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Now I've got the new GoPro working, I thought I'd ask where the best position to mount it would be. Thoughts please.

Finishing the gearbox has been a slow burn. Grabbing half an hour at lunch times when I can be bothered. Finally got it together and put a gear stick on it. R 1 - 3 - 5 all good but the stick would pull it self back out of 2nd and 4th. I pulled the tail off and realized i'd mixed the selector shafts up between 4x4 box and 2wd, the gearstick centralizing spring loaded jobby was pulling the stick out of 4th and 5th. I guess an hour or so I would have sorted that. But my confidence was knocked a little. Any gearbox experience was 25 years ago and there was not much. I'd given up on the Haynes. It was built from memory (from stripping 2 boxes months ago) and looking at how each bit worked. With 2 gearboxes of parts in various tubs there was no fail safe of "I wonder where this last bolt/ shim/ wireclip/ should have been fitted". It takes me a full day to change a gearbox so I was thinking if I've messed this up I'll waste at least 2 days swooping boxes back and forward and also could cause damage(cost to this HD box I'd built). I spoke to 3J and for a relitively low cost would strip, check, reassemble and test the box. I dropped it off Tuesday and was not expecting it back for a few weeks. its done already. Sounds like other than the selector shaft it was fine. At least I have confidence to get it fitted before summer. Worth every penny

Don’t think they’ll reprint this children’s book anytime soon...

A helmet camera perhaps?

Saw this and can't stop laughing..... I know...... I'm evil

Priceless 😁

Ah but I knew you’d rise to the occasion Captain

no problem looking at the weight of that dumbell i would be asking verry nicely to go out in car😀

Which one? He’d have to be pretty excited to make that work.

Forum member’s car is also fine 👍

I doubt 1609m high, Mike, is any more likely to be printed either!

Shows how messed up the taxing system is that a big behemoth of a car gets a tax cut because its proven it 'can' drive on electric for over 30 miles. When In the real world it's a big 6 cylinder SUV doing 15mpg. The worlds gone mad.

the regs. are out for Darlington and district motor clubs Northern Saloon and Sports Car Championship There are several classes for Kit Cars Bike and Car engine on road tyres and slick classes with aero have a look at the link below http://www.darlingtondmc.com/series-home.htm?seriesid=82

The top piano hinge has failed and hence the door won't shut and let's the cold out! It is 19 years old, so has done well. I could replace the hinge, but it would be my luck the compressor would die a week later etc. I booked the Sat delivery slot in a frantic search yesterday before leaving Germany. I was trying to find one for delivery/collection local today. some cheaper options for the same fridge were we'll into next week! Hence I've paid extra to stop in on a Sat !

yep.. I'll be there. Weather forecast is 'Brass monkeys' temperature @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO. you mention the fridge was broken. I'm confused by the chair fix.. did the fridge become unruly after a breakdown and needed containment...I assume your new fridge will be better behaved?

Nice "Booze Cruise Eurotunnel trip" yesterday. Calais Wine Superstore (others are available) offers a deal where you spend £250 and get a free ferry or Eurotunnel return journey. My order was £250.74 that's 126 bottles of the really good stuff at £1.99 a bottle. Also bought some 5L boxes of red at Carrefour (other stores available) at 9.10 Euros each taking our total to 162 equivalent 70cl bottles. That's our wine sorted for wet January. (Not all shown in this image, white already in the fridge.)

Good morning - The question of which is stronger, welds or fillets, is an old one. Some will say that a welded joint is stronger than a fillet (assuming both are done properly) and this is hard to argue....but....one needs to look at potential failure of the completed structure and not just the joints and this is where fillets come out on top. The reason is, as stated above, the heat affected zone will typically cause a welded structure to fail adjacent to the joint. One needs to remember that a welded joint requires that the base material be heated to its melting point.....which in the case of steel is typically about 3500°F. This lowers the strength of the base material in a big way. If one does either ultimate strength or fatigue testing of a welded assembly it will typically cause the tube to fail adjacent to the weld in the dreaded heat affected zone (HAZ). Brazing on the other hand does not require that the base material be brought to its melting point. Instead it only needs to be brought up to the melting point of the filler being used. In my case here that is about 1750°F. This typically does not have a negative affect on the strength of the tube so when testing an assembly one can expect it to out perform welded joints in both strength and fatigue resistance. There is an additional issue - the temperature gradient of a welded joint is very short. The weld itself got up to 3500° but just a short distance from the weld it will be much cooler. This results in a stress riser of sorts in the steep gradient area adjacent to the weld. The brazed joint on the other hand isn't as hot but since it took much longer to form the joint the heat runs further down the tube away from the joint. This makes for a long gradient and much less of a stress riser. So why aren't all joints brazed instead of welded? The simple answer is time. A welded joint takes very little time compared to a brazed joint and when it's done it's done. A brazed joint requires more cleaning and prep and then one needs to remove the flux from it when done. It takes easily 3-4 times longer and time is money. But I have time and I'm a better brazer than I am a welder so it's my joint of choice. Fun stuff. Dave

As soon as I have more ill pass it on.

I'm in the 5 mile high club. Solo division though......

I should be able to make this one. @Trevturtle I can drop by on the way if you like

I agree, but whilst the government allow me to take advantage of that im gonna. I pay more than enough tax as it is so any opportunity to reduce it is more than welcome.

ok, it is my friends car and he is a forum member but is rubbish with computers so i posted it for him. up to you if you move it or not, don't want to break the rules. thanks, chris @Big d

good to know - and the BIK drops to 8% from April next year so you will be better off even more Thanks

Name, address and date of birth was all that a catalogue company needed to open an account in my name. I discovered this when I came home and found £300 worth of women's clothing in a wide variety of sizes and styles on my doorstep one day, and an invoice addressed to me. The perpetrators had left it too late to change the address on the order so it came to me, they were thwarted, and Mr Plod went round to have a word with them. It is horrifying how easy it is to spoof someone's details for criminal ends. We're very careful to shred all address labels and letters too. The down side to all this was that none of the clothes fitted me...

Do you ‘need’ a lowered floor? Lots of people think/assume they do but don’t. Probably 6’2 plus it would make life easier. Standard floors are fine for me at 6’. Seat type makes alot of difference - the standard ones are quite thick so limit space but something more race style you gain several inches as they sit lower and further back - and are surprisingly comfortable despite how they look.

Don’t know what you’re problem is. Looks like your wife has already fixed it. Excuses excuses!

I have a mk1 Escort rack if you want to come and collect it

Sounds like a shaggy dog story to me 😀

Bought new via a main dealer. Came primer colour on the front and yellow on the back. Quality control not good in those days! Let alone if you had the bad luck of buying a Friday afternoon car.

Holy thread resurrection Batman 😀 Egypt😎

I'd also respectfully disagree... I've only been a WSCC member since August and have found the forum invaluable. Given that no two Westfields are the same (rather than a production Lotus or whatever) I think it's a great idea to only have paying members have access to post. We may have to wait an hour two for advice sometimes, but it is definitely always worth the wait! I also drive a track prepped BMW Mini that I've built over a couple of years and I'm a member of lots of free forums for the R53, track days, modified cars, etc... The level (or rather, the lack of) knowledge on most of these is frankly astounding! I've seen some rather scary advice given to some people.. Also, as they are open to all and sundry you get uninformed opinions on almost everything you ask (opinions are like a***holes, everyone has one 😂😂). With the WSCC forum on the other hand, I've not seen anything other than informed advice, offers of help and support, plus great humour and a community spirit 👍 I'd also say the annual fee is tiny, I'd happily forgo a Chinese takeaway once a year to be a part of such a great club (plus missing a meal helps my power to weight ratio 😂). Finally, I should add how friendly, welcoming and helpful the members have been to a newbie like me. It's been a hugely enjoyable part of Westfield ownership as far as I'm concerned. Here endeth my sermon 🤣🤣

I was flying in this beautiful old Warbird this weekend having spent an amazing two days at Goodwood Revival. I'm in the back in the first pic, second pic is the closing display running in at Sunset at Revival on Saturday.

Thanks for the replies chaps. Instead of IMEI he was willing to accept proof of purchase. All I had was the delivery note so sent him a photo of that. Not had any contact since and I realised after sending that it showed the name and address and the mobile phone account number. Now I’m wondering if this was a scammer and what he could do with the info he has.