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Hi all! After about 40 years hankering after a sevenesque car, I finally took the plunge at the weekend and I'm the very proud owner of a gorgeous Westfield! I've always been a petrol head and have recently put together a track day R53 BMW Mini (that my eldest is now inheriting). Being 6ft 4 I wanted a wide bodied car and ideally a 2.0 zetec or redtop, and I also like the more modern cycle wing look. After much searching, I finally found one I fell in love with, a '96 SEIW in yellow and carbon fibre with a 2.0 blacktop, twin 45 Weber's, TD 1.2's, Gaz coilovers etc and loads of history. John, the previous owner (a really nice guy!) was a long term member of the WSCC and recommended I join. I'm sure people here will know the car. She's not perfect or a show car, but she's all mine! 😁 I'm looking forward to meeting some other owners (weather permitting!) and picking your brains when I inevitably start fettling, fixing and upgrading! Great to be part of the Club! Rob

Finally managed to get out and enjoy the Summer - Chew Magna, en route to Cheddar Gorge for some aural pleasure and an ice cream!

Looks cool. Hopefully meet you sometime on the Peak District trips. Keep a look out in the ‘local area meets’ on this site - no doubt it wouldn’t be long before a trip out is organised!

On the IVA test ramp yesterday! Hopefully be able to get a few shots of it on the road soon!

Early start for 7:30 MOT slot...

Nice evening, so just had to.

Parked up on a very foggy morning at the Stokes Bay Car Show..

Car out on driveway whilst cleaning out the garage. Getting closer to thinking about applying for the IVA

Hi all, Acquired the car a few months ago and keen to find out anything I can about the history as don't have all that much. Kind regards, Nick.

Hi and welcome and nice looking motor...hope you enjoy...

OK.. thats good for this stage.. I think plenty of places left at the moment... i will let you know if I definitely go ahead... or definitely don't!!!

All sounds good to me. So far we have Kev P x2 Nick Bernie Tim Mike Dean Kev T Barry any more??

Fantastic looking car, nice clean lines and lovely traditional colour!

with about 350 bhp on tap i doubt anything will feel 'blunted' in that machine @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary

Lovely car and nice to see some snazzy different wheels - fingers crossed for a pass and first drive!

Cool car. Welcome from Buckinghamshire. Love your enthusiasm!

Hello Rob, car looks great...

Welcome from sunny Scarborough.

Have to take your hat off to this young Frenchman (even if he did make a rookie error in the race) never mind elbow sliders - he needs shoulder pads!

On hillclimbs it is practice to pass the beam and then let the marshalls roll you back down the hill till the beam is broken Stopping short of the beam makes sense when the start is on the flat (such as Blyton). Marshalls are not too keen (understatement!) on pushing a car that has stopped before the beam up the hill particularly in heat at Loton 🥵🥵

Good to talk to you on Sunday, I hope you all had a good weekend. Spending all 3 days in orange overalls trackside was a bit toasty, but did have some advantages when the FI demo was on.

Agreed, if that was a baby, the midwife wouldn't know which end to slap first!

Meet at Curborough Sprint Course, Lichfield, WS13 8EJ ,10.30/11am for a wander into the paddocks to see some of the Speed Series folks and watch them on track. Afterwards we can pop up into the Peak District, perhaps to Wetton for some lunch if anyone fancies it. Hope to see some of you there xxx

Great day out, will stay in my memory for a very long time, massive thanks to all and great photos and a fantastic trip around some fantastic sceenary CAKE

Perhaps this should be relayed to the man doing the briefing It all makes perfect sense when explained, but I guess unless you do the start line job you'll never know!

How very strange, exactly 1 year ago today I led a run back from Curborough along the route that @NigelO took us on Saturday. These are the pictures of the Blithfield reservoir that we drove over. We haven't been on that road since, what a coincidence. Good old facebook with it's '1 year ago' posts.

While you are browsing, make sure to use private mode. The big rental firms are b*******s for upping the price each time you visit as soon as their website spots the cookies. I always go with the full insurance package myself. Had a shunt one visit . At first it looked like it was just a minor ding on the boot lid, then I realised it was about 6” shorter than it had been when I collected it. Just drove it back to the rental place, dropped off the keys and asked for a new one. Quick form signing exercise and good to go, no penalties, no hassles.

Thats a tricky one to answer, as with kit like this there often aren't the aftermarket range of off-the-shelf options where you can say brand a is better than b, etc. You've just got to examine it, if you're not sure what you're looking at, then photos, lots of photos, paste them up and someone will be able to take a look and at least give you an idea. Neat loom construction, with proper cable support, sheathing, booted connectors etc are all good identifiers of a well made, quality loom, but there's so much more to it than that, and is often hard to explain, sorry. When viewing and evaluating Westfields, one of the best pieces of advice I've ever seen, is to look at as many as you can; it doesn't matter if they're for sale or not, or even the right engine! The more you see - and speak to the owners, to get the background info, the more you'll get a feel for what's good and what's Ok, and what's not so good. Generally speaking, assuming everything is actually done correctly, the more OCD someone has been during a cars construction, the better!

Its fixed in with dzus fasteners you know. 😉

Ho hum... That was earlier today, its now back together again.