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Westfield V8 Nicely put together genuine SEight, registered in 1996 and currently on only its third owner. The car is on a Q plate and was built from a Kit with numerous genuine Westfield parts. Obviously its correctly registered as a Westfield. Finished in the traditional dark Blue with Yellow wings and Ducted Nose, with Yellow Chequeers on the bonnet Prior to purchase the car had stood for around 15 years in dry storage, so had suffered from some neglect, with all the rubber elements of the car deteriorating and getting really dirty! As part of the recommissioning the car has had wide track front suspension added, all the brakes have been refurbished and all suspension has been re-powder coated and rebushed. The chassis was originally powder coated and this has stood up well to storage, with no corrosion evident. The car was thoroughly inspected and no chassis cracks were found (and yes I do know where to look!) The car has a contoured dash with the usual compliment of functioning VDO instruments fed by a factory wiring harness. The seats are the comfortable highbacked variety in Blue to match the dash, with the carpets being Black (the blue fades over time). The steering wheel has a detachable boss for added security. Quick release harnesses are present to both driver and passenger seats. There are sidescreens and a hood with the car, both of which are in Black. The engine is the ubiquitous Rover V8, with a capacity of 3500. Its fed through a 4 Barrel Holley carb and dinner plate air filter. I suspect there is a modified cam shaft fitted but can’t confirm this….The electronic ignition has recently been replaced as have the leads, cap plugs etc. The car has a pair of side exit exhausts as you’d expect, and makes all the right noises. The gearbox is the LT77 from a Rover SD1, and this has had all the linkage bushes replaced. At the rear there is a Sierra 7” diff the ratio of which appears to be 3.62, and it has a viscous LSD. The refurbished wheels are shod in new 205 tyres, and there is a spare on the rear The Car has covered only 7500 Miles and has MOT until May 2021 – This can be retested to provide 12 months MOT on purchase. This car is a fabulous tourer. The torque is addictive with the car just swallowing the miles, climbing any hills in just about any gear, a great car to take on those weekends away. It drives great having had a geometry set up and just needs a new home with someone who will enjoy it. Ready to rock and could be sat in your garage ready to go when the sun is out and the temperatures go up a bit! Realistically priced at £13500. Call Paul on 07973 504785

I eventually got round to sorting this out. Here's what I did: I made a wooden box to house the electronics behind the bellboard (I've been getting into woodworking over the last 18 months so it was good to use some of the skills I've learned including hand cut dovetails no less!): I then made a flat board to fit to the wall and which would also have room for a bell. The box was fitted to that with hinges: I routed channels in the back for some wiring: My son really came up with most of the ideas for the electronics. The basic idea was a wifi enabled arduino which would trigger relays to operate the magnets on the bellboard. It would all be powered with 12v. This is what we ended up with: The final set up looks like this. When you fire it up, the arduino connects to the wifi. You find its IP address and put that into any web browser connected to the same network and you get this: Press a button and, hey presto, the corresponding flag moves on the bellboard and the bell rings! The buttons reset after a second or so. We found the code for this on the web, but my son modified the html part of it to add the labels etc. All of the bellboard flags work (with the exception of the front door, which we want to operate with a remote switch). We’ve got a couple of other things we’d like to do with it. One is to get the front doorbell to work on it which will require some kind of remote switch. The other is that there are still some wall buttons in a couple of rooms and I’d really like to get those working with a remote switch.

I have read your thread, yeah the roof timbers are overkill for my setup and no way would the concrete sections support that weight. You did a good job on it, well done. Oh and the bedhead must have been to stop a car door hitting the wall, I assume?. Thank you Julie, I think my garage is a tad smaller but not by much. There is no way I can afford that cost at the present, the house next door had a garage company around last month ( as they don't have one) so if they get the job I may have a chat with them over the fence as it were. I suppose if push came to shove, I 'could' cash in some of my pension, don't want to really as who knows what the future holds, but would be possible. Richard

Have a great day @Carlie APlan @A-Plan Insurance THATCHAM🍺🍷

Hi Oldstager. I too had an old corrugated leaking roof some years ago, with no money to fix it....! As usual, loads of different options, but for me, taking the roof off and replacing was not only expensive, but potentially dangerous too..... Asbestos if left alone is fine....mucking around with it is the dangerous part. All I did was to buy some cheap corrugated plastic roofing sheets of the same corrugated size and layer them over the top of the existing sheets using the same threaded studs and hooks already there. Carefully drill the plastic sheets to match the existing holes and jobs a goodun....garage been bone dry for the last 5 years for just over 100 quid. Any chance of coming into contact with original roof fibres, then damp down first as advised above, such as when removing the original studding before refitting with new panels sat on top. HTH? Mart.

Thank you so much everyone 🥰 Pyjamas and Cake day! Carlie Aka Miss A-Plan

I did - because he gave me it when I passed my test. It was an Austin Maxi - awful thing other than the back seats folded flat to make it ( in theory) a perfect shagginwaggon. Sadly the “dad’s car” looks of the thing proved to be less of a draw to any young lady at the time 🙄 edit: especially when I had one mate driving an MGB and another in a Datsun 240Z. Luckily I also had a motorbike that did the trick though 😁

Great mix of old and new, well done! Thanks for writing it up so well!

This is because you use a bitten apple.🤣

Happy birthday Carlie! Have a great day!

Many Happy Returns.....! 🎂

Happy Birthday Carlie!

Happy Birthday Miss A-Plan. 🎂🎂🎂

Again not local,but not a million miles away,I've got a Minno Max you're welcome to borrow 👍

@Westfield Parts Dept, now would be a really good time to get back to me regarding the harness Nothing says 🥰 than buying something for the 🏎️

One in Preston if your struggling nearer home.

over the peaks dave but can have mine in chesterfield if you cant get one closer

If no one else pipes up I have one not the best looking but a westfied is a nice tight fit. I will take some pictures of it later.

Suoercharged

just a quick note to say thanks to Ash @Rednop1 a call for a spare singular kick strip for a small project on the car. didnt want anything for it so chucked some cash into the wscc charity pot. I think it really shows that even during the last year when we can't be in each other garages helping each other out, that the spirt of helping each other is alive an well. This can be even if its in the form of words of encouragment and technical help via the forum. So Thanks Everyone