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I put up some new wall art in my home office!

I was on the lookout for a seven 4 years ago when I joined the forum but life got in the way for some reason, as it does! I think it’s been worth the wait though. Deposit paid to a fantastic guy near Swansea and the car is coming home on the 7th Oct…happy days! I’ve also realised at 57 I’m not as flexible, or slim as I thought I was but I fit thankfully. Never thought I’d be limbo dancing at my age. A few things to get sorted for the 7th so I’ll be asking a few questions. At least for this first year I plan to try and use it through the winter on dry non salty days and see how I get on. Let the fun begin!

Well done @John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison cracking run to get your first run off win, nice to see that the smaller engine cars can stick it to the big boys every now and then, fingers crossed for the remainder of the season and you end up with that top 5 finish.

Hi everyone I just wanted to introduce myself as a new club member and new Westfield owner. I’ve just recently purchased a SeiW with a C20XE Red top. I’ve always wanted a Westfield since my Dad had one many years ago. I love the car and how it handles so much fun in the recent good weather. I’m currently getting to know the car and understand what’s on it etc. I’ve had a couple of issues already that I’ve managed to fix however I have an issue with the main beam lights. When I got it only one of the front sidelights worked but not the main beams so I changed all the bulbs first and still didn’t work. I then checked all the fuses and found one had blown so I replaced that and the other sidelight bulb worked!! However the main beams still don’t work. Also the blue light on the dash does not light up when you flip the switch. Could this be a faulty switch or maybe something else? Any help would be much appreciated and I do have lots of other questions too! many thanks Sam

As per title. The London DC where the club server is hosted is undergoing some upgrades so during a window of up to 1 hours (expected to be less) the servers will be offline. Thanks, ACW.

Welcome. You live in a convenient location - trips out in Yorkshire organised by@Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO or the Peak District organised by @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative Look forward to meeting you. Have fun.

I have finally found use for 2 out of about two dozens os used wiper blades i kept in corner of garage for years.. last week wanted to throw it away, good I did not Now, what to do with rest...

My daily is a Range Rover so need the best recovery company as in constant need. Tried the rest but the AA has been found to be the best. With the Westy, they have made sure recovery trucks are suitable bearing in mind the low ground clearance and always looked after the poorly vehicle. Pay the money and get the best.

DVLA says it's a Lloyd Viking 75C https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/man-who-built-rover-75-coupe

+1 for contacts. Modern soft disposables are easy to wear, and pretty cheap, especially if you only wear them occasionally. They don't mist up or get rain on them, and you can wear them with any helmet, goggles or sunglasses. D

My problem with glasses in full-face helmet is centred on them being a positive prescription. Positive glasses effectively amplify movement of the glasses with respect to the eyes so bumps which wouldn't normally be a problem become amplified to a point where clear vision is impossible. The arms are sandwiched between the inside of the helmet sides and the sides of my head. So, when the helmet moves as I drive over bumps on a circuit the movement jiggles my specs. My solution was, I thought, some way of fixing the frames to the bony part of my face - the ocular orbit. So I bought some swimming goggles with my distance prescription (c.+3 dioptres). Great as the helmet movement will not be transmitted to the lenses as the goggles are retained by elastic and rest on my cheekbones. But... try putting on a full face helmet over swimming goggles! very uncomfortable indeed!

If you drive regularly with a helmet on, and have to wear glasses, then it might be worth having a spare pare of glasses made just for wearing in a helmet. I used to compete in the speed series, so had to wear a close fitting MSA approved helmet. So I had a pair made up with smallish lenses, and crucially had the arms of the specs made straight, rather than conventional hockey stick style, if you see what I mean. The result was that I could easily slide the arms of the specs into place, through the visor aperture, whereas my normal specs tended to bend the curved part of the arms when they were pushed in, as they were difficult to get them over and behind my ears, rather than pushing into my ears or snagging on the helmet liner.

Welcome from South Derbyshire Love the car, I was admiring it in the advert recently 👍

Welcome from South Derbyshire 👍

I purchased a set of glasses for use when wearing my skid lid (I'm blind as a bat without them) - they are quite small and have bendable arms and rims, effectively you can fold them in half + safety lenses fitted. For my Bell skid lid I have two anti-fog visors one clear and one tinted - Also used plenty of Rain-X to outside of visors and Fog-X to inside and to glasses 👍 You really do need to try a few skid lids on, they all vary in their style and fitment.

I would definitely recommend trying some on, as you mentioned. I didn’t regularly wear a helmet before I built my Westfield so I was new to the game as well. Have to say I still don’t really understand the reason for the huge difference in prices, although some have more features, such as the pin-lock that has already been mentioned and is well worth it. I wear glasses too and tried on some helmets that supposedly had the ‘easy fit’ for glasses but didn’t seem that comfortable, whereas the helmet I currently have didn’t advertise that as a feature but my glasses fit nicely. So anyway, trying a few on is definitely worth it to get the right fit.

Contact lenses and sunglasses with impact lenses for me

For the anti-fog side of things, make sure the visor has pinlocks and get the inserts to fit. You can get dark inserts for those rare days when the sun shines and the inserts are easier to carry than spare visors and two sets of specs. Why do you need a helmet? Are you racing or do you have an aero-screen? I'm guessing for racing there's specific standards the helmet needs to meet. Fit is everything. I've always been a Shoei user, Arai are great helmets but just don't fit my head shape. I know plenty of people to whom the opposite applies. After that is comfort. Good ventilation is an absolute must!! I'll wear a helmet in my Westie if I'm doing a long distance, but I just use my old motorcycle helmet. Depending on how tall you are you may want to put some padding on the roll bar.

I recently bought a Hedtec Gem. It's possible for me to wear Wayfarer style sunglasses in it with reasonable comfort. I found that the helmet sized up big after dilligently measuring, ended up wit ha 'M' when the measurements put me firmly to 'L'.

Welcome

Welcome!

those seats are mega...

Hi Robin thanks for getting in touch that sounds brill the Pontefract one sounds good as it’s not far away plus me and the Mrs like a good breakfast lol Drives up the east coast are great to my favourite place! Hope to catch up sometime soon! take care Sam

Welcome Sam! 🙂

@John Dolan - Wirral & North Wales AO did a brilliant article in the Spring 2023 Westfield World about the history of Westfield Sportscars

What a fantastic looking car. I too saw it on Facebook, stunning.

Thanks, worth the wait 👍

Hi Andrew. Can you please add Hedley Bennett to the Christmas lunch list on the 2nd. ATB HB

Took my daughter to 417 Bike Park in Gloucester for her first Downhill race. 2nd in her age group 👍👍

Thought I'd better clean her. Stripes going on next to add some colour.

Love this. I was wondering what to do with my spare metal bonnet badge and how to get rid of my yellow Momo steering wheel centre. This is the perfect solution!

Rode the Ruthin MTB Marathon with my 12yo Daughter yesterday. Really good day out apart from the MASSIVE climb at the start!