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@LukeW and @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary straight there helping @RallyVW with his car, what a great club this is. Curry request noted.

I think I’ve got it covered ,#Stealthmode 😂

Couple more

Some small snipits of brid run yesterday taken on my front and rear dash cam for reference my Not had chance to edit properly had 4 hrs of film to look front and 4 hrs reverse but heres a few bits in no order thanks john

Really enjoyed it thanks. Wets the appetite for a tour!

Bet your car was the best sounding one there.

It’s in bike carbs with electronic engine (ignition) management, that’s a substantially different proposition from an old (Classic) Weber or Delorto set up. It does appear to have at least a partial rebuild at some recent stage, including a new (crate) Zetec motor. It’s also got some very nice, and expensive, parts on it, like the Siltech rear wishbone conversion to go with the Westfield Widetrack front end. Its not miles out price wise given what can be seen of the spec, and if it’s an uprated gearbox as well, then the deal would be even sweeter! Yes, as Steve said, do be aware that with the old type Kit Bodywork, individual panels can’t be interchanged with the current equivalent ZK style panels. But, it’s only the nose, bonnet and scuttle that don’t match properly, so you could put ZK versions of them on a Kit tub, should the need ever arise. As for the age, meh! As is repeatedly said over and over by many of us on here, buy on condition, not age! While the latest chassis has improvements to it compared to a mid 90’s example, strength in particular - this applies more if you wanted to use the car as a basis for a big power conversion. That said, there is generally plenty of choice at this sort of price point, so do look at as many cars as you can, it all helps put what you’re looking at into some sort of context, and helps you work out what sort of features and spec are useful to you.

@RallyVW i have a couple spare indicator pods you can have FOC if they are the standard WF ones?

Well what a day. Thanks to @Julie Hall - Peak District AO For a great run out as usual. Well @MattV I can only say I'm glad I was taught by one of the best drivers I know, it's a shame he's no longer with us to tell me off for going off but he would of been proud of the fact I chose the grass. Pesky sticks didn't do too much damage thankfully and in true Westfield style a quick snip with the wire snips to remove a floppy indicator and some brute force to straighten the cycle wing bracket we were on our way again. Apologies if we gave you a fright @MattV. Kids in bed now so car stripped and ready for some new parts before our next adventure.

Meet at Sainsburys Matlock, SAT 10.30am for a wiggle around the Peak District on a route yet to be set. Don't be on a diet, just breathe in and you'll be fine. I will set the date later in the week when we have the weather report. DATE IS SET FOR SATURDAY 4TH JANUARY. Anyone free?

@Adge Cutler- Dorset AO Have a good one.

It’s our first meet of the new year, and a new decade, this Thursday, 7.30pm The Golden Pheasant, Plumley! That’s if anyone can still move, after the Christmas and New Years nosh and booze!

I watched it earlier what an amazing job of editing it all together. My personal favourite moment was Jordan clearly getting annoyed at being passed on the ring then putting in a great lap. It really does light the fire into finishing the car and doing trips like that.

Thanks all. Grandchildren gone home, peaceful Doom Bar now

Happy Birthday Adge!

Totally epic. Brilliant @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO really enjoyed last night. Andy

Running Jan / Feb first outing March / April depending on weather!

#almost invisible 👤😂

Ah, the Bloodhound, google Bloodhound Car, it's the same colour and nearly as fast 😀

Enjoy the Doom Bar and Grandchildren...…..

Yes, a very happy Birthday Adge 👍👍

It absolutely does, doesn't it!

Happy birthday adge. Hope the cake was big enough for all them candles

I will probably go again next year but only for the saturday

Happy Birthday Adge

Good run out today bit Chilly and foggy at first but when the sun came out a pleasant afternoon .It was my first visit to CF and I enjoyed the experience ,there was a great mix of cars Ferrari,Aston Martin,Porsche ,TvR ,American ,Mini ,fords ,VW basically everything you could think of and of course a few kits. Its well worth a visit if you’ve never been ,basically a year round car meet venue serving food and drink where all you need to be welcome is a love of cars . I met up with Stuart and His Cobra in Coventry then travelled down the Fosseway To CF where we met @LukeW we spent an hr there before heading our separate ways .I took the long route home and racked up 180ish miles all in all a good day out

MHR Adge.

Nice job Ian. just finished watching it form end to end. Excellent.

Just to add aswell. That has 'kit' bodywork which is no longer available and the newer 'zk' bodywork isn't interchangeable. Only an issue should you need to change any bodywork but worth bearing in mind. Having looked again I'd agree with craig it looks a bit on the pricey side for a 25 year old car on carbs. A newer injected car should easily be in that price range especially this time of year.

Just watched some of the film. Really enjoyed what I watched so far. Bet you had fun making it. I love all the little animations.

I'll prefeace my comments by agreeing with Steve above.....but I wouldn't by a 25 year old car. I also think that Car and Classic will be an expensive place to buy from There are a few decent cars currently for sale within the "for Sale" section of the forum.....buying from a WSCC member is usually less "dangerous" than a from a company who justs shifts cars.... Also, check out the cars currently on PistonHeads (https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=used-cars&M=660&M=663&M=661&M=662&SortOptions=PriceLowToHigh) There are a handful of cars on pistonheads around your (assumed) price point. One bit of advice: have a good look at the specs, condition and mileage of as many cars as you can, and begin to get a feel for the prices. Also try and set out a "wish list" of components or items that will fit your intended use for the car. good luck, buying your first Westy is an exciting journey...

... and again Adge.

We managed to finally find a suitable slot in all our busy calendars to view the video of our trip last night, and @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary kindly hosted us I may find a way to upload it to the forum for view, however for the moment, just drop a PM with your e-mail address and I'll send it across via Wetransfer for anyone who wishes to view it.

Happy Birthday Adge

Happy Birthday.

Have a great day Adge.

Hi @LukeW I believe they are yes. Are you sure as that would be very generous of you and greatly appreciated

Julie that's a great photo of the red sky. Satan has finally caught up with you and Glen .👹 Looks like you all had a fantastic day out. Have a great New Year

Looks like a great day all, I’m with @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary Hoping for another Peak District curry run soon 👍🏼 Happy new year all!

I really do hope we do the curry trip again some point, really sorry to have missed it, looks lovely. Looks like you had a great day though, what a spectacular sunset, to round it off.

Well @OrangeCrush I don't know where he gets his bad habits from, but the first thing Tangoman did was to be unfaithful to me and jump over to the car next door that he rather fancies, 'Oi, get back here!' After we all introduced everyone to everyone Max wanted to experience the panorama dance, I got it right first time, I should, I practice it enough! Rob and his 16 year old son, Lewis, Andrew, Matt and his 11 year old son Max, Richard and his better looking younger brother, Stuart met us at Sainsbury's Glen was keen to show off his rather shiny engine bay, I wondered why he has been in the garage a lot over Christmas We showed Rob that we had done away with the small motorcycle battery and put in a full fat sized car battery instead, plus Glen has sited it down in the middle of the nose cone too. A crowd had gathered to wave us off and film our departure Through Chatsworth we went Over the bridge, if you went fast here you could take off, all 4 wheels I reckon Through the parkland, deer on one side and the magnificent house on the other Chatsworth House Silly little sticks on the grass verge Richard locked up his brakes, applied a bit of defensive driving to avoid bumping into Matt, and ran into the silly little sticks, we all pulled up while he sorted his indicator pod out, anyone got a spare one for sale? We were soon back up and running and within 2 minutes my rear view mirror emptied again. I presumed that Richard had a problem and turned around to find that Andrew had broken down. We all pulled off the road and it was found to be a problem with the fuel pump. We later found out it was the relay to the fuse that had broken. In true Top Gear style we left Andrew to wait for a tow truck and went for curry, there are less pretty places to breakdown though. With all this palaver we were running late, so I cut out a bit of the route and got us the the lunch stop only 10 minutes late. We were greeted by this very happy lady who has a passion for cooking and was welcoming and wonderful to us. Apparently a photo of our cars is on instagram already?? The curry is as hot as you wish to make it as she puts a small dish of fiery sauce out to help yourself to. Max was a bit worried about if the curry would be too hot, so we let him try the sauce. It was hilarious, he is such a lovely character and after putting a single drop on his tongue he was reaching for not only the water but the milk as well Richard and Stuart ladled the sauce on and were looking rather red for doing it. Stella was happy to photograph us all enjoying her food. West African chicken curry with proper imported ingredients was a taste sensation, yum, yum She was disappointed that we weren't staying for pudding but I explained that we were chasing ice cream to cool our tongue's down, she laughed and loved that one, bless her. Maybe we can return for coffeee and cake in the near future as it is in a lovely setting, quite in the middle of nowhere. We had a less dramatic run to Tagg Lane, no stops, no dramas and made some good progress, steady round the slippy corners, hammered it on the straights. @Andy Westwood has trained us to eat a lot, so it was cake AND ice cream, although I opted for the custard cream ice cream and the bounty ice cream because I just couldn't choose between them A 'dad and lads' moment is so sweet to see. Matt and Max Rob and Lewis, you are a week late, it's not the Santa Run today After much merriment it was unfortunatley time to head home, I hate the short, dark early days. Bye bye to Richard and Stuart Bye bye to Rob and Lewis And following us back, bye bye to Matt and Max The weather has been very benign today and once we got home we cleaned our car to a beautiful sunset Thank you to everyone who joined us, it has been lovely to have a bit of a family day and I hope that everyone enjoyed it as much as we have xxxx

Cracking run out today calling at Llyn Brenig for breakfast, good turn out for the time of year, 7 Westfields

Whoa whoa! Spoilers! @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary

Those rascals at BOM have sneaked a last minute Christmas present under the collective tree, there's another episode of project Binky out tonight, (last night for Patrons). Its a slightly bittersweet one too, after all these years, wrapping up the episode by seeing the empty shed, after it's been stripped bare and sent to paint. I guess there's still lots to do when it returns, but the epic project is definitely on the last sprint to the finish line, now.