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We felt like two naughty school boys too! A very astute observation! Here is the Marcos at the body shop. I removed the first 9 coats and the experts took it back to what you see here. There were two areas of rot, in the driver's footwell and in the boot. Plywood and epoxy made a good repair. The only metal is the front engine frame which I had powder coated. The car had spent 18 years in a barn and was in remarkably good condition. It is penetrating rainwater that kills them off. Best wishes to you all John

Aside from tinkering with the Westfield and driving @Lionel round in circles, I play Bluegrass Banjo badly. Got this yesterday and I’m very pleased with it. How about you?

After all that, me and Andy with the MNR made it over to the Motorist, a shorter route than planned, but at least we made it out. The Alfa Romeo meeting was over by the time we got there, only a few left but it had been busy earlier. I might have a video later, when I work out how to use the GoPro.

I was there yesterday and found the Westfield display. They had the new Turbo ST4 prototype on display with 2.0L Ecoboost engine. Also there was a large gaming area where we saw Jason Plato (or someone who looked very much like him) fully focused.

I know it’s a subject many are interested in, and it seems to be making huge strides into the classic car, restoration and performance upgrade parts of the car world, as well as the kit building industry. So responding to a request from members, we’ve added a new upload and download area of the forum, where members can share 3D printing files with other members. (Please note the emphasis on members, you do have to be a current club member, to download files, as it’s part of your club membership fees that pay for the server space the files sit on!) We’ve also added a new sub-section in Tech Talk, dedicated to 3D printing; these are brand new areas, so at the moment are looking quite thin, so please, make use! Add files, ask questions, and answer them! And let us see the 3D printing projects up you’ve been up to, both Westfield/car and non car related. 3D Printing Talk

Those are cool! up until last year I was a drummer in a gigging band, but I’m also a Freemason and it was my year in the big chair, so it all got a bit busy and the band had to take a back seat. I’ve also got my Camaro that I take to weekend shows during the season. My latest venture this Christmas has got me back into computers after a 20 year break I’ve gone back to the Windows dark side! I’ve just built a gaming machine with more lights than Blackpool! One of my more sensible mid life crisis’ s work is a bit of an inconvenience 😂😂

Aside from tinkering with the Westfield and building campers, my wee hobby keeps me in pocket money - I build and sell electric 2,3 and 4-string cigar-box guitars, in hardwood rather than repurposing cigar boxes. 'Sawdust is man glitter'!

Got a week off in may and would like to do France or Spain. Euro tunnel to Calais or ferry to Santander. Has anybody done either with any info they could pass on? Thanks.

First video with my new GoPro.

My 2 other hobbies, Beau my Rescue collie cross is a massive part of me, Hopefully shes going to like the westfield 😀

Assuming we keep the breakfast format, I think it's a huge improvement on the Toby and will be a great place to sit and chat on a sunny Sunday morning!

Two for me. Apart from finally driving the Westy (almost 800 winter miles since I got it back on the road mid-September), I am trying to learn how to play this..... And I still play 8 ball pool once a week in a league populated, it seems, by superleague, county and a couple of England players, most of them 30+ years younger than me..... Guess there's no substitute for experience and a misspent youth 😂

SOLD to Nick D from Devon Deposit paid - I'm still crying! Westfield SEiW – MX12LNO £11,500 ovno Location: Rochester, Kent (ME1 2**) Contact: 07858 948218 or weathers75@hotmail.co.uk First registered in 2012; I’ve owned the car for nearly 3 years now and driven approximately 9,000 miles in that time. But it’s time for a change and I need the garage space. It’s had regular services/oil changes and been generally looked after. Lots of recently upgraded parts as I was preparing the car for next year before an opportunity came up for a different car. Mileage: 17,502 MOT: 16 March 2020 The specification is as follows: Engine · 2.0l Raceline prepared Ford “black top” Zetec (rolling road print showing 181bhp) · Raceline sump · Jenvey throttle bodies · Omex 600 ECU · Westfield branded “sausage” filter · Upgraded aluminium catch tank & Pipercross breather filter · New uprated aluminium Coolex radiator, fan and temperature sensor · Replacement Sparco coolant hoses · Recently replaced battery and fitting for trickle charger (charger included) · New heater matrix Gearbox & Brakes · Recently serviced and rebuilt T9 gearbox (5 speed) · New Westfield sourced clutch (less than 200 miles) · Limited Slip Differential · New uprated grooved disks and pads (front & rear less than 100 miles ago) Body · Wide body chassis · Lowered floors · Pillar box red body work with a few marks associated with use. There is some crazing to the fibre glass at the rear which isn’t noticeable until close inspection · “Racing” graphics including Westfield specific decals all of which can be easily removed · Carbon fibre cycle wings · Carbon fibre mirror covers · Carbon effect stone guards · Full weather gear – doors and soft bits half roof (with soft bag) · New kick strips · New headlights · New front indicators · Kit car “cap” cover Interior · New Westfield branded sport turbo seats (black with red detailing) · 4 point red Westfield harnesses · Carpets removed for ease of cleaning (I have the carpets) · RAC Roll bar · Quick release steering boss · Sparco 300 steering wheel · Richbrook handbrake handle · Cooling fan override switch · Dual power sockets front & rear (permanent feed) · Rear “cage” for portable radio · Lockable and removable boot (for easy maintenance) Suspension, wheels and brakes · Team dynamics Pro Race 1.2 black 7 x 15 wheels (black with red Alloygators – all wheels in excellent condition) · 4 Toyo Proxies R1R tyres (loads of tread left on all 4) · Protec adjustable coil over suspension (Westfield’s “track” suspension option) · New rose joints rear suspension · New bushes - front suspension (I have new ones from Westfield for the rear) Other · Detailed build file · Westfield build manual · Rolling road print outs · £1,000’s in receipts

SOLD: To Nick D from Devon. A day of mixed emotions.

Hi all, I've been WSCC member for a few months, and I thought it was high time that I should introduce myself and my project... Having spent many years yearning for a classic, vintage, open-top sports car, but taking a sensible tablet and realising that my then career precluded it, I subsequently had the better idea of building a kit car. A friend had a spare Cortina, and exchanged his 2.0L Pinto and other bits and pieces for an agricultural water pump that I had loafing around, so that I could get started. That was in 2007. In 2008, I finally settled on building a Westfield SEiW, so went to Kingswinford to select the kit: Dark Blue, SDV Sierra, FW nose, Basic kit. The plan was to ditch all but the Cortina's engine and gearbox (the rest wasn't in good shape) and get the relevant Sierra parts from my local scrappy. All went well for a very short while, albeit that the Build Manual appeared to have been written in German and translated to English via Japanese BY someone WITH A penchant FOR RANDOM capital letters. The short burst of enthusiasm was curtailed by work etc, and it was only in May last year that I took off the dust sheets and started again from where I left off. It was then that I discovered that I hadn't ordered (or received) an SDV kit after all, and so the push-in half shafts weren't going to work (wrong uprights) etc etc... in summary, most of the products from my weekend at the scrap yard were not in fact useful SDV components but (expensive) scrap metal. I've recently spent a bit more money on more useful stuff, and have completed the rear axle, fitted a set of Protech shocks (from last year's show), reconditioned Sierra front uprights and calipers, and I've bought a set of 15x7" Team Dynamics wheels (trusting that 19mm offset will be OK: they came off a Westfield...) I'm nearly at the stage of having a rolling chassis, but I'm sure I have some alterations to make before dropping the chassis off its stands, not least because I bought the kit under SDV regs.... I'll ask some questions in Tech Talk about fuel and brake pipe runs, cable sheathing, among other things. Anyway, I suppose my biggest question is fairly fundamental: is it going to be possible to pass IVA with a 2.0L Pinto, given the new emissions regs. I can get the original Cortina V5, and I'm not too concerned whether I get a new or registration or a Q plate. I'm looking forward to getting completed before my Kit Car turns into a vintage classic, and hopefully the WSCC experts will be able to guide me along the mysterious route! Iain

from sunny Somerset. As Gary suggested, start a build thread, helped me out no end. Link to IVA manual. Don’t be put off by the number of pages, quite a few blank ones, but is logically laid out. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/iva-manual-for-vehicle-category-m1

No my tag comes from a seminar I attended in Sweden where all the details referred to me as Jum Snager (Jim Sanger real name). When I got home my customers got to know of this and as my job was technical sales they christened me Snags, which has stuck ever since. To be honest I am using Sierra Cosworth uprights as they were part of donor vehicle and they are heavier than base Sierra but with different caster angle. For the emissions I would stick with the set up you've got getting it as perfect as possible for the year and give it a go, if get fail on first attempt(which a high percentage do) the examiner will tell you what needs to be done as they are very helpful. Then you can rectify for retest which is much cheaper if done within time.

Welcome to the fold, I’m sure help will be along soon regarding the emissions you can download the Iva manual which will give you the details re brake and fuel lines start a build thread and put up plenty of pictures, that way there are many helpful pairs of eyes and I look forward to the pictures

I will be there

We'll be there.

Hello. I am a new owner, having bought a SE with a 1600 pinto. The car came with a pair of dellortos but I was not happy with all the spitting and rough running. Even tuning on a rolling road made o improvement and I was advised they were for a trackday car and only worked properly at high speed and high revs. So I took advice and replaced them with a single 32/36 DGV which has transformed the car. It is a real joy to drive now and I have a huge grin as I power down the lanes. I had to cut the bonnet for the downdraught but ebay supplied a scoop from a mitsubishi which is good enough for me. At 6 feet 1" I found the top bar of the screen was exactly where I want to look. Lowered floor kits are not available from Westfield so I removed the runners from the seat and bolted it directly to the floor having set it back as far as it would go. The result is perfectly acceptable. I have never had a sunday morning zippy car before, but I must say I am completely hooked. The noise, the roadholding, in fact everything about it is a hoot. John.

Welcome from South Derbyshire! Love the Marcos too, they are beautiful cars! IIRC (my late father was a big Marcos fan!) the plywood construction was down to Frank Costin who was a De Havilland engineer in WW2 and worked on the other "wooden wonder" the Mosquito before pairing up with Jem Marsh in the 50's, what an amazing heritage for a car!

Hi, can I have the catch can please. thanks Craig

Any one to meet in tin tops after dinner at moterist or sherburn bike cafe for a chat

Messaged you both 👍🏻

hi can I have both gaiters will pm

Can I have the rack mounts please if you can post Tony

I’m sorry, but I’m now unable to make this date. I’ll look forward to hearing about the proposed dates for the year and hope to make as many as I can (after the car’s fixed!). Cheers, Brian

Thought I'd seen that banjo before 😂

You'll have to check the offset on your car because they do change around a bit according to the set up. My offset is 38 to 40mm but although ok on front I have used spacers on the rear to make them look less like a milk float.

Hi Iain, and Welcome to Westfield Forum. I bought mine from Westfield at the end of 2010 and was to fit the donor Sierra Cosworth, which to all intent is Pinto. After work got in the way I didn't get the car finished until mid 2018 with IVA pass on second attempt late September. My pass was to 1988 emission standards albeit in a injected turbo engine so I have no cat and no other forms of emission controls. First question is why are you using a Sierra front upright when the purists on here prefer the Cortina as apart from other things it's lighter. Secondly we all like pictures so get snapping, IVA like to see build trail and photos are a must. I think you may have problems with the carb engine from a Cortina as emissions have tightened but it wouldn't be difficult to put EFI set up together at very cheap prices, or other options are available at a cost, others with carb experience may assist. If going to use Cortina V5 your will need to keep a track of all parts used, with photo proof, and if you have enough major components they will give you an age related number which is not essential but pleasing non the less. There are lots of rules with brake pipe and fuel line but keep asking when your up to that stage and members will help - jolly good lot WSCC members😀

We like pictures 😉

I am in Hythe, Southampton. I shall have to downsize the photos.

Hi Daff, I’ve just bought my nearly complete car and it’s a near twin of yours, I’m in Penmaenmawr so might see you on the road at some time

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. =========================================================

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 !

Hi Andy, I have a Westfield IVA steering wheel you can have for cost of postage. Unfortunately I don't have a boss for it as I used it on my post IVA wheel. PM me if you are interested. cheers Mike

Hey this Westy is familiar, These were 11 years ago

Just walked dogs it’s horrible out there 😢 hopefully see you next time