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Im sure Luke @Plays-Kool will be around soon to explain what is going on. We can't keep speculating. Luke is been allways bang on with the comunity, so, let's wait till he comes around. None of the comments I have seen in facebook make justice to the situation... but FB is FB. Lets be patient here. Don't forget that this company has allways been deeply tied to WSCC, so they deserve at least this.

Fans do not have to wait long.. the series will launch on Saturday, August 8th exclusively on WSCC prime forum. This unofficial post lockdown double jabbed Euro-Tour Special will star (in no particular order): @marcusb .......... @W Shep ..... @John Williams (Panda) - Joint Manchester AO 🚑 ................ @terryathome .. Preparations are going very bad great 😆

Oh no I hope you are all ok Craig? Perhaps a more leisurely drive like a Speedster is next on your list..... The first ever Factory Built MegaS2000 is no more! really enjoyed that car and it sold many many kits and cars for us.......RIP Red demo car.

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Thanks for organising another great route around the Peaks @Julie Hall - Joint Peak District AO and thanks too, to all who attended. If I had have come in the Westy I would have been thoroughly soaked by the time I got to the Bulli but, as it turned out, it was dry for the actual run. See you all soon.

Excellent. Please ensure Terry gets his WSCC tattoo this year!

***SOLD *** This is a very reluctant sale of my 2008 Westfield Megabusa (due to emigration), built to an exceptionally high standard by myself (over 1500 man-hours build time), an (ex) aircraft design engineer, with lots of bespoke parts, loads of lightening & loads of anodising. Full description/spec below, but in brief: Standard 1300cc engine with up-rated clutch, MBE992 ECU, dry sump, & electric water pump. Sierra LSD, Widetrack, in-situ adjustable track & camber F & R, Bias pedal box, Digital dash with ECU interface, Nitron competition suspension, F & R ARBs, 4 pot brakes, 6 Caterham wheels & 8 tyres, Bailey Morris prop shaft (no reverse box), lots of carbon fibre. Less than 5000 road (only) miles, MOT until 28/07/2022. Videos of the car (taken recently) here, here, & here, I have also just added another short video of the underside here. There are a few photos of the car below, but loads more (taken recently) here. 750 photos of the build here. Full description/spec : Built in 2008 from an original factory Megabusa kit, so has the correct, lightweight Mega chassis. The car was built by me, an aircraft design engineer, to an exceptionally high standard, with no expense spared in building, maintaining or preparing it for sale. Rare first time SVA pass. Original purchase invoices supplied with car. Hundreds of photos of build included with car. FW rear upgrade. Factory supplied, reconditioned Sierra differential with the highest available ratio from a 2.3 diesel Sierra; good for a GPS confirmed top speed of 127 MPH on currently fitted 205/55/13 tyres, more with 205/60s. The engine is a standard 1300cc Hayabusa, taken from a 600 mile 2006 Hayabusa, but fitted with upgraded Extreme Engines clutch springs and pawls and managed by an SBD supplied, fully programmable MBE992 engine ECU, with SBD map & connected by a full SBD motorsport spec loom. I have the PC connectivity hardware, which I will include with the sale. The car has a Westfield dry sump tank & oil cooler & Extreme Engines/Nova dry sump kit; this is the kit where the scavenge pump is mechanically driven by the standard Hayabusa water pump mechanism, so no belt to fail as is the case with the Westfield supplied kit. As the standard water pump has been removed a Davies Craig electric water pump has been fitted, this is controlled by engine ECU and has post shutdown run-on to prevent heat soak issues. The ECU also controls the electric cooling fan, which also has post shutdown run-on. The dry sump kit was supplied with blue & red anodised Goodridge hosed, which clashed horribly with the orange bodywork, so I purchased some Goodridge 811 hoses & fittings, which come in black & silver anodise. I was originally intending to have a summer & a winter scuttle, fitted with quick release fasteners & dry-breaks for the heater hoses. The dry breaks came with black & gold anodise, which, in my opinion, looked much better, so the silver anodise was stripped from the 811 fittings and re-anodised gold, this also led to the anodising of many other parts on the car. The 2nd scuttle & unused/unfitted heater, heated windscreen, wiper kit, roof kit, doors & carpet are NOT included with the car, as I guess most, like me, will not use them, but they are available by separate negotiation. The car is fitted with a Race Technology Dash 2 digi-dash (Westfield version) & a Race Technology ECU interface, which allows all of the ECU’s live data to be displayed on the dash. I have just upgraded the oil pressure sender to a Race Technology solid state version (expensive, but very accurate) as the standard Westfield one went haywire. Westfield’s plan for upgrading to the digital dash, from the standard gauges, was to plug a “jumper loom” into the individual connectors for the standard gauges & wrap them with insulation tape, well, I wasn’t having that, was I! I modified the Westfield wiring harness removing all redundant wires, adding extra wires as necessary before re-wrapping the whole lot in proper loom tape. All connections were made either by soldering & heatshrinking or using the correct, professional crimp terminals. Whilst I was at it, a Thatchham Category 2 transponder immobiliser was added & built into the heart of the car. I have marked up hard copies of the modified wiring diagrams & electronic copies of them in Excel & Paintshop Pro formats, but I can’t open the .PSP files at the moment, as they were produced in 2008, on an XP PC using a hooky version of PSP. I will try to find the PSP CD & get an old XP PC out, when I get chance, to see if I can bring them up to date with the final changes that were made. Westfield factory brake bias pedal box. Westfield AP 4 pot front brake calliper & vented disc upgrade. Golf rear brake calliper upgrade. Nitron competition shock absorber & spring upgrade. Cupra-Nickel rigid brake lines & stainless braided flexi hoses throughout. Westfield wide-track front wishbones, with in-situ camber adjusters, modified to upper rose joint. Westfield rear wishbones modified to be fully rose jointed with in-situ adjustable track & camber. Nylon wishbone bushes. Caterham 8x13” 8 spoke deep dish rear wheels, fitted with Caterham bespoke 205/55/13 Avon CR500 tyres (Fitment of this wheel/tyre combination facilitated by modified rear wishbones). Choice of Caterham 8x13” 8 spoke deep dish wheels, fitted with Caterham bespoke 205/55/13 Avon CR500 tyres or Caterham 6x13” 8 spoke wheels, fitted with Caterham bespoke 175/55/13 Avon CR500 tyres for the front (both pairs included with the car (6 wheels & 8 tyres included, in total). The front & rear Westfield aluminium uprights were hard anodised black, followed by etch primer & black Plasticoat paint (from new), to prevent the usual corrosion issues. The kit included a Westfield reverse gearbox, however, before it was fitted, I read on the WSCC forum that they were noisy, leaked oil & introduced a lot of backlash into the transmission but, as I already had it, I thought that I would carry on & fit it. Having fitted it and filled it with oil, it promptly stared leaking on the floor, whilst the car was still on the build stands, so I quickly removed it and purchased a bespoke, 2 piece Bailey Morris prop shaft. I bought an electric reverse kit from eBay and, to be honest, I was very disappointed with it; the advert showed a lovely, shiny motor, that I assumed was new, what turned up was a grubby used one. I think it's a starter from a VFR400. The motor is mounted in a cage, with reduction gearing & a gear to mount between the prop & the diff. In the end, I never got round to fitting it as, in reality, it's just not necessary because the car is so light. Gearbox to prop-shaft adaptor was zinc plated from new. Gun-drilled & powder coated half-shafts. Lightened stub axles, rear hubs and rear brake discs. Westfield rear anti-roll bar with bespoke aircraft spec aluminium pushrods (original steel items included with car. Bespoke grease nipple modification. Westfield inboard front anti-roll bar with bespoke aircraft spec aluminium pushrods (original steel items included with car). Bespoke grease nipple modification. Carbon Mods dashboard panel, fitted with quick release fasteners & multi-plugs for wiring. Carbon Mods aeroscreen. Carbon Mods front cycle wings. Carbon Rear Diffuser. Nosecone fitted with quick release fasteners (plus 1 bolt) for easy access. Bespoke, lightweight aluminium fuel tank mounts. Bespoke stainless steel track rod/rose joint adaptors. Bespoke stainless steel bonnet & boot catches. Bespoke rear arch liners, to prevent stone-strike “star” damage to gelcoat. Body & tunnel panels fitted with stainless bolts/screws throughout (using either tapped holes rivnuts), so that they are easily removable. Bespoke titanium exhaust manifold studs. Bespoke straight though exhaust box, plus original Westfield item which incorporates a catalytic converter, in case you need it for MOT. Padded Westfield race seats. Self cancelling indicator upgrade. Stainless Steel hose clips throughout. Stainless Fasteners were used throughout, except where high tensile fasteners were required. 2 sets of keys & immobiliser transponders included with the car. Engine & diff mounting studs were replaced with bespoke aluminium items. The car has only ever had road use, has never been tracked or used in the rain & has spent most of its life in dark, dehumidified storage, hence the car is pretty much like new with no rust or corrosion whatsoever. Anodised front hubs All old MOT certificates included. I have just given the car a thorough check over/service including: New engine oil filter and fresh Fuchs Titan Race Pro R 15W50 (all it’s ever had in it) New, long life coolant New Fuchs synthetic diff oil New DOT 5.1 brake fluid New clutch fluid New MOT (28-07-2022) The car has a hard wired Optimate (battery conditioner) connection mounted by the front suspension & I will include the Optimate with the sale. At one point, I had a Race Technology DL1 Data logger installed in the car, but I removed and used it in a Milner R1 safari race car, that I had a few years back, I sold it with the Milner. I purchased a DL1 Sport data logger for the Busa last year, before I knew that I had to sell the car. The unused data logger, plus unused exhaust gas temperature probe, amplifier & lambda sensor kit are available by separate negotiation. I'm looking for £18,995 for the car, please contact me via private message or on 01460 62025 (yes, it’s only 5 digits), between 10am & 10pm for any further information or to arrange a viewing, thanks, Martin.

All the best Craig. I think you must realise how lucky you were. That was a nasty accident. You know where we are if you want to come back. nic

Was Trump peacemake or appeaser? Obama was smart enough to KNOW that there is nothing to be gained by engaging other than getting egg on ones face. Trump was less smart. Better to say nothing and let people thnk you're a fool rather than open ones mouth and confirm it... If the Nobel is more about politics, Trump fails there too as he is not a good politician. He doesn't understand nuance and when dealing with international politics (or domestic politics for that matter), nuance is everything. And as with any statistic simply looking at numbers doesn't actually tell us anything. Lets not forget Obama inherited the Bush administrations legacy in the middle east.

You just want me to spend a fair chunk of my pension on a car don't you 😄, it didn't help when a mate brought his Rover P5B round for me to work on, oh the sound of it 🤤

Went to the local estuary before, testing car stuff, so out with the ( rubbish) camera. Yeah I know the roof is up, but was raining the last time I took it out and couldn't be faffed for a 20 min test 😄, forgot it was school hols DOH. The photo doesn't do this view any favours at all, but nice over over to Knott End way .

Dad just said to me that hes interested in finding it, not sure if he would buy it back but he can be crytpic sometimes, it could easily go either way.

The toybox one is sold, I've just enquired. The seller has advised me they leave old ads up. There is another one on the bay atm.

I believe there was an insurance issue with non factory SEiGHTs so please be careful. Best way is with a call to the factory.

Sorry you are selling for such little use, as always life just doesn't pan out. All the best with the sale, lovely car and a fantastic advert 👍

WARNING - music starts at 21 seconds, I thought my speakers were off at first so turned it to max 😂. Great track, not heard of them before, reminds me of Midnight Oil a bit.

14 Black Paintings, Peter Gabriel 15 Feet of pure white snow, Nick Cave > one I own....

Thanks Luke, very comprehensive - I have absolutely no experience with them, and for me I wouldn't know what I was looking at, other than a Westy with a V8 in it.

The SeiGHT chassis has more diagonals/bracing (two on each side IIRC) in the engine bay than other models available at the time and more gusset plates/reinforcing around the diff mounting, this is even more obvious in later chassis' as it I believe it was a known point of failure so it was improved. The thing you can't see is that the chassis itself is purported to be made of a thicker gauge of steel and, as a result, is slightly heavier. There were two options for the central tunnel on factory ordered SeiGHT chassis'- R380/LT77, which was narrower and gave more footwell space, or T5 Borg Warner which is a bit wider and makes things a bit cramped in the cockpit. Other than looking for the above, and any signs of chassis alteration to accomodate the V8 into another chassis, I can't think of anything that is immediately obvious. I think if you specced the chassis for an underslung exhaust it had two l shaped brackets under the rear chassis cross member just under the diff for the exhaust mounting. I expect a call to Westfield with the vin number would reveal if a particular car was a proper SeiGHT or not. I may be biased but I think £16-18K for a SeiGHT is not bad, although as with all Westfields it will depend on the build quality and the overall set-up/level of tune in each car, so it is difficult to say what a good price would be other than what you are prepared to pay. Sorry to say I'll be keeping mine Luke.

I'm reasonably sure the bar for a Nobel Peace Prize is set somewhat higher that not becoming involved in any new conflicts. Stopping one might have got him on the way but he's hardly Nobel Prize winning stock...

Yeah I do, its a what appears to a lit advertising display box, although what the purple thing that is fastened to it I don't know...

Hope its not true like luke and he's a great guy and always had excellent first class service from him

Quick spin round local roads on Herefordshire/Worcestershire border. Easy to forget how good some of our local roads are, this is Upper Sapey cricket ground. Gary

There are posts speculating about Plays Kool. (Face Book, Locost Builders etc). Though at least one of the people posting frequently has more axes to grind than the entire Canadian logging industry.

How about Christian Horner for the Diplomatic Service?

Mr Tangoman - meet Mr Tangoman the (slightly) younger!

Celebrating my cars 25th birthday

I’m struggling to think of any job that particular tool would be any use for.

Having left a sunny Chesterfield we arrived at The Bull in drizzle. Billy was offering a warm, dry seat to the highest bidder! So it was inside for breakfast First stop was Longstone Edge for a photo shoot. We lost the drizzle by the time we neared Bakewell, I took the correct right turn this time and avoided the town centre! It was dry for the rest of the day, yippee. The views as you travel along up there are wide and wonderful with all the hills in their summer coat and a mixture of shade and sun highlighting them beautifully. Next we took the back roads into Castleton. Then we did a run up the Winnats Pass, of which is never going to be clear on a Sunday in August. Still, the views are stunning and more so when you drop down Mam Nick. Mam Nick looking backwards, but forwards you get views over Kinder Scout. We arrived at the Rambler Inn just in time for a pie and a pint Poor Andrew, Glen shifted Andrew's coke and put his pint there just in time for the click of the camera, naughty Parked at the Rambler Inn Sat on the heated decking area, oh the luxury. We seem to be short of cake on this outing, so that problem was soon fixed by a trip to Massarella's in Rowsley. Parked in Rowsley Now we can't have a meet without a bonnet coming off can we. This is Glynn's Mazda engine without a supercharger😉 To finish off the kind and lovely Becky leaves us with a gingerbread biscuit (we have recently been to Grasmere in the Lake District which is famous for it's gingerbread) and they are dressed in their swimsuits, which is a hot topic at the moment. Now swimsuits are like sports cars, one is not enough, so a girl is allowed to buy two. When another box of swimwear arrived last week at the pool Glen offered the lifeguard £20 to hide it from me, he said it is cheaper that way 😄 It's been a fun day, even though Andrew deprived me of black pudding, I will forgive him eventually, thanks for coming everyone. The driving and the roads have been great, hope to see you all again next time xxx

@CraigHew @OldStager has asked me to ask you, How do you know @CosKevsuffers from chronic masterbation.

If I haven’t got anywhere safe to leave the steering wheel I tend to put it down my trousers. It’s driving me nuts.

I employ a sniper to sit in the nearest tree