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MoT time for my Z3 2.2i Sport today, and I had a brief word with the tester beforehand on the matter of the rubbish BMW hand brakes, and he agreed. Good start. Later, he comments that the rear suspension is very similar to his E36 Compact and this starts a conversation about handling and track days during which I mention my Westfield. A few minutes go by while he tries to wrench the wheels off my car, then he says "what engine has your Westfield got then?" "Pinto" says I. Turns out he's restoring a Mk2 Escort with a 2.0l Pinto, twin 40s, Maxflow head, 205 block, and FR32 cam - exactly the spec of my Pinto engine. We're firm friends by now! The upshot is a pass with no advisories which I put down completely to the magic of Westfield ownership - by proxy. Hats in the air time!

And the tube lines up.

Good morning to everybody from Italy, i falled in love with Westfield in Stoneleigh 2017... It'll be mine!

Jamie Oliver.. and all the other TV chefs.. nowt but a load of overpaid cooks!

Can't think of anyone who isn't in the public eye right now - there's loads of those - but I'm sure I will...

I'd like to nominate my next door but 3 neighbour. She goes off to the pub every weekend leaving her 13 year old daughter to have a free house with her permission. Now this has never been an issue but the last few weeks the groups have been getting bigger and bigger and more and more alcohol involved. This means the closer neighbours have been getting abuse and this weekend 2 kids were carried out absolutely paraletic by their parents. She comes sauntering back up the street from the pub and basically blamed everyone else. Parents like that the kids don't stand a chance. Next day the police were round so we'll see what happens this weekend. She definitely needs a slap

Turned out to be a fantastic day for weather shame we had to leave early. Will definitely catch you all again soon. Should be a good meeting point when the caffeine and machine is open

Cheeky....it was a posed shot especially for Marcus. I actually took salad sandwiches with me but was pressured into having a burger. It was called “A dirty pig”. £7.00. And I didn’t eat it all.

Hope your fingers survived Geoffery

Sounds good to me.

The person who came up with the idea of reality TV. Infact anyone who appears on one as well. It has made nobodies famous for being stupid nobodies who other see as roll models

Well the box is cut. Tube will be a couple of pieces of ally tube from scaffold tower found at work. FOC More pics to follow

You’d have to hear it to believe it Dave. It goes on for about 10-15 seconds at a time, not just a couple of burps and bumps for a second or two. I can hear him coming from 1/2 mile away at 2 in the morning.

Just so we are all on the same page Myself @IanD and @Delboy are booking garages for the following @John @MarkBishop @phelpsa @Howard @Delboy with Garry @Nick - Joint North East AO @mark.anson @pete g @Tony Smiley @skida @IanD oh and me @syman84 12 cars across 3 garages not necessarily in that order probably best with class order up to a garage with the single seaters but i will take direction from you guy as i have never been there. cheers

Well lets see how we get on on when we book. Guess we could always squeeze 5 in Engine sorted then Mark? Ian

And eat the burger

Pray to the burger

Thanks all for a great day the micky taking seems to have elevated to new heights these days

Here's a quick pic of what was achieved today

Well that was a great turn out. 7 cars in all. It's great to see more people coming out to play in the lovely Cotswolds. We headed over to a new venue that's nearing completion the other side of Stratford. It will be a great petrol head venue when it's done and am sure we will be frequent visitors. It was lovely to meet @LukeW and @Andy Westwood for the first time. Also we met only the 3rd lady owner I know off, @Jude the others being my better half and @Julie Hall - AO Representative, Peak District AO It's was great to see @Jude enjoying the car her husband built 20 years ago. It was then off to Wellesbourne airfield cafe for food and refreshments, BLTs, baked potatoes, chilli con carne, ham egg and chips and all day breakfast were soon devoured. It was then off down through the Wolds to Burford and then a run back up the Fosse way home. A great day all round. Thank you all for your company today.

Thanks Ali for a great day out. It was great meeting everyone and both Sue and myself had great day. The drive to Burford though the beautiful Cotswold villages was just wonderful.

One from the show at Sewerby Hall today. With @marcusb and @BugMan.

Was a great day out, big thanks Geoff and Robin

Hello from a fellow Bristol owner. Nice to see such a clean car, it is so clean you could mistake it for a Caterham

Sorry for interruption. But this is why I love the Boardroom. Not just hearsay advice, but genuine expert help, virtually no matter what field!

Jim and Jean for Glover Arms.

Following this with ever increasing respect for your engineering skills. Great to see more progress. Don't forget, if you tidy your bench, you'll never find anything again, if you're anything likes me!

Enjoy!

Thanks Wilfman.

Well done, enjoy your new "toy". Looks great.

Smart looking car, enjoy. Don't worry upgraditus will soon set in, buying a WF is just he beginning, you'll be be happy but poor (unless you're a footballer) .

North end of the lakes..

Lovely car enjoy her

Mine a couple of weeks ago. Havent had him long, but I'm so pleased with it.

...and the full length mirror is a bit dodgy!

I'm with Brad here...... Having started with a full hood myself then being forced to move to half hood due to fitment of an MSA rop. The full hood was far better at keeping me dry and warm during the colder months, and I had very minimal issues of misting due to liberal use of RainEx & RainX Anti Fog. Misting up most likely to occur in more humid conditions and it helps if there is ambient air flow into cockpit, something DaveE has successfully solved with air to heater reroute. It was really great to be able to 'slot' into the Westfield in minimal clothing and slope out the other end of the journey dry. I didn't use the pram frame with my hood, but fabricated a single bar which attached to the mounting points in front of the rop hoop. The 1/2 Hood is very good and I prefer it in warmer times for dealing with odd showers. In prolonged rain/heavy showers, I still have to wear waterproofs due to blow back of water into cockpit from sides and rear. Sometimes getting out with wet road grime over head and back of neck. As Dave E said everyone's works differently so preferences vary on this and use to which Westie is put. Airflow is effected by all sorts of things - exhaust side/size, door/deflector type/shape, rop height, body etc etc which impact on how waters enter or not. If you can pick up a 2nd hand 1/2 hood at right price (Barny's above) to try out and compare, then you could have both to hand depending on weather forecast.

That hood is really nicely taut and smooth, are you sure you want to lose it (and the bows)? I've seen some baggy and ill-fitting ones - this one's a good'un. Has anyone had a half-hood made to suit the full-hood bows - that was going to be one of my winter projects, so that I can still swap-about with the full hood? We use the full hood quite a bit, the heater demister vent keep the screen clear and have got quite slick at entering and exiting the car. I'm also thinking that using the bows would lessen the flapping of a half-hood. I'm also seen someone use a single bow that was a three piece slot-together affair (two uprights and a horizontal) that was slightly higher than the lowish RAC-type bar and a few inches forward, which shortens the distance from the screen to that point - lessening the flapping. That was my other option - make a half-top and full top using one bow, or better still a full-top that unzips to a half-top. As an aside, I have a couple of stiff plastic window blind battens kicking around that I reckon would make good stiffeners for a half-hood, especially slipped into sleeves like a boat sail - pull them out to roll up the top.

he meant, I think, the earlier style kit bodywork compared to ZK, not the FW. With Kit bodywork, while it looks just like the ZK bodywork, there are subtle differences, and the nose, bonnet and scuttle in particular are all a slightly different design and different size to the later ZK type.

from sunny Somerset. Best of luck with your search.

and a bump for these too...