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I have had a chat with the National Trust at Ilam Hall and they are happy for us to display our cars in front of the Hall for a photo shoot, as long as we use the Manifold Tea Room that is adjacent 🍰. That is very kind of them.

I'll be there this weekend 😄

I’m good for sunday👍

@AndrewBClarke if your struggling to eat all your cake 🤮 I can always help you out 🤪 take it easy and hope your feeling better come Sunday 👍

I'll pop over to Quackers to say hello. Will have to leave you from there as I have other commitments from noon.

A tentative yes (due to the forecast ⛈️) from us.

Next Tuesday @W Shep @Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO @Jim cunliffe @Terryathome and me @Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator will meet up at a greasy spoon somewhere near Knutsford to start a 11 day blat down through Wales to Newhaven, across the channel to France, down to Le Mans to soak up the Classic followed by a road trip up through Germany (via Nordschleife for a couple of laps😎) and Belgium to Rotterdam for the Ferry back to Hull .. what can possibly go wrong 😅 Here are the proposed routes that we probably will not use 😆

Run to the Sun on Saturday 24th June. Not too sure where we'll end up yet, still working on that, but we'll meet up at the Motorist in Sherburn in Elmet at 3pm, then head over to the east coast. I'm looking for somewhere to eat, pub, chippy, etc. Then head back towards the west chasing the setting Sun 🌞 ☀️.

I will be there Sunday @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative i will also be bringing a special guest!

Just checked and mine is paint. The black edging stripes are done with thin tape of some sort though.

Run to the Sun. This was going to be tomorrow, but as I've just got back from holiday and not much interest has been shown, I'm going to move it to next Saturday, 1st July. We'll meet up at the Motorist at 3pm, then head over to Flamborough, where there's a cafe recommended by @⁨Nick Rycroft⁩ and Julie (so if it's rubbish we can blame them). After that, we can head back inland until it's dark. Who's coming?

Full frame, nice description Scott. My favourite saying is I don’t have a Dad bod I have a Father figure 😇. Thanks for the info I must do some further research into age if car to import. I have done a little bit of research regarding “converting” a car I.e with KPH, headlight adjustment. I don’t think having a right hand drive car would matter as a westy wouldn’t be a daily driver anyway.

Hi Rob, great info and thanks for your honesty. I’m a few gym sessions behind schedule so my waist is a bit more “fuller” than you. So lowered floors, seats that go all the way back, preferably not in runners and spacers on the quick release stealing wheel must go on my shopping list now. Awesome info Rob 🙏🏼 That’s the interesting challenge for me living in a different country it will be difficult to to do a try before you buy without flying in every time.

I actually don’t know! I’ll find out 👍

Thanks to @Carlie APlan @A-Plan Insurance THATCHAM who have some of us covered with European breakdown recovery just in case 🙂

Trade vehicle? Get some stills from the video, crop out your details and send to the company and the police. Tell the company the police have the same stills. Thames Valley (as do many police forces) have a web page for reporting all sorts of things. I have no idea what info they will ask for or if the offender has a right to know it so I'd ask the cops first: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/ro/report/rti/rti-beta-2.1/report-a-road-traffic-incident/

I have just spent half an hour sellotaping my 10 euro back together that @Terryathome ripped in half on a previous tour 🤪 meanwhile @Terryathome is busy topping up on his meds 😁

@Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO has just completed last minute checks on his westy .. not exactly sure what though?

I saw you drive past Ian going past Starbucks on the roundabout prior to the port. Any spots open next time I’m happy to join. Enjoy mate.

prizes won already

How many people are thinking about attending this Sunday? I’m hoping to travel up from Folkestone for the 7am start at the old John Lewis store - is that now The Range - Fougeres Way, Ashford TN25 4DT? Could anyone message me a mobile number in case of last minute changes of plans/I get lost etc?!

The guy is a dangerous idiot and needs reporting, if he keeps on being as reckless as that one day someone will get hurt. Was it a stolen car ?

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😎

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.

Gary. Might be interested if DMc doesn’t want them. Pictures would be good ta.

Thanks gary 👍 drop me a pm when you’re back up the road mate. I feel like fabric ones might work better, I’ve emailed SBFS to see if they’re still available

There’s not much to show yet but these are the concept drawings I’ve been working on. The basic dimensions for the driver are not dissimilar to that of a Westfield. Chassis will be 25mm mild steel box with an aluminium floor. Most of the mechanicals such as the wheels, hubs and brakes are from a Peugeot Speedfight moped whist the narrowest steering rack I could source was from an MC2 Microcar. finished weight of the rolling chassis should be 55kg. The bodywork I’m loosely basing around the 1949-51 Ferrari 166 F2. I haven’t worked out how I’m making this yet but if time it’ll probably be fibreglass.

Sorry we can't make this one I'm working 😪Have an extra cake for me.