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They 'always' say that the greenest thing you can do with your old car is to keep it!

Well off it went on it’s trailer ride to Germany today! The new owner is a member on here so I’m sure it’ll be well cared for :-) - sad day, however the new beast will keep me from missing it too much...

It’s March’s Meet already, this Thursday, 7.30pm, the Golden Pheasant, Plumley. See you there!

I'll be there.

The two price lists and the Kit Cars International article please including the front cover please. You can save these either as either JPGs or as a PDF file and PM them to me. If you could also PM me the contact details for that magazine (probably on Page 1), I can make an effort to contact them or whoever now owns them to get permission to reproduce it and make @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary happy Thanks!

The first breakfast meeting at Curborough is on Saturday 9th March, 10.30am. Come along in any car that suits the weather that day and have a good old catch up on how your car is running with fellow Westfield experts. The van sells bacon butties and lashings of tea, there will be something interesting wizzing around the track too. For anyone who is coming for the first time the address is Curborough Sprint Course, Netherstowe Lane, Lichfield, WS13 8EJ, follow the brown signs. Toilets are at the entrance as well as down in the paddocks. The Westfield crew are normally near the food wagon. If the weather is ok I will be doing an optional run out up into the Southern part of the Peak District, finishing with a cake stop. Anyone free next Saturday morning?

I stuck your pressie in the garage . Now try and find it Have a good day

Government not interested. You spend £150k on a motorhome, they think its your problem. So many niche markets that utilise diesel, whether for leisure or for business , such as farming , transport such as lorries and buses etc. They have electrified the railway line from Reading to Newbury now. And dont get me wrong its awesome. We dont hear the diesel trains coming out the station now with revving diesels, which used to wake me at my work desk. But ...............from Newbury onwards, the trains convert to diesel again as onwards , westward, its not been done yet and there is no current timescale for it. Also, I still have the life shaken out of me when the big diesel freight trains come through , which to create enough amperage to get that moving if it was electric , would stop most of the other trains on the line with power shortages.

Thanks @Terry Everall - WSCC Competition Secretary its May day bank holiday weekend which I think does clash with SS events but if any cars are available its most appreciated and includes special Stoneleigh benefits for those attending

ISE international swingers exhibition?

Alright Jonsey, I've got the metal work you require for a wide body, message me if you want it Cheers Mark

Hi Mark Ive re-issued the renewal invoice as it was over 12 months since you were last a member, you should have received the renewal invoice to your registered email address, any problems please let me know....... Cheers Mark

See you there Dave. So no foreign trips this time then! Andy

You havent got time for cake as you have a car to get going in the garage Have a great day mate !!

Here you go..... Let me know if you want them emailing directly to you. Paul Harewood weekend and Blyton Sept 2017.docx Pembrey June weekend 2017.docx Rockingham 26 March 2017.docx Rockingham Sunday 25th March 2018.docx Shelsley Walsh May 2018.docx Silverstone Stowe Circuit 3rd June 2018.docx Snetterton 13th and 14th May 2017.docx Three Sisters 29th July 2018.docx Ty Croes 6th and 7th Oct 2018.docx 3 Sisters 21st May 2017.docx Angelsey 29th and 30th April 2017.docx Anglesey 1st and 2nd April 2017.docx Anglesey 7th and 8th April 2018.docx Anglesey May weekend 2018.docx Blyton 11th and12th Aug 2018.docx Blyton 19th and 20th May 2018.docx Blyton July weekend 2017.docx Blyton July weekend 2018.docx CURBOROUGH FIG 8_AINTREE_3 SISTERS 2 LAPPER 2018.docx Curborough Figure of 8 Oct 2017.docx Harewood weekend 15thand 16th Sept 2018.docx

Happy Birthday Kev!

Happy 60th Kev, hope the (willy) enlargement surgery went well...

I will do that for you. Shouldn't take long (I hope). Paul

A superb idea, and just shows what we can do in a positive fashion when we and the factory put our minds to it. As the Captain said though, we do need permission from any third party magazines to reproduce any of their content. In some cases, the factory may already have it though, so all is good!!

The uploading continues! I've caught up now (I think), 20 brochure and 1 price list. I've put them in brochures and price lists in separate sub-categories to make it easier to browse. If you have any that don't appear in those lists, please let me know so we can add it to the library - thank you!

Ah, the media. That's the case. At the time being. For what is socially considered as dangerous. Now. Socially because lawmakers are somewhat not anyhow knowledgeable in basic science. And that tackles only what fart comes out of the exhaust of the car during the time it is driven. Let's say that's at best considering the fresh snow on top of the iceberg. Car building involves emission. Have anyone ever considered where the material that is worn out of tires was going ? Mabe brake dust, too ? What about recycling the car (and a battery powered car is not significantly, at the time being, better or worse recycled / upcycled that their IC counterparts : a car nowadays is a messy tangle of very, very different materials, pretty hard to recycle. Unless it's burn, melt, and grab what's floating. (And wait until a lawmaker figures out the amount of fine particles THESE DAMN FLOWERS emit in spring. Pollen particle filters on trees anyone ?) I believe in electric cars, because they're, to my daily driver usage, better to drive. I don't have range anxiety, because I seldom drive more than a hundred mile in one go. (range anxiety is a funny thing : that's considering the longest drive as basic minimum required mandatory thing. A bit funny, because you're bound to buy a sofa during the year, or something sizeable, you'd buy a van. And I see a LOT of people going on vacation with that weird coffin sized box on the roof, because the car they've bought is not suitable for vacation and need additional luggage. No boot anxiety though ?) (Charging infrastructure is another kettle of fish, but you don't often design a networked system for full-full capacity, like everyone using it to the max. (See broadband providers). I believe charging will happen during the 98% of the cars life time that happen empty, standing still. That would at least work for me, in the case of car ownership. That would not work in the casse of a massive "tomorow everyone en e-wagons with same power infra", obviously. And there's the slight issue of people who don't enjoy a powered parking space. Like most of city dwellers. All in all people will only put in the battery what they have used (plus self discharge and convertion ratios). I am pretty convinced it's a credible way to go : i've witnessed significant amount of people ditching the expensive <insert expensive saloon of your choice> in favor of a model S (socially acceptable, better to drive, power is insane, hard to park and eats rubber like crazy until you quit playing with the silent pedal). If I were (that's a big if) in the market for a new family car I'll be sniffing the hyundai ionic or model 3 (but I'm more at the small rodent-scavenger end of the used market) (so I keep my diesel so old it's going to be able to vote soon, until it just dies, hopefully at the same moment it's deemed illegal-sooty-oil-burner-you-enemy-of-the-atmosphere, I don't believing that scraping 1.5 tons of functionnal product is good for the planet.)

Happy Birthday.

Team TJ - you are doing a great job - thanks for all the prep! - Looking forward to joining in. Simon (Turtles)

Happy birthday. Have a great day

Happy Birthday @Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO & @CosKev

Happy birthday to us mate

Happy birthday. Have a great day

MHR Kev. You probably won’t have time to read this!

Sorry just in but as Geoffrey said that’s it

A little update today as after a 3-month wait (yes really!) I finally collected the wheels from the painters. Things didn't go exactly to plan for them as after two failed attempts at powder-coating they eventually 2-pack painted them as they were having issues with the finish bubbling during baking. We suspect it was some residue left behind from media blasting the original 1968 paint off as there was some soft gunge left behind in the corners of the webs that had to be cleaned out by hand but they didn't want to risk a third attempt at powder-coating hence why they sprayed them. To be fair to Impact Coatings though they honoured the original price we agreed which was actually from a quote they'd given me three years ago.

Yes, that's the one.

They look great I just wanted to be lower and less comfortable than the ones I had

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

Mine’s looking sorry for itself at the moment, lots of winter jobs WIP as part of the refurb, engine back together and ready to fire though, just need to replace the ally scuttle panelling and get the new dash trimmed and wired back in...this weekend’s weather definitely has me suitably motivated!

Somewhere in deepest Lincolnshire yesterday. I'd love to live in that house.