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New product @Chris Broster - Bristol & Bath AO We are now a proud supplier of tillett seats. We had a special show price which received lots of interest. @Rednop1 stop teasing people...

Hi Chris, You have PM.

Hi, I joined at Stoneleigh, after recently finally buying a Westy. Based in mid -wales and took my lad for quick spin last night enjoying the good weather, plenty of jobs to do to get it how I want, but that's half the fun I suppose. Cheers Rob

Johnny Walker first began producing racing cars in 1965 with his prototype Walker Type 65, the following year the JW4 Mk2 his first production racing car was released to the market at the 1966 Olympia Racing Car Show. Chassis 6010 was originally built to Class 1 formula IV regulations with a 250cc single cylinder engine and later a 500cc Velocette but following the demise of Formula IV in the UK the car was to discover a new life as a hillclimb special in the hands of Ronald and John Shapley. By the mid-1970's Shapley had developed the car far beyond its origins. Carrying sponsorship by Carburol Oils and fitted with an 1050cc Kawasaki Z1 engine success was to follow within the racing car class that lead to a multi page feature in the pages of Car and Car Conversions. After the chassis eventually succumbed to the abuse of power far beyond that for which it was originally designed a full rebuild was commissioned from JW4 aficionado Rod Pickup in Blackburn that included additional bracing and reinforcement to the JW4 chassis. Over the following years the car passed between several owners and underwent further bodywork changes along the way until the Carburol Special was to eventually return to the ownership of Rod Pickup. Rod stripped down the car for restoration but progress stalled and sadly due to his sudden death in 2014 this rebuild was not be completed and the Carburol Special was sold again to its present owner. This car has now completed a chassis up rebuild over the last 3 years and is presented in 1966/7 class F4/2 Formula IV specification with all latter period modifications to the chassis retained. The surviving original parts have all been refurbished and used throughout the restoration but where unavailable or lost replacements have been sourced or made accurately to the original factory drawings and tooling. The chassis is presently fitted with a mock 500cc Triumph unit twin to give future owners flexibility in their final choice of championship or alternatively for static display. The car has a fully documented competition, owner and photographic history and has been rebuilt to comply with current MSAUK Regulations. With the right engine it is eligible for historic sprint, hillclimb in the 600cc classes, HSCC Formula Junior (Class G7) and 500 Formula 3 circuit racing offering potential buyers a very affordable entry into historic Motorsport or to enjoy in a private collection. Chassis: Retaining all latter modifications, reinforcement and alterations. Shot blasted; zinc pre-treatment and powder-coated Wheels: 10" JA Pearce Magna Alloys fitted with Falken FK-07E Tyres Shocks & Springs: Protech 400 Series single adjustable with Faulkner 8" 100lbs springs front and 125lbs rear. Suspension Uprights: JW4 Magnesium Brakes: BMC Mini 8" hydraulic drum brakes front and rear fitted with aluminium Minifin drums. Steering: Bespoke JW4 Rack and Pinion Wishbones and trailing arms: Rose Jointed and Bright Nickel Plated Safety: 1-1/2" Diameter CDS ROPS, MSAUK period defined Bodywork: New JW4 Mk2 3-piece moulding by Applied Fibreglass This is a unique opportunity to own one of the last few remaining JW4's and with a full history. With a guide price of £13,500, serious sensible offers are invited and prospective buyers are encouraged to contact me to discuss the car and for further details. The car is located in Colchester which for buyers who may be interested that are overseas is 30 minutes from the Port of Harwich for Ferries to the Hook of Holland and 2 hours from the Port of Dover for Ferries to Calais. The car will also be on display at Crystal Palace in London for Motorsport at the Palace on 26th/27th May 2019. For more information about the Johnny Walker JW4 and Formula IV please see the build thread for this car and my other JW4 at http://www.jw4.co.uk Thank you for reading Mark E. wsccessex@btinternet.com

Something is so important the glasses have come off Wake up these pesky volunteers The serious face Are the volunteers keeping warm in here? Will all that bbq food fit in this belly Lots of love from your favourite fan, Julie 6th Gear, Hotel Navigator and Mr Passenger Hall's other arf Thank you for a fantastic weekend

Today I have put my OCD to bed..... I bought a watch winder last week, set the thing in motion after setting the times on the 4 watches, outstanding accuracy from all 4 watches.... see piccy! It's amazing that the Tissot has matched the Breitling almost to the second and the cheaper dive watches are not that far off. I reckon a medal or at least some beer tokens should be made available to the inventor of the watch winder, just as a token of my gratitude ! Nem........

Well, after many years of hiring similar things for odd days, and before I get too old to get in one I have taken the plunge and purchased a Westfield. Hopefully a nice entry level 1998 wide with 2.0 pinto. I think I have broken all my normal rules and purchased this sold unseen but from what looks like a nice garage in Hexham so hopefully I have done the right thing!. Weather permitting should pick it up on thursday and then just got to drive the 350miles back home afterwards. Really excited and a little anxious 😀

Yes @marcusb, very good of you to remember! Would you believe it, there are still many amongst us who think the Westfield is only for the weekends... To those I will say, go on, try taking it to work! Bring a smile to the car parks of your office 🏙️🏎️😍

Welcome from Hampshire Old school is cool

Hi Gary my self and laura are at the same accomodation as your self

Done.

@Quinten 2019 National Drive your Westfield to work day is FAST approaching

from another old school Pinto owner. The car looks great, enjoy it!

The office car park is looking good today😁

I don't get the watch winder thing AT all. A watch is a machine, and as a machine, has a limited lifespan. Should be a sealed environment, so the time ageing should be mostly irrelevant... Why have them working? I do have about 35 watches... most of them mechanical, a fairly few, automatic also. I would never consider having them working for the sake of it... When I do have to use them, a quick spin to the manual winder, and a few more in your wrist, and the thing is going. Set the time is a 30 seconds operation if there is calendar to set, 10 seconds if not.

They sell tea & cakes too!

Sounds good to me too . Hopefully i will be in the red car !

Good News re the CAT issue, I have fitted the following, a Redback Fault Correction Mini Catalytic Converter which is available fro Demon Tweeks for £76 I did the sprint at Curborough at the weekend and advised the scrutineer of my issue at Anglesey and what I had fitted. He was happy with this and i was allowed me to run with no issues. I also asked him to 'positively endorse' my MSA vehicle passport for future reference to this effect. He examined the mini cat at lunchtime (asking to see inside it which is a 10 sec job to remove it), I also provided him with description printed from Demon Tweeks advert, along with the invoice. I was lucky that my exhaust already had a take off for a lamba sensor that is blanked off, so all I have done is now fit the blanking plug to the end of the mini fault correction CAT Worst case for anyone that doesn't have one fitted is that you would have to get one welded in So I now have a CAT fitted! Redback's Catmini is designed for cars with Cat Replacement pipes. As the name suggests it is a miniature catalytic converter. It mounts onto the cat replacement pipe lambda sensor hole and filters the exhaust gasses going to the lambda sensor. On cars with cat replacement pipes this will mean the lambda sensor is reading the exhaust gasses through catmini. This should remove the emissions warning light and prevent any ECU issues. Please note that this only filters gas going to the lambda sensor, not gas leaving the rear of the exhaust. While a vehicle fitted with one of these will not show an error light it will not pass an emissions test. Fits M18x1.5 thread size.

My first group run of 2019 - Considering the modest numbers, it was a great day yesterday (apart from the unbelievably slow motorbikes - 35-40mph on NSL roads - what a waste...) Anyway - great to see another newbie to the posse - it means I'm not the newbie now! "TwoCakesMike" is going to stick...🍩🍰 I'm pretty sure I've never driven directly behind Andrew's SEight before - that was a pleasurable education Great roads, very dry (although a bit bumpy in places). One thing not mentioned so far is that whilst Julie managed to avoid cow crap on the roads, she still managed to seek it out being sprayed all over a field 🤢 Looking forward to the next one now!

paddy could this be the new full carbon fw bodywork ?

Just back from first run out this year.. perfect Norfolk sea view!

exciting!!! Scared

Got up this morning and left home at 6.30am to glorious weather. My poor neighbours, I do always try to leave quietly. Was lovely on the roads and I just took my time and enjoyed the drive. These pictures are in Whitby. How was your morning?

Everyone snaps eventually! 🤣

Full carbon body?

Just ordered a new European Health Insurance Card, it should be here just in time. It won't cover me in Switzerland so if I die can you drag me over the border, please?