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Tonight should have been our midsummer night's "Run to the sun" going to the east coast, and heading home late into the setting sun, but due to the lockdown the pub is shut, so instead we visited @BugMan at his home. Steve has been self isolating with his wife and not seen anyone from the club for around 3 months, so a run was arranged. It was supposed to be a small group of around 10 to 12 people, but things escalated with some NWKCOG coming along as part of a run they were organising. 6 of us met at the Swan and Cygnet for the half hour run to Steve's, taking a longer route to avoid speed humps and arriving first to get the pick of the cake made by Dawn. Luckily, not all of the NWKCOG came as there probably wouldn't have been enough room in the street, so 2 Westfields, 2 Tigers and a Grinnal Scorpion joined the 7 Westfields already there. Coffee and cake was consumed, cars and Carona talked about, and I hope everyone, especially Steve had a good time. Again, a big thank you to Dawn for the cake and their understanding neighbour's.

All complaints should be directed to @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO - thank you.

'Alpaca my bags' if the posts continue

I've been following this guy on you tube for a while I think he's a member of locostbuilders. Anyway he's been doing an s2000 engine strip down and head gasket swap.

You can go for a drive to test your eyes these days.. I guess if you don’t get lost or crash you must me fine.

Thank you for today Martin, amazing car in the flesh even better than the photos show! Cannot wait to pick it up next Thursday! Cheers for the fantastic buy. Tom

The return home after full setup. Nitrons rebuilt and new springs. Can't wait to get on track now

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/53115622 Former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi is in a "serious but stable" condition after having surgery on a head injury sustained in an accident during a handbike relay in his native Italy. The 53-year-old was involved in a crash with a lorry in Pienza on Friday. Zanardi was taken by helicopter to hospital in Siena, where he is on a ventilator in intensive care. Wishing Alex well in his recovery.

Roll up roll up @Trevturtle @Snowy Steve

I would not get hung up on engine parts supply as a consideration. Working in the parts Zetec, Duratec, Vauxhall Xe Crossflow ford all parts are available once you have the part numbers. The issue is so many parts operations now work on reg numbers and westfields are not on any data base for parts purpose. Steve Hole, the editor of TKC magazine has driven thousands of 7 type cars and he contends that the best is one with a smaller engine and power levels around 100-150bhp as on the road you will still be more than fast enough and the drive is more involving. My Vauxhall engined car you hardly have to change down on a run as the torque is more than needed on the road. On the track different story hence which is more important to you? Also do not be afraid your skills are lacking, one of the guy's I helped with getting his build started when I asked if he had a G clamp replied what is one of those? He went on to build a great car, which he quickly turned into a very high powered car that went onto be used in the sprint series. You will find many willing hands to help if you get stuck on anything which is wht this club is all about

Hi Matt, If you haven't done it already get yourself a set of these: https://www.12voltplanet.co.uk/non-insulated-terminal-crimping-tool-standard-duty.html Am using these to do all the connectors on my car, work really well and very reasonable at £12

Can't believe how shockingly bad the weather was... Well if you liked it in the rain you would love it in the sun! It was gr8 to meet you both today. Thanks for making the journey down with all the relevant PPE👍😷

Do bear in mind that regardless of any individual discounts given they’re are a Club Sponsor, so are actively contributing to the Club and supporting us.

I dint think we get a discount but he will charge you a realistic price for the work depending on exactly what you have done. No rolling road is cheap but he is good and can sort other electric issues as well as just the ECU/mapping

Some cracking pictures there. Thanks for sharing. I think Durex is less controversial than the tobacco sponsorship and, nowadays, the gambling companies.

The most popular bike engined cars are Hayabusa powered and Honda CBR1000RR. My CBR 1000 sprint car has paddle s and flat shifter and latest engine has in excess of 190bhp at rear wheels so its a bit quick. I used to have a 1300cc, 1400cc and 1548cc powered Hayabusa car which was road legal and it was excellent on track but a bit manic on the road. There is a Westfield out there for you so enjoy looking and researching.

Welcome @Poohfrom just down the road in Winslow. I'm an ex biker too, the Westfield is the nearest you can get to a bike but you can carry dogs and wear shorts!

You need to up your game Andrew - I mean most of us do that in the first few weeks 🤣

Fixing track day problems

They say, KitCars are never finished (fighting with bearings play and pads thickness on first trackday this Year )

What a lovely car....... take note sellers, this is how you advertise a car..

Hi Im new to westfield, ive got a bit of a backstory to how ive ended up joining the westfield team. My dad Don Homer, some of you may know built his westfield i believe in 1993-94. It was his pride and joy and i have many memories going to car shows with him and portmerion wales in it. Unfortunately my dad un-expectedly pass away 2nd April this year. My mom has passed his keys onto me to carry on his journey, i am so proud of my dad for what he has done and achieved in his life and i am honoured to now sit in the driving seat of his car. I look forward to attending future car shows/events and the monthly meets when they are up and running again. Hayley x

Ready for first track day on Tuesday.. Just got to tidy garage and load up!

Donington a week on Friday, rocking the caravan wheels and tyres 😆

Veery hot yesterday trackday start line. Westfield keeps runnig well after 80km of winding track, me tired but happy (as for the results could be better, but then - there is always something to modify and practice, so - there is a future ! )

A great run out this morning with No1 son. Stopped at Toolstation on the way home.