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Not Westfield but 7 type still MNR Vortx CBR1000RR sc59 . Visited dyno: 192hp 128NM. Std sc59 honda engine , MNR exhaust , mine airbox intake Happy

First outing with the her new shoes on

Spotted this on the way home last night, looked it up and it is a CSR260, seems a very nice spec.

In a local pub car park while out for lunch this week…

Don't see many of those these days. A very good Caterham. More than 450bhp/tonne and handles superbly. Could apparently outperform an R500 on the road!

Its standard equipment in Alfa Romeos (at least in 156 and 166) . Great tool.

Oops! I seem to have lost an engine and gearbox… not to worry, new one being built by Richard Wragg at ProDev Engineering. Build thread to follow…

Entries are now open for the above event Regs - https://sandhmc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mallory-Park-Sprint-Regs-june-23-06-24.pdf Entry form - https://sandhmc.co.uk/entry-form/

Those are the same as mine. I would think they must still be available in 13s given how many 7s have them. I'll have a dig around see if I can find any online.

Ah I see, thanks chaps. So whoever buys it now is making a sound investment 😬

The car is not 30years old yet Ive run the reg and it was registered 1998 so its 4 years short at the moment

Any 7 type car over 30 yrs is easy to import for the French, and 7 type cars are gaining in popularity over there, pushing the prices up. A much more modern type westfield cannot be imported into France IIRC

When I first started competing with the VSCC 25 years ago I never knew more than 10 days before the event if I had an entry. Fortunately things have moved on and the greater majority of clubs confirm the entry within a few days giving me the chance to organise myself. So far I have a receipt for my payment for the Blyton sprint, so I assume I have an entry. I had a talk with David Taylor about this at Anglesey and he took the time to explain the situation which I can understand to a certain extent. But I would have thought a club that is run as professionally as Longton would not have fallen into the trap of being dependant on one individual, and even if they had, would have recovered by now. I'm looking forward to the sprint, the best part of it is at 6.30am walking the track and seeing and hearing all the sky larks, I have never seen so many in one place.

Thanks Steve. Has wishbones all road instead of the de Dion rear axle from what I read, plus many other upgrades.

Thanks to Nick for the stickers and membership card, race ready for gurston this weekend

Pleased you have got them in time, have a great weekend 👍

Coil packs finally arrived today, so waited for my oldest to finish school, he put them in and we took it for a test drive. It appears to be a successful result, super happy.

Do I spy a carbon adict ? 😉

Welcome to the Westfield family @SteveG, looks you've got a great car there. Hope to catch up with you at one of the local meetings very soon. Don't forget the Warwickshire Area meets at the Falcon, Birmingham Road, Hatton, CV35 7HA, from 7.30pm, 3rd Thursday of the month.

Thank you Karl, that's much appreciated. It will definitely be looked after under my ownership too. No questions at the moment, but appreciate the offer. Hope you're enjoying your new one too?

Hi Steve I'm pleased it went to a good home and still in the local area 💪 If I can help with anything let me know 👍

Can’t wait to see the finished result😀

I’ve been quiet on this thread for the last few months, mainly because there had been some suggestion that the regulations would change for this year so I waited for entries to open earlier this month before investing too much in the build. That don’t stop me drawing though and gathering a few of the parts need for the build. One part I did buy over winter was a body to make the sidecar. I’d looked at various things such as pedal bins and water butts but in the end I found an eBay seller local to me who made fibreglass tote Tot-Rod bodies. The cost wasn’t much more than a pedal bin would be and it would save me a lot of fabrication work. With that sorted I moved on to finalising the sidecar drawings, I’d initially looked to mount the pivot low to minimise tyre scrub but since the course is straight and the turns are minimal I instead settled on a high pivot as it would simplify the construction. The sidecar frame itself is quite crude but I wanted to keep the design of it simple and the weight down. Finally to get the BMX looking more like a motorcycle I modelled an engine. This will also double as a mount for the sidecar and also stop the crank arms from rotating. This week I stripped the BMX down and it got a rattle can finish in Red and Black while I wait for the laser cut parts to arrive so I can fabricate the sidecar. Finally my trusty companion Gromit who will be riding alongside me.

Thanks for the insight. Always good to know it's come from a good home.

Decent progress being made now, back on it's wheels after the front end rebuild and on a transporter to the painter on Friday evening 👍 I'm getting the roll bar repainted too, can anyone tell me the rose joint sizes as they seem to be different on top and bottom?

1st time MOT pass at Snow Hill Motors, Wolves after winter fettling - 🤝

Parked up for a coffee at Bodnant gardens near Conwy. Next to me was this beauty, LD Integrale.

Got out with my mate Damo yesterday, me in the Flying Carrot him in his SDR V-Storm lunatic machine. Went to 5 Zeros Supercars Bradford-On-Avon for lunch, then had a nice shortish blat to Castle Combe race circuit where we drove the perimeter road to meet a mate who was marshaling a bike track day. No great pics but a great day full of laughs and silliness.

Well according to their website they definitely don't do 13s anymore. Mad idea. I'd better look after mine then.