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Nice summer shot

Not much to show for tonight’s progress but got the front brake lines made up and fitted. I’m only fitting brakes on the front as I figure I won’t need to be using them other than to stop at the end but I have made provision for rear brakes if I want to fit them in the future.

Hi Matt, congrats on the car that looks superb with a great colour scheme too, I'm also a new owner (5 days) and find the WSCC a brilliant reference for everything. Hope to see you at a show in the future.

Lovely evening for a drive

Just a short post to introduce myself as a new member and new owner of my first kit car. Thanks to some of the members on here who I met at the Malvern show and got some advice. Picture of the car arrived on my drive after picking it up couple of weekends ago.

Apfelstrudel, oh my, I am almost as excited as you about your forthcoming holiday 😁 I will be thinking about you all and looking for the updates, maybe even a dose of Bagpuss TV

Oh Matt, you really are asking the wrong guy, I have no idea! Honestly, it just happened!!! 🥴

I will be somewhere else... Will try and eat Strudel in your honour though!

Not the cheapest but really good, love the stuff.

Should be good for this again 👍

Big thanks to Jase and the team for quickly sending out some bushes for my suspension rebuild. This was my first order since the change of ownership and all was very good. Keep up the good work 👍

Just 27 days away now and Javelin have just 10 places left for the event. We have 25-30 cars booked in so far. There's a good mix of experienced track gods and relative novices (like me!), mainly in Westfields but also a few MK's, MNR's etc coming along. Hopefully it will be a great social event too as we have some people spectating and a few passengers who will be sampling their first time on track 👍 As this isn't a WSCC organised event, please make sure you make your own insurance arrangements as you see fit. You can normally get cover from A-plan (other insurance brokers are available that specialise in track days) for the event at a reasonable cost.

Oh and, don’t panic! EVERYSINGLE step of the above, there are either already loads of posts on how people have tackled them, or loads of members who can help guide through the processes with the most common engine/driveline combinations. Where a car has been bought second hand, it’s not always clear just what make of parts it has. So another tip, take loads of pictures and post them up, when asking any technical questions. Not only will people be able to identify what you have, and sometime, even someone with eagle eyes will spot something not quite right. Rare but has happened a few times over the years. But it’s meant the potential problem could be fixed before it became an actual issue.

Or apply it with paintbrush into nooks and crannies then wipe over.

Courtesy of @Apc1x

Shouldn’t be a problem for a man who can remove an engine from a Westfield in two minutes…

Front uprights assembled. The axles are a kart part I sourced which happened to have the right 17mm diameter for the moped hubs. They just needed a few washers to space them correctly for the callipers. I’d previously stripped the hubs down, removed the seals and flushed out the original grease, this I then replaced with oil to reduce the rolling resistance.

Last weekend with some fellow TVR’s

Not quite Westfield Avenue, but being on the company's trade stand at Bicester Flywheel has got to be up there!

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 😎

Meet at Quackers Cafe, Bakewell, DE45 1NY at 10am for breakfast before going the indirect route to Ilam Hall, Ashbourne, DE6 2AZ for lunch. As Ilam is very photogenic feel free to bring your camera and take lots of photo's. I have got permission to display the cars for a photo shoot in front of the Hall, as long as we eat cake in/use the cafe. I believe that we have 2 of the cake face Andy's with us this Sunday so lets see if we get the 3rd one and if little Oliver @Phippsy comes and can show them all up with his cake eating skills. Who will be joining in the fun?

Now where have I seen that stunner before? 🤔

Have a good trip fellas, looking forward to seeing the updates as you go !

We can’t make this one, sorry. my car is half loaded up ready for the off on Tuesday to France (4 days at Le Mans), Germany (Nurburgring), Belgium and the Nederlands😎

Loving this......

This really is awesome. The build quality sets a few manufacturers to shame!

Mrs Stu and little Stuette took me here today as a Father’s Day treat. Nice to have a wander around so many lovely classics, many in fabulous, better than new condition. Great day out.

Not yet but I will be. Well timed to be ill between WSCC trips out!!

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Welcome from South Derbyshire! Love the colour scheme 👍

Welcome, (both), love the colour. The Kawasaki style green is a real favourite of mine.

It’s worth diving in there and having a go, at least once; Westfields are much easier to work on with relatively simple tools than anything under twenty years old, production car wise, it will build your confidence hugely, and more importantly it’ll help you get to know the quirks and so on of your individual car. When a car is completely new to you, it is worth, unless you’re confident of its history, doing all the fluids just so you know what’s in there now, and have a baseline for dates going forward. Cambelt too, if it has one, equally “fan” belt, (though these days it’s really often just the alternator and water pump, on many engines). Exactly how each job is done will depend on the engine, gearbox and diff you have fitted. Many of the commonly used gearboxes and diff’s as Steve said, don’t have drain plugs, as in their original car figments, they were often considered filled for life, with only top ups required. A hand operated vacuum oil extractor can make life massively easier with these. Assuming a road and moderate track day car. So, engine oil and filter, coolant, brake fluid, belts, change then continue to change at the original makers “harsh” service intervals. (If using hard on frequent trackdays, reduce those intervals a bit more) Clutch fluid, if hydraulic, then check at annual service, but should be ok for quite some time, at least a couple of years, and four or five plus, is common. Gearbox and diff oil. Unless you’re either competing or very heavy track day use, many of the Westfield figments will really just need periodic checks and if necessary top ups. If used really really hard, then maybe a full change every 24000 miles or so, but that’s an exception, really. Note though, if you do have a gearbox etc like the Honda in the S2K cars, it does have a drain point and manufactures service life. Not an oil change as such, but unexpected if used to modern cars. The prop shafts on many/most Westfields have grease nipples on the universal joints. You need a grease gun, (not expensive) to squirt fresh grease into these to keep the joints in good shape. Obviously, check all brake pads/shoes for even and acceptable wear and service life, as well as checking for wear and pitting in discs etc. replace as necessary. Check things like the rubber bellows on the steering rack and rear drive shafts for any signs of wear or splitting. (Cheap to replace if required, and again a quite reasonable home job). Battery! The standard Banner batteries used in perhaps the majority of Westfields when first built, are NOT sealed for life, maintenance free types! Check immediately if you have this sort of battery, because they get forgotten about by younger, (less than middle age) owners, as it’s such a rare thing on a tin top, these days. There are little removable plastic plugs in a row on top, (there may be a cover or trim over them). Remove them and check that the electrolyte fluid inside the battery is covering the metal plates, within. If not, top it up with deionised water, (again, cheap enough from car parts places, even Halfords) And finally, Westfields are an old fashioned car in certain key ways. They do not have all the Noise Vibration Harshness treatments modern cars do - it’s why we love them! The downside can be a slight tendency over time to unscrew themselves. Though use of threadlock, lock washers and lock nuts massively reduces this. But, it’s still important to periodically, ie not just once a year for a service, do something called a “spanner check”. This is literally just going round making sure all your key nuts and bolts are still properly tight, paying particular attention to steering, brakes and suspension. (It’s something you’d also do ahead of and perhaps after a trackday, or a big road trip. While to write it out like this makes it look a huge list, it’s really not! And because of decent access for 90% of it, it’s not too complicated to do.

Hello all! New member in Berkshire and the owner of a beautiful 1996 SEiW Westfield which I believe you may know from a member previously on here! Looking forward to hopefully meeting some new people as I start my new Westfield journey/ownership! So far, so good!

I would like to wish all my freinds have made over the 20+ years as WSCC member 16 years as the Lancashire AO a fond farewell, my membership is up for renewal and have decided its time to move on, I have my Honda S2000 and I plan to get a few jobs done on my Focus RS Mk1 and put her back on the road, should have more time now I am retired. Elena and myself have had some wonderful times in a Westfield, 4 Coast to Coast trips, a fantastic trip with Manc's area to Spain and France, Scottish trips with the Lancs area, the Lanc's Manc's and Yorkshire area meets in Skipton and not forgetting the Manc's v Lanc's rivalry in the annual quiz night at the Green Man, especially keeping Hurdsey quiet was amazing🤣🤣🤣 I plan to keep in touch with some very good freinds I have made over the years Adios Amigos Steve

The old ones are still the best 😀

Welcome from the rolling hills of Shropshire! hopefully see you darting around at some point! As my head office for work is in Newbury 😁

Finally found a suitable product for the floor. A 3mm double skinned aluminium composite panel, its anodized black on both sides. What's more to like? its cheap! 😂

…and I’ve just noticed the 427 badge on the front wing and the front number plate - 427 RAM. The charges just went from misdemeanour to felony. 🤬

A couple more hours after work tonight and I got the steering rack cut down to the right length, new threaded ends welded on and then fitted to the car. I then spent a bit of time getting the front camber set and the toe-in to zero. To make this easier I clamped a couple of lengths of steel to the front uprights and then measured off both sides of the chassis till everything was parallel. Final job before I had to stop and cook dinner was to swap out all the plain nuts on the suspension for nyloc’s and tighten them all up.

The owner of the Cobra replica who put a “427 Cobra” sticker on the Chevy LS7 motor needs to be spoken to severely. 🤦‍♂️

Good Morning Everyone, I am in the office all this week if i can be of assistance to anyone please give me a call or drop me an email and i will do my best to help you. Many thanks Jase

Bit of assembly done today, got the front wishbones on and the rear axle. Really pleased with how well the home made polybushes are working. I also trial fitted the steering rack so that I could measure and then cut down the steering arms to the right length. A small touch, fitting the chassis plate. Believe it or not this is the first car I’ve designed and built entirely from scratch so it wears the number 01.

A quick run out to the farmshop

Paid £40 to talk about the car for 45 minutes... easy money for the tester!

After giving the chassis a lick of paint, today I’ve mostly been riveting. I didn’t count how many but that’s a lot of holes drilled and then the chassis panelled. it’s starting to look like a Westfield 🤣

Very nice! If I am correct I think I admired this car at the Westfield Factory open day? As it was up for sale. Great looks and spec! Congrats.

Nice meet last night. Shame I can't make them all.

Hi, Welcome to the club and exciting ownership of a great experience. I have just taken up Area Organiser position for Thames Valley and look forward to seeing you at the local meets. At the moment the monthly meetings are every 2nd Sunday at noon in the Bird in Hand pub near Maidenhead on the A4. As I have only just started I want to get some feed back from area members and will send out some questions soon, hope you can help. It would be great to see the car again. Jim

Welcome from South Derbyshire 👍 Looking at your profile pic, looks like you bought Tim's 1.6 Ecoboost. A lovely car, I was admiring it at the factory visit!