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Many of you will know me as I have been in the club over 30 years and previously exhibited at Stoneleigh and enter the WSCC Speed series and have built and still own Westfields. But a quick intro about us. First thing is we are not the factory but are the largest stockist of car seats in the UK and probably the world. We are based in Edenbridge Kent. We have a small showroom where you can try seats. It all came about when I bought a second hand sport 2000S car around 2008 that was fitted with Westfield race seats. Being a well built lad who likes his ice creams I didn't really fit. A trip to Autosport the next January and I came across Tillett. Long story short but a B5 was perfect for me but nobody carried stock and the factory lead time then was about 8 weeks. So I became a stocking reseller and a few months later took delivery of about 50 seats. It's not our main business which is air conditioning but it is a fun sideline and introduces me to some great people and projects. And that is our model - to sell from stock which seems quite unusual in the motorsport world. The range of seats has expanded including the FIA seats and so has our stock holding. Lead times vary from 8 weeks to over 30 weeks depending upon the model and time of year. We sell about 200 - 250 seats a year and ship all around the world as well. We offer a special discount to WSCC members only given our background. Tillett are not cheap but they are the best shell seat in terms of shape and rigidity. The seat is your contact point with the car so must be correct. Feel free to call us if you need any advice whether for Westfield or any other car you may own. By appointment you are welcome to pop in and try the seats too. David

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My understanding was the same as Mark's (Smokey Mo); XI's were made in batches of five, to confirmed orders only, no chassis/bodywork kept in stock "just in case". It's actually a model that was discontinued years and years ago, but resurrected by popular demand in the 2000's, hence minimal changes/updates to the original design.

They were advertised as being made in batches of 5 but I read that to mean that they’d wait till the had 5 confirmed orders rather than producing 5 and then looking for buyers.

I’ll send you a photo of the cake so you don’t miss out. 🎂🍰

Now sold. Almost a barn find. The complete kit was purchased from the Westfield factory between 1992 and 1994. Everything brand new, engine, gearbox, diff, chassis, body, seats, suspension etc. A complete car. Unfortunately the original owner passed away before the car was even a rolling chassis, a few aluminium panels and some suspension parts fitted. It then went from enthusiastic owners with good intentions, ending in storage with no further progress. Acquired by me in 2021, unfortunately mice had taken a liking to the leather sports seats so these were re-trimmed by an ex Bentley coach trimmer. The car is now fully built to a very high standard to the car you see today. The 1600cc CVH engine had never run. Twin 40 DCOE Webers and a tubular exhaust manifold. Type 9 gearbox and Sierra open diff, both brand new, not reconditioned. A Westfield remote is fitted to place the gear-lever in line with the steering wheel. A classic look, black bodywork, swept wings, chrome, red leather seats and leather dash, VDO instruments, full safety harnesses. 13" newly powder coated minilites with new Uniroyal tyres make the car look superb. The engine was started for the first time in early 2022, still with the original running-in oil. IVA time, and the car passed, despite many saying that a CVH on Webers wouldn't pass emissions. But it has. Oil changed at 400 miles to Castrol synthetic. Registered on a 22 plate as a brand new car, so no MOT needed for three years. The car is exceptional, classic bodywork, so much in favour now, superb looks, drives like a Westfield should drive. This car deserves an enthusiast, so no test pilots or tyre kickers thanks. Arrange your own insurance if you want to drive it. Car is located in Warrington, please message for more info or to arrange a viewing. £14,500 for a brand new car on a 22 plate. Wow. Graham. aka Grizzlee.

The irritating thing is that my reading of the company accounts is that the real drain on the cash resources was Westfield Autonomous Vehicles Ltd., ie the pod developer, which was hopelessly insolvent. Although Westfield Sportscars owed a large sum to its immediate parent, Autonomous in turn owed a similar amount to Sportscars. So if the administrators saw fit, the Sportscar company is saleable on its own, whereas the autonomous vehicle operation needs a very different sort of buyer, with a deep enough pocket to complete its development and marketing.

Absolutely this!! There is most unlikely to be a quick answer. It wouldn't surprise me if we didn't know anything concrete till later this year, or virtually next, now.

I was involved in a company that went bust as an employee. The administrator kept trying to sell the whole lot as one, including all the crap money drain side. Eventually they split everything and it all sold except the loss making money drain, which wasn't worth a button. For us this seems like an eternity but in terms of winding up a multi layer business not so long.

NOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!! But good luck with the sale if that's the decision

Unfortunately there is no "one" supplier for kits any longer as everything was outsourced by potenza to various fabricators throughout UK and overseas for chassis and bodywork, trim etc so it would require calling each company to provide the required part and even now they may not be able to due to any license agreements in place. Sadly if you are looking for a kit, currently its not looking good, until someone purchases WSC - at present it may be that admin are looking for a buyer for everything which includes the electric pods not just Westfields and Chesils ☹️. Whatever you purchase you're always welcome at the WSCC 👍😁

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Tiger Racing call it the ERA 30: https://tigerracing.com/kit/era-30

I don't know if WSC only made XIs to order, but if not there may be a body/ chassis combo still sitting in the factory so worth keeping an eye on developments. I expect one of the chassis 'straighteners' used by the '7' boys could convert the chassis to LHD. The dash panel is simply a vinyl trimmed panel of aluminium so easy to reproduce at home for a LHD car. Other than that, part build cars only come up for sale very rarely and as for alternatives, I once saw some photos of a MX5 based car but in my opinion it wasn't really in the true spirit of the Eleven. As another alternative there's a Lotus 23 replica made by Tiger Racing (if I remember correctly?). Not quite the same of course but quite tasty all the same.

Would have bitten your hand off if I waited a little longer. Lovely example

Saw a Westfield rollover at slow speed at Shaws Hairpin on Mallory Park trackday. Both people were ok but did not like being upside down strapped into the car

You'll need a baffled sump on track, especially if it's aRover V8

My opinion and experience tells me a few things on this: > in 20 years, I have seen or personally know of a grand total of two Westfield rollovers. Both happened in individual timed competition circumstances. One was with a full cage, the other just the hoop. Both drivers had helmets and both were relatively unscathed. > Track days are not all the same. I wouldn’t like to go to one where everyone from a Caparo to a Capri runs at the same time. Properly organised, properly supervised ones where safety is everything and loonies get black flagged are the only ones I’d entertain. > The cars have a very low centre of gravity and are unlikely to roll over unless you make a major excursion or hit something solid while drifting sideways. > In the highly unlikely event the car flipped over, it’s almost certainly not the roll hoop that would fail first, it’s the unsupported windscreen. As your helmeted head is at the roll hoop, it would most likely support the car and provide a gap through which you could crawl out. That’s what happened in one example I saw. > Do I think a half or full cage is essential for the odd annual non-competition track day? No. If I was doing 3-4 per year, then yes I’d probably invest. My view is choose your non-competition track day carefully, check the car over with a fine toothed comb first, and invest in driver training and safety equipment / clothing first before you spend loads on a cage. If you decide you didn’t enjoy it after splashing out on a cage, you’ve just gone through a lot to create a road car that’s even harder to get in and out of.

Sorry I'll be a no show for the next couple of weeks until the cars been checked. Have fun and enjoy the sun 🌞

Sorry I can't make this one but I'm going to be mostly free from 4th September so looking forward to coming out again 🍰

Sorry we can't make this one 😔