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Just to update everyone, Simeon Cattle, the General Manager at Westfield Chesil has sent me an updated press release with where they're up to and the plans for 2023 as they currently stand. It's great to see amongst many, many other things, some familiar faces have been retained, which will help bring knowledge and experiance of the brand, through to the current company.

I had a new ECU, loom, injectors etc fitted in October by Northampton motorsport and hadn't used the Westfield since other than driving it home. I was hoping to get it out over Christmas but noticed non of the lights worked, other than brake lights and indicators. The horn still worked as did the wipers but no lights or dash lights. I checked the fuses and any connectors behind the dash that may have come adrift but it all looked okay. I contacted Northampton motorsport to see if they could shed any light on the issue (pun intended 😁) and they suggested bringing it back to them. I was concerned that it had a been a few months since they had worked on it, they may think I had used it in the meantime and created the issue myself. But they couldn't have been more understanding. So last Friday I drove up to see them. It was great to be back out in the Westfield. I sometimes forget how enjoyable it is, although I did feel a little vulnerable on the motorway without my headlights on. It transpires that the issue was due to the original loom rather than the loom that was fitted by Northampton motorsport. It's thought that when the dash was pulled out to fit the new ECU and loom etc it disturbed the original loom in the car. Although all the wires were intact and connected there were breaks in the wiring and some soldering which resulted in the lights not working. I had booked it in with them and they saw to me as soon as I turned up. Super friendly, welcoming and helpful. Periodically they came out to the waiting area to chat to me and even invited me into the workshop (wow what a workshop with some amazing cars) to see how it was going and show me the issues. It took about 2 - 2.5 hrs and to top it off they offered the work free of charge as a good will gesture. I really can't express how happy I am with them and the work and can't recommend them enough. An absolute pleasure to deal with and I'd certainly use them for any work in the future. Many garages and motor dealers could learn a lot from them about how to treat customers and offer customer service.

Fantastic service, from a fantastic company!! However, I can't help myself from commenting, as I do get my leg pulled about it! I often post very, lets say assertaviely, about general automotive wiring needing to be crimped, not soldered*, and this is why!! *and yes, there are ways and techniques that soldering mid cable run can be done safely, but you do have to really know what you're doing! Otherwise you risk storing up future problems. So glad it's all sorted out for you now. That sort of mid cable issue can be a real pig to find.

Hi all, I’m up for this. I didn’t realise there was a thread on this subject on the forum and posted something similar on the FB page. I’m based near Attleborough.

I collect empty bottles - which sounds so much better than “being an alcoholic”.

Arrived today, thanks.

Another one here too. Thank you to everyone involved in sorting that out for us! Massively appreciated!!!

My car was there yesterday for a set up. Troy is both very good at what he does and also very realistic about the cars, giving advice as well as possibly solutions to problems.

Mine arrived today thank you. Michael

Meet at 1800 -1845 in the Triumph bar before sitting down at 1900hrs

Thanks Mark, mine arrived today.

Me too, many thanks

Landed in Preston today 👍🏼👍🏼

@Mark Redpath - WSCC Membership Secretarymine has arrived today so thanks for that!!

Mine arrived today as well, thanks!

Received mine, thanks for getting this sorted.

Got mine too many thanks

Mine arrived today too, much appreciated!

Ah, I have same hobby! It’s great, cause it also comes with the “collecting big card board boxes” hobby!

I've been diving into home brewing beer as a hobby over the last few years. I think it's the perfect counter hobby to meddling with the Westfield: Carbon fibre addiction now has a stainless steel addiction counterpart. Weight that comes off the Westfield is now added to me. There may be a slight imbalance in that one.

Hi Andrew, great to hear from you. As you will have seen in this thread it looks like we will be initially meeting at the Bedingfield Arms which is roughly midway between Downham Market and Munford and it will almost certainly be on a Saturday at lunchtime. Keep a watch on this thread for further details. Best regards, Barry

Apart from the never ending looking after the ASBO my absolute passion in life is to SCUBA dive, what other hobby gets you away from the bickering of the in-laws and as close to nature all in one splash

Since my original reply in 2020, I can now add to my list, archery, 1/10th rc buggy racing and my best one yet - Grandad!

I suppose it qualifies as a hobby given how much money I spend on it, although I only do it on holiday - SCUBA diving. Discovered it late in life, but I fully intend to get some more dives done on this years trip, where I'll be "celebrating" my 60th.

crashing things... Me on skis, mountain bikes, motor bikes, microlights, jet-skis - you name it, and if it moves with a human on board (or it's a computer), I've crashed it.

Mine still hasn’t arrived

Hi Steve Yes, I'm very well but mightily annoyed by my own stupidity. Did I double-check whether it was closed down properly? No. Did I know that the catches can be a bit iffy? Yes. Do I have to learn most lessons the hard way? Yes. That definitely surpasses my own time & skill though! Did I hear you were offering to fix it 😉