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me and the guys from the newly founded @wesfielditaly group are waiting for you and the guys this year. as soon as the new dates are defined I will plan the days off work 😁

My home-built project that needs an owner who will actually use it. Time to accept I gave no thought what I'd do with it once I'd built it..... A common refrain from me, "we have 3 cars but barely need 1". In 2023 the Midlana went to the MOT & back and that was it. Last year Vickie 'encouraged' me to use the car more so we did get out in it once or twice, which I enjoyed, but the truth is I just have no use for it as I am practically a recluse these days. So, as the saying goes, 'genuine reason for sale'. It's not a 'good' reason, but it is true. £16,000 If the asking price is achieved, sale will include a bunch of spares etc as follows. Engine gaskets, spare set of used ignition coils, spare throttle pedal pot, spare MAF, spare suspension parts, spare diff (used but good), camlocks for the V6, plus any other pertinent bits (spare wiper motor, spare dash clusters etc). Will include all the templates I used for making the body panels, screen template, assorted 3D printed parts files to recreate them if required. Car currently has inertia belts but will include harnesses as shown in the shot below. Spare master cylinders. If the asking price is not achieved, none of the above listed parts will be included but can be purchased separately. Last time I sold a kit I practically gave it away, along with lots of valuable parts. Won't be doing that again. (Added for clarity, no spares will be offered for sale unless the car sells below asking price. If that happens, any left over will be advertised separately.) Can be viewed any time by arrangement. A few pictures so you have an idea what it is: Very briefly: Car has MX5 NA front & rear uprights, front suspension is double wishbone with inboard vertical dampers with rockers & pushrods, rear is lower semi-trailing arm and upper wishbone. All suspension joints are 1/2" rod ends or larger, or spherical bearings in cups. Pro-tech 1.9" dampers. Steering rack is MX5 (currently a de-powered PAS rack, was originally a manual rack but I found this a bit 'slow'). Front brakes are Wilwood Midilite with Focus ST 300mm vented discs, rears are Hyundai i30N calipers with BMW JCW Mini vented 316mm discs. Wilwood pedalbox and master cylinders. Engine is a stock Alfa Busso 3.0 V6 taken from a 1999 Alfa 166 so makes around 220bhp/200lbft. Gearbox is a 6 speed from a 156 V6 for the shorter diff ratio. ECU is stock from the donor 166 so includes working cruise control and passes a CAT test with ease (although it doesn't need one at MOT being a Q plate). Instruments are modified Alfa 166. Loom is mostly derived from the donor car and retains all the original switchgear and functions, including the Alfa CODE engine immobiliser system integrated into the ECU. Dash has a home-brew fuel gauge calibrator to match it to the Exige fuel tank & sender, which makes it accurate. JK Composites seats. Since first building it and getting the IVA in March 2021, I've fitted LED headlights, put a Sparco steering wheel on it with a QR, swapped out the harnesses for inertia reels and made some suspension mods at the back to add some extra droop travel. Last year while I had the engine out to do the suspension mods, I also fixed an oil leak that had developed, so it had a new cambelt and yet another water pump while it was in bits as well as a complete new set of all oil seals. Located near Evesham, Worcestershire. chris.savage.01@btinternet.com For more detail than any sane person could want to know, please see the following threads: and: https://www.stratosec.com/Forum/showthread.php/3073-Non-Stratos-build-project?highlight=non-stratos and finally: https://www.midlana.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=651 which was where the idea came from originally. (last two sites may require you to register??)

What does S2000+S2000 + 2 X Sport 250 equal? Let's ask someone good with numbers A cracking Euro road trip! @Si.Dalziel @Jim cunliffe& @Tim.Coles are joining me for this years pilgramage to the Alps. We're departing on the 27th June and spending 4 nights in Austria before heading over to new territory - The Dolmomites for 3 nights. We were 'blessed' with our first obstacle shortly after booking the train in January from Düsseldorf to Innsbruck and return, to be advised due to work on the lines, they can no longer transport us from Düsseldorf and we can now travel from Hamburg instead! Just great! We've now got a 328 mile blat from Rotterdam to Hamburg in less than 12 hours, which means it will need to be Autobahn- I just hope @Si.Dalziel & @Jim cunliffe behave at this point and don't try a rematch of which is the fastest - S2000 or Sport 250! They both won 'prizes' for their last attempt in Wales! We'll provide trip updates on the Westfield FB group and here too (as and when time allows).

Look forward to seeing you!

They advertise in the club magazine

Thanks for that... 👍

That must be soo cool car! I have two Alfas 156 2,5 and 166 3,2 with Busso V6 engines (well three ALfas - 3rd is 156 factory track - cup car with 2.0Twinspark slightly modified) . Was always thinking "how to put Busso into 7type car..." (I know its differretn, but You know the lightness of kitcar, resposibility from steering, brakes, acceleration, no electronics and THIS engine with its exceptional character, resposibility, sound, it never sounds the same, on cold day, on hot day, ets, "its alive" , its really not just engine. Who had a chance to ride one will know. Only those FWD platforms I have it mounted to... not really are great for that engine. But in soo small lightweight car as Midlana - it must be really something! Wish It was announced 2-3 years ago, now too many kitrcars for me and no place, and those export troubles.. But someone is going to have LOOOT of fun with such legendary engine and looking at it - perfectly build and well thought out in detail car build with for sure lot of effort aroud that engine.

I have a Gerbing heated jacket liner, nice and thin so i wear it instead of a fleece. It has a temperature controller, I've never needed to have it more than halfway. Probably 15 years old and not had any issues with the cables. It has a small zipped pockets on the cuffs containing a connector to plug in gloves if needed. If you get gloves get the heated glove liners not the gloves as they are too thick in my opinion. Keiss also do heated stuff for bikers. Alternatively make your own, Don't laugh its been done by a friend. Charity shop jacket and some heater cable from ebay, the type you can get for seed trays in a greenhouse. Kenton

I thought you northerners were all tough? 😂 Just shy of 200 miles round trip to the MK open day last Saturday. Aeroscreen and no heater but I do have half doors and a heated jacket for when its below 8'. Once I'm on the road I get all the comfort I need from the V8 exhaust note. Kenton pic from warmer weather last year. Millau bridge