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After a few years of ownership I have finally got round to fitting a 12v power outlet and hire wiring my eeeeemmm ‘safe device’ as I have wired it directly to the battery I have wired in a led switch to prevent leaving things turn on, I’m pretty pleased with the results in my homemade centre console! I just have to pluck up the courage to attempt to wire the start button next!!!

Gave the FW it’s first wash and polish since it’s IVA.

Winter upgrades finished - carbon fibre flared side panels and headlights, 13" CSR alloys, Aerocatches - also single windscreen wipe, headlight 'on' warner and GPS tracker; just need to end the lock down and get out on the raod

Land Rover finished.

The problem with this is no government could ever get it right. Without being callous some people have rolled the dice and now lost want us to bail them out whatever the cost. There have been many cases of people jumping at cheap holidays, as this would never happen to them, now it has. We have seen many on cheap cruises somehow want the UK government to charter a flight to get them off as they are stuck in a port, that should be the cruise company held to account on that one. Had the government lockdown all travel the cost would have been massive and people who were needed at home could not have done so. We only have to look at the reaction that is happening here, as soon as more facts were coming out people stripped shelves and now the economic impact is unfolding people want to get back to work s for many the risk of problems economically is far worse than catching Covid as the vast majority of those who are fit and healthy recover quickly. They were also relying on information from China, who lied, not just a little but a huge amount which the WHO spouted and led to the decision making process being taken by EU governments. There has been no standard way to test or record cases and death across the world so the figures being used are flawed as is the modeling. I feel sorry for some who are stuck abroad but maybe it is just me but I have never holidayed without full insurance or access to money in emergencies which has happened but we sorted everything out ourselves. We need to learn lessons from this all of us and the biggest one is asking when you insurance says "Force Majeure" find out exactly what that means. I have heard of a few companies thinking they were covered well only to find out they are not covered. Clearly we all want UK citizens safe but there is only so much can be done reasonably in a short time frame

Finally got round to washing off the muck accumulated from the run to iva.

Who's currently leading @Julie Hall - Peak District AO's battle of the ODO's. ?

Who is now suddenly a reliable source? Trump is trying to deflect blame for his inaction on to the WHO in order to ensure re-election in November. The WHO may well have screwed up, but I want to hear that from governments less likely to announce it on Twitter...

There are two elements to the Steering wheel assembly the factory supplies for IVA purposes. The wheel itself, which gains compliance through the use of a heavIly padded crash-pad that completely covers the spokes as viewed from the driving seat. And the collapsible boss that it mounts on, to attach it to the steering column. The Westfield standard steering columns (Ie non SDV columns) are not collapsible in the IVA sense of the word. The standard steering wheel boss is collapsible. The factory arrangement has gone through crash testing and limited type approval on several occasions. So, has been satisfactorily proved fit for purpose, should an IVA inspector query it. One other thing to be aware of, generally known as the law of unintended consequences! The standard dashboard layout, is designed around a standard wheel, with a standard diameter. There is an exclusion zone on the dash, slightly larger than this diameter, in which nothing gets tested for too sharp radii. If you changed the steering wheel to a much smaller wheel, be very careful you don’t also inadvertently shrink the exclusion zone to the point where switches gear that cannot pass the radii test is suddenly out of the zone and able to be checked! Experienced, decent, IVA Inspectors tend to know Westfields well, and know what basically passes if assembled properly. Including the standard wheel arrangement. The minute you start going off-piste with the build, be prepared for the inspector to start looking that extra bit more carefully at what you’ve done. There’s no issue with making your own solutions, but be aware you’re your own back up in that case, and your own tech support; it’s down to you to prove something is sufficient, and if you can’t, it’s down to you, to put it right. In the case of the steering wheel, it’s also why there are often wheels knocking around that have been through numerous IVA’s, and that’s all they ever do, getting passed from person to person, after each test. So if you like the wheel, To be safe, I’d suggest buying it, and putting it on one side till after IVA!

Fully intend on putting our Westy back on the road at the start of May as is normal for us - weather dependant of course. Absolutely no reason it shouldn't be used for the once a week essential shopping trip. With just the driver there's plenty of space for the essentials. No tongue in cheek here either - it'll be straight to and straight back from the usual closest Tesco, no 200 mile round trips for a loaf of bread. Should have put it on 1st April really - our annual holiday at the end of April has been cancelled of course, and the weather has been nice of late and I actually got round to putting the Jeep on SORN at the end of March.

Yes that makes sense In hindsight I probably should have done that! Although I can always change it at a later date

The CF shells are 'Mick Made' - a limited batch that he produced in late 2019 and the headlights are LED from Amazon and include indicators

Wiring up the new ECU.

He's hardly in an imperious position at home, is he? He may be trying to turn that around but if he does it using Covid-19 as a platform that could (and should) backfire.

I hàve to say, one unexpected benefit on Facebook has been making it so much easier to clean out a large number of "Facebook friends" whose false fact, crap and toxic conspiracy, tin foil hat, BS used to clog my feed. It's brought all the loony tendencies right out of the woodwork!

Said the one that panic bought way before anyone else´s... It wasn´t easy to predict what was coming... Europe at whole was giving a serenity message stating that in this side of the world that wouldn´t be a problem... Obviously they were wrong. Admitedly... I saw it comming, well not really, but imagined that something like this "could" happen... but just couldn´t do anything about it. I´m one of the persons that has lost significant money on holidays, and the damn insurance refuses to pay... still fighting with them...imagine I had I canceled it in january. What makes me wonder... if so many people genuinely saw it comming... Why on the f***** earth all the governments on the world missed it?

Chassis, interior and body all together. Still got a long way to go.

Hi mate, I hope your well. I use my Harley on nice days to go to work as I know a lot of other bikers do, I did the last 2 days, but I'm sure there's a lot taking the p..s as well. When Mrs P is back on the road I'll use it to go to work. I don't think there's any harm if it's an essential journey using what ever you have in garage.

That’s great! Sounds good 👌

Happy Birthday fella

If you bid after seeing this account name... ...it’s very much your own fault! 😄

Agreed, I do like a black wheel, but it was just all too much with the black on black on black look before.

If they don’t fit you could get them dipped and lacquered looks great and lighter !

The same person advertised about 10 Mk1 escorts yesterday caswell for same asking price