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Hi folks, I'm a newby member. Bought my 2000 kit build SE Narrow as a resto project from Bangers and Cash almost exactly 2 years ago. I'm an old fart, well into pensioner age and this was acquired as a 'memory lane' project having, in my late twenties, briefly owned an S2 Lotus 7 wearing 'The Prisoner' make-up. Upon collection from Pickering, closer inspection of the more or less stock 1600 Kent revealed that it had visibly blown a core plug and the decision was therefore made to carry out a 'zero hour' restoration on the whole car. The chassis was in pretty good nick for an exclusively track day'd car but everything else was tired. So, what have we done last year, this year, this week and today? Rear axle and brakes have been totally reworked with Quaife ATB LSD. Type 9 gearbox has been totally reworked. Front brakes are now Wilwood 4 pot. Rad has been flushed and restored. Engine build has been in the capable hands of Roger at Aldon Automotive in Brierley Hill, the work starting with a bare block chemical clean. Build has lightened flywheel, balanced and uprated bottom end and HD Helix clutch. Also has 244 cam, Duplex Vernier with access cover, Burton 2A big port/big valve head, HP oil pump, Samco hoses, Facet fuel pump, pressure regulator, new twin 45 DCOE's on Mangoletsi, uprated water pump with new alternator and Gates Tooth belt drive, Aldon electronic ignition and throwback lighting including headlight baskets and Lucas 1130 Torpedo sidelights. Car is in Westfield BRG with now of course, an LO7 yellow nosecone! Proper screen is waiting in my workshop together with wiper kit. Home made screen pillars (aka original Carbuilder/Lotus 7 style) yet to be formed from 5mm sheet ally. Stainless sheet ready to be English Wheeled to fit rear arches. Original Federal tyres had aged to consistency of concrete and (experimentally) replaced with Davanti Protoura road/track boots from Demon Tweeks. Bookend shots were at Bangers & Cash. Work in progress pics were taken at Aldon at beginning of year. Cost? Enough to initiate divorce procedings if my management finds out. Plans? Well here's a clue. I live 6 miles from Shelsley Walsh. Plus a mandatory photo shoot at Portmeirion! Best, NotMcGoohan

Almost 2 years since this was on the road, it feels great. I was thinking about how times change - 20 years ago by comparison with most normal cars it was light and quick, but now it's tiny, light and still quick. Almost more fun than ever, because it makes small roads feel reasonably sized again!

Two Westies out to play in the dark last night for the Devon & Somerset meet. Bit foggy in places but fun to be out. Good turnout too 👍

Getting ready for test day at prescott hill climb on Saturday.

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/153917/westfield-72-v8-4wd-twin-turbo Insane beast of a car!

I've been thinking about ordering these for some time and finally got round to ordering them a week or so ago, and they arrived this week. I wanted a matching pair, and for my daughter to have the security of a six point harness to eliminate the risk of her slipping under the lap belts of the four point. I got the two free key rings (so I should think for the cost of the harnesses!) which match the car colours quite well. I've gone for the ultralite adjusters, and was very pleased with them when I drove to our meet last night.

I do enjoy a summers evening run, possibly even more so that a summer daytime run. The roads are quieter and the temp is better.

Should be good for this run😁👍

Cheers Steve! I confess I started to regret it a bit on the journey there as I thought I had forgotten to bring my gloves! The return was better as I found my gloves and my silly warm hat too, so was relatively warm, despite no roof or heater Big shout out to @colin homewood who, even at 82, never lets anything get in the way of bringing his Westie!

Good to see other westie owners out at night I think it's great fun just gotta dodge them big moths at high speed as I only have an aero screen.

Lots of twisty turny roads plus a McD on the way will resolve the sickness one way or another!! Enjoy your jelly throwing party and try to be good ( I know that last bit is really difficult) With regards to my Mother I’m simply looking after my inheritance and making sure big bro doesn’t get it all 🤪

a very angry meg looking for some road to eat.

Genuine seats with runners fitted in very good condition, there is a couple of marks on one of the side panels on 1 and 1 mark on the base of the other as seen in pictures, £775 located in Leeds

Thank you Steve. There's plenty there for me to investigate so I'm sure one of them will be suitable. I forgot it's Malvern that weekend, but too far to get to for me from south Hertfordshire ☹️.

Wow that's a lot of driving you'll be doing over the weekend. All appears pretty straight forward and I might see you there 🙂. Fingers crossed for good weather.

Just thought of another option - The Best Western Ship Hotel in the centre of Weybridge. It has barriers on its car park and if you're lucky you might even be able to park under cover! The website makes it look more rural than it is, but you can walk to a range of restaurants and pubs from it.

Depends what you mean by reasonable - don't forget you are in suburban Surrey.... Having said that, I can recommend The Oatlands Chaser - friends of ours have stayed there and were happy with it. Secluded parking behind the hotel/pub and only 3 miles / 10 minutes from Brooklands. It also has a decent menu. Unfortunately I won't be doing the L2B this year as I plan to make a weekend of it at Malvern. As Bob says it is a great day out with a well planned route. If I was around I would happily offer you a parking space at my place! https://www.theoatlandschaser.co.uk/accommodation#/ Another pricier but very nice option is The Oatlands Park Hotel: https://www.oatlandsparkhotel.com/ - plenty of parking. There is also the Cobham Hilton, just off the A3 & M25 and only 2 miles from Brooklands - has plenty of parking and secluded, but I have no experience of it. There are a couple of local Travelodges, but they have limited parking, so you won't be able to guarantee getting a space. Hope that helps! Steve

Yum yum better with ketchup

Its a great run out with iconic (apologies for the overused description) start and end points, a variety of motors and a good atmosphere. Decent weather is an important bonus though! We'll be heading down Saturday late PM after day 1 of Malvern. Happy to share more details here or by PM.

don't you like free airborne protein? 😉

That's impressive! My dad won't even sit in mine! 😂

Gotta say, I admire your resilience Stuart. Not much stops you getting out does it! Excellent!

Yes, I'll be there. It'll be our 4th L2B run.

That will be great @kik1.6se, hopefully the weather will be kind and we’ll see you for the Five Zero trip. I’ll post up details of that trip soon and we can arrange a route there. No need to book in advance. And great shout on the south wales aviation museum, I’ve not been there before.

I got this a while ago off somebody who made some I’ve made mine. Hope this helps you.

May well be there 😁

A set of half moon obstruction spanners from B & Q so I can finally remove the 22mm nut on the motor mount securing it to the frame. Said mount is blocking me from withdrawing the right bottom rear wishbone bolt that the original builder installed before he installed the motor mount, motor and bodywork, rendering access with a conventional spanner or socket impossible. This job is killing me bit by bit...

We’re good for Sunday 🤗 but I’ll paint the picture now !!!! At a birthday party on Saturday 🎉 we won’t be hungover as it’s a 2 & 4 year olds but there’s a bouncy castle 🤪 🤡 and jelly/ ice cream 🍦and cake 🎂 so acheing and feeling bloated/sick might be on the agenda, and we loose an hours beauty sleep as the clocks go forward. See you there 👍 ps @AndrewBClarke my mom has let me come out to play because I’ve been good, I don’t need to go butter her up 🤣

Don't know, so far I've washed a car, cut the lawn, cleaned the waterfall, been for a 5 mile walk. Going to have a rest now.

Here are some of the embarrassing photos of my retirement presentation. I did redeem myself by driving the Westfield into the factory, what could they do? Sack me?

Wow. Stunning car. Plus the cleanest footwell I have ever seen!

New Spax front shocks to replace my 30+ year old original Spax front shocks - look at the shiny shiny!

Hi all, I recently just got myself a Westfield from auction. The original owner built himself and it has 4k miles. Great to find this place! I am not familiar with all the body styles / models(?) of Westfield so if anyone can share information about what I have that would be great! here’s what I think I have: - 1999 SEi - 2.0 mountune built zetec on Jenvey throttle bodies - mt75 gearbox / LSD

I have been trying to contact someone in WSCC since February 23 without success. I did have one response from Mark Redpath after posting on the forum, but my replies to his address have not been unanswered. Yesterday, I emailed all 12 addresses listed on the WSCC website, again with zero response. The following were reported as ‘Failed’: retention@wscc.co.uk; showsandevents@wscc.co.uk; treasurer@wscc.co.uk; membership@wscc.co.uk; secretary@wscc.co.uk ‘competition@wscc.co.uk’ came back as ‘No longer in use’ I guess something strange is going on with WSCC emails, so what do I have to do to get an answer to a simple membership question?

Sorry we can't make this one😞