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Great round trip of the Westcountry. Highlights: Exmoor, Cheddar Gorge, Exmoor again + Lyn Valley Classic. No, didn't take enough pictures, too busy driving!

Well that was a day! not a dull moment to be had. A great car meet and drive, a breakdown with some hairy driving, a swim and some car maintenance with a hurty finger and some good muck to finish the day. We met only Glynn at Quacker's cafe, thankfully Rob added greatly to the numbers, what would we do without you Rob! Here we are cooking on the terrace at Quacker's cafe. 6 cars including Gary in the MR2, who briefly visited us and much to our delight robbed Rob, you must teach me your technique of getting cash so easily😀 Back at the car park we just had to have a look at the turbo'd XE that Rich and Casey had arrived in. It's their 4th Westfield after previously having 2 Zetec's and a Crossflow engined cars. We were telling Glynn about our new fan and it never ceases to amaze me what information people hold in their head, Glynn knew straight away the CFM of his fan. There was me at Malvern last week googling CFM figures before we made the purchase. It was weirdly quiet at Quackers, this was the car park at 11am, too hot for folks maybe? We took a scenic route up past the Barrel Inn at Bretton, then over surprise view to land at a very quiet Bird cafe, where we carried on cooking in the sun over lunch. Bird cafe car park From here only Glynn, Rich and Casey followed us back on a lovely route to the Cromford traffic lights, where they turned right (don't suppose anyone has any footage of the traction engines we passed?) and we turned left to the Hotel. Just Glen and I went to the New Bath Hotel where a car show was due to start at 4pm. It's a little late for us that have been out all day and with it being so hot I had fetched my swimming cozzie, thought I might cool off while Glen has a pint. All day we had no delays so the fan did not come on but waiting at Cromford lights we were both watching the engine temperature rise, waiting for the new fan that we had bought at Malvern switch on. It sort of did but by the time we got the half mile to the Hotel the engine was too hot for comfort. Off with the bonnet and this - a melted 15 amp fuse It wasn't entirely unexpected, so we waited for the engine to cool and I got my cold water swim, Glen got his cold beer drink The drive home was interesting. A dark coloured car in hot sun, we took a quiet back route so we didn't need to stop and I kept the engine at 2000rpm, about 45 mph, switching the engine off at any slight delay. Phew we made it home, engine temp just under 90 degrees all the way. But it didn't end there, we have the MX5 off the road at the mo, the rear brake pads have worn on the inside, we think due to using cruise control. We picked some new pads up yesterday late afternoon and were planning on doing them next week. We are out for the day tomorrow and were going to go in the Westfield, desperate not to have to go in the van, we knuckled down in the direct sun and changed the pads on the MX5. Not a long job, or difficult but could have done without it today but tomorrow is saved. Our resident club cat @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO is being his usual amazing self and helping us to prevent a recurrence, it looks like we are getting a relay and some 20 amp wire BUT it has transpired that for some reason also the fan is catching on the radiator. A job for Tuesday. Thanks everyone for a great day, it's been fun in every sense, see you next time XXXX

Great day baking in the sun cheers! My erm….passsenger!😉 managed to get some quite poor shots of the traction engine rally as “we” passed by!”

The Newark show has been absent for a few years re surfacing last year, WSCC attended in 2022 and it was a good show, we will be back in attendance this year as a club, we want to set up our pitch with the WSCC arch and a Westfield Avenue with flags 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Camping is available from 10am Friday 21st of July and a few of us will be going Friday to set up the club pitch. If you want to assist please shout up and it will be much appreciated, otherwise hopefully see lots of club members over the weekend. The Show organisers have confirmed as well as free entry to Kit, classic or sports car drivers you can also camp for free!!! (note passengers pay the daily rate for entry and camping). More details to follow of club pitch etc in due course 😎

Brilliant day out today, but must admit to feeling like a boil in the bag MRE when I got home 😂 I'd brought along my neighbours son for a ride out, he's a massive motorsport fan (and decent in a kart) so jumps at the chance of a ride in the westie. The day started in the usual way for me, meeting strange men in a car park.... luckily it was just Ben and Gary so after a quick chat we headed north 😂 Gary had wimped out and brought his MR2 rather than the MEV Rocket. The MR2 is actually quite a quick motor for a hairdressers car (we're sure it has Wham! on repeat on the stereo 😂) due to having the 190bhp T-Sport engine transplant and kept up surprisingly well. We then picked up Rich and Casey at the Co-op in Wirksworth on the way through. I'd got chatting to Rich at Curborough a few weeks ago and had invited him along to try the WSCC lifestyle... despite this being his 4th Westfield he'd never joined the Club, hopefully we have convinced him 👍 It was that warm at Quackers, everyone was getting their tops off 😂 Rich's car is quite a quick beast, with a 260bhp turbocharged XE and was keeping up with my Honda and Ben's R1 MNR quite nicely, it's certainly got a load of mid range punch! After brekkie and a chat, we headed on a @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative magical mystery tour to the Bird Cafe for lunch. Suitably refuelled, we headed home down the B roads of Derbyshire. We despatched a load of Sunday afternoon dawdlers and bikers, making brisk progress before we caught a modified M140i on one of my favourite roads. The guy obviously saw us coming and so we had a few minutes of twisties fun before he realised the futility of it all... we scooted passed him and disappeared in the distance! No doubt he'll be going back for a new remap quite soon 😂

That sounds like a busy day. Ali and me are taking things more sedately drifting down the Thames. Missing the car but can’t be everywhere.

A very warm visit to Hook Norton Classics at the brewery this morning. The turn out was good, given that I feared the weather would keep a lot of folk away.

Sorry, couldn't make today, but only had this weekend and next before another x thousand mile road trip through Europe happens, so spare time was assigned to car fettling. (OK, today was partly securing the silencer, hopefully, to avoid blowing it off in another Austrian tunnel!!)

Am I too late to nominate @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AOas birthday Representative for the Committee?

One for @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO

1994 Toyota 4AGE 1600cc 16v SEiW Originally built by a professional engineer who was linked to Tyrrell Motorsports. 2nd owner purchased in 1999 and tuned the car for fast road use and occasional track days. Paul Morcom purchased in 2008 and prepared it for hillclimbs and sprints and competed in the 2009 WSCC Speed series where it was Class A and Overall Novice winning car. I purchased the car in 2014 as my first Westfield and I have never competed in it but instead tinkered with it and used it as a weekend toy, adding less than 5000 miles to it in that time. The car is an excellent starting point for first Westfield ownership or as a project car (see advert below), I just don’t have the time to spend on it as well as driving it! The car has a full history and copies of all receipts from original build plus photographic record of the original build. The 4AGE engine was tuned by Raw to 168bhp (Cams, lightened and balanced flywheel, engine blueprinted, head polished and ported, race pistons, delortto carbs and OMEX OMEM 500 ecu). Also previously tuned by Mech Motorsports. During lockdown I converted it to fuel injection, replacing the Dellortos with Jenvey ITBs. She now has the following spec: Jenvey DCOE Twin 40mm Throttle Bodies Open diff Widebody 'Kit' body shape with detachable rear arches Protech suspension set up by Track Developments MSA roll bar (I have the RAC bar if the new owner would like it) White Revolution 4 spoke wheels Toyo TR1 tyres all less than 500 miles old Toyota gearbox. Lovely short shift. Brand new custom fuel tank (Read the post about it here: https://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/topic/138486-fuel-tank-design-any-suggestions/) Brand new Sytec fuel pump and regulator Carbon Fibre boot lid (not currently fitted) Lightweight fiberglass bucket seats (seat runners not fitted as I'm too tall for them, I can refit for the new buyer if desired) White VDO Royale gauges. Tall windscreen (from the Sport 250) Flatbottomed momo steering wheel Willans 4 point harnesses Spa wing mirrors Repackable Exhaust Braided fuel lines and anodised AN fuel fittings. New drive shaft (Dunning & Fairbank) CTEK Bluetooth Battery monitor Engine rebuilt in 2016 after bottom end bearing went. Valve Stem seals, Cam seals and cover seals all replaced. Top milled flat with new 0.8mm TRD gasket. Bottom end crank bearings and piston bearings replaced. Cylinders honed Cleaned and repainted everything in silver enamel. New NGK sparks, alternator and starter motor. New oil pressure sensor Additional parts (to be Included but not fitted): • Westfield rear carbon stone guards (not fitted yet). • Standard Westfield chrome roll bar • Full wet weather gear (for the original windscreen and standard roll bar, so unlikely to fit) • Driver side seat runners • Standard Windscreen (cracked glass) • Spare speedo cable • Original Bootbox • Spare wheel (not revolution) Starts, runs and drives brilliantly and I still do drive it, but don’t have the time to complete these project items. • Bootbox could be fitted or Carbon Fiber Boot lid needs fitting • Windscreen is fitted but needs siliconing in. • GRP bodywork is 29 years old! • Sump oil leak, nothing major but could do with new gasket/sealing. • Gearbox oil could do with replacing.... filler bolt needs replacing (I have one) • Brake fluid its old and needs replacing • Battery tray or improved fixing needed. • Arch protectors need fitting (new carbon ones supplied) • Quick release steering boss has never worked • Wheel alignment & tracking – I replaced a wishbone after bending one... • Tuning – I replaced the fuel injectors after the last rolling road session, it could do with another hour or so with a tuner (I used Day tuner in Harrogate) MOT till 5 April 2024 I'm happy to take anyone out in it or answer any questions. I'm in Harrogate.

Sorry I didn't make in the end. It would have been a lovely day for a drive but hot grumpy kids and a fretting wife (going away with work for a week) meant it wasn't to be Still I now have brownie points in hand for a future event. Every cloud, etc...

Knowing the members, an Alibis For Sale section would be a winner.

Awesome mate, well done 👏

Count me in @Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator. I can be there from Friday to Sunday.

Table set at Oulton Park yesterday 😎

The Flying Carrot passing it's MOT with Flying Colours this morning. The tester told me I had the wrong day, his little joke because it ALWAYS rains when I turn up in it for MOT. Not this year buddy-oh!

We found @HB46443 a new car! 😂

Basking in the sunshine at Curborough

Today's trip

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Hello everyone, I am Mark from Kent and have in the last week become a proud owner of a Westie SEiW 1600 cvh Ford. Been hankering after a Westie for a few years now, as always have to have a toy in the garage no matter what! My last three toys have been MX5's , but wanted a Westie before I was unable to get in and out of one, coming up 67 as I am!! 😁 Looking forward to reading this forum and finding out new things about my new toy! Mark.

Odd that you mentioned Wham. We are moored tonight in Goring on Thames. Home of the late George Michael. Much loved around these parts.

I'll be there in the XI with my boy and meeting up with some friends. It was a toss up with day to go, as it's on all weekend. I suspect some may take the father's day opportunity on sunday to go play cars for the day.

Will do...when I can figure out how to pop them up! 😁

Can we have a spotted section too please? 😀

Hi! North Devon, so it's quite a trek to get to the Gorge. When you're next straying onto Exmoor - let me know. The Gorge was incredibly impressive, but the best driving was West of Taunton.

Where are you based? Me and a few mates sometimes get along to the Gorge and surrounding area

Already offered to help when we spoke at Malvern and you suggested coming early on Saturday morning. At the time I don’t think you were planning to be there on the Friday but can alter our plans if needed. Also relativity near. Andrew

Not at all, just thought a separate section would work just as well and be there for to check on if they wish.

Very well done indeed. over 3 mins without a script!

from sunny Norfolk! Can't believe no one has asked yet! Do you have any pictures? We love pictures!

@Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator, I'm relatively local and willing to help, I doubt I'll have a Westy by then so I guess I'll have to pay for the privilege 🤔? Ian

Well done Hedley, spot on!

Sorry can’t make this one😟 keeping to the cake theme🍰 I was being baked at Oulton Park all day yesterday, so now I have two cars to get washed today.

@Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative I was on a mission 😄 I needed some new trainers but had to be home in time to BBQ! Sorry I missed you.

@Labrat we saw you this afternoon with those long legs of yours at full speed along Vicar Lane, whoosh and you were gone as fast as a Westfield with a V8 engine😀 So we all have a day out tomorrow with no Andrew's, someone has to step up and be the Cake Meister, who will it be I wonder? Destination 1 - Bird Cafe, Hathersage, S32 1EG and finishing at New Bath Hotel, Matlock Bath DE4 3PX (without going through Matlock obviously) Stay cool and we will see you in the morning

Unfortunately I'm out burning someone's fuel tomorrow, however it will still include cake and ice-cream!! Have fun all.

On a similar theme, parked next to an Anglia with smooth chrome wheels today at the Leeds Cruise.

Noticed this reflection while driving , had to get back and block crossroads for a while

Brilliant , I'm trying to organise a Devon meet , keep your eyes posted on events

Next Wednesday 14th meet Bluebird Samlesbury 6.45. possible run out to Settle to be decided...

@AndrewBClarke I'm not sure I can buy into the accuracy of your plan, I normally have a Navigator for that. 9am for a coffee sounds like a plan though!

Finished my luggage rack ready for my summer trip to France.

Our accommodation in Northumberland, Charlton House, too posh for me🤔

Good meet at The Crown Inn, Bridport; nice turn out now the sun is shining. Off to Malvern on Saturday 👍

Nice run down to West Bay with my mini co-pilot. Waved at our reflection, screamed in Beaminster tunnel and had a large ice cream, of course 🤣.

Packed ready for a two day trip in Northumberland to celebrate our 38th wedding anniversary.

Great to see a meet up from Linc's and Norfolk area.. unfortunately I am away.. but have a great trip