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a good cup of strong coffee at Quackers is a good remedy😁 We did a test drive today, messes with your head though seeing a Westfield parked in the disabled bay at Quackers😃 Glen is hoping to be able to walk up from the normal car park on Sunday but please bear with him if he is a bit slow, the prospect of cake will spur him on 🥕

Meet at Quackers, Ashford-in-the-Water, DE45 1QA, 10am for the indirect route to The Rambler Inn, Edale taking in both Surprise View and the magnificent Winnat's Pass. Bring your camera and bring your sunglasses😎 Glen has managed to get in the Westfield with the aid of a step and miraculously he managed to get out of it too, so he should be back with us 👍🙂 Weather is forecast to be perfect so who is joining us?

I’m in for this one, thanks.

Might be along for morning cake! but not sure if I can come on the run yet may need to get back for lunchtime🤔

And where are the prunes?

Sorry must have been dozing. YES PLEASE!!!!!!

Narrow body westfield with 2litre silvertop engine on twin 45 carbs with extra progression holes drilled . Close ratio type 9 straight cut gearbox Live rear axle with 3.54 diff not lsd Full carbon body ,carbon head light bowls Oil cooler ,oil catch tank,polo radiator Protec shocks ,rac roll bar ,carbon aero screen .carbon dash Ford revolution gr4 13 inch wheels ,185 60 13 front ,205 60 13 rear . Location Derbyshire Chippo252@gmail.com or pm for more information £9950

Assuming nothing falls off the car after going to the GBS Cars and Coffee on Saturday (and I can afford the fuel! 😂) I should be coming

Have a great day @Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO & @gee_fin 🍺🍺🎂🎂

Happy birthday! 🎂

Ask @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary - he's the club supplier of prunes and popcorn.

Happy Birthday Guys!

Happy Birthday Gents .. I think Robin is the older of the two fine fellows 😁

Happy Birthday Robin! Have a great day!

Thanks all. I know their is lots to consider and these comments add real value to the finished model. The beauty of doing these as 3D printed is that I can make the basic model parameter driven to allow nuancing. I will get the basic design formulated. @Mark Redpath - WSCC Membership Secretary because you started this I think you automatically become the victim for test fitting paper templates

I like my 3 litre Diesel Audi A4 so much that I try to maintain it with genuine parts where I think it's important, the gearbox oil and filter being important things, so genuine Audi parts and Oils please (I know AUDI don't make them but they also don't intentionally sell counterfeit stuff either) I've often wondered at what point I'd call time on AUDI's poor customer service and at what point I'd get the dummy out about cost..... Well it finally happened today, AUDI Birmingham, enter via the showroom, past the reception desk complete with no less than 3 nicely dressed ladies, walk the full length of the showroom to the parts desk and find the smallest sign that says "If you require Parts Service please ask reception to let us know you are here" It was a lovely walk back to reception and the 3 nicely dressed ladies, 1 was doing something on the computer 2 was on the phone talking to what sounded like a really unhappy customer and 3 just ignored me and played with her phone, 3 had lovely nails and I'm impressed that she could see her phone at all, given the eyelashes she had on must have needed planning permission. I stood and stared in wonder at the amalgamation that was the 3 well dressed ladies, and I stared for what seemed like an age at the modern miracles of manicure-age that were giving the smartphone a real workout, number 2 looked over at number 3 and I think 'scowled', tho I'm not too sure as the facial expression was mostly paralysed by some sort of modern chemical injection or maybe just the shear weight of adornment, I was impressed at how she resisted my Jedi imposed urge to punch number 3 in the ribs to get her attention, in the end number 1 (obviously the weak minded one of the 3) looked up long enough to see that I'd visibly aged since entering the showroom and asked if she could help me, "yes please, can you let parts know I'm here please?" At last you say..... on the the bit that annoyed me. Now, I'm a bit of an oddball and when I go and buy things I tend to think 'what if I break it whilst fitting it, I'll get a spare' So "Hello", says I to the nice man from parts, "can I have 2 of (oil filter kits for the gearbox) please"...... "Certainly Sir that will be £43.20 please" "Ouch", says I they've gone up a fair bit since I last bought 2 of them" "Yes Sir they have" I paid for said Items and added to my visibly aged quota marvelling at the showroom and all of the well dressed peoples that adorned it..... Items arrive and I had to ask "where's the big 'O' ring that seals the cover, it should be in the kit" "No sir, they don't come with the kit, they are £8.20 plus VAT each" I lost the plot completely and asked if he had read the price correctly, I'm sure he meant to say 8 pence or even 80 pence each, but no he was sticking to his £8.20 plus VAT..... each ! The dummy came out, I think it's made orbit somewhere near Venus... Refund processed and feedback left with the most grown up looking well dressed individual I could find, I went home and bought 2 of said kits from an online parts purveyor for an all inclusive price of £33.77, that includes £8.45 for postage! I opted for the more expensive Febi-Bilsteine quality so I hope they are ok. The Sage and I are going out to dinner tonight where I hope I can grab a drink or 3 to sort out my shredded sensibilities. Nem.........

I used to obtain components for a race team as one of my teams responsibilities. The mark up on parts is unbelievable. For example a throttle body was euro 34 to buy from manufacturer. By the time it got to retail it was euro 400. Everyone along the way had had a big chunk of profit.

Sorry, wont be able to make this one (still focused on getting the Westfield ready).