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Yep but not sure anyone competing with the latest chassis will be so concerned about saving 1kg on a seat 😉😂

Could always have this put on the dash

Ah yes. Much worse. Forgot about that 🙄 No pads at all. Doing passenger rides for Mission Motorsport. Big huge bloke. Bashed over the kerbs a lot at Three Sisters (so much so that he told me the next time I went he had cracked a rib) - the rivets didn't rip out and the floor pan fall off the car though, so I think it's safe to say that's been tested!

Early Westfield production seats were little different. Don't be fooled by the contouring and stitching; all these seat consisted of, were two physically separate wooden boards, one for the base, one for the back, each one then had blocks of shaped foam stuck to it, and the whole lot was wrapped in vinyl. (They weren't uncomfortable, either!) Functionally, there's not much different to what Marto has.. and obviously, Pre Lits and earlier narrows even came with proper old school Lotus 7 style bench seats - litterally a cussion across the whole rear bulkhead with individual cushions under the driver and passenger - in practice, often just one big piece of padding that straddled the transmission tunnel and extended over the floor pan.

It does have more "trim" than my actual seat... Is a kit car... the interpretation is SOOOOOO wide... What Marto is showing is not any worst than a bench seat in a vintage westfield or lotus seven try to detail any further in this sort of cars, is making it overcomplicated... as there is not actual "stock" seats to replace...

About 2000 years ago the Romans invaded and conquered England. The Romans had regular orgies so for convenience they were scantily dressed in togas. This attire proved unsuitable for the Scottish climate so they went no further than Northern England were, to keep out the icy northern winds, an engineer called Hard Ian built a wall across the country; a sort of medieval draught excluder. After many years of unpleasantness and anti-Romantic comments from the English the Romans went home. After the Romans left the Scots and English could concentrate on fighting each other which continued for centuries. By 1700 an agreement was reached between England and Scots ‘noblemen’ to stop fighting and sell Scotland to England for £20K ( £4 Mn in todays money; and a snip). Although this was a dramatic Nationalisation, luckily citizens didn’t have to endure endless debates on the subject nor vote as democracy hadn’t yet been invented. In 18th century Scotland there was a sort of closing down sale called the Highland Clearances, but with no bargains for the locals it caused much bitterness which continues to this day. Scots were usually shorter than the English as Scottish water had less bone-building calcium. Avoiding water, Scots had two orange-coloured drinks; fizzy iron-brew for warm days and fiery spirit Skotch for cold days. Over the centuries the consumption of these drinks turned the entire nation’s hair ginger. As well as having warming effects Skotch had hallucinogenic properties making imbibers think everyone was their friend. This made it globally popular and was Scotland’s 4th biggest export after people, football and shouting. In Scotland an official heatwave is any sunny day with a temperature of 16C or above when sunbathing and sunburn are mandatory. Poverty, diet and harsh climate affected longevity and male life expectancy in some poorest inner city areas was 59 which shocked many an Amazonian tribesman. A major political force in Scotland was the SNP (Skotch, neeps and porridge party) whose leader in Commons House was Ian BlackPud, a powerful orator. Party policy required SNP politicians to say Scottish or Scotland on average every 5th word in speeches thus:- ‘the Scottish people demand that Scotland’s voice must be heard and Scotland’s interests taken into account’. This bored the @r5e off the English MPs who promptly fell asleep delighting the SNP who could (correctly) claim that Scotland was being ignored. The SNP claims were many and varied including claims on land and sea, fish, offshore oil, oily fish, fracking gas (which is more polite than it sounds because I checked) etc.. The most recent claim was that Scotland wasn’t getting its fair share of global warming. This had been highlighted by a schoolgirl scientist who travelled the World checking temperatures. The facts were indisputable; while gardeners in Southern England appeared on TV flaunting the avocados they’d grown, the only thing that grew in the Frozen North were beards; and even then only sparsely and mainly on men. SNP Leader, Nicola 1 expressed concern about a UK Brexit as Scotland didn’t like it. She viewed it with as much concern as someone watching an old televison set drop from a high-rise flat heading for a baby’s pram below, merely being able to hope it would turn out well. In the Dec 2019 General Election SNP got 45% of the vote in Scotland, which was exactly the same as they got in the failed Independence Neverendum of 2014. This coincidence clearly indicated it was time for Indy Nev 2, although England wasn’t keen as were still trying to finalise the Brexit after 42 months. The 2014 Indy Nev was supposed to be ‘once in a generation’ but as it was only 5 years ago they must’ve meant dog generations. A Mass-tricked Treaty loophole allowed new entrants to have budget deficit above 3% and SNP hoped to get into EU if Independence was granted. The Conservatory PM said he wouldn’t allow Indy Nev 2 so it looked like there would be plenty arguing ahead-----'twas ever thus. =========================================================

...except these guys get more turn up for their runs!

I came to the same realisation and said to one of the pilots, you have a Westfield but with Wings, his reply... You have a plane but without wings. Same passion, same madness.

Hi - Allow me to introduce myself - Dafydd Thomas "Daf" Recently retired, live in Colwyn Bay. Needed a hobby, always wanted a sports car soo bought a Westfield SEIW 2ltr Duratec OMEX Engine 205BHP - OMG. New experience but great fun will load some pictures up shortly. Looking to attend the monthly meet this Tuesday 1st Oct - Cheers Daf

If I enter W2 this year I would intend to run with my passenger seat as it’s been for the past few years, a foam cushion on the floor and rear bulkhead and a set of 4 point harnesses as in the photo. I assume this is acceptable as a “ Fully Functional “ passenger seat as per 3.2 of our draft regs ?

Many Happy Returns both @Terry Everall - WSCC Competition Secretary & @TableLeg

We can see in your earlier picture, what’s been keeping you busy...

Ahhhh I will have a clear out 😂 P. S. I've never deleted any so I'm not surprised... I'm a pm hoarder clearly lol

Mine is one of the original bench seats from Westfield from when I built the car and is just an piece of ply with 1" of foam covered in vinyl. Ok its got some stitching and piping but no shape at all just flat. I even competed with the drivers seat like that for one season but that was a while ago. There is of course a 4 point harness too which is probably the heaviest part. This has been fine for as long as I have competed.

Happy birthday. Have a good one.

Have a great day to the both of you!!

I was going to say that... but I was afraid to screw it up...

Happy birthday guys.

M H R to you both😀

Many Happy Returns to you both! Have a great day

Loved it, was gutted to have to sell it, but got made redundant and started my own business, so had to be done as I needed an estate car and to release funds.

My go lol... 66 mini cooper 998 (great first car and had several engine changes and a body swop!) Dolly Sprint Dolly Sprint mk2 xr2 Renault 21 turbo Scoob wrx (Jap Import) Mondeo Ghia Mondeo Mondeo Mondeo st Westfield - still current Juke Mart.

And from me and Mrs H. All best wishes.

I've instructed in worse!

I'm gonna print that off.... and present it to the locals of Rosyth Royal Dockyard...... Should I get beaten to death please note I'm a size 8 shoe, you can have my safety boots and high viz but not my posh shoes...... I'll need those to be buried in..... I can't wait !

Make sure you bring £25.

In storage at the mo but will probably pick up on Friday,the weather looks good

Here she is

Thanks all, hopefully thanks to the FB link Mike spotted, I'm all sorted now. For a £100 for a second hand one, it gives me fourteen on/off type inputs to drive warning lights, info display etc. Without using up the regular flexible analogue/digital inputs for these secondary functions.

What size @simon walton ? michellin PS3's in 195/50/15's are available from a friend (1 race only Ginetta Junior cup )for a great price. I've recently swapped from T1R's to them for winter use and they're great. They're not a bad summer/track tyre either. Not as sticky as R888's though.

Watergate Bay, Cornwall, on Sunday 8th Sept. Hillclimb was hosted there this weekend gone, was an excellent event and a good opportunity for a club display. One of my favourite places ever 😍

OK, the heroes and the dogs: 1957 Ford Fairlane Skyliner - greatest party car ever (ah, misspent youth): 1966 Mustang Coupe 289 V8 (in red, of course) 1966 Shelby GT350 - what an idiot I was selling that car, I still miss it: 1967 Mustang fastback 1969 Mustang coupe 351 V8 (jet black) 1972 Ford Mustang Mach 1 351 V8 (sensing a theme yet?): 1971 Ford Torino with a 427 CobraJet V8 - a car that tried to kill me on a number of occasions: First huge mistake, bought during a fuel crisis - a 1977 Ford Mustang II V8. There is a special Circle of Hell reserved for this car: Then is gets highly mundane, interspersed with the odd fun car: 1977 Ford Cortina Ford Escort panel van, painted in blue with a brush (needs must, nothing to see here, move along - my step-daughter learned how to park by Braille in it) 1987 Vauxhall Cavalier - zzzzzz 1988 Ford Sierra Estate diesel (what a dog, move along) 1989 Citroen BX Estate - loved the hydropneumatic suspension but continents moved quicker Rover 216 nicknamed Christine that also repeatedly tried to kill me - the doors used to lock by themselves as you drove along, but it didn't have central locking. Died in the lightest rain, pulled left no matter what I did... found out when I had it crushed that it was a cut and shut! 1990 Vauxhall Cavalier - zzzzzzzzz 1992 Audi 80 Quattro (that's more like it) Two VW Passats - one red, one all black and gorgeous, felt like Darth Vader driving it 😄 Ford Mondeo - zzzzzzz Another VW Passat in blue 1992 Ford Escort w/ 1.8 Zetec (should have kept that and ripped out the engine for the Westfield) Audi A4 - rock hard seats, offset pedals that murdered my hips Volvo S60 D5 - 143k miles so far, never missed a beat Audi A3 Sportback - well -built banality and The Wench, of course, since 2001