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Perhaps I shouldn't have told people that Glen would do a full valet on every car each night and @Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator was paying the bar tab each night 😉

no problem... tap water all round 🤣

Wow, 1 week and 2 days to fill the trip, that's what I call popular, well done Marcus 👋

Well, I didn't think it would be this quick - but the time has come. I know BEC's don't tend to sell too well on here, but i thought i would give it a go anyway. Will also be on eBay shortly. Ad below, straight copy and paste for what I have written for elsewhere..... I know this couldn't be advertised at a worse time of year, but having realised that I’ve lost the love for it, it’s time for a change. A bit of background to start, I bought it in March 2023 knowing it was mechanically spot on, but it needed some cosmetic TLC. I drove it for the spring/summer of 23 with the intention to strip it down over the winter and spend some time and money making it mint. It took longer than I expected and I finally completed it in September 24. Below is the spec and the work I have completed in my ownership. 2004 Westfield Megablade ZX10R, freshly painted in Wimbledon White with BRG stripe. 2007 ZX10R Gen 2 motor, 175bhp (weighs circa 460kg), revs to 13k and pulls very well. MAC airbox. Gearbox refurbed prior to my ownership as it kept popping out of 4th gear. Power commander speedo healer to standard ZX10R clocks. The clocks were fitted with 20k on them prior to my ownership. I would estimate it has no more than 5k miles on it in total, you can check the online MOT history if you like. No reverse as they are all pretty crap. I had a Quaife one in a previous car and it was clunky, don't even entertain the electric ones as they are even worse. I can push it around with ease. Sierra (7”) 3.38 diff with LSD. I have a litre of oil that i haven't had a chance to put in it. Coolex radiator. Does not get over 100 degrees, even in town in the summer. Lightweight battery with FIA cut off. Solid M16 brakes with AP master cylinder. Discs on the rear, Westfield hubs. Quick rack, 2.1 lock to lock, refurbed and new Powerflex mounts. Carbon kevlar panels throughout, floor, transmission tunnel, bulkhead and boot. Interior is carpeted (not that it does a lot!). GI Pro gear indicator. JK Composite seats with Schroth harnesses (not in date) - I fitted a 6 point (anti sub belt) to the passenger seat so my daughter could come out with me. Easily removed if required. Repackable exhaust, I took the wadding out for a few days and it is mental. It's now fully packed and most of the noise is induction. Fire extinguisher. Carbon NV cycle wings (new) Carbon NV arch covers (new) Carbon Aeroscreen painted gloss black. F1 style mirrors. GRP dash (I had intended to change this to a carbon one). OMP flat bottom wheel with quick release and OMP 50mm spacer. Wema fuel gauge and sender (new). Front wishbones refurbished, new powder coat and polybushes. New ball joints and drag links. Protech shocks refreshed and springs powder coated. Uprights stripped and repainted. Steering column stripped and repainted. New front wheel bearings. Body stripped and repainted in Wimbledon white with BRG stripe, backed with a generous coat of stone chip to alleviate any potential crazing. New rubber bonnet mounts & catches. New nosecone grille and westfield badge colour matched to body. Bonnet vents redone. LED headlights. New side repeaters and front indicators. Headlight bowls stripped and painted gloss black. MOT friendly number plate is included. New rear lights, mounts and wiring connections, inc number plate light. New 7x13 & 6x13 superlights in go faster gold. Toyo R888R tyres all round. 205 rear, 185 front. Bad bits There are a few micro bubbles on the bonnet vinyl, i think it was too cold when i did it. I have enough spare for it to be redone. Starter motor is a bit noisy when cold, but starts on the button. I would get it corner weighted and set up, I had intended to do this but i’m only 80kg and it would be a waste of time if someone new is going to jump in it. I’m sure there are other bits I have forgotten, please feel free to ask if you have any questions. I completely understand that prices are depressed at this time of year. I'm not in a rush to sell, but at the same time, I could do with freeing up some space. The car is currently in storage to stop my wife nagging that it's an expensive ornament in the garage and getting in the way. Viewings will be at the storage facility and test drives will be with me driving. Price is £11.5k on here, will be up for £12k on eBay. I’d probably consider a P/X, but only for something interesting that doesn't have to stay in the garage. I'm based in Cwmbran, 10 mins north of Newport. Storage facility details will not be provided for obvious reasons. Thanks for looking. Darren

I’ve been watching videos of a Opel GT restoration on a YouTube channel for a bit now. It’s somewhere in Finland, not sure where exactly. This man’s metal skills are ridiculously good. Also and very unusually, there’s no talking at all, just music. It’s quite relaxing to watch and impressive at the same time. Here’s one of the videos as an example:

Hi Stuart. Might get to see you at some point if my car behaves !

Thank you! I'll keep my fingers crossed as it's been about 4 months since I started my search for some 🤞

They are available @CoastalCoops, but I'll give Noel first refusal. If I haven't heard back in 3 or 4 days, I'll let you know 👍

Excellent that you still got together 2 Area Organiser's. We had the member's meet cancelled at the car museum so didn't turn a wheel at all. Good luck for the next one.

Superb, I am not surprised you've been watching them for some time! This should come with a warning, something like: "It’s quite relaxing to watch, impressive, while at the same time massively addictive". I shall share this my friends.

@sebdangerfield on many cars something can be cobbled up from this. My throttle cable is a decent quality bike brake cable with one of the nipples from this kit at the engine end. It has broken twice in 33,000 miles, each time at the pedal nipple, so I regularly check there for any signs of wear. Some people change the inner cable annually to avoid the problem which isn't a bad idea given that they cost very little. Can't help you with the clutch - mine's hydraulic

Thanks guys. @RickRack I don’t even have a spare so some tyre gunk and some plugs might be useful for me. That thread mentions throttle and clutch cables. They’d be a decent idea to carry but how do you know which ones fit and where do you get them?

We cancelled this meeting at the last minute because of the weather 🙁 so four up of us had a local meeting in Ashton 🍽️😀

I had an idea, which was to add places to the map with Westfield in its name, primarily streets and such, so I've done so. These are marked with red flags. After I did it, it transpired that all of them are in the North! Interesting stuff. Therefore and to be fair, I'm creating a separate category of most Westfield-named places visited that will be counted individually and not with the other place names.

MOT Manual Section 4.1.4 Existing halogen headlamp units on vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1986 must not be converted to be used with high intensity discharge (HID) or light emitting diode (LED) bulbs. If such a conversion has been done, you must fail the headlamp for light source and lamp not compatible. This does not refer to complete replacement headlamp units which may be constructed with HID or LED light sources. If a complete headlamp unit has been replaced with a unit that was manufactured with HID or LED light sources, it must not be failed for ‘Light source and lamp not compatible’ but it must meet all other requirements detailed in section 4 of this manual specific to the type fitted at the time of test.

General Recklesness???

This is a race quality nose And just one last thing all the pictures I use are of products I have personally made I know the pictures are not the best lol but they are of products I'VE made as sometimes other people feel the need to use my pictures .

My local one… the signs been nicked many times before…