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Well I've been cutting my own hair for years now... so took the the lockdown opportunity to grow it till it got annoying then shaved some of it off to pay homage to the late great Keith Flint, my youngest wasn't too impressed though !

As recent as it gets. Sitting in Tesco carpark.

Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one! Similarly, 4 weeks ago I decided to flush my cooling system as it hadn't been changed in about 4 years and was looking a little rusty, so I thought that a 'good seeing to' would be in order. So, off came the radiator and out came the thermostat, then I thought that I'd pop off the dash and remove the heater matrix .. that was a job 😵 and forward/backed flushed the parts. I then decided to 'upgrade' a teeny bit and rivnut the matrix brackets for ease should there be a next time (my knuckles and aching aging body will thank me one day!!). While the dash was off, I thought that I'd get around to adding the Summit Technologies goodies (BEC, Venom) that I'd bought to complement my Raptor, that had been sitting on the shelf the past year, and also then I thought some general tidying up of the wiring ould be 'fun'... Umm, how did I get to the point where I have reels of wires, terminals, soldering iron, etc lying about the garage floor ... ... oh yeah, I was changing my coolant! 🙄😄

Dear all, I am pleased to announce that we have a new sponsor in Daytuner Performance. Daytuner are based in Harrogate, Yorkshire and are well renowned bike engine tuning specialists and tuning part suppliers. http://www.daytuner.co.uk/ Best wishes John

Ford Squeeze Green metallic ( as seen on many a Fiesta). Had it painted in 2011 after modifying the tub at the back to take different light units. It was red from 1991 when I built it up until then. Had it sprayed red after someone used it as a parking buffer around ‘98 IIRC but it didn’t last all that well, so the decision to paint it again was easy.

After the extention was finished last year and we decided to not proceed with the loft in the bad weather(kicking myself now due to covid). I promised Mrs W that i would do something with the garden so she didnt have to use make shift block stairs to get into the wild garden. well stage 1 nearly finished the deck. Hand rail and deck wall to go in hopefully this weekend once the stuff arrives, but happy so far.

Four weeks ago I decided to do something about the broken rear number plate on my '89 SE. Closer inspection revealed that the spare wheel had dropped because the bracket had sagged. Well you who have had this happen will know that the bracket is not very strong and the weld had broken and it had pulled out of the chassis. So to investigate the broken chassis bracket out came the bootbox. Then the fuel tank. The bracket cannot be easily welded because the body goes underneath it. Decision taken to remove the bracket remains and run without a spare. With the tank out the rear chassis, suspension and axle were revealed in all their tattyness. I dismantled the rear suspension including the 4 radius rods , panhard rod and the spring/damper units. Suspension components and the chassis members were derusted, coated and painted. The axle was derusted and painted in situ. The old bushes were removed by the hacksaw through the outer sleeve method. New metalastic bushes from Westfield were fitted with the use of M12 Allthread and suitable sockets and spacers. New dampers and springs ordered via Damperman, great service from Spax. New nyloc nuts and BZP washers were used throughout. Everything reassembled and loaded up with water containers to set the ride height. Luckily the spare wheel recess hadn't been too badly rubbed by the tyre and rubbing compound and elbow grease have restored the shine to an acceptable level. So with the rear done it would make sense to do the front wouldn't it. So more metalastic bushes ordered front end in the air, nose cone off. More of the same replacing the wishbone bushes and also replaced the bottom ball joints which in this cars case are the 4 bolt Cortina ones. The top ball joints were good. New rack mounts from Retro Bolt on eBay. All painted and reassembled , ride height set and while I was at it an oil and filter change as well. All that remains is for next month to come round and I'll tax it again. None of the work was particularly difficult but I have used muscles that haven't been used spannering for a good while. I hope and expect the ride to be much improved over what it was as the evidence is that the bushes and dampers were the thirty year old originals.

Reluctantly offered for sale my Westfield SEW I have owned the car for 7 years and the time is now right to move on to a new phase in motoring, so the car has to move on to a new owner to enjoy through the summer. The car is a 2003 SEW that I have owned for the past 7 years and in that time upgraded many items. The car has a recorded mileage of 10060 and will come with a full 12months MOT The car is powered by a 1.6 ford CVH. The original engine whilst sound did not have any history so it was replaced with the current engine 4 years ago, that was purchased from a fellow Westfield owner who was upgrading. The engine was originally set up by the ford specialist Faraday Engineering and was rebuild prior to installing into the car. It had a new oil pump, water pump and the crank reground and seated. 3 years ago £700+ was spent on the head, it was ported polished and skimmed by Cylinder Head Developments and a Kent fast road cam (cvh22) and Vernier pulley installed, the set up now produces 130bhp. It is naturally aspirated via twin 40's The gearbox is a ford type 9, with 5 gears and has had the seals replaced (however there is still a minor leak from the front seal (a common fault) A new clutch and pressure plate was installed when the engine was replaced The suspension has been replaced using Protech shocks and springs, valved by Procomp and set up by Adam of CleaRMotorsport The wheels are 15 inch OZ Racing multi spoke alloys with Toyo Proxes TR-1 It has chrome wishbones There is a spare wheel carrier (but no spare) There is a full set of wet weather gear with boot tonneau, doors and hood The rear axle and diff were rebuilt several years ago. There is a new speedo (not fitted) but will go with the car as the one fitted is temperamental The car is in deep blue with Le Mans stripe with carbon effect wheel arches and rear protectors, the combination looks stunning Carbon effect LED daylight running lights have been fitted to compliment the carbon headlights with upgraded bulbs The car has the benefit of a heater and blower but it currently is not plumbed in. The project for this coming winter was to tidy the body as this is showing signs of the cars age with some crazing marks I have been a member of the WSCC for the past 7 years and the car has never missed a beat when out on a run. It starts first time, sounds great and is a real head turner. It is a good reliable, economical fun car that has had a considerable amount of money spent on it. It will provide someone with a great introduction to westfields. £5750.00 Viewing welcome

With you on that one. I long ago realised that public bogs like the ones in airports that don't have doors at the main entrance are really very convenient... (sorry...)

Tell me about it! Scope creep is a terrible thing!!

🤢 🤮 Eww, so on no account get the UV lights out at Blatter’s place then!

The worst thing for your health is two grandchildren. They are running, screaming, fighting germ dispensers! I went for years without colds but once they came along my nose rarely stopped dripping! Now they're a little older (7 & 10) it's a bit better than it was, and my other half being 'shielded' means we are safe - for now.

Put it in a GT86 *properly* and have an hilarious street sleeper

Shows how fast things change in F1. With your post only 6minutes old and now out of date! Ricciardo signed for McLaren 5 minutes ago. 😀 Personally I hope Seb is out. Should have been banned after the red mist came down and he banged wheels with Hamilton.

Of course - how stupid of me. Maybe this one won’t get lapped then 😁 It's the fastest colour known to mankind.. British Russing Green.

Purchase Price Amended!!

Not of Westfield from Westfield 😀😀 Had me ducking a bit 😳😳

Hello All, Jase here hoping you are well and keeping safe. Im just looking for more feedback on the shop if possible, since the lock down started i have spent a lot of time doing some changes to layout ie new headers and sections to hopefully space things out more and to save time in searching through hundreds on parts and also updating images and descriptions to help identify certain parts. Approximately 200 Westfield parts have been added across all sections so if anything is missing PLEASE shout so i can get it added ( i have fw hood frame to add). We have received feedback in the past with regards to Chesil parts appearing when searching, this is something that will change but delayed slightly. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated good or bad so i can put anything wrong right. Many thanks and take care all. Jase

But back on topic... I do hope Scotland opens up in July as there are 20 of us wanting to head up for a blat!

Super cool colour. Thinking of getting mine done but can't decide on paint or wrap. It'll probably take 3 years to decide on the colour

Have a great day! @EBD Engineering

Of the whining type of mates Blatters Yes Mate 🙄

I was with my son on one occasion and he was pressing the buttons on a parking ticket machine with tip of a ballpoint pen. Another time I saw him operating the flush lever in a W.C. cubicle by pressing it with his foot. He's borderline obsessive about avoiding contamination of his hands. He's a surgeon...

Is that a euphemism?

Looking good. Personally find “garden carpentry” very satisfying, provided the weather is favourable.

fixed that for you 🙂

will continue on the retro look with some Minilite. the prodynamics are fitted with 20mm spacers so offset should be 25mm

I hate using public loos at the best of times and only relent to avoid doing myself a permanent mischief! 😂 I'm literally using my elbows and/or toilet paper to push buttons and pull handles, or my favourite one is to try and time my leaving right on the heels of someone else to avoid touching the door! It gies me tha boak [trans Scot to Eng: "It makes me feel sick"] 🤢😆 when guys come away from a urinal and even a cubicle walking out wiping their hands on themselves!!! Right, it's lunchtime, I'm not talking about this anymore 😷😂😂

Er... hang on...are you calling me a w..... I've been called worse but even so...

It does annoy me when the self titled face book/Social Media experts spout on about people wearing gloves wrongly/inappropriately etc. Yes, many are fully aware of glove hygiene procedures, transference etc. But many of us are using gloves because our skin will simply not tolerate the level of bacterial hand wash use required. I wear gloves in higher risk environments simply because I can properly decontaminate them much more easily, and much more regularly, than I could my hands directly, which would be covered in open sores within a week.

bargain for someone I had my viscous unit only reset by barra beginning of last season that was over £500

Similarly, when I joined the Fire Brigade, I found myself washing my hands a lot more at work which evolved into a lot more at home which then evolved into carrying travel anti-bac hand gel, a couple of pairs of nitrile gloves and a orinasal pocket mask in the car! 😄

Chap I used to know that works at RBR always maintained that off the track , Mr V was a genuinely nice bloke. Be that as it may, on track he was a calculating cheating cynical dick, not unlike Schumacher. Talented of course, but still a dick. It’s a shame that’s what the sport seems to demand.

Shhh, he's in disguise with a clip-on beard

It's not a thing, just an occasional dalliance... Does this count?

Happy birthday Ben, creator of the best CVH trigger wheel sensor bracket in history - hope you have a great day!

Phantom Vortex GTR was such a good looking car, like a mini McClaren

Do it, do it, do it!

Do it😁

Anything can be made to fit

One of the things my Dad taught me was to run candle wax on the screw before fitting it so that it would go in easier and reduce the risk of splitting the wood(50years plus ago). I know that modern screws are coated to replicate this and maybe the wood retains this lubricant and just needs a bit of heat to liven it up, could also be just the expansion of the screw widening the wood slots. For the broken screws we usually used a hollow plug drill bit over the screw to remove, then glued in some dowel to replace and fixed with longer screws.

I seem to turn my hand to anything these days 8m medieval crane worsley delph Horse and cart at Leyland Betting pod royal ascot And one or two doors😉 Tony

I have hung a door or two in my 47 years as a joiner

No joking I'd drill a hole down the side of the screw then punch it sideways, pull it out and put a timber peg back in the hole. If you've ever snapped a screw into a polished oak door you'll find a way to get it out. You can put a new screw in oak quite easy you could try to take it out after a few days and they just snap off. Tony

Sweden has one of the lowest population densities in Europe but has had more than 3 times the number of deaths than Norway, Finland and Denmark added together.