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I do take the occasional sunny one too 😂

My son and I fitted my FIA cage in a weekend. Fitted four eye bolts into some 4x2 cross beams, feed some rope through and hoisted the cage over the car. Lined it all up, marked on masking tape and checked, then checked again. Pilot drilled the key fixings front first and all was good. I decided to weld in the side impact bars in, rather than bolt as it was a neater job and avoided drilling yet more holes in chassis box section. All in all pretty straightforward. Definitely stiffens up the chassis. In terms of getting in and out.... yes you've gotta be pretty flexible... Mines lowered floors and id say for me a detachable steering wheel is mandatory. That said I'm overweight, 65y old, 6ft 2 inches but still can get in and out reasonably OK. Not sure for how many more years though 🤔. Getting in, is left leg in first, head up through the hole in roll cage, grab the top, right foot in and lower your bum into the seat. Getting out is trickier, head up through the gap, right leg out, duck under and left leg out... I'll have to video the manoeuvre, it'll make for some good laughs 😃

@Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO you’ve got it wrong with the quavers!!!! His a northerner so to soft for him 🤣 I’m going for a bag of Pork scratching, I reckon he will take the deal 🤞

Having a bit of fun with some new photo editing software..... anyone for a bit of mean and moody 😂 Matt's Sport250 Lee's FW Nicks Striker Rachael and Iain's Luego Dave's supercharged MegaS2000

A few pics from today, the blue Healey is Hamsters He’s racing this weekend in it 😎

💙 Meet Westus! – the Blue Westfield wannabe!💙 One careful owner (Yorkshire type… so aye, it’s been well looked after 👌). Fast, fun, and guaranteed to put a bigger smile on your face than a bacon butty on a Sunday morning. 🥓🏎️ 📍 Catch him at Silverstone Festival this weekend – ready to drive home with you! If you fancy owning a proper head-turner that loves corners more than a whippet loves chasing rabbits, give us a shout. 🐇💨 part exchange for beer considered. 🍺 📲 DM to make Westus yours.

We had our meet up this evening. Roger who lives near me in Andover came along. He has a small collection of Duttons. He has been using one a lot recently as his daily Rover needed work for the MOT. It passed yesterday so he came along in that. Stuart who owns a very nice Westfield also came along. I haven't seen any other Westfields recently so it was interesting to see another one parked next to mine. The Pub was nice but reasonably busy. I might have to research other local pubs to see what else is around. I've had interest from a couple of Robin Hood owners so it might be worth moving to somewhere more central. I completely forgot to take pictures, sorry.

Packed and ready for the off in the morning👍

For me no down sides to a full cage, stiffens the chassis, full roll over protection, somewhere to haul yourself out, and best of all daughter can use it as a ballet bar 🤷‍♂️ Custom cage made to a very high standard, in a bigger diameter tube than the msa cage. And the The ballet bar, 2nd position apparently 🤷‍♂️ I have just thought of a downside to a full cage.....the amount of flies and bugs that get splattered on it!

@Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO you missed out on the charity track run today 😎

Spotted this on the Customcages Instagram page the other day which looks interesting.... A few screen grabs if you haven't got Insta https://www.instagram.com/p/DNDIuOENsuz/?igsh=MXRtOG04MWl2ZjNpag== https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMKbacGNfPD/?igsh=NWtkazdrNmU1NDB0

Can you turn the sun mod back on so I can look at the cars

I’ll start the bidding with 3 bags of quavers

@Hedley Bennett (HB46443) - Club Chairman I thought I recognised that number plate - have you still got its big brother??

@GarethHD your porta potty has had a risk assessment pass by @Hedley Bennett (HB46443) - Club Chairman and we can confirm it’s suitable for club members to use 👍

Pitched for the weekend at Woodlands and flying the flag!

If anyone is interested, the Knebworth Classic Car Show is taking place this bank holiday Sunday/ Monday at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire. It's a lovely secure setting in the house grounds with some interesting attendees in the past, including Ronart, Dax, Jag D-Type and the Grinnel Scorpion club. I'll be taking the XI there on the Monday (assuming serviceability). https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshare.google%2FEKkVv5QccjtlTZRa4&data=05|02||d3d6ff2397bd4426aa1f08dde09eafbd|84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa|1|0|638913694353739134|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D|0|||&sdata=i4VHqFBmIHMUO5FnCPoK4Wx4t70UnVNNwuhSxOYYclE%3D&reserved=0

I absolutely love my full cage, for all the reasons you mentioned. I'm even up for the ballet bit!

Are you sure @marcusb? I crossed the finished line and ran home before you’d even switched your phone on 😎

That's the petty bar. I've seen it used with rollbars to strengthen the chassis, not sure how useful it is with a full cage 🤔 That cage looks very robust tho, but I'm quite sure it isn't FIA homologated, so there is really no point on getting it instead of the Caged/Westfield one which is.

I’ll let the owner @marcusbshare that story. First he has to realise I’ve put his car up for sale!🤣🤣

I've been in contact with a couple of others that live in the area and we are going to have a trial meeting. Although I am calling it the Wiltshire meeting I want to try and fill the gap between Surrey, South Hampshire, Dorset and Bristol. We have decided to go to a local pub between Romsey and Andover called the Mayfly which is just outside Stockbridge. I don't think the pub would appreciate 100's of kit cars turning up without notice but if anyone else is interested in coming along let me know. Thanks, Steve.

I thought I'd seen that registration number before. Close but no banana. Queen Square meet, Bristol, September 2016

Glynn is there space in there for you ? 🫣

He needs one of my special badges. Other makes are available.

@Hedley Bennett (HB46443) - Club Chairman @GarethHD @Martin Letts - Joint Hampshire & IOW AOand @marcusb at woodlands as well approx same place as last year 😎

Folk just don’t realise that a Q plate never devalues (or stigmatises) a kit car like it would a tin-top. In fact it can only increase it’s desirability as MOTs get stricter and testers will be less likely to fudge the results 👍

After reading all of the recent MOT failure posts I bet you are glad it’s on a Q 👍😁 Like the garage lift idea.

Meet Your WSCC Committee Team! Guiding the club for the remainder of 2025 into 2026. Your committee is here to keep things running smoothly and make every member’s experience the best it can be. Leading the way is: Hedley Bennett (HB46443) – Club Chairman 🏆 Rob Hunter – Club Secretary ✍️ @Rob Hunter - Club Secretary Matt Vernon - Membership Secretary 👥 @Mathew Vernon - Membership Secretary Tim Johnson – Club Treasurer 💷 @Tim (Sideways) Johnson - Club Treasurer Nick Algar – Competition Secretary 🏎️ @Nick Algar - Competition Secretary John Loudon – Sponsorship Liaison 🤝 @John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Mike Williams – Show & Events Co-ordinator 🎪 @Mike Williams - Show and Events Co-ordinator Julie Hall – AO Representative 🌍 @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative Together, this dedicated team brings passion, experience, and energy to everything the club does - both on and off the track! 🏎️✨ A big thank you to our committee for their time and dedication to the WSCC! Hedley.

My guess is it will depend upon which Superlight model, I'm sure there were a few different ones. This may shed light on the 'real' weight though..... 2019 Caterham 270R Racing Blog: What does a 'Superlight' R500 Duratec weigh? https://share.google/v9HVucoIXNOO7GqF1

Saw you today at Castle Combe! I think you half waved at me as you were trundling down the entry road from Avon Bridge to go on track but I may have imagined that 😂 I'm not sure if we've met before, I've met so many kit owners now that I do sometimes forget who's who! It was blooming hot wasn't it! Everyone seemed to have a good day though, hope you went well?

@Flying Carrot Steve Yes, we (the Dorset lot) attended the KitNet track day at Castle Combe today! Were you in your car? I can’t say I saw one plus mine was on the back of a trailer. Had a great day there, was really hot 🥵

That will be @Matt_S, think they had a fun time