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Here is my first Westfield. Purchased a couple of weeks ago now and already have a huge wish list. It's got a 2ltr zetec lump in it which brings a smile to my face every time I look and drive it. It's next to my wife's defender 110 which I also dabble with. I now have parcels arriving at the house for 2 cars .. Thanks nick.

Hi all, thanks Julie for letting Liz and I tag along this morning. Gr8 to meet some old faces and new ones. As always your group made us most welcome and despite my fuel problem (it didn't miss a beat after the HAY TRAILER) we thoroughly enjoyed it. Went to see a future member (mini bioman) and then home for tea. Park anywhere you like :-) ? Thanks again see you soon. Richard

The other night I was invited out for a night with "the lads." I told my wife that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!" Well, the hours passed and the beer was going down way too easy. Around 3 a.m., drunk as a skunk, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up & Cuckooed 3 times. Quickly, realizing she'd probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times. I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick-witted solution (even when smashed), in order to escape a possible conflict with her. The next morning my wife asked me what time I got in, & I told her 12:00. She didn't seem disturbed at all. Whew! Got away with that one! Then she said, - "We need a new cuckoo clock." When I asked her why, she said, "Well, last night our clock cuckooed three times, then said, "Oh *****," cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over the cat and farted....

I took my Westfield for MOT on Friday, the tester who always does it said "not using it much are you". It was then he pointed out it was last tested in 2015, so last drive was a trackday in the August of that year. In my defence I lost both my parents one after the other and then my Father in Law in January of this year, all were ill for a long time, so it was not top of my list. So today went out in it for a run out and after first 10 or so miles I was thinking how hard it was, how windy how every bump felt like hitting a kerb and then... the road opened and I suddenly remembered why I love these so much. Ice cream stop with obligatory question from people, although one woman asked if it was a "TT" then coffee stop. A great day. Trackday booked for the 18th, happy days

Just back - another great run out, with many good opportunities for “enthusiastic” driving - only one tractor this time, and it was despatched fairly rapidly (by most of us with working fuel pumps at least....) my youngest son had “borrowed” that factor-50, leaving me with just the wife’s factor-20, so I have a feeling I might be paying the price in the morning that said, yet another day of glorious weather, great scenery, superb roads and brilliant company, so I’m not moaning too much.... hopefully some photos to follow, if Lee gets a chance to process them later

5 years of driving my Westfield and it all just gets better and better, just when you think it can't, it does. All you lovely people just make my day. Meeting at The Wheatsheaf and pictured here are, in no particular order, but since Ian has taken the most stick today he can go first:- Ian, Dave and Jon, Jonathon, Andy and Ann, Trevor, Nigel and Lee, Ali and Gail, Richard and Liz, the owner of my car, Glen and his chauffeur, me.That made 9 cars and 15 people, no pressure then. Luckily the roads we were travelling on were quiet and the places we stopped at could easily accommodate us, so all was well. Trevor kindly blocked the road so we all left the pub in convoy and we got a clear run up the 13 bends, that warmed up the R1R's. We momentarily slowed for a view of the Dragon's Back, a peak in the shape of a stegosaurus, that's right isn't it Ian . Crikey, next we got a clear run up Crowdecote and even I went a bit too fast, so now I know the limit of the R1R's. NOTE - these are tight, twisty, hilly roads in a National Speed Limit area and no speed limits are exceeded. Glen was grinning away, not at the thrill of the ride, but at my face and my massive grin. To cool off we had a short break at Tagg Lane Dairy Ann and I had the Jaffa Cake flavour ice cream, Glen had blackcurrant and licorice, others had lotus biscuit, coconut or cookies and cream. Some people had 2 flavours in one cone, not naming anyone here!!! Rich and Liz left us here to go and meet the real Baby Bio, their first Grandchild, what a magical time it is for them and they exuded delight. The rest of us went in search of the Elton Essesss It was a reasonable run up the Essess and that nicely landed us at The Whitworth Centre in Darley Dale, just in time for lunch and cake. Lunch Cake - Lemon Fudge Cake and Bakewell Tart mmmmmmmmmmmmm Don't come between Ali and his cake And well done to his wife, Gail, for pinching Glen's flake right from under his nose and for battering him when he tormented her. The Hairy Westfielders bought their legs with them More rubbish parking at The Whitworth Centre, no pretty pics of the cars today. Thank you everyone for a truly brilliant day. Next Saturday is the breakfast meet at Curborough, followed by lunch at the Okeover Arms in Ashbourne. Some more pictures from The Wheatsheaf below. Richard and Liz, Andy and Ann Trevor with his fingers in his ears as I try and tell him the route. 'I am following you, Julie, why do I need to know the route?' he says. Ali and Gail Jonathon in his Vauxhall engined car, that is one mean MF car, sounded good and was fast, much faster than mine, it was right there on the button. Look forward to seeing you all again on the next trip out. Missing you.....already.

Mmmmm ice cream

i've looked at your other posts you have a seight? check your top engine bay chassis rails see if they are cracked due to the extra weight of the engine and torque they normally crack and this could have weakened the chassis allowing this tube to move like this

It's really unusual for a weld to break so cleanly like that, the tube would usually deform before the weld breaks. How old is the car?

Just like to say hi, my new (second hand) westfield arrived today, could not be happier. The usually kit car issues, cycle bracket breaks, drive back home to weld it all back together and then straight back out again.. oh I have missed it. If anyone is around the Stafford area, I don't seem to see many westfield's in the area, please get in touch.

If your fuel gauge isn’t in a race with the speedo to see which one gets to the end first, you’re driving it wrong.

yep depends on how its mapped too, more fuel = more powerz! Swear you can actually see my fuel gauge moving on a early Sunday morning.

First thing to remember is that while the engine may be from a Mondeo or Focus, it will not have the same induction, exhaust or ECU as the Ford original. So you are comparing apples to pears! Our cars tend to use after market systems that trade power for economy. If you get 30mpg you are doing well, but honestly I couldn’t give a flying fart what mpg mine does!

Great roads, weather, company as always. Thanks @Julie Hall - AO Representative, Peak District AO

Great few hours hooning around ,nice to meet you , I enjoyed it as I’m sure @si_salisbury did ,as we said we will do it again and welcome any others

Mmmmm cake

Yes it was me, that was the first ride out after it got dropped off to me. My eldest daughter was in the car, the wife still will not get in it unsure what she is scared of!

Had a fantastic day on my own. Shame no-one could join me. Here is a small video and a few pictures as my phone battery went flat so didn't get a lot of the show.

Ramp? RAMP?? Where's my missus? I need to show her this...

get that chassis checked ! that all looks wrong to me that tube shouldnt crack like that. and if that is cracked like that its bound to have bent and moved the other tubes above

That weld has been broken for a while and looks like it was very rusty around there at some point.

Are you sure the minor bump did that? The edges look quite dirty, as though it has been split for some time Either way, welds shouldn’t split like that - the weld should be stronger than the surrounding metal - might be worth having it check out properly

Sorry to hear of the mishap You don't say where the weld has snapped, can you describe or post a pic...? There will be folks on here who will advise if it's wise to get a jig fix or a simple weld it back as it was. If it's on insurance, you might have to consider getting the factory to do it as for peace of mind, you'd want it welded back on a jig if that is the recommendation. Otherwise you'd want someone local who does a first rate welding job, your local area folks could help there.

Yes we had a few meetings at The Bradford Arms, on the A5, but by then the area was sadly on the decline. If you want runs out in company with other Westfield drivers, Julie Hall leads some runs through lovely Peak District scenery, her are is the Peak District one.

On my way, will be there at 10:40

Be good to see you and your car here tomorrow:

You don’t need Riders to get the windy roads feature. It’s present on quite a few of the Sat Navs now. The Go 5xx and 6xx Series, programmable from the on line Tom Tom My Drive facility have it and I’m sure quite a few other models do. It has different levels of setting, if you change your routes from fastest to “thrill” you’ll find you have a twistiness setting with three levels available, and a hilly/mountainous terrain setting, again, with three levels of extreme ness available. you need to have a care for the level of extreme ness you select though! I tried the maximums once, and four hours later, I’d covered about a quarter of the way to a destination normally only an hour away, and had to turn back, out of time! It found some great bits of road, but really twisty, is really twisty! To be fair, the Riders shouldn’t really send bikes down roads like that, as roads to twisty for Westfields are utterly crap for fast bikes. But the Riders, when I last looked into them a few years ago, did suffer a little bit from being on the older mapping software to preserve compatibility with Tyre softwares route planning system via Tom Tomas old itinerary files. The good thing, is that the GO’s with the My Drive functionality all have the new equivalent off the route and track planning and recording facilities, so you can do all that without having to have a Rider. The latest Riders May have already moved to these maps though, if they list My Drive comparability they have!! Check on what Audio options the current Rider has, again, it’s a few years back, but I gave up in the end last time, cause they all seemed to be Bluetooth to headsets only, with no audio out jack and no built in speaker. (And they were allegedly picky about which Bluetooth head sets they’d sync to if you wanted the full functionality.)

It was tricky ensuring Rita wasn’t visible in any of the pics! Moral of this story is to check your Odo before and after you work!

I've been busy so not had chance to come on here, but I finally bought my first Westfield I opted for a Megablade as it suits my driving style and since owning I've loved taking it out when I can get a spare hour. The pictures below are my first drive out in it. I've then started making a few changes starting with clear front indicator lenses as one of the orange lenses was cracked. Next I've swapped the wheels for 7x13 Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 with Toyo R888 tyres, which has given me a nice weight saving over the previous wheels. Next up I noticed the radiator was getting a little worse for wear and I plan doing track days with it so changed that out along with all the pipe work for a larger aluminium radiator. While I had the coolant drained I've given the engine a flush out, new coolant, new oil, new oil filter, new iridium plugs. Next I've fitted a rear view mirror Next jobs are to change the brake fluid, diff oil and the reverse gearbox oil. I must admit I'm enjoying tinkering with it just as much as driving it, but need save a few jobs for winter and get driving it whilst the weather is good! I need to try and get alot to some meets now

Tel’s Tales Blyton July weekend 2018 After 3 weeks way down in the south of France with our motorhome I arrived back home with just enough time to get everything ready for an afternoon arrival on Friday to get set up and see the back end of the trackday. I was hoping for a great weekend of sprinting. The Friday was well supported as was the GF pub meal in the evening. Dave Cleaver and Simon Waterfall were getting in some practice for their double drive and it was good to see Tom Frankland in his immaculately wrapped car. At the end of the day I helped someone ( forgot his name) to reassemble his jenvey throttle body linkage which had come adrift from the throttle linkage. We eventually held it together with a nylon cloths peg that Steve found in his boot and some thin tie wraps so I hope it got him home. I also had a look at Mick Skidmore’s suspension set up with John Loudon and we discovered that It seemed to have restricted wishbone movement due to the wishbone bolts being overtightened. We sorted that and then softened the shocks and ARBs at both front and rear. Some of us managed to sign on and then got scrutineering completed as well to make a more relaxed start for Saturday. Saturday First job after breakfast was to slap on the suncream ( factor 50) and attend the briefing ready for 2 practice runs and 4 timed runs on the Outer track and it was already very very hot and as soon as we put on our race overall’s (babygrows)it was going to be very uncomfortable. In P1 John Loudon was trying too hard and he went off at Bishops. I followed suit and ran so wide I even missed the wide outside yellow rumble strip. A few others were trying too hard as well and had problems staying within the track limits. For me the next 4 hours were a nightmare. I got in the car ready for P2 and guess what?…. the bl**** thing would not start! It turned over ok but no spark and no fuel. With the help of Andy Hargreaves, John Hoyle, Steve Butcher and our kid we checked all circuits and changed the ECU, cam sensor, 2 relays, coils , plugs and everything else we could think of but nothing worked so it was game over. Anyway some people had a good day and after changing Mick Skidmore’s suspension he achieved a PB and beat Paul Dew (aka Tigger). Iain Hooker was out in the Andy Bates beautiful Arion S2 and went well but was only on cheap slicks so he could have been faster with better rubber. Chris King was enjoying his first sprint and getting quicker all the time. Keith Adams went well again in class D and Stephen was trying hard to keep up to him. Adam Phelps was blasting around in the family Busa and Garry Bunn was out in his Cosworth engined car double driving with Derek Hodder and having their usual battle as Del’s engine is still being rebuilt. During Saturday and Sunday Siltech Racing ( Dennis and Andy Silman) had a display of their fabulous fabricated products and other services offered. They had a lot of interest and we are appreciative of their support of the speed series and competitors etc. Saturday night saw Ian Told ( Tolfree) BBQ Master and Chris King as the BBQ king cooking people’s burgers, sausages and steaks whilst we all enjoyed the club banter in the warm evening sun. Plenty of beers and wine were drunk and our non competing mates Luke Algar, Tim Nunn and Matt Turner were still singing at 0230hrs in the morning but luckily they were at the top end of the paddock. Sunday On Sunday a guy opposite me ( driving a blade engine MNR) in the paddock came over with a laptop and some diagnostic software and it suggested that my engine had a primary injector fault so I was goosed. Eventually after further checks by John Hoyle and Andy Hargreaves we decided that the power commander was at fault. Thankfully my big mate Stephen decided that his older brother could double drive his car so at least I would get some track time. Today it was the more technical Eastern circuit so the first half was going to give us the main problem as we got to know the corners and braking points. Before we started Paul Dew asked me to look at his set up and like Mick Skidmore’s I believed both front and rear were set way too stiff so we softened it off a lot ( shocks and ARBs) and guess what it worked and he beat Mick Skidmore to get his revenge. P1- I decided to be Steve’s tyre warmer but nearly outbraked myself into the first lefthander as I discovered that his brakes were not the best ( new pads have already been ordered.) In P2 Andy Hargreaves recorded a great time but he had missed out a complete corner so it did not count.. In the timed runs John Loudon spun and Andy Hargreaves hit a cone at Bishops and gave a few people reruns as a result. Ian Davenport broke his alternator so John Hoyle helped him remove it so he ran total loss all day with no problems. The best performances appeared to by Graham Frankland who scored 99.31 points, Simon Waterfall beat Dave Cleaver (who was sharing his car) and scored 99.96 points, Adam and Charlotte Phelps did well in class H and Keith Adams put in a cracking drive to score more than 100 points by beating the target time. So for me a frustrating weekend but for the club another great event with all the usual club and paddock banter as well as help when problems arose. Thanks to John Williams and all the helpers. I am already looking forward to next year! Terry Everall Class G Competitor