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You know that many village people songs?

After a very frustrating wet winter, being furloughed allowed me to get started on the facelift on my Westie. Going for a full Martini livery. I am using vehicle wrap as I don't want this to be permanent. The FW poses a great many challenges with its curves and manipulating the substrate, especially on the rear. It doesn't help that NOTHING on these cars is symmetrical! lol I have designed and drawn on the files myself in Illustrator, currently working on a trick version of the Westfield Logo.

New Order - Blue Monday Or Grand Master Flash - The Message or Herbie Hancock - Rockit or Yazz - The Only Way is Up or Soft Cell - Tainted Love or Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax or Human League - Don't You Want Me or the entire Human League "The League Unlimited Orchestra" album. It's brilliant... or Journey - Don't Stop Believin' or Aha - Take On Me or Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno or Phil Oakey and Georgio Moroda - Together in Electric Dreams or Ultravox - Vienna or Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine or Yazoo - Only You or Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling or T'Pau - Heart and Soul or Heaven 17 - Temptation or Baz Lurhman - (Everybody's free to wear) Sunscreen or Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody or Earth Wind and Fire - Lets Groove or Kool and the Gang - Celebrate or Fatback Band - I Found Lovin or The Jacksons - Can You Feel It or Freez - IOU or The Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces or Imagination - Just an Illusion or Bill Withers - Lovely Day or Kenny Loggins - Footloose or Shalamar - Night to Remember or Adam and the Ant - Ant Music and Prince Charming or Rockers Revenge - Walking on Sunshine or Maze - Joy and Pain or The Gap Band - Burn Rubber (scarily on topic!!!) or Well I could go on... OK I did go on. But the 80's and some of the 90's was a brilliant time for music. I'm off to create a playlist or three. That should kill a few lockdown hours. In fact, I can feel a whole new thread-come-argument topic coming on that could while away a good few hours...

@syman84 Aeroscreen is going to Chris if you want to chuck it in the same package.

A good cheap tip is hang a cheap curtain from side to side making sure it's on the deck to catch any missed draughts. 2 inch polystyrene sheets are cheap enough

Wow, that looks fantastic!

There is a really handy jacking guide on page 6 of this old magazine. I printed a copy and keep it with my jack!

Just seen your post and it's up Used the battery location as the jack point. Can't find my other axel stands so have used 3x 4x4 lumps of timber Hoping that should be fine until Amazon deliver me a new pair of stands Thanks Nick

As discussed previously....

still polishing?

Thank you Ian.

Son. How are you doing ? Can I now have my records back. Steve D wants to borrow them.

Yes, as others have said- put a piece of 3 x 2" timber across both rear floors at the rear edge and put the axle stands under the timber. I've tried to indicate the location of the timber in red:

He was my hero when I was growing up, watched him driving a Mercedes-Benz at Aintree in the late fifty's and then again in 1980 driving for Audi with a young Martin Brundle as his team mate. A true gentleman who always had time to chat to the race fans. Oulton Park 4 April 19180, photo taken off one of my slides.

@Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO If you haven't seen it already and want a very interesting box-set to watch during lock-down, 'The Vietnam War' on Netflix is fascinating - 10 episodes, each one movie-length long. Starts at the start of the uprising in the 1800's.

Depending on the wind direction Alan, Marlow could catch the tail of the plume!

Yes please can I contact you later do you have any other k series parts Thanks chris

Thought I would share how I spent a couple of hours yesterday. I picked up a couple of telescopic washing line props from Aldi recently I had to modify the hook at the end so that it would fit over the windscreen surround oncethe hood is first attached. The hook is lined with soft rubber so should protect the hood OK. I cut the prop so that it will fit in the hood bag - retaining as much of the larger diameter tube as possible for strength reasons. I then used a 44mm p-clip to attach to the rollbar Obviously haven't been able to try out on the road yet but the hood doesn't have as much give. Here is the support in place without the hood fitted Look forward to trying it on the open road soon hopefully.................

Oh wow. I forgot about that one. Must read again thanks!

I normally jack the rest up by the diff then pop 2 axle stands under the rear lip of my lowered floors with a bit of 3x2 on the axle stands. Jack the front under the battery tray where the 3 chassis rails join so you're not jacking in the middle of a tube iyswim

Well done Stu the graphics look absolutely stunning.

Hi Gary - planning a new build this time. Will be for road use, so nothing too OTT engine wise. Cheers Steve

But said individual was already down in Cornwall when the lockdown occurred, and has stayed down here since. He owns multiple houses here, bus remained in the same one with all his family, so press not 100% accurate again on that one

If I worked mainly in London, needed to be in Newark for work related activity, worked on Government business, and my family was residing in Herefordshire I would make the trip to see them. And be happy to deliver the don’t normally travel message.

This is a rare commodity, I didn't know it even existed! It would be ideal for a Westie for hillclimbing, particularly if the engine was quite high reving.

Seems to me that a turbo Westfield would be awesome with this system.

The logo's were drawn and cut on my plotter, the stripes were laid with wrap and knifeless tape, tapering from windshield to nose cone.

I'd never heard the Styx track until this morning on the Graham Norton Radio 2 show, and I agree that "I can't believe it's not better" Some of the songs on @Blatmans list are the songs of my late teens. But not all.

Strewth, that’s a bold claim!! I see your bland pop track and raise you anything the Eurythmics did in the 80’s.

But the Pre-lit is now over 30 year. And look pretty good. I am biased though.

Me I would buy 25mm Celotex sheets or similar and ct1 it to the door, it would give you almost double to glass wool and silver tape the edges. https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/floor-insulation/recticel-eurothane-general-purpose-rigid-pir-insulation-board-2400mm-x-1200mm-x-25mm/p/254049

Paul I used to fit those Hormann doors. Hormann sold an insulation kit and honestly it was hopeless if you still want the door to open because the gap around and under the door allows so much air flow. Be careful with additional weight as you will need to re-tension the springs and on those cassette types there's limited adjustment.

Hi Paul, I just hardboarded my doors, I should have put some insulation behind but it’s a corrugated steel roof so it’s draughty / condensation anyway 🙄 I just run a dehumidifier in the winter, but the good thing it gives me somewhere to put posters and memorabilia. cheers Andy

I own an RX8 engine Westfield, possibly the one you have seem advertised in February. Chris, where are you located, welcome to try mine out...after lockdown that is haha I purchased it from Jon who has a very lengthy build thread on the mazda rotary forum http://mazdarotaryclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=80900.new;topicseen#new Hopefully that link works, otherwise just search westory and it should come up. May well be something on this forum come to think of it.... I'm going to continue with the build thread with changes and additions i make. I think the engines characteristics are very well suited to the Westfield. Very linear power and it is very fast. Adam

Just delete grindr, to free up space! 😉

Kruger national park...watching these ladies out for their Saturday night takeaway (Impala)......7pm There appeared to be only three of them involved.. then after the hunt failed, 12 of them popped up in various bushes.(sneaky) Well worth a visit

Just heard that Stirling Moss has died. Legend.