gloating? Have a great day tomorrow everyone we are off home in the morning all 'car'd up and buzzing from the parade lap. Thank you, thank you. Glen and Julie

This forum thread, on talkcomposites.com should give you some ideas and motivation. http://www.talkcomposites.com/9255/Westfield-parts-from-a-newbie

Good on you for trying something a little different and I'm certain that you'll learn loads along the way. If you're looking to create a nice flat surface on which to lay down a carbon fabric skin, you might just find it easier to use a skrim of body filler over your intial work with the GRP. It's easy to sand flat and should make it easier to create a good base on which to skin. When you do get around to coating your fabric don't be tempted to try and brush the epoxy on too thickly. Bargain upon five or six thin coats which should, hopefully, leave a fairly even surface from which to begin flatting back to a glossy finish, unless you plan on a heavy grit flat back with a clearcoated spray finish. A fair bit of labour in all that flatting, but good luck with it

Wow - thanks for all the thoughts guys. So a few responses: Bigron - better still is that the computer in my shed (car is in the garage) is for a CNC router machine which I built last year. Chris Parkin - yes I am ashamed that it is empty. Although it has only just been moved in yesterday morning for a BBQ that we are hosting in a couple of weeks time. I must get my priorities right though! CosKev - thanks for the picture, looking good. I do like that your dash comes down to meet the tunnel - mine just cuts straight across. Yanto - Thanks for your advice. I am going to carry on as planned and when I fail you can say 'I told you so'. Not because I don't believe you, but because I want to see what I can create (and I am also pretty determined). I may well end up producing a negative mould and casting from that to get a better finish. Lets see I am not going to have a chance to make any progress till next weekend, but will post more pics as I go on. Dan

I hope you don't mind me having my 2d worth. I have dabbled in composites for a few years, one thing i learnt fairly early on is that getting a nice smooth (flat if required) finish without using a mould and if possible vacuum bagging is not easy, well lets say impossible. It is time consuming making a buck/plug, then make the female mould. Cheers Ian

Brilliant picture Paul. I counted 18 Westfields today, not as many as the 25 Caterhams that were there, but a good turn out for a workday. Our club stand was a good place for everyone to gather together and I was surprised how many WSCC members I saw today, considering the size of the venue. Good views of the track action from there too. The paddocks were a very interesting place to walk around and they were very accessible. The fun fair was fun, acting like you are 5 years old again. The JET fuel tent was a must for all the goodies and the display of cars on the club stands was the biggest that I have ever seen. An excellent day out, looking forward to the parade lap tomorrow, the icing on the very tasty cake, thank you WSCC.

Yet another classic "flood damaged" Westfield from the infamous TVR Glen, the gift that keeps on giving. Here - you can have this, I won't be needing it.

Typical breakers. Wouldnt touch that car if thats how they treat the pipework etc

I hope the vegetables were neatly slashed

I can smell em but I can't see em iyswim We had some Salmon with new potatoes, corn on the cob, broccoli and asparagus, oh yeah and some nicely chilled Pinot Grigio...lol