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I’m now the proud owner of 3 Westfield’s, just managed to buy a lovely Seight 5.1 that was 10 mins from where I live! this is in addition to the sport 250 and the Mistral Megabusa. all cars are so different and I like them all for different reasons, the 5.1 is a real handful though😂😂😂

Snapshot from video out and about today. Ignore the date error I just need to redo the settings. I'm going to try another position with the camera next time as the mirror blocks the view of the road ahead.

First proper meeting here went well, weather forecast said rain from 11, but only had a little drizzle. 3 Westfields were joined by 3 Cobras, a Robin Hood and an Aston Martin from the Chevin car club. Nice bacon and egg sarnie too.

Dads Westy sporting its new Mini lites

I recognise that spot. Shots taken from my sons drone…

@Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club SecretaryI have some lengths of box section that needs a new home...... You have given me an idea!!!!

Westfields and axle stands are an interesting mix if you’ve not had such light weight cars on them before. If just sat there, doing very “light” work on the car they’re not too bad, the issues are kind of two fold though. One, (at the front in particular), if you’re not careful, the two front stands end up very close together, and are unstable if the car is both pushed sideways and in a front to back direction. And two, the light weight of the car can catch you out. It needs much less sideways force on the car, compared to a big heavy tin top, to push the car enough for stands with narrow bases, compared to their height to start to topple or lift. It’s even possible if working on a particularly stubborn bolt with a breaker bar etc to actually lift one corner of a Westfield off the stand at that side, and again, if unlucky, they can topple. Thats with stands directly on a solid surface, and directly on the car. As soon as you add extra layers, you can increase or decrease the toppling risk, quite a bit. At the front, for instance, if I know the wheels will be off, but there is heavier work to do, I’ll put a longer scaffold poll or block of wood under the car, with the ends supported by the axle stands, but the stands a good distance apart - wider than the chassis.

It's only that high whilst I rebuild it. Maybe the pics make it look precarious but with 2 children who are often in the garage I wouldn't take any risks! The timber is 8x2 leftovers from the ridge timber on our extension and then I drilled holes approx 15mm diameter in the timber to correspond with the caster wheels fixing nuts so the timber is located on the dolly's with no chance of it slipping/moving and as dave previously mentioned the axle stands (located pretty much centrally on the timber) are all screwed down to the timber now. I can happily climb in and out and it really isn't going anywhere. Do let us know how the 5 in 1 tool performs as I have looked at one off these for some time also, we have approx 60ft of hedging but have removed a lot also along with a couple of large trees which needed constant pruning so not sure I really need it now?

Bit the bullet and it arrived Friday. I don’t really have anything to compare it to tbh but it feels sturdy to hold, and the ninja Death Star blade cutter thingy looks menacing enough. it’s probably overkill as a strimmer just for my garden given the size of it but it didn’t feel shonky and prob more than enough for me to cut down the stuff I need. Can’t have a go for a few weeks now so time will tell

Couldn’t resist the V8 due to the spec of it🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Thanks, although i found the Judd engine more intriguing. i grew up with minis and tuning and the Bridgeport 8 port head was fantastic, But to see the 16v modern(ish) head on an old a series block was a shocker for me! And 130 bhp was top draw, so 180 going through a 60s 1.4 block well..... stand back!

It would have to be a very big PO Box or a very small woman.

A couple of images from The Classic at Prescott last weekend

Please lower your head ma’am, we’re shooting the cover for Parents magazine.

When you’re a graphic artist and you try to get too clever:

Going back to the dollies I have https://www.sgs-engineering.com/wd4000-450kg-wheel-dollies-set-of-four?gclid=Cj0KCQjwkIGKBhCxARIsAINMioJjEmSDsI_cVQzcu3e3AkpG_RgJrgNe58zTQhspNRBFtl4m6T8k1tkaAhpdEALw_wcB I cut some spare timber I had kicking around to lay on top and then placed axle stands on top of this so now I have 'mobile trestles', handy as I can push it out the way when do other jobs in garage.