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Many of you will be aware of this book, published back in 2000: Due to it being out of print for many years and rare used copies being on sale for at least £35, I decided to try to track down the authors and see if I could permission to create a digital copy for the club's archives. After quite a bit of investigation work, I finally tracked down Jeremy Bouckley today and we had a lovely long chat on the phone. Now truth be told, I know about copyright laws and my begging bowl request was rather cheeky, so I wasn't surprised or upset when he very, very politely turned my request down. On the good news front though, he is working on an updated version of the book to bring it up to current, with plans to print and sell them. I've asked him to keep in touch with me with any developments on that front so I can pass it on to the rest of the club. Fingers crossed! Oh well, it was worth a try...

Ready for summer after a few jobs over winter, new wide track kit, new engine and gearbox mounts, new timing and aux belts, oil and filter change, new windscreen, new tyres, various new fasteners and a new plate is the cherry on top👌 I have also just ordered a new soft bits half hood today, can’t wait for the better weather, hopefully……

Had a nice drive out this afternoon to Elstree Aerodrome for a cuppa and some cake. It took an extra 10 minutes to exit the carpark with people coming up to have a chat 🙂.

Fun times in the sunshine today

Well what can you say about today apart from absolutely bl**** brilliant. Plenty of sun shine all day long. There drive out was awesome going though the peaks. The hills are alive with the sound of pop pop bangs. For dinner we then stopped off at the travelers rest for some well deserved steak and ale pie, at least I did. It was also very funny that a certain someone had ordered their food first and got it served last while we all enjoyed ours. @Andrew Clarke. Nom Nom Nom.

Just been round to my sons new house, he has a balcony.

Passed its first MOT under my ownership this morning. Not a single advisory either. So pleased!

Nice but chilly drive up to Haynes Breakfast Club meeting this morning, flying the flag for the only Westfield there today! Kevin didn’t mind though! Had to double back on my way there though because of this…..

Kit Car Event at The Motorist.

Taxed this morning and out of winter hibernation for the first outing of the year. It's great to be back!

After 34 years of building and running Westfield sports cars, I have finally decided that it is time for a change, so therefore I'm selling my treasured Westfield. Based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. SPECIFICATION SEi Wide-body Westfield sports car in black with black interior trim, V8 bonnet and a ducted nose. Registered new in September 2005 (YJ55 CRF) 27500 Miles ENGINE/TRANSMISSION Vauxhall engine 2-litre red top Fast road cams Lightened and balanced Vernier adjustable cam gears Roller barrel throttle bodies Light steel fly wheel Full dry sump oil system Engine and fuel system built by Mike Barret Lincoln 6 speed c/r gearbox (Caterham) to Sierra LSD AVO shocks all round Anti roll bars front and rear with light road springs, giving a compliant ride with no body roll Improved steering with rose joints (no bump steer) Rose jointed adjustable front suspension and steering rack Stainless steel matching length exhaust manifold and silencer by Zorstec, giving a fabulous soundtrack INTERIOR Westfield seats and dashboard Momo steering wheel Fully carpeted Sound deadening to reduce road noise TRS 4 point harness with aircraft release I have driven through France, over the Alps to Monaco, on to Italy to Modena, and back through Switzerland, France and home with no problems. No winter use nor track days. Serviced by owner builder ever year, cam belt change every 4 years. Full photographic build record available to view. Price: £15250 CONTACT INFORMATION Email: frankorbabs@talktalk.net Phone: 07985 178651

So pleased to finally get out on a run after months of being stuck indoors! 155 miles and a nice breaky at the Stag for the Kent Feb meet

Retired. After 46 years of building buses I've retired. There're going to have to manage without me now. I was the longest serving employee at Optare (39 years) with 5 at Charles H Roe. I officially finish on the 31st and have to go back on the 20th for the embarrassing photos, I'll post them when it happens.

We had a brilliant day out in the Cotswolds, great company and glorious weather. And plenty of early season car shenanigans. The alarm got me out of bed and I set off early to the first meeting point for the boys coming out of Bristol. Got a text message from Colin to say that his dead battery hadn't charged overnight as the charger had also died! So one down. Me and Rory made it to the Cross Hands to be joined by Rob and Ross, plus Dave in his lovely GTM. We then had a great run up through Tetbury, where Dave peeled off as he had other commitments, and then we headed up to the Classic Car Hub where we met Mark, Adrian, Sandra and Matthew. They'd managed to get prime position at the front and arranged a great line up for team Westfield. The Porsche club had to settle for round the back! Nigel took the owners photo. Plus a few other pics below, credit to Adrian for some of the best shots, including sneaking up onto the balcony: A great place to visit, and they did a cracking breakfast (was obviously too hungry to take a photo of that). After taking in the surroundings and some good chat, the Bristol boys headed for home. Adrian captured a cracking little video of us leaving, which is on the Cotswolds FB post. We almost made it back down to Tetbury before two of the cars decided to finish early. We pulled over to push Rob's car into a pub car park and sleep off a dead battery. Rob then jumped in mine and we made it a further half mile down the road before my alternator bracket snapped and we had to park mine in a random country lane. So the fun was extended for the rest of the afternoon with trailer action required! Easy fixes and it's all part of the fun I keep telling myself. Thanks for the passenger rides home Ross and Rory! Overall a great day out. Already looking forward to the next one.

A little bit of map tweaking at AP Racing Engines this afternoon, great service as usual from Andrew 👍

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

Nice day for a quick Blat!

Had a fab drive out this morning, on my own but still had fun. I headed down from Crewkerne to West Bay to start, fun in places but quite slow going. Had a brief stop to stretch the legs and take a photo before heading along the lovely coast road through Burton Bradstock and towards Abbotsbury. I stopped again at the lay-by overlooking Chesil beach and Portland, fab views and more pics. Heading on from there I wiggled around a bit, down some fairly small lanes but plenty of good going. Finally I hit the A356 back towards Crewkerne and had a blast; empty roads, fast and open, really good fun. Car is now cleaned and tucked away, hopefully not for too long if this weather holds! 🤞

8 Westfield's met at the car museum. Did you see the MD, Ian, waving us out as we left, it's his day off and he bought the wife and grandbaby to see us, love it. I will be having words about the 'Rapid Horizon' vans parking in the Westfield Parking Area underneath the museum sign though😁 Tim is having issues with his hot restart and Ian connected up the ECU to the laptop to help diagnose it. We removed our bonnet to show Tim where the air temperature sensor is on our engine and the accessibility of the idle screw just for comparison. Well, actually, it's any excuse to get the bonnet off, sh, Glen doesn't polish it for nothing. Inside the museum we all had breakfast. Tim was soon to discover that we go full board on our outings, that's breakfast, lunch and dessert! We went on our run out, waved at the MX5 club cars coming towards us on the Bentley Brook road (they have good taste) and enjoyed the views over a sun soaked Dove Dale, beautiful. We arrived at The Manifold Inn, here is Bagpuss on his way in Hedley let us know he had arrived, vrrrrrooooooommmmmm. Quote of the day 'I like your Bugatti's' someone said to Hedley, well it's different from driving those 'Morgan's'. Looking great there guys 😎 Parked at the Manifold Inn. Waiting for lunch It's here The pub is only a few yards away from the Hulme End cafe, a favourite of ours, so it was inevitable that we migrated over there for the next course. Here we are enjoying that lovely Spring sunshine, it was still freezing, blimey it never warmed up today. White chocolate and raspberry cake was popular Andrew had the lemon cake, it was the largest slice of the group @Andy Westwood @aeg you two must be well out of condition by now It's been a great meet up today, we love to see new members and help them with their cars, exchange stories and teach them how to really eat 😆 We are out doing it again next Sunday when Mr and Mrs @aeg are back from their hols, weather permitting, look out for it on the forum, eat lettuce all week and come join us.

Managed to get out for a run today in the ☀️ next time I really need to post a scenic picture….

Hey BillyP came out of hibernation and it was great to see him and his Boxster, we even shamed him into putting the roof down for the run out Dave and Andrew also joined us despite both travelling around 1 and half hours to get here, Dave over high ground too. It was very light rain when we arrived, the snow was confined to the tops thankfully. We all disappeared into the museum cafe for a warm and a good chat. When we came out ithe rain had stopped and the classics had arrived so we took a few photo's, waved a hello and took off into the Peak District. With it being half term I was keen to drive through Matlock Bath, the kids love to see the cars and it encourages tourists to come if there is something different to see, so we gave them a wave along the way. Hopefully they will learn what these cars are and it will spark an interest in the future generation, it's important is that. The driving felt good, we even got a glimpse of blue sky, I extended the route slightly because of this. With there only being a few of us we thought we would go to a favourite but small pub of ours, the Cock and Pullet (laughs childishly) but the notice on the door read that it was closed until the end of Feb, oh well it made for some nice photo's. We finished at Hassop Station cafe for lunch before departing our separate ways. Thank you guys for coming out in challenging weather but, hey, it was soooo worth it, for the driving and for the excellent company xxxx

What a beautiful day we've had around the Peaks, thanks to Julie for organising. We've had a good laugh, great views and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Sue says, "The pork / lamb dinner wasn't bad either."😁

Hi all, Maiden post as I thought I should introduce myself and the car properly! I've been a member for a while, but have been lurking as the fear of taking a much older kit through IVA was quite daunting! The car is original wide body kit type, pre SVA with 1600CVH on twin 40s. Basically the car got built twice - 90s early 2000s, stored in dry garage, then all major items reworked over last couple of years to meet IVA spec. Usual suspects, loom sleeved in convoluted tube and additional clips, IVA fog mod, collapsible steering column, side repeaters moved to cycle wings, fuel tank protection, lights, switches and protrusions all blunted, etc. D-day has now been and gone and although it failed, I'm more positive it will soon be blatting round the white peak area. The main failure was due to the emissions testing computer not wanting to work so the test had to be aborted. I really enjoyed the shakedown run to the test centre on a clear 3degC morning as the sun rose. Beat going to work anyway! However, this gave rise to the 2nd test failure as the sump gasket was now weeping which was promptly spotted as we moved further down the test lane. Fingers crossed for attempt #2 - date tbc. Looking forwarding... with a bit more optimism. Chris. Ticking itself cool. List of what ifs raising my blood pressure. First sign of an issue. Nurse it back home and prep for #2.

Spotted these while out today, don’t know wether they worked or not just grabbed a quick photo for nostalgia

A few @HB46443 focused pics from me- Thanks for arranging @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative great to be back out with the gang in great weather.

My first blat of 2025. Due to a forum glitch on phones- several of you @Greenstreak-Andy D @Si.Dalziel Saw this image of my car- Here's how to do it properly (copy wheels onto a new layer in photoshop and shrink the photo horizontally. then paste the wheels back on). This is my previous car, a Spec C T20 (2007). I did this image a long time ago. It was sold in 2014 to fund the Bagpuss build.

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.

Matt and me at Ralegh's Cross yesterday morning

A few more photos Sue has taken.

Brilliant day out again. Fantastic weather and what a great bunch of people. Special mention for our illustrious leader @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative for organising us. The only photo I’m going to post is my Sunday lunch. Chosen, ordered and paid for by me - eaten by Sue Westwood - who doesn’t seem to know the difference between lamb with mint sauce and the pork that she ordered. Next time I’ll insist on collecting it from the bar 😁

That was probably the best turnout to a GBS coffee morning. The weather was perfect and there was a good selection of cars to take a look at. Westfields were in attendance in good numbers. Photos stolen from @Jakejmagee so thanks to him. There is also a great video on the GBS facebook page.

Get in! where is the ECU?

Well what a run today amazing once again thanks @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative for a good run with amazing company Top day

Easy in a Westie! Probably shortly after I do 😂 I'm surprised no-one's spotted my groupies before- Though they do sometimes get let down when the wrong Peaky AO rocks up in the wrong car @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative

Interior nearly all redone!! Blue carpet gone, nice new shiney CF instead…

Great and not too intrusive... until you walk into the pub dragging your car by the cable, wondering why walking feels so exhausting when you haven’t even had a drink yet..

We all met at the car museum for breakfast The traffic was building up on our way out this morning so we altered the route and went off piste. So glad we did, we had a great run and well done to everyone for keeping it all together. We arrived at the pub early, just in time for Jim and Julie to follow us into the car park, good timing. I am hoping the Westfield is easier to park than the SLK @Andy Westwood Lovely photo of Dave (who has his dinner btw) Oh look, Sue has got her dinner, well someone's dinner, any dinner will do hey! Yummy, I'm enjoying mine but look, Andrew seems to still be waiting Ah lovely, finally Andrew get's his lamb dinner. Sue says can you order beef next time for a change! Everyone sat outside the Traveller's Rest Parked at the Traveller's Rest Next we went to Bird Cafe, Hathersage for dessert It seems @aeg had picked up some road kill along the way

I visited CleaR Motorsport yesterday to have a full geo and corner weighting set up. @Mark19691 joined us for the session as he's keen to have his car set up soon too. My car is just a few feet away from the scales as @Maurici- CleaR Motorsport get set up. Here's the start position (with me in the car)- I'm circa 70kgs. The scissor lift made it easy to remove the rear wheels. Unfortunately the rear (alloy) spring perches on both my rear Spax dampers are galvanically corroded to my steel bodied dampers. We didn't want me to end of immobilised, so brute force was limited. A quick call to @DamperMan confirmed there was little more we could do with the shocks on the car and he's offered a solution for me to take up in the future to resolve the issue. As my car is only used on the road, some may say corner weighting isn't necessary any how. My front camber was adjusted and this meant the toe needed to be adjusted again (it was done recently when @Maurici- CleaR Motorsport kindly did a home visit). Rear camber was spot on and rear toe also. A quick test drive confirmed all was well and car was turning in nicely and handling well. A great service by a very friendly and knowledgeable member. It's great to have such a service available again in the NW and only 25 miles away for me. A rear asset to the club and if you've seen any of his video's of him flying round Oulton in the Lobster, he clearly understand how a driver can get the best out of a chassis too!

1st ride of year in the striker of the year.

'7Spot' are running a live stream tomorrow featuring my XI build. It should be a fun experience 😬😄😎.

Nice shiney rear shocks. 1 against the old ond from the 98 build

Evening, had a successful day doing chores!! Right of way mowed and cleared and car taken for a test drive 👍 so see you on the morning Andy & Becky

Hello, Even from a young age my dream car has been a 7 type car. Just the rawness of it, the simplicity and the power to weight had me. There just never seemed to be a right time to do it, too young, too poor, too impractical, kids, wife, no garage etc. etc. so last week I just went and did it, I just bought one on eBay "sight unseen" and had it delivered. Sorry to say it is not a Westfield but I just couldn't resists this thing (Just lost 90% of you there). If you are still here then thank you, I had looked for a Westy for a few weeks and was very close to buying one that has been around this forum for a while but the owner just seemed to love it and I really felt he didn't actually want to part with it, so whilst trying to find a dry day to drive it I kept looking and found something that just blew me away. On Thursday I called the owner to arrange to see it at the weekend but he was already committed to a handful of other people for the weekend so I just decided JFDI, I offered him what he wanted and arranged a Shiply driver to collect it. (Highly recommend the service). I am now the owner of a "Watson 7" a car built by someone called Chris Watson who managed to successfully register the car under his own brand... I believe her to be a self built chassis with an mk1 MX5 donor and a Haynes roadster wide body panel kit first registered in 2015. (Any information about the car is highly welcomed). I have searched for generic kit car forums but find the WSCC to be the best place to engage with enthusiasts. As with all 7 type cars there are modifications I wish to make. Primarily the switch from a carbon fibre aero screen to windscreen as I am not keen on wearing a lid. Naively I thought this would be a simple and low cost change to make, not thinking that a windscreen requires wiper motor assemblies, arms, wipers, washer pump and jets etc. As the first project I am undertaking I would really appreciate some advice/support from the forum. I have a degree in design engineering (graduated in 2010) I have since worked in the composite industry for 15 years with wealth of knowledge in FRP GRP production. Please do point me in the right direction for 1, how I can swap out the aero screen for a windscreen and 2, how I can assist with anything FRP GRP related. (Can't figure out how to add pictures yet) All the best

Going by the ratio of car to food pictures, I am unsure as to wether you guys are car enthusiasts or restaurant inspectors😀

On our way home, even went past Tagg Lane @aeg!!

Ha! 😂 @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AOin a dress was bad but @aeg, @AndrewBClarke and myself in a bikini would require years of psychiatric therapy 😂

You do realise it's @AndrewBClarke @aeg and @Andy Westwood? Quite surprising figures given how much cake they fight over! 😉

what the devil !!!!!! Was @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative feeling alright ! Should we get her checked out? Has she been cloned or something 🤪 Is she putting you all on a secret diet 🤣🤣 @Andy Westwood would have passed out without cake .

I’ve been following their progress on this beast with interest. They’ve had huge issues creating this monster of an engine but the end results are amazing. Go straight to 8:00 if you want to hear it and watch the car in action - enjoy the sound. There’s a license plate holder on this thing. Can you imagine rolling up for an IVA inspection in this thing and see their faces? 🤣