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I used Iain today to get my car to NMS as I'm currently waiting on a trailer to be made. Must say I was very impressed I'm very OCD with my cars and who works on them etc. He had all the gear including blankets to protect body work. He treated the car like it was his own and checked I was happy. After ringing around a few transport companies and there prices being to be honest ridiculous. Spoke to Iain and the price was fantastic couldn't of done it for the same price with renting a trailer,fuel and time etc. Will definatley use again. A******* Thanks mate.

I really admire the drivers / owners who are prepared to take cars worth £1/2m plus out on wet, muddy roads rather than keep them cosseted inside. They were generally really going for it - much wheelspin, crunching of (non syncro) gears. When the 6.5 litre Bentley (2nd pic) took off from the standing start - the ground fairly shook! Dave.

We will be there from Saturday to Monday

Quinten you can have the coilpack if you need it. Just cover postage.

001 as the last 3 digits would signify it is the first chassis that was made in a particular year, it is not a reference to the first chassis of that particular model. AFAIK the chassis number will not give you that information.

Went to watch a test on the Flying Scotsman rally (Endurance event in Borders) - fantastic to see 7 litre 1920's Bentleys being thrown around the mud! This finishes at Gleneagles tomorrow - if you get a chance to see the cars you wont regret it. Over 100 mainly prewar cars - includes over 20 'proper' Bentleys. http://www.endurorally.com/pages/flying-scotsman-rally-2017

So that magic Pixie Dust I sprinkled over it worked then

Great... now I want a new bathroom! Apparently the effect should dull down a little bit as the stone dries out, and certainly on the top section it's just unfortunate that the join is on a darker seam. Either way, I'm pacified.

Not sure I would worry about the spigot bearing. Its the same gearbox going on the same crankshaft in the same bearing you currently have. They 'can' be a a sod to get out and fit in and if its fine leave alone

On Saturday 1st April it is the first breakfast meet of 2017 at Curborough Sprint Course, Lichfield, 8.30 - 11.30am. I cannot find any information about who is on track, unless anyone on here knows? Anyway, hope to see you there and if the weather is nice I can lead a run into the Peak District, if anyone wants to?

Excellent day out with great company and most importantly with lots of tea and cake as usual Oh yes the cars were good too!

Travelling down the M1/A38 thinking what on earth are we doing, driving in the peeing rain to stand in a wet field with no cover, God knows. Ian Podmore, Paul Hammond and Martyn and Sue were waiting for us, what other excuse do you need. Morgans on track, there is another good excuse Top girl, Sue, blagged a passenger ride in one, how good is that? here she is After a couple of hours we went for lunch at Fradley Junction canal Followed by cake Then it was off to Trevturtle's house to check my falling oil pressure, which turned out to be the dodgy sensor that Glen thought it was. Still, it was a good excuse for lashings of tea and chats. Ironically your WSCC calendar has my picture of Steve Everall's car at Curborough in the rain for this new month of April, luckily there was no rain there today. What is that collie dog looking for? Ooh, did my camera happen to take a pic of a rogue MX5 that made it onto track. We are off to Blyton tomorrow to watch the Toyota/ MX5's on track and quiz them about what size wheels, type of tyres and roll bar to put on mine. Thank you to those that came and I can fully understand why the others didn't, you need a screw loose to want to do that.

Hi Dave, I think there's a few cars going to Middleton Hall Tomorrow, we are and I believe Julie and Martin Vann, you could check with them. Not sure if a run out is also planned Alistair

Just too much on at home I'm afraid. Plus when it rains it RAINS. Hope to make the next one

Damn you and your ears Paul @black st called me yesterday after I posted the video and told me if it was running on all cylinders? I had no idea, so after a chat, he kindly offered to come over today with his synchrometer and tools and see what was going on. After some diagnosing it looks like the coil pack is not working 100% of the time and most persistently, the spark in number 2 does not fire. We'd picked up a set of new sparks in the mean time but neither Halford or Eurocarparts had the coil pack in stock, so we had to leave it at that. But then I mentioned about the rattle (truth be told, I had heard it as well, but I wasn't sure if it was something or what it was) that @CraigHew may have been referring to. It was quickly diagnosed as the starter motor that fails to disengage after the engine is running. So... if you cast your mind back to last year where I struggled to decide if the clutch/flywheel I got with the engine was suitable... I think the answer is no. Am now angry at myself for running out of money at a time where it would have been easy to fix... but Paul reckons we can get the engine out and in again in a day once I've got the right gear.

Sort of! Although various people have done the conversion from a regular chassis over the years, they've all used bespoke conversion bits plus Westfield supplied non-S2000 parts. There is an exception though, Phil, @lloydox built an S2000 powered car at the same time as Westfield were developing the Mega S2000, so there's actually quite an overlap with how they're built. Phil's uses a T5 chassis, so not an S2000 chassis, so from that point of view, I think yours is probably the first, or at least, the first to be completed, there may be an incomplete development chassis somewhere? However, unlike all the earlier conversions, Phil's does use a few Westfield Mega S2000 parts, so in some respects, they have a similar look, though you can see plenty of difference too.

HAHAHA, good spot Kev.

Good job it's the 1st April

Just damp here now, but supposed to rain again later.

Started getting the car out from under the covers when the heavens wheel and truly opened, so as the weather looked better tomorrow, decided to give it a miss. Anything on tomorrow in the general area, run wise?

For info, this problem seems to have fixed itself after a couple of weeks, it's now fine across all devices.

I'll have a kit car then, it's only 15 miles from my home - count me in as long as Julie doesn't critique / compare cleanliness of cars.

We will be the first to say YES. You mentioned cake you see.......

Looking like time is against me for this sadly. Wife forgot to tell me of us being out at lunchtime. But I am in the diary for the Gurston WSCC even coming up.

And I guess this concludes my journey... Of course plenty of new trips will follow

Just a heads-up about the start of the 2017 BTCC championship that kicks of at Brands Hatch this coming weekend. The last few years have had fabulous coverage by ITV4 and, for me, the racing is much more immersive than the last few F1 seasons.

Must record it again to get rid of the 3hrs of adverts

I have booked 1 night Aviemore on the 5th, then 2 nights at Killin 6th and 7th

For sale is a new original westfield 5.5" aluminium exhaust cover complete with clips to mount to your exhaust. can upload pics if needed £55 delivered mainland uk