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Almost finished. Just need to get some PVA glue then the windows and lights can go on.

A couple more photos from yesterday. Cars lined up at Thornbridge and the ubiquitous cow muck that inhabits the Peak District and has to cover some part of the car, even on the hottest driest days

Thanks to all on the tour. What a lovely group. Great people, great roads. Great time had by all. Particularly impressed by the birthday cake. Thanks again.

Well great day for the 11 Speed Series competitors with 1 practice and 7 timed runs on offer 3 class records broken by Dave Cleaver, Andy Hargreaves and Terry Everall. Results will be posted later

Some more photo's from further back in the pack, thanks to our passengers Rebecca and Charlie

Who said the westy wasnae practical ….😂😂😂 A great day out took the long route to visit mum via the lecht, corgarf ( bacon roll cake n coffee) then down strathdon and kildrummy over Huntly and Aberchirder to Turriff I’ve kept missing Scott with his megabusa so he popped over from new Byth for a blether then it was in by to pick up some plants on the way home. Left at 10 this morning and home at 9 just as the rain started… happy days

This was my winter project....

Still not able to enjoy the sunshine quite yet but managed to get the stripes fitted this weekend. More in my build thread.

Sorry to have missed this one (it looks like you all had a good time). See you all soon. P.S. Many happy returns @Julie Hall - Peak District AO 🎂

Another good turnout and a great run round- the extra pink device fastened to my car didn't survive the journey home. It broke loose and started bouncing on the boot lid. So a stop to remove was required. I leave others to post up the pics of it: Sorry you had to arrange your own birthday run! We all enjoyed it, thank @Julie Hall - Peak District AO

Thank you for my presents, cards, balloon, banners, candles, it's has been just wonderful and I felt very special. Extra thank you to @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO. Thank you to ALL of you for joining me in my celebration of being 50. Love to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Even Rita got balloons, she thought she was a wedding car 11 cars, plus Simon, Michelle and little Olivia came to say hello, she had her own toy racing car. After breakfast we went a run around the peaks. Everyone was busy with the football so with the quiet roads we got a free run up the Elton Esses and Crowdecote Simon wore a nice warm hat NOBODY IS SAFE All I can say is that it was not me. May I introduce you to the Peak District's very own BUMPER DUMPER The frolicks carried on at The Bull I Thorn as we parked up and went for lunch Parking Motorbike engined cars parked separately Andrew offered me his black pudding, thank you And then promptly sat on the floor by mistake, shame the camera was still switched on We could rename Bagpuss......u for an i A brilliant day out in our wonderful cars on these cracking roads, what a great club this is provide a platform to bring all this together on this forum. Thank you everyone.

@SteveH used to do a great coordination job on the trackday front for the club and the back office staff for the club feel it may be worth another go/experiment. So from myself putting my hand up earlier in the week, I will now be taking up the role of trackday coordinator/liaison/advisor for the club. This is not to stop/take over any of the current organised events between club members but to try and add further value to a growing group of Westfield club members. I will establish a single point of contact with many of the large Track day organisers and manage where possible the discount code for the club or further discount for large numbers 10+. I would also like to try and get a couple more official club days together, but this will all depend on the members support. I would like to offer support to novices who would like to dip there toe into trackdays, I often see new members say general touring Westfield with a couple of trackdays a year, these are the people i would really like to help. As starting out for your first couple of day would be much easier with the support at the curcuit from other members. Finally I will be the contact for flags, gazebo etc to be booked in and out, that would like to be used at trackdays. It would be great to get some more publicity for the club at these days and hopefully adding a little more off track organisation will help. I will be looking at some dates of days throughout the rest of the year and start the tdo liaison over the next couple of weeks. There is a great core group of friendly track day goers in the club and it has been slowly growing in the last couple of years. A few more would make club only days more viable and the first bonus of that is no clio's to deal with 😁. Many thanks Simon.

Nice group of us booked on now 1. @Simon Waterfall Syman84 2. @Chris King 3. @LukeW 4. @a15cro 5. @BenD 6. @Andy (Sycho) 7. @neptune 8. @Deanbarnes 9. @Tony Smiley 10. Matt Taylor (Andy Sycho mate) Any more for anymore. I'm planning on a social the evening before at the circuit with bbq for those interested.

Early start this morning to meet @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO before everyone turned up. Since owning a Westfield, there seems to be a theme of me meeting people in secluded car parks 😂

Hi, new member, just in the process of buying a pre-lit from North of the border. Live in Norfolk, be nice to hear from any likeminded people nearby. Steve.

a cold burger and a warm beer!

Well that was a hot weekend, not sure how the times compare but I bet that track was well sticky? As normal, results are below but if you find any mistakes, please let me know...... I'm feeling confident 😄 Three Sisters (R11) - Results Tiggs

Hoping to come the night before but my brownie points are drastically deminishing at the moment

Great news Simon, look forward to some more WSCC TDs

Same as Adam I use 3" with Hans and never had any issues. That's not to say Johns points are not valid. Manufacturers will have there recommendations and different Hans probably have there own recommendations.

Booked!

Thanks for stepping into these boots Simon, always good to get out on track with a few other Westies!

Me too! 😁

That’s what she said

Another great day! Very impressive watching Andrew commando roll off the picnic table at lunch, without even loosing so much as a single bean from his cooked breakfast. A good turnout too, eleven cars I think? And the Ian gave his bumper-dumper a test drive out!

Ian had been busy on the printer as there were lots posters around Quackers cafe And Simon, our King of Speed Series was busy being very cute as Michelle looked on, what a truly lovely family.

Had a great evening drive with Jordan to Ellsmere. Took some good friends along in passenger seat too!

I'm starting a team in the national hide and seek championship but good players are hard to find.

The above is the first part of section 8 Nuisance, which covers emissions, and was the pre-existing legislation. This is not overuled by the newer legislation below that applies to newer kit cars only. I might add that if a test station is refusing to test a vehicle that they are clearly approved to test, you can complain/appeal this as they must have a valid reason to refuse. Clearly, the fact that they do not understand the rules is not a valid reason and could land them in trouble with DVSA.

All clean and ready for a run to Caffeine and Machine with @jumbojack @Andy83 @HB46443 @LukeW @David Black The weather is looking perfect 😎

What did they think when batman turned up😁😉 car looks great👍

Noooo!!! he looks quicker than me (#noshtsherlock)

Sadly after 3 years of enjoyable ownership it’s time to sell my Westfield. Built from totally new parts in 2000 and only covered 29000 miles it really is a lovely well built car with full build history and recent modifications by myself. Specification 2 litre red top Vauxhall covered around 11000 miles with a coscast head Fast road cams, vernier pulleys, omex 200 ECU, lightened flywheel 175bhp Kevlar clutch, Twin 45 Weber’s modified to 152g spec Type 9 box semi helical, linked to 3.92 LSD diff Willwood 4 pot brakes and drilled discs all round , SD rear cage New spax set up with spring options and set up by Demon tweeks New seats and sabelt 4 point harnesses , momo quick release s wheel halo headlamps, tonneau cover, side screens and many spares new team dynamics wheels 225 rear 205 front with new Toyos all round 6 months MOT and oil and plugs changed last month private plate not included will revert to W reg never raced mainly a tourer This really is a well built car it has been 100% reliable and I have enjoyed looking after it over my ownership. £11000 or very near offers will be considered contact me on 07835 771928 Thanks for looking

Back in the mists of time while at Uni I bought a “new” mk3 cavalier ex taxi 260k miles, to replace the MK2 rust bucket. I needed to get it from Preston to South Wales and hired a trailer for a day so needed to get back to preston, also wanted to get a few hours at TokyoJoes.. The trailer empty towed so we’ll and I knew the roads though mid Wales so we’ll, I was flying. I’d spotted a car quite a bit of a distance behind which disappeared, As I slowed down entering a 30 zone it caught me and the blue lights came on… Apparently there Meistro 2.0 diesel was struggling to keep up and they where doing over 90 in places… But fair play I got a ticking off, got sent on my way. End of shift and no actual evidence I guess.

Not done a lot of modelling recently, but I have been working on a MG Metro 6R4.

I think you also have to factor in peoples natural wariness to making recommendations to strangers on open public forums. Too often on FB groups, asking for someone who "knows" kit-cars etc for an MoT, is taken as short-hand, for "where can I get a dodgy MoT from, please?" by many of the people reading it. When all we really want, is someone who understands the rules, as they relate to kit's - Q plates, etc.

At home in the mountains of Montana. dave