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Had a ball yesterday; over 200 miles around Exmoor, expertly led by Adge who did a fantastic job organising and planning the route for the Dorset area. A few gate crashers including me from Devon & Somerset and Bristol joined to make eight cars (seven Westies and a very rapidly pedalled Mini van!), with an eighth Westie finding us for a while in Bude. Starting at Ralegh’s Cross Inn, we headed across to Bude for a stop at Widemouth bay, then up to Lynton and finally back to Ralegh’s Cross. Generally the roads were pretty clear; a few slow bits behind tractors, stopping to let a herd of ponies cross but plenty of fast open sections too, great fun! I’ve recorded much of it on my Insta 360 so will post some videos up from that, but here are some pics in the meantime. The guys are out for more fun today so I’m sure they will post up separately. Thanks again to Adge for organising, and to Chris, Rory and John for providing tools and help fixing my broken exhaust mount bobbin thingy! Temporary repair done by John to get me home today. 👍 Despite the warm weather, my temps stayed between 85 and 90 so the new rad and water pump etc are working well, and the brakes were fab with the new AP Racing master cylinder 👍. All in all, a grand day out; beautiful weather and great company. I do however need to learn that an ‘All you can eat’ full English Breakfast is not necessarily compatible with a narrow bodied Westfield 🤪 Leg 1 - Ralegh’s Cross to Widemouth Bay Leg 2 - Widemouth Bay to Lynton Leg Three - Lynton back to Ralegh’s Cross

Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Rory from Bristol go to Cornwall

At last, Westy weather is here again ☀️

Great day with some of the east anglian area. Nice to have a new face today in Si Salisbury also. Over 500 vehicles at tydd st mary fair. We had a lot of interest which is always good.

Whilst trying to change the handle on the pull start of my mower….. I let go of the string. Don’t try this at home kids!🤣 That is all 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Now sorted but it took a while 🤪🤪

It’s certainly the full experience with them off. So long as it’s warm, not raining and you aren’t on Motorways then I enjoy it more. I just had the little wind deflectors on for our Exmoor trip and it was lovely, my hat even stayed on! When it warmed up, I took them off for some more fresh air but need to reverse the baseball cap and look a right idiot for it to stay on! 🤣

You can get a golf trolley and bag in your Westfield!

Well it was well worth washing the car! 🤪

Glorious days hill climbing at wiscombe park, bluebells in the forest section and ice cream while you wait for your next go. My local race venue, shame it isnt in the speed series.

Thanks for coming down Rory, even in pink 🤣👍. Two great candidates for the calendar here I reckon!

Tried to cheat and drill it out from underneath. Failed, so dash and scuttle/screen off in the end

a great day and thanks to all Devon and Dorset group making me feel so welcome. Really enjoyed trying some different roads, they were epic, incredible views. Special mention to Adge for organising and providing the port, cheese and "dog" biscuits😁. Must consider my outfit for next time.....double pink.... purely by coincidence....i think....lol. secretly though I think i nailed it!!!

I prefer the look of our cars with the doors off but the driving experience in my opinion is better with them on! 🤷‍♂️

Well that is a great result and shows the value of this forum and club. Enjoy the new car!

Just because we all like pictures.

Finished spray painting an MNR in my amateur improvised paint chamber . This time side panels painted with motip Black wheelspray matt. Now just needs some stickers from trackdays

As requested by @tuonokid58 below are some recent pictures of the car 😎

The time has come to part with my Mega S2000 and let somebody else have some fun! Owned this vehicle since 2017 but a hectic life means it has spent the last 20 Months parked up in my garage. Well known vehicle amongst the WSSC peak district area members. Vehicle Spec Engine Honda F20C The Engine was fully stripped and rebuilt to the following Specification with all brand New parts. Oversized Carrillo High compression forged race Pistons 87.5 (compression ratio now 12:5/1) Block was bored from RFB to steel liners to take oversized race pistons. 16 x New Supertec race valves. Crank, checked for journal sizes, polished and balanced. Rods crack tested and balanced. Cylinder head was fitted with 16 new race bronze guides. Skim to clean, 3 angle valve seats cut and pressure tested. New Genuine Honda timing chains. ARP Head stud kit fitted. Multi-layer steel head gasket. ACL Competition race bearings for mains and Big ends. Stock Honda throttle body. K&N High flow Air filter. Mocal Oil catch can Remote Oil pressure sender. Oil Temp sender Baffled Sump Carbon Exhaust De-Cat pipe (Standard CAT as spare for MOT) Odessey PC680 battery (New in 2023) OMEX 610 ECU (Unlocked) and can be tweaked via MAP4000 on your own PC if you have the knowledge. Produces 276 bhp & 178 ft lb torque. All Engine work was carried out by AP Racing Engines Ltd @ approx. 2500 miles on the odo. The engine was run in and dyno tuned on AP Racing engines Ltd Premises. Drivetrain Honda S2000 Gearbox. Lightweight billet steel flywheel Stage 2 paddle clutch. 7” 3.62 ratio Quaife ATB LSD Braking & Suspension Protech adjustable Shocks. Westfield Wide Track Front end. Westfield Big Brake Upgrade. “Playskool” Front & Rear ARB’s (Soft) All suspension components polybushed. Aluminium Uprights Hi-Spec Calipers Front & Rear with Ferodo DS2500 pads. 15” Team Dynamic 1.2 in Gloss Black with Toyo R1R Tyres (Almost New) Spare set of 13” Team Dynamic 1.2 in Gloss Black with Toyo R888’s (Low tread, used on track days) Full suspension & geometry setup at Playskool motorsport after polybush install Exterior Real Carbon front cycle wings (Carbon NV) LED headlamps (New in 2023) Full roll cage by Caged. Heated windscreen Carbon effect rear stone protectors. FW bodywork with V8 Bonnet in two tone Blue/Black. F1 Spa style wingmirrors. Interior Westfield Sport Turbo seats with blue trim. Race Technology Dash2 Pro. Longacre wide view mirror. Carbon effect dash Momo quick release steering wheel. Westfield lowered floor pans. General Info Fresh MOT until May 2025. Car is in excellent overall condition & ready to drive away. This car is a real head turner. All fluids (Engine, Braking, Coolant, Gearbox, diff) replaced approx. 300 miles ago and has only ever been filled with Fuchs Titan Race oil. RPM is set at a conservative 8500rpm but engine is capable of 9500rpm Gearbox is excellent but one of the gearlever springs needs putting back on as the lever does not return to centre on one side and I dont have time to repair it myself. No tyre kickers please, genuine buyers only. Im sure there are things ive missed so please ask if you have any questions. Car is Located in Nottingham. £20,000

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeC62uRS/ Scrolling through TikTok and came across this.. @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO

Not sure if people are aware of this, but there will be a total solar eclipse visible in Northern Spain on 12th August 2026. It’s not the longest from there, only around 1.5 minutes of totality and quite low but should still be good. Mrs Stu, Lorna and I are thinking of driving down in the TToS and doing a bit of a European tour afterwards, but I thought that maybe for anyone planning a drive over to Europe for a few weeks tour it would make a worthwhile stop over for a day or two. It will be likely crazy busy, so sorting accommodation early would be necessary but these things don’t happen very often so it’s well worth making the trip. Some details here: https://nso.edu/for-public/eclipse-map-2026/#:~:text=The August 12%2C 2026 total,%2C Portugal%2C and northern Spain.

Lovely to see you all - and finally not round a dining table 🙂 Thank you for organising and for letting me gate crash, Adge!

Keep scrolling, Si, keep scrolling 😉 At least he was complimentary and I can't disagree with his comment. This was this afternoon on my way back from the Oil Can Cafe at Holmfirth. He was in Glossop. I knew he was filiming and I heard his comments as he was doing it!

@Stuart Thanks Stuart, I am prepared to give it another go, but I can't find the deflectors I made years ago, kind of thinking I binned them thinking well the doors are staying on, so why have these anymore. Searched everywhere, maybe they will turn up when I least expect it. I have to make mine ( and the doors) as I have a cat 7 windscreen frame and the rake is slightly different to a Westys one, also its taller as well.

@Richard (OldStager) I very rarely take my sidescreens off. Find it much more comfortable that way (even though I have some wind deflectors)

Lots of doorless cars here, do I need to take some brave pills ?

The best runs out always produce that, hope it's going well.

Oh no, didn't expect this @Scotty72! Stunning car though mate, someone will be getting an awesome motor 👌

Yeah I may well have gone back to my home planet by then... 😄

But you're not a scientist. Maybe your mind isn't the one we need for this project... 😄 Sorry...

It's an interesting conundrum. Hacking to one side just for a moment... As far as huge corporations tracking "you", they do ask permission. It's in the Ts and Cs that no-one reads and we all just tick "I agree". "External" companies having access to medical information? Been going on for decades. What has changed is that to make the NHS more efficient (HA) a lot of it is now accessible. For me personally though, do I care that anyone can find out about my third eye, ingrowing toenail, kidney stones or whatever? No. I'm not so important that anyone else is going to care about my medical status. I suspect there are very few of us that fall into that category where medical knowledge leads to coercion or blackmail. Back to hacking. Big companies, and sometimes small companies, can be targets of hackers. The data discovered can be used to target individuals or the company as a whole, HOWEVER... the method of attack that we as individuals are most likely to succumb to is an email with a dodgy link. Clicking it and filling in forms or inadvertently downloading malware isn't really a hack in and of itself. The fact that our email address made it to a bad actor could be the result of a hack further upstream. And of course we all get dodgy emails from time to time. It a fact of life, like speed cameras. If anyone wants to check up on their exposure levels, or check for compromised emails and passwords have a look at https://haveibeenpwned.com/ As mentioned earlier, where possible use two factor authentication for emails, Amazon and anywhewre that might have payment details saved. For storing usernames and passwords, and for generating paswords I have used both Bitwarden and Keeper. Both are free and can be used across all devices. I was never sure about password vaults until I worked somethwere where the MINIMUM password lenghth was 32 characters. Both Keeper and Bitwarden can be used to generate random passwords and I find that feature very useful indeed.

Looks like Planet Earth now has crimson shield technology [/one for the Trekkies...)

Stu’s suggestion of £10 per wheel boxed with DPD sounds good value if you can’t find a beer token option. Another courier option that might be worth checking out is Paisley Freight, click on their ‘wheel and tyres’ tab for a quote (noting what their packing requirements are), they also transport other car parts: https://www.paisleyfreight.com

Stu? aka Mr Handbrake 😁

Good show today, great weather and also meeting new people. Thanks to all who made it. @Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator @Breakable? @Nicholas Rycroft @SigmaA @Martin OU61 @Ross Seight @Gareth D (GAZ 4885) @bigron @MGG @Stuart Smith and anyone I've forgotten!

Made some covers for the rear roll bar today.

All clean, ready to get dirty around Exmoor tomorrow 🤪 Expecting a lovely day, so the doors have come off 👍

Cleaned & ready to go on track for the first time. I had an instructor booked yesterday to give me guidance before I tackle a track day. What a great time I had improving my technique and entry lines. The car felt epic and very predictable, when the rear broke away it was progressive and easily caught. I even had a hero moment of oversteer at the hairpin after that I steadily improved my lines to avoid this and carry more speed.

Just taken the Westfield for a half hour blat around the lanes outside Crewkerne to check all is well ahead of a big day tomorrow around Exmoor 👍. Doors are off, and it’s great to be back to basics again.

A pleasure doing business with you @Warhon3. I hope you have as many enjoyable enjoyable years with it as I did.

Thanks to everyone who replied. Very fortunately a member who lives close to me saw this post and ended up selling me his Westfield! I am the proud new owner of @RX05s 1800 zetec. This car is a credit to its previous owner and is immaculate! So thanks again Hoping for many happy miles in this over the next few months 😎

I think it was probably my last post that did it. I seem to have a knack for killing threads stone dead

All this nice weather, and I've got the Aurora Borealis in my header tank 😪