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@Captain Colonial like the idea of having all the brochures available on the forum. Let me do some begging on your behalf and see what I can muster up. Regards Patrick

Hello all I've been thinking that I'd like to add PDFs of all the previous Westfield sales brochures in the Downloads sections for permanent reference and enjoyment. I've got the one for my version, but has anyone got old Westfield brochures you can either scan, or post to me for me to scan and return? Otherwise I'll have to go have a chat and get the begging bowl out at Black Helicopter Central, Kingswinford... TIA!

Due to the spell of mild Feb weather, a late booking was made on Thursday for this one. Weather forecast showed variable amounts of mist and fog were probable, but most were giving a sunny afternoon. It turned out the little bit of morning mist cleared quickly and we had sunshine all day. The day started off badly however. When I started the car on the trailer, I noticed a strange whirring sound.. a bit like a radiator fan, but as I haven't got one I knew it wasn't that! It was the starter motor whirring away! I'm guessing the solenoid contacts must have stuck closed. I hastily disconnected the battery. (no kill switch) It was getting close to briefing time, so I went off and signed on, got briefed and had breakfast. Meanwhile Pete removed the starter, and couldn't find anything obvious wrong with it. Refitted it, and connected it up.. it worked! I then took the car out and bedded in some new brakes, and generally warmed it up, while Pete wandered off and signed on and had his own little briefing. All was good for a few sessions, and then it failed to start again. Starter motor was now falling apart!! It had lost two long bolts that hold it together! Hell's bells!! Pete again removed the motor.. getting quite good at it now.. We couldn't find any replacements for the missing bolts, but managed to hold it together with a couple of tie wraps. Re fitted, and once again its working. Wasn't confident the wraps would hold for long.. but we were out on track again. The starter did eventually fail late in the day, but we gave up on it and bump started the car. Oh and the micalor exhaust clamp snapped at one point, a couple of jubilee clips sorted that one though .. easy peasy! The actual trackday was OK. Quite a few cars by MSV standards, but still no queuing to get out. Neither of us really found anything fast to play with, although there looked to be a few quick cars there. An MR2 with a Honda K20, and a rapid M3. On the other hand there were a few dreadfully slow cars. A couple of Civics and a Ka. 30 to 40mph round Charlies! It would have been good to get a few Westys out but I realise most people need more than a couple of days notice for these things. A few pics from the day, and a video. Pete at the helm. We got a new Gopro with a separate microphone, so through the day I experimented with different mic positions. I started with it right next to the rear K&N air filter. It wasn't a good sound. I think it picked up only No 4 cylinder, and sounded either like an old Prokart, or it had knocked out a big end! On the video below, the mic is on the other side of the engine bay, trying to get a bit of exhaust noise mixed with the intake? Cant make my mind up if it's good or bad but I think next time out I'll continue experimenting with different positions. Any opinions welcome.

@Captain Colonial here's the Mega S2000 two page sales flyer. Just don't remind @CraigHew it shows his 'baby' being gently run in MegaS2000_Oct_2014_P1.pdf MegaS2000_Oct_2014_P2.pdf

Early finish yesterday, and a cheeky little run out in the sunshine!

No probs son!

Think I have some old info the fw400

Good News! Paperwork all done and back from the DVLA, just got to get plates made up! Going to be a long few days waiting for the ‘19’ plate Year to start!! Roll on 1st March!

I've got a couple somewhere will have a look tomorrow

Of course I’d like to include all of tne things being suggested - thanks to you all for such a positive response! I would need to take advice from the esteemed @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary on a few of those so as to avoid any copyright infringements, but we can cross those bridges one at a time.

I think I have a Megabusa original brochure

Its this book. Just need to find it now.............

I've got a copy of Classic and Sportscar with a feature about the pre-lit in if that's wanted.

I've got an old Westfield published book somewhere . It has a black cover ......................must try and find it..................

Oh @IanK (Bagpuss)I've got much worse than that, video's of it on a track day with a "professional" driver giving passenger rides, magazine article describing how it accelerates and sounds when floored etc etc. and that's before the abuse the engine had when it livewd in the donor S2000 car. Still sweet as a nut tho, and the rad doesn't leak, nor the exhaust manifold crack...... @Captain Colonial, are you restricting this to brochures? I have a couple of pdf magazine articles that mine was featured in, and I've certainly read a few others over the years (Tom Frankland's for eg). Do you want to add those too or are there copyright issues?

Think I have the pre-lit 7se one will have a look

I've a couple from various years, I'll try to dig them out and scan for you.

Yes, there were a handful of Ka's, some stickered up for the series. The data is overlay is done by using a V-box sport to get the data, and RaceRender to do the overlaying. I tried a free version first before paying for a better one.. can't remember how much, but wouldn't be too expensive.. cos I wouldn't would I.

The Ka was probably practicing for that new EnduroKa series. what do you use for the video overlay old bean?

Get that car finished for cry out loud. You havent got much time !! Especially wasting it on this thread I was right about you putting the coolant in for the first time, just before you leave for the trip !!

He’s got a whole book to himself up here

British Racing Beige you mean.

A quick gather together and then it was up to The Barrel Inn for a coffee and a catch up on everyone's news The Barrel Inn At The Barrel Inn, parked on the 'sea front' there are wonderful views if the fog would just do one please Then we went for a drive round, the roads were nice and quiet but we did follow a wobble box for a short while, pah, it is February, caravans are not allowed in the Peak District until the summer. The good news is that we did not find any cow poo. We arrived at The Yonderman and most of the motorbikes had already left, apparently it was packed earlier, it is a bit of a breakfast place though and we had come for lunch. The Yonderman Most of us had a full English breakfast for lunch, which set us up nicely for cake time, for which we went to the Insomnia Cafe. Appropriately named because Martyn had a little sleep while Glen held his nose. Coconut and chocolate bar, lemon drizzle, fruit cake and a pecan sponge cake were enjoyed as we sat outside in the sunshine. I had to pity poor Mo, sat at a crossroads with a load of car enthusiasts, who proceeded to name every kind of interesting car that went past. It was surprising just what we all saw, the weather brings them all out I think. We had a laugh though with Glen and Sue and their 'was it a snake or was it a hosepipe story'. We might be a bunch of old farts but we covered some strange topics and had a good laugh along the way, so thank you Chris and Mo, Martyn and Sue for being fabulous company for us.

looks like the wheel is catching the chassis /ali panel, the wheel offset will be different on a car with on axle to independent.try putting a small spacer between the wheel and the brake disc and check clearance on the in side of the wheel and the outside ,adjust thickness as required