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Thrustyjusin meets #2 Riposte! Justin had kindly offered to help with my side screens and Halfhood fitting, I was a bit nervous to be honest not helped by Karen’s leg pulling about my date turning up soon! I heard his black Honda powered WF arrive as he neatly reversed into the driveway. He quickly put me at ease and generously gave me some parts for my car. We had a tour around his beautiful car ( why hadn’t I gone for the Honda engine! ) And sorted out the problems I was having with the hood! I was struck with the symmetry of our lives, Minis, two children, two dogs, tortoise WF. ( Although he is not aware yet of how nasty Tortoises are yet! ) Justin kindly took me for a spin and confirmed for me that building and owning a WF was a good decision and how reassuringly planted his car and mine feels on the road. Up to this point I was not aware that I was his next Thrustyjusin meets victim so my answers were a bit rubbish. looking forward to the next instalment. Chris

In America the leader was an older man who had built things, which many saw as good, as previously much was spent on Space and armaments and the Country needed repairs. The new leader was called TOP TRUMPS. Older people cannot stand a lot of noise so when the young North Korean leader started playing with his very noisy rockets a shouting match ensued. However later they meet and discovered they shared a mutual interest in extravagant hairdos. They got on really well, the shouting stopped and everyone was pleased. A blonde lady called MS ORAL DESTINY had made films for people called adults. She said she and the American leader had been to a fair, but he said not. Some people thought this might be feck news. In America there were more guns than people and this made people so nervous they had to sleep with guns under their pillows. This nervousness resulted in many having to seek costly therapy from a private health system. Britain had very few guns which was just as well as our taxpayer funded health system couldn't afford readily accessible therapy. However Britain did have Gregs and comfort eating. Meanwhile in Russia the leader, PUTIN, (so named because he'd been put in the job for life) had been re-elected. He was ex-KGB (karate green belt). Another country to the south west of Russia had experienced a nuclear power station explosion some years earlier which created a radioactive cloud--the country was called NUKE RAIN. The eastern part of the country was mostly Russian speakers and was called CRIMEAREA. NUKE RAIN was quite bad at paying its gas bill to Russia so eventually PUTIN sent in the bailiffs to claim goods and they claimed the whole of CRIMEAREA. This upset Western politicians, and especially the EU, who had hoped to reach 50 states and be the same as America. The EU had wanted NUKE RAIN to join as it has passed the poverty criteria, but that seemed unlikely now it was just half a country. France had a new, young, energetic leader called RON MAC who was so young he was still at school. To reduce air pollution from cars and lorries RON increased fuel duty which many struggled to afford. The new tax went down with the poor about as well as the Guillotine at an 18 century Royal get-together. Before long the peasants were revolting (again) and buildings and cars were in flames creating more fumes than the tax was designed to avoid. RON then cancelled the new fuel duty; (when politicians do this it is NEVER A U-TURN and is called listening and responding to the needs of the electorate). In Britain much comfort eating had resulted in our becoming the fat man of Europe (a title that infuriated the Belgians who thought it was rightfully theirs). The only way to stop being the fat man of Europe was to leave. After Britain had voted to leave the EU in DAVID of CAMEROON's EU NEVERENDUM, the new leader MOTHER THERESA had activated the withdrawal procedure and the exit date was 29 March 2019. As the EU had never intended anyone to leave, the exit door was very narrow and a minimum 2 year process was in place to allow Britain to slim down and fit thru the exit door. Some, including our PM, thought a longer transition to exit would be best. However Britain had a leading Brexiteer, a slim, aristocratic gentleman called JAKE of GREASE MOB. He was convinced we should just push our way out on 29 March 2019. Some opposed the idea saying this would be a very damaging 'broken Brexit' while JAKE said there would only be superficial bruising and no lasting damage. The true nature of Brexit will be decided in the next few months. Only two things are clear; politics never ends but we pray to God that Brexit ends SOON. ============================================================================================

When we are happy to allow £20K engines , gearbox casings made from unobtainiun etc then a passenger seat is irrelavant IMHO

Finish it

Taking weight loss to the extreame

Happy Birthday Adge - don't forget to take a very big breath before you try and blow out all those candles...….

So, today, I went for a drive in the Westie to meet another WSCC member and Westie builder. Weirdly he lives on one of my regular blat routes and never knew he was 100 yards off the road I travel on quite regularly. Fairly well hidden away from the main road in a very peaceful location................ until I turned up Today I went to see Chris Brading , who is now post - IVA and itching to get the strip down and final things done before enjoying the fruits of his labours, which are well documented in his build thread. Must make a special mention to both the dogs and the tortoise ........ Seems home from home. So, a few questions to which was quickly scribbled over #2 cup of tea . This was mainly because I wasnt expecting to be going to see him today and was a bit of a spur of the moment thing to help with roof and door poppers , so dropped the tools and poppers over to Chris to finish his hood and doors at his own pace. So Chris , full name please ? : Chris Brading Whats your occupation ? : I am a mechanical inspector for Oxford University Estates. Nothing fancy, just a job really. What made you decide to build a Westfield ? Always been into cars and in the early days ( 1982!) had a Mini 1275 GT , which didn't last long , so transplanted it into a Mk2 mini and it all fits the same ! Then marriage , 2 kids, dogs, cats and tortoise and 30 years later , wanted to build a car. Any plans in the car trip wise now its finished ? I did dream about going to the Nurburgring with my son, Ben , but it does look really narrow !!! Any planned mods for the car yet ?: No, not yet. Once the IVA changes are done, need to recover for a bit ! What did you think IVA was like ? Its was very stressful , but it did go really well . Other than a loose lock nut on a rose joint it went through easily. Carbon Fibre ?: Yes, I have the roll bar covers on , so a little bit so far for now. So, how helpful was the forum with your build and questions asked ?: It was a real help . It is the only forum I am on and to be honest, I am obsessed with it . It is a very useful place to be . So, with Chris not able to use his car, I said I would take him out for a loop round in mine, so to keep the enthusiasm going to get his car on the road and chase the DVLA for the reg number. Chris has done a great job on his car , with lots of personal touches , such as rear diagonal carbon ( he didnt mention that in the carbon question ?) rings on the roll bar . He should be understandably proud of his build and I hope he gets many enjoyable miles in the future with it . So, as was getting dark ( was almost when I got home) I bid farewell and hope to meet up when his car gets road legal for a blat out somewhere. Nice to meet you Chris and thanks for the tea's

I didn’t see that Tim, but will stick it back on and see how it goes on the second charge. It did put a charge in the battery because it did start the car this afternoon. Cheers for the the tip, I must start reading all of the manual and not just parts of it .

Dave, you're a champ. I was a bit surprised that no-one from the committee broached this last time, as it's the club's name if it goes Pete Tong. I'll PM you, thanks. To get the thread back on track, here's another vid.

If thats what the people above believe Julie , then I am open to their thoughts. Remember I have patented this idea though

I can see that the locals would get upset when 95 cars all of a sudden turn up and take over a car park, or villagers getting tetchy over a long line of 95 side exhausts making a racket while they sip Pims on their croquet lawns. Bet the chippie owners weren't grumbling though! There will always be one person who moans to the council, police etc. I think for the mystery run, the staggered start will spread out the cars, the leisurely pace with no requirement to keep up with cars in front (dodgy speed and overtaking), and the day being a run/tour devoid of any timing/competition, will negate any issues.

Good run around Cheshire today stopping at The Lodge Oulton Park, then stopping for a posh breakfast at the Lockgate Coffee House where John D picked up the bill for all three of us, thanks John. Car cleaned and put away now till next year Jeff

Happy Birthday.

It could be worse than a T shirt ...............

Where did he get the curtains from? I want to get some (just a bit thinner)

I bought a DA polisher and wish to try to improve Buttercups bodywork as she is showing her age.

Unfortunately no opportunity to get mine out for a run this month but at least it got a quick clean :-)

Basically seats have to be secure for the mot . The full manual is available online . Securing methods aren't specified so down to discretion of tester , the question your tester would need to answer is how secure also bear in mind a 4pt+ seat belt holds driver or passenger sandwiching seat between occupant and body . All subjective really .

Thanks for all your birthday wishes. Having a relaxing day, unfortunately not exactly Westie weather in soggy, muddy Somerset. Hopefully we'll see the sun one day soon!

Brad, we’ll need to liase on this one, but essentially, I was right, twelve cars is the magic number, staggered or not doesn’t matter, but if we have more, there are a couple of things we need to do. Nothing too onerous though. The time line will start not more than six months pre event, and not less than four for one item, and two for one of the others. Probably easiest if we have a chat on the phone first thing in the new year. I’ll do all the notifying on behalf of the Club, I’ll just need certain info in certain forms from you. Like I say it’s essentially basic/trivial info, but just makes sure everything is compliant!

Happy birthday Adge!

Enjoy these insights into "Westie" people. Keep going TJ

Happy b-day buddy

We'll find out when my car is built I guess PS: you're right about my rear end.

Have a good one @AdgeC

Keep it up TJ.

maybe you have a well padded rear end Adam

MHR

I know it's 'Them Other Lot', but 60 cars at the start and 95 by lunchtime, for a fish & chip run?! I will be absolutely over the moon to get 20+ for our Scottish Lowlands Mystery Run in August.

Happy Birthday @AdgeC

Mhr adge!

Many happy returns @AdgeC

All the best

Happy Birthday!

And now you've brought my attention to this thread I've finally taken the decision to buy a CTEK 5.0 to try and recover my Oddersy what has been sat on my bench without charge for 18 months! If it works it will be money saved but I know it's a lot to ask. I'll at least have my old charger to sell.

Have a fab day Adge

No, going to see Francis Rossi on Saturday night.

The guys are pretty local to me in Shropshire. I’ve asked them if I/we can visit in the spring to see the car and have a chat & cuppa. Richard has replied and seems supportive. I’ll get back in touch with him after the winter.