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We met at the Great British Car Journey car museum, most of us having de-iced at least one car to get our Westfield's off our driveway's this morning. We found the hot radiator in the cafe and the breakfasting began By now the sun had risen out of our eyes a bit and we set off on our great British car journey through the beautiful, sun soaked Peak District. I was revelling in how wonderful a place it is in the winter, with the very quiet roads, until we got to Castleton and what a contrast, I think the whole of nearby Sheffield had emptied onto Mam Tor. There were cars and people everywhere, not to worry, we soon came out of it and landed in Edale at The Rambler Inn. Thank you to Glen for removing his gloves and taking those photo's, in the cold, on the move. At The Rambler Inn We had lunch and decided we needed to top it off with cake from a new place that has opened in the Hope Valley, called Bike and Boot. The eatery there is called BARECA, so named because it is a BAR, a REstaurant and a CAfe all rolled into one. The car park at Bike and Boot The cake, well what's left of my Victoria sponge cake Today, Glynn was the Cake Meister and he blew you Andrew's @AndrewBClarke, @aeg, @Andy Westwood right out of the water with this dessert. It was enormous. Lovely photo there, Glynn. A lovely place to visit and one to add to our 'go to' list. Bareca The driving has been great (surprisingly), although it was cold early on, it was amenable during the day, the locations have been tremendous and the company was je ne sais quois, champion. Let's do this again very soon! Thanks guys XXX

5 'Great British Cars' Tricky driving with the low winter sun, but made from some great views on the way to the Museum.

For years my Westie has run the standard 7.5 gallon fuel tank and it worked fine. Recently the race sanctioning body I run under (the SCCA) lowered the minimum weight for my class from 1420 lbs (with driver) to 1400 lbs. My car was 1425 with a minimum full load and figuring out a way to lower the car’s weight to the new minimum was one goal. The other goal was to shift weight from the driver’s side to the passenger side (keeping in mind that I’m in the USA and so I sit on the left) to help even out the weight distribution. The idea was to cut down the fuel tank on the left side (reducing the amount of aluminum) and this would take about 3 lbs off the driver’s side of the tank. The other benefit was that I could maintain the same fuel depth in the tank (to help prevent fuel starve) with 1 gallon less fuel in it…and this reduces the weight by another 6 lbs. This means that this one modification reduced the weight of the car by 9 lbs and most of it coming from the driver’s side of the car. The downside is of course that the tank is smaller. It now holds only 5.5 gallons so long range touring would be a pain in the ass but I’ve never used the car that way so that wasn’t a big issue for me the way it might be for others. So - I cut off one end and welded a new end wall on. I also made a new pick-up sump that hangs well below the main part of the tank to help it not run dry during hard cornering. All this got welded together and reinstalled into the car. While I was at it I shifted both the low and high pressure fuel pumps to the right to help with weight distribution. In the end it worked as intended. This, and the relocation of the battery and lots of other small things, has made it so that despite the fact that my 185 lbs in on the left side of the car that the difference right-to-left is only 57 lbs. I’m excited to race again in the spring but as I type this the snow is falling and the car is tucked away in my warm workshop. Dave

Gutted I missed this, hopefully I'll out next weekend 👍

Great day out and some great food and company👍 Ran into some more tarmac sheeps on the way home at chatsworth! (And loads of traffic lights 🤨) So the light was gone by the time I got back home and headlights were deployed.

Brilliant day out again thanks. 247miles of smiles. Some left home with salt on the ground. Some with full sun in their faces. Some avoiding the rain showers. I had long diversions (20 miles extra on the way and 37 mile on the way home) to avoid flooded A57 and A617 which seem to have cut Lincolnshire off from the mainland. Left home 7.30am in the dark and returned at 6pm again in the dark. 😁 My route to the West -

Says he with the Japanese engine 😮😉

Just to introduce myself; I'm back into the club after many years absence ! Hello all

Spot on, that's what makes it great!

Have a great day @Andy Malone - Editor and @Jim RS 🍺🎂🍺🎂

-3C when I left home. Nice breakfast at Chocks Away diner. Jeff was complaining that his heated seats were too hot. Luckily the Welsh 20mph limit was a blessing in disguise.

Surely its not that much of a surprise that middle-aged (ish) guys who are into building cars, also like the geeky hobby of miniature building and painting?! 🤣 My Leviathan is the Dark Angels specific version, so it's still a resin Forge World model, but the weapon sprues are available separately in plastic. I've gone so far as to magnetise mine, so I can use all of the weapons.

1999 1600 cvh that i have owned for nearly ten years is up for sale chrome yellow, lots of history, great first westie let me know if you want a anymore details. £7500

It's made for a Westie but not 'figure hugging' like some or the more stretchy (skin tight) ones. Think more like a pair of comfy shorts rather than leggings!