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My old Westy! A few of us popped up to Inverness for a curry and there she was. was a nice run out too

Finally got somewhere near finishing this off now. I’ve finished my tool boards, painted them white to keep everything as bright as possible. I’ve also built myself a small bench from scraps I had lying around, with a vice for any car related stuff and fitted a vice to the other bench for woodworking which was very handy for building the new one. Racking is fixed to the walls where possible so nice and secure. Just a bit of cabling and lighting to sort out now.

I am seriously starting to wish I lived in Scotland.

Welcome to our clubs car meet occurring on Sunday 13th October at The Barge Inn, Battlesbridge SS11 7RE at 09:30- 10:00 ish!! All are welcome, no matter what kitcar you drive! It is a great morning to speak with likeminded petrol heads and kit car enthusiasts about our beloved passions.

Not sure about cheap, but I almost spit my cornflakes out just about every morning when I see the prices of houses down South on Homes under the hammer!

This was our third weekend away this year.

Thank you Chris for a very insightful and helpful post 👍 You are absolutely right re new competitors, they are very unlikely to start winning straight away and certainly just spending fortunes on bigger engines rarely is the answer, a well developed whole car approach often works better, it's more important to be able to stop, than go What's most important is that competitors enjoy the events and the friendships made. 😄 We hope that we can welcome you into our 2025 Championship.

One of the discussions on Saturday at Anglesey was around perception, which to some extents applies here. The perception that a road going car will not be able to compete as everything is a fire breathing monster........ From an outsider who has competed for a just few years 😉 there is a perception that most Caterhams (Yes I used that word as a Caterham owner) compete in road going with a few Westfields in the mix, where as most Westfields compete in modified as fire breathing monsters, with very few similar tuned caterhams. In real terms there is a place for everyone, within the event class structure, from road going standard westfields, to highly tuned and modified monsters in Modified Specialist production. We are competing in roadgoing Specialist Production in a number of championships and see a good mix of road going cars (not just Caterhams & Westfields) with a mix of power and experience, the advice I always give competitors is compete with what you have, see if you like it and learn from experience and when something needs replacing always go for something better. will you be the quickest in the class straight away, probably not unless you are a budding F1 Driver, but if you enjoy it, and most do , you will improve and you will start rising up the rankings, but at first if you have a smile on your face and are improving then thats all that should matter.

Nice catch 👍 Driving near Ingolstadt this year we saw a new Audi RS3 in full disguise and last year passing Stuttgart it was the new Merc coupe in disguise. Funnily enough had it not been for the disguises I wouldn't have given them a second glance.

I used to work near Stratford and have had many a beer in that pub 😊

Some of the Surrey group took advantage of the October sunshine to cross the border into Sussex for a coffee at Torque Moto Cafe yesterday.

I didn’t know you had a Sick Honda! but hope it’s fixed soon🤞and is back in Perpetual motion 🏎️ when the suns 🌞 out and it Tissot ⌚️

Rollex on the next post. I'm a responsible Citizen who can't spare a Seconda, Timex must move on.

To be Franck (Muller) I’m not shocked 😳

Having sold my last Westfield to purchase a house, I am now in a position to buy another. I bought this one about two weeks ago and it’s great to be back in one. My wife and I traveled from Thurso in the far North of Scotland down to Lincoln to pick up this beauty.

It's taken me HEUERS to TAG you in Phil @RickRack