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Weekend car porn 😄 also had a play with a ford mexico mk1 Sunday - different driving experience with a triple clutch and 4 speed box lol also photo drop on the M4 last week of me having a go at just stop oil protests 😂😂 no one got the memo

A few from today

Should I tell her that ladies eat with a fork or shall I leave her to shovel it in 😝

Great run out with some fantastic pictures! Thank you all, Thomas is very pleased to see himself in some of the pics with his new T shirt 😁

Got back from the Peak District meeting ahead of the predicted thunder storms (they still haven't arrived at 4pm!). Lovely run to Thornbridge and then back home via Wingerworth.

14 cars this morning for the Kent area 90 mile run out and breakfast meet at the Stag. Fantastic turn out and great to see some new faces each month.

Drive out to Bridgnorth via Ironbridge yesterday. When we got to Bridgnorth we noticed from the castle park that there was a 1940's day going on at the Severn Valley railway.

Post Blat pics from a quick 70 miler to zig zag Hill and back with ex Westie owner Josh who now has a Caterham 420. Great fun and views, and good to hear that he dearly misses the Westfield! Mart.

I’m apparently meant to be painting the bedroom this week so that means less time to work on the cars. The postman did however deliver the flexi brake lines today so those have now been fitted. I need to pick up a bottle of brake fluid when I’m next out and then I can bleed the brakes. I seem to be having a nightmare time sorting a set of bike tyres. nowhere I contacted seems to be answering emails or returning phone messages. I’ve finally ordered a set online only to have the fitting cancelled an hour before as they hadn’t been delivered to them in time. I was promised a call back today with a revised fitting date but so far nothing 😡

That’s from Advanced Radiators in Washington (Tyne & Wear not US!) - which is who I bought my inexpensive polo rad from. As mentioned, more than up to the job on track as long as it is ducted.

Here I have my Westfield Megablade which is for sale. Decent spec. Mot’d, fully road registered. Spec: Westfield Megablade SEIW Engine/transmission/diff: Engine is a SC33 919cc sourced from AB Performance. Piper cross sausage filter with standard Westfield manifold and exhaust. Westfield reverse box Freelander diff with Quaife LSD Flatshifter expert Flatshifter Max paddle shift Coolex uprated Aluminium radiator/fan setup. Front Oil cooler Braking/suspension: Quick Rack (Steering Rack) AP Racing four pot brakes with ds2500 pads, vented discs and AP Racing brake master cylinder Sierra rear caliper's Westfield Aluminium uprights front and rear Westfield Aluminium hubs on front Westfield anti roll bar front and rear Westfield springs and adjustable shocks Body: V8 style bonnet FIA approved Full roll cage Fibreglass aero screen with smoked perspex screen attached Carbon effect cycle wings Carbon effect wing mirrors Wide view rear view mirror Carbon fibre rear arch protectors Caron fibre boot cover Carbon fibre effect rear light set LED rear number plate light Crystal headlights Wheels/Tyres: 7x13 Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 alloys 185 60 13 Toyo R888 tyres on the front 205 60 13 Toyo R888 tyres on the rear 16mm hubcentric spacers on front with longer studs 20mm hubcentric spacers on rear with longer studs Interior: Intatrim Westfield seats X 2 4 point harnesses X 2 Please get in touch if interested. Price £15,000ono

What a stunning day! Thanks @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative , you ordered up some lovely weather! We started early near Derby, with Loris taking a few photos of the cars. I thought we had 6 cars for the convoy and we set off at 9am.... unfortunately we hadn't spotted Tim in the petrol station so he was playing catch up! 🤣 A nice leisurely drive up to Wirksworth to collect Rich and let Hedley refuel again and we were off with an 8 car convoy. Landing at Quackers we made it 16 cars! I'd never been to Ilam before, but what a stunning place, beautiful views on the drive in and a stunning hall and gardens. I sat at the back for what seems like an hour while the other drivers practiced their reversing skills.... it was like watching a carry on film 🤣🤣 The wait was worth it though 👏

Thanks for the photo's Luke, hope the video worked out too👍 I have counted 16 cars meeting at Quackers cafe, here we are enjoying that lovely warm sunshine over breakfast and in the car park Not everyone had a conventional breakfast and some got 2 pieces of flapjack, lucky sod Some were leaving us here, other's were following for part of the journey and the rest had a couple of postcodes in their satnav in case they got lost. With quiet roads, we all kept together and drove through the beautiful Ilam Estate in convoy. Bakewell, if you have made it to here then you will only queue for a minute at the pedestrian crossing, couldn't believe it! At Ilam Hall we all showed that parking a Westfield in a straight line, perpendicular to the Hall, is an art, we got there in the end The view from the cars, looking out over the estate The view from the Manifold Tea Room Lunchtime, scones, cakes, there was even real food involved at some point Some had ice cream, even though they had cake for breakfast, watch out Andy, Andy and Andy The competition soon set the Andy's off eating cake, what do you reckon Westwood? a poor show? Thank you to everyone for coming, I hope you enjoyed your day as much as we have x A few last photo's of the Bill's leaving Quackers cafe @BillyPee and the best t-shirt as modelled by Thomas, the very important next generation of Westfield owners See you all next time xxx

Thank you all. I have just bought a my dream car.

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 😁

Full cage, 13s on the rims, what's not to love

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.

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.

Nice summer shot

Courtesy of @Apc1x

Last weekend with some fellow TVR’s

A quick run out to the farmshop

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

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

Snap 😀

Just had to be done 😀

The west coast of Scotland can’t be beat

Lovely ride out today. 🥵 ☀️ 😎

After work trip to the pub with his Royal Enfield to enjoy the weather!

Just a few photos from our Isle of Mull trip….

Out again last night at Fromebridge Mill south of Gloucester. Lovely venue, well worth a stop off if you are ever passing. And you can hillclimb Frocester Hill which is just up the road, epic fun that is!

Popped into Castle Combe circuit today to see a few mates on a track day. Parked up by Merlin Motorsport for the pic. Also spotted Jon Delieu from YouTube Forensic Detailing Channel. Forgot to take a snap though - duh!

Fresh MOT 👍 new minimalist rear end - #gottalovetheQ

Parked in the shade so no burnt bums 😂

Finally managed to get out for a decent run. Tour of the valleys - this one was taken on one of my favourite roads 👌

Yeah I’m Bristol based, not in that WhatsApp group but would like to be if possible?

Have you tried Calimoto or BBR at all?