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Thanks @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative , though I'm the only one who deserves the #TeamPink Watermark 😉 Given what you normally find for us to drive, through it should be #TeamStink!

@TableLeg@Quinten You have to take some brave-pills before cutting away the slats! As you've mentioned in your DM, the slats come right up to the leading edge, all that has to be cut away so that there is no 'return' on the leading edge. I masked out where I wanted to cut to, and did it with a dremel with cutting discs, and hand files. The thickness of the nosecone GRP is now the return. The fibreglass is tinted black same as the gelcoat, so the raw edge is also black - I just filed, sanded and polished it to sort of match the gelcoat next to it. Black shows all imperfections like dogs balls, but a blind man would be rapt to see it - you should get away with it better than me if your cars are another colour. For lighter colours, I would be inclined to give the inside of the nose cone a shot-coat of black rattle-can to make it all dark and mysterious behind the grill when all done (hide the sins). The top edge was cut straight across, rather than follow the contour of the shallow shark-snout - this made mounting the grill easier. The grill is just bonded to the inside with black CT-1 adhesive sealant, with a couple of little bent alloy tabs to help it stay there. The crack in the gelcoat is from the original damage by the previous owner - not from cutting out the grill. It can't be seen til you lie on the ground with a camera flash and look up!

Here are the photo's of us on the move taken by The Two Wheeled Photographer

Just to let you know that the norfolk@wscc.co.uk address is not yet linked to my email so if anyone has sent me a message about our first meet on March 25th can you please post here as I would hate to miss anyone! I will let you know when the email is up and running. Barry

Previous owner of mine had driven too far in to his garage and cracked one of the slats in our V8 nosecone, so I cut out all the slats and added some plastic 'audi' mesh.

Breakfast meeting this Sunday, 19th. We'll be trying somewhere new again this month, I have phoned this afternoon (Tuesday) and they are open and expecting us. We will be at The Darrington Hotel in Darrington. The address is, Old Great North Road, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3BL. Meet up there for 10 o'clock.

You can often get a Vehicle Passport at an event if you arrange it before hand with the Chief Scrutineer. So suggest you look at doing that towards the end of the year when it's needed the next year. Saves them coming out to your house etc. I've done that in the past.

I really wanted to do this, do you have any closer up images please?

Love the Wig Ian. Strangely suits you! Lol.

Great fun thanks @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman

@Ianthanks it was a great day!

My old Tiger was black and silver, always looked great and got a lot of admiring looks wherever it went. Lovely looking car Rob, welcome to the madness

A nice finish I reckon. B&Q sell mesh like this with various sizes and shapes of holes. Cut to size, paint and bond in. Very cheap change.

I have two sets of wheels...the ones in the photo are my street wheels and they are 13" x 7" all around. dave

I thought this video would be interesting for any of you that uses premium fuels available in petrol stations. Enjoy

Many Happy Returns Carlie and David! Hope it's been a great Birthday!

It's very, very popular on Caterhams, and really suits the nose shape. Westfields nose turn out to be remarkably hard to get looking as good due to the very subtly different shape and proportions. But absolutely, go for it! At the end of the day, if you can get a design that you like, that's all that's important.

I did a small amount of damage to the leading edge of my nose cone many years ago and instead of trying to match the gel coat color on the repair I had it sprayed in the way you are thinking. I think it looks pretty good. dave

Welcome to westie life. Martin

from Norfolk! That's a beautiful car! Lovely engine as well. 👍

@Kingster