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Had a great run to our hotel via the Kutai pass one or two stray cows and horses to avoid 😁

Well, thanks again for all the ideas chaps It's given me a huge range to mull over and it's really opened my eyes to what's available, a lot of stuff I'd not even considered! There's a bit more to this than I've mentioned so far, but I've decided what to do... In short I'm hoping to be able to work back up through some of the cars in this thread in the future, but for now the divorce I'm having to deal with (and the fairly unsavoury circumstances surrounding it) means I'm unlikely to ever be in this position again. So I've decided to go balls out. You only live once and all that. Have some final arm-wrestling to do with the dealer on the finer details, but should be collecting this little fella next week all being well... I currently have an F430 Spider which I had planned to hang onto as an investment, but honestly I don't really enjoy driving it. The coolest thing about that car has been letting mates drive it, random strangers asking to take a look (and seeing how chuffed they are that the answer is always yes!), my mum getting really excited by the bl**** wonderful noise it makes - but it always felt a bit fragile and as an 'investment' I didn't want to drive it as much as it deserved. It would have ended up being sold as part of the divorce settlement anyway so seems pointless to hang onto it. So for now I might as well chop that in and go for something that's a bit more 'me' - nerdy rather than flamboyant, amazing engineering, slightly more understated and more usable from day to day. I test drove a 650S and it felt a bit too hardcore. Insanely fast but perhaps a bit too 'focused' for road driving. This seems like a nice balance. There are many horror stories about huge warranty bills and massive depreciation, but going into it with open eyes, a lump of cash in reserve just in case and a top warranty from Thorney Motorsport, I'm hoping I can just enjoy it and deal with any issues pragmatically should they arise!

@Si.Dalziel kindly emailed his config (which I’d sent him). I then sent it to RT. we’re safely off the train and dropping suspension down back to normal height- they drive terrible with them wound up 😱

MAny thanks to @Mistercorn , the Team at RT and DHL for allowing a parcel intercept at Innsbruck. Bagpuss now has a working dash, let the fun begin 👍

@IanK (Bagpuss) Going for it!

What beautiful weather!!! Finished work a bit early and scooted off to Ardnamurchan again. Beer and BBQ now, cutting the grass will have to wait 😁

Train is rather warm and cosy 😁 No problem getting the cars on the train. We didn’t get our hoops bashed in or our sumps fowled.

Great pictures. why are you not wearing the cat suit ?

Cars great Stu, done more. miles so far in a week than in the last two or three years!

Hey Guys Go onto one of these stores on Ebay & use voucher code PAYDAY20 & you will save 20%

For sale is my Westfield Fw with V8 Bonnet. I have built and owned this car from new and it has been extensively modified into a fantastic road / track prepped car it is today. The car was built using new components and so registered in 2011 with age related plate. Engine spec. 2.0 litre new Ford Zetec black top crate engine stripped and modified to produce 340 bhp. New TTS / Rotrex C30/94 supercharger kit. JE forged pistons. Eagle H beam armoured con rods. ARP rod bolts. King heavy duty mains and big end bearings. Gas flowed and ported head carried out at cylinder head developments including Kent focus 12 camshafts shimmed to suit with Kent adjustable Vernier pulleys and heavy duty valve springs. Up rated Focus Rs oil pump. Raceline water rail. Raceline aluminium sump. Custom built / modified Pulsar GTR plenum fitted with VDO 630CC injectors. Jenvey 45 throttle bodies running with Omex 600 ECU setup. Coolex heavy duty 70mm Coolant radiator and Revotec hi flow fan. Custom built intercooler / piping / ducting. Westfield 4 into 1 exhaust with repackable silencer recently filled with Acoustafill packing (94db). Drive line. 7 inch 4.1 ratio LSD diff built by Bara motorsport. Mt75 gearbox with quick shift lever. Ap racing 5 paddle Ceramic clutch. Braking and suspension. Running standard track with Playskool front and rear anti roll bars. Gaz shocks with heavy duty springs. Hi-spec front 4 pot calipers with new Mintex M144 pads. Standard Golf fitment rear calipers fitted with new Brembo pads. Ap racing master cylinder. Westfield light weight Aluminium front uprights fitted with Westfield Aluminium hubs. 13 inch Team Dynamic 1.2 pro race wheels fitted with Toyo 888R Tyres. 2.4 Quickrack steering rack with quick release suede steering wheel. Exterior. Full roll cage from Westfield (built by caged) Westfield 2 piece tinted aero screen. 4 inch Dominator headlamps. Softbits for sevens vinyl half doors (not fitted) Carbon NV flared side panels and scuttle top panel. Carbon effect rear arch protectors. Carbon effect front wheel arches. V8 style bonnet. Interior. Westfield cross stitched quilted turbo seats with red piping with 4 point harnesses. Vdo analogue dash gauges. Longacre Wide view mirror fitted to cage. Westfield lowered floor pans. Carbon chassis rail protectors. General details. The car has covered approx. 6900 miles since new however the new engine build has only covered 2000 miles with the supercharger kit being introduced in 2017. The car comes with many receipts and build folder. Full suspension and geometry setup in March 2019 by Northampton Motorsports. Car has just had a full service and will have a new mot as of next week. The car is in excellent overall condition and ready to be used. The car was built to be road legal however track inspired to which the supercharger gives a great linear power delivery. The car is ready to be viewed and driven away, I am happy to take for passenger road test. I am looking for £18,950 to fund another project. Please feel free to call Jim 07879 473727.

Living in soggy Scotland, we use our full hood quite a lot and have got very slick at entering and exiting our respective seats. But if we try to do it when we’ve swapped seats, we look like baby giraffes exiting the womb!

On the way to work...... ....I may have got lost..... ........ and taken a longer route..... ..than the tintop takes.

Just spoke to DHL and I’m collecting the parcel in Innsbruck at 10:00. It was originally on a end of Fri delivery to the hotel👏 So whilst the rest of the gang wind down their suspension, I’ll be collecting and fitting my Dash2

Having visited Le Mans on two excelent road trips in 2017 & 2018, it feels rather strange being at home this year. Especially seeing posts on here and social media of others doing Le Mans 2019. On Tues 25th June, I depart from home with @Greenstreak-Andy D @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary & @westyjord87 joining me in the Peak District. We're crossing from Hull to Zeebrugge, driving to Dusseldorf and then taking the night train to Innsbruch. We've then got 3 days of Alp pass blatting planned, folowed by a drive home via the Porsche Museum in Stuggart and the Ring. We'll try to update as we travel, though can't guarantee the tale to be told as well as those on the recent Switzerland trip! Other than Dave's car still completing winter upgrades and Jordan's got no front discs, we're ready!

Hi Luke Welcome on board See you at the pub Glutey

You mean try and CHASE a 675lt one day 🤣🤣

Yeah Honda engines are so cheap 😱

Good until Sunday at least. We put up with a fair amount of moisture as well but when it’s like this there is nowhere better. Going to head over to Kyle tomorrow after work, pretty much the same road we did when you were doing your tour.

Will also be there for this one! Weather looks great!

I think you'll find that's the Anglicised version of the name. it's actually Hard'Yin's wall, build to keep out the hard'yins from the north - that being the McWesty clan with their hopped-up bullock carts!

Improving my Tig skills.

Surely it would have been more fun without a dash and just driving by the seat of your pants lol

Well it’s no Mini Cooper Convertible! Enjoy!

Before getting in, take your phone out of your pocket and keys or anything else you might need as one your in, forget it. Hang the seatbelts out both sides, over the tunnel and hanging out the side as once in getting hold of them is bl**** impossible and I always forget and think I look like a right whally trying to get the belts out from behind me. In, no problem, try to stand on the exposed chassis rail just in front of the seat, and then hands on tunnel and side, slide your backside down into the seat, then start fiddling around to get everything in place. Out, not so easy. Bring your knees up if you can to get your feet on the same rail for getting in. Belts hangin to either side and then I sort of "shimmy" up the back of the seat using my hands on the tunnel and side panel and pushing with your legs. Once your legs are about straight you should be able to maneuver a let out, followed by the other leg. I've yet to see a way of doing this by anybody that does not make you look a bit clumsy, let alone with a roof on. One thing I would get in your head is not to touch the steering wheel during either operation, and keep a check on the wheel as WF had a recall notice on the one I was supplied with, where basically the rivets holding the outer wheel to the inner failed and I ended up with it in my hands. (Mountney Classic Steering Wheel) https://westfield-sportscars.co.uk/downloads/mountney-steering-wheel-recall-notice.pdf Graceful is not a description you can use

Got in to and out of mine with the roof on once... 😫 Fitted an RAC roll bar so the roof no longer fits... 😊

@IanK (Bagpuss) Were you able to send your config file to RT so they could load it for you. Im all for taking a few tools on a tour but never thought about a laptop before?! 🤔

I stand on my seat and slip elegantly down... Well that's the intention. Same in reverse to get out holding on to sil and tunnel as per Nigel0. Of course getting in or out with the roof on is a whole different event, one that results in one limb being left out... Usually a leg Still working on that maneuver...

I’m in Colchester on Monday night so happy to courier to Ashford, Milton Keynes or M1 up to Chesterfield...

My dad is selling his S2000. Had i had the spare cash, i would have bought it, and chucked it in a Westy. https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/honda/s2000/honda-s2000-16v-2002--white/9763550 Would also mean you would have 42k odd left from your 50k budget!

As i missed the recent alps trip i'm planning another for sept 2020. I'm really interested in the night train route. Looking forward to watching your journey unfold

Been following the Retropower Gordon Murray mk1 Escort full restoration on youtube. The car is now nearing completion. Now that's a proper job...