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Mine was blue and orange, then I re bodied it.

In case the photos are not clear it's orange stitching on black panels

Hi Everyone, Just to publish to anyone in the wider world, a few of us from Surrey & Sussex are heading down to Caffeine & Machine Hut on Sunday morning around 9:30 for their 'Built not Bought' event. https://caffeineandmachine.com/thehut/ If you're interested then get your self a ticket £5 (redeemable against food) and let me know if you want me to try and get you connected to a convoy....

Beat me to it.

Without someone doing a comprehensive inspection, that's either fair or a pipe dream. Sorry, but that's the truth of it. Whatever you think an engine swap might cost, you can probably double it and add 50%, so perhaps £2.5k-ish in this case. You could find more "genuine" Westfields for that much or a shade more. “It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.” John Ruskin

There's a few threads on here about the cost of an engine swap. It may be cheaper to buy a car with the engine you want. It's not the cost of the engine that kills, it's all of the ancillaries.

Currently 5k, I’m after something I can update and drop a zetec in just unsure if it’s a good start point

I haven't sent anything yet, but keep you eye on the PM's.

An almost impossible question to answer. If it was me, I’d give it a miss completely and keep looking to find something a lot less Frankenstein. That one may well cause you issues you can’t solve further down the line. One thing alone would make me keep looking and it’s this: I have no idea what’s going on here with three hose clamps, but it’s not a good indicator is to the condition of the rest of the car IMHO.

Hi Martyn when are you sending the payment emails. Just checking in case mine has gone into the netweb ether.

Looking for a pair of wide cycle wings, preferably new.

It a mix of two, possibly three body styles. FW nose and bonnet, a Kit scuttle, possibly, with a ZK contour dash, and Kit tub. The front arches are a somewhat generic Seven design that I don’t specifically recognise. Body style and chassis type are two different things though, with the exception of the factory built Sport Turbo, pretty much all chassis of all ages, despite their detail differences, will accept all body designs, Kit, ZK and FW. (Note though that a standard/narrow chassis needs narrow bodywork, normally, while a wide chassis needs wide bodywork. But be aware, in the Kit world, there are no absolutes, and owners have made odd combinations work, by modifying the parts to suit).

I've been a tad quiet lately, and only just seen this post. Here is mine in Jaguar French Racing Blue, very similar to the Porsche Shark Blue (I'm sure VW called it Cornflower Blue and used it on the Polo?). Not one of these pics show the actual true colour. I love it and have no regrets whatsoever.

Bit of a last minute drive out this one, involving some ‘down to the wire’ negotiations my end as to if and when I could be released on parole after a week of decorating our bedroom! I definitely thought I deserved it anyway! 🤣 After some discussion, we decided that @Matt_S and @markat would meet at Re:Fuel for a quick cuppa at around 9.30am, then we would all meet up at Ralegh’s Cross at 11. Plan from then was to head for Exmoor, with Matt peeling off for home at some point, and Mark and me carrying on to Lynton for a break before heading home. My curfew was 2pm…. The clock was ticking! After the grind to get through Taunton, I had a fabulous blat up to Ralegh’s Cross, pushing on as I was running a bit late due to a fuel stop. I was thinking the chaps would be there already, tapping watches but no, I arrived to an empty car park at about 11.12, 12 minutes behind schedule. After five minutes or so, I heard the noise of a single Westfield, and Matt pulled up alone. Worst fears were quickly allayed, no accident but Mark’s cycle wing stay had apparently let go in spectacular style, resulting in a flying wing and the end of Mark’s day, from a driving perspective anyway. Mark, glad you got to meet Matt at least, and hope you get the car sorted and we get to meet soon. After a quick pit stop, Matt led off on a fun section heading for Wheddon’s Cross, where he turned off left and headed home, and so three became one. I’m beginning to wonder if my deodorant isn’t up to the job? 🤣🤣 What followed was one of the most enjoyable drives I’ve had for a while. The car was going beautifully, driver was actually pedalling quite well; with the changes I made to the pedal box last year I’m able to do credible heel and toe changes, or rather ‘foot and another part of foot’, changes; whatever they are called it worked though I doubt the name will catch on! 🤪 The road was clear most of the way across Exmoor, great fun, and I arrived in Lynton at 12.15, thinking I had bagged myself a 15 minute break. Ha, not a chance! The time home showed as having increased to 1 hour 45, so without getting out I headed up Countisbury Hill towards home. The return journey wasn’t quite as much fun; more traffic and the route not as good. Regardless, still enjoyable and I always love the final section of the A30 down into Crewkerne, starting at the wonderfully named Mangle Cave Hill and consisting of a series of sweeping downhill bends, interrupted by a 40 limit through a village, then opening up again for a final blast down into the town. It became a race against time, would I make it back before 2? Would I still have a full set of man bits by the end of the day if I was late? The tension was palpable (although I’m using a little poetic license here because I actually pulled into a lay-by at the top of the hill to allow plenty of space to the cars ahead), then I hauled down to the 30 limit entering Crewkerne. I pulled into our driveway at 1.58pm, expecting praise for being slightly early but no. Mrs Stu’s car was nowhere to be seen; she had headed for the beach with the short person and the ginger furry one! 🤪 I managed to wash and dry the car, and get a coat of paint on a radiator by the time they returned so all is well 👍. Anyway, a grand drive out on some wonderful roads. Despite being a 34 year old car, with only 135bhp it’s a heck of a lot of fun.