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Well, the challenge is now officially over. If I'm being honest, I'm disappointed that it didn't strike a chord with more members and take off the way I wanted it to, but that's the breaks sometimes. Anyway, I'm a man of my word, so congratulations to individual winner @Paul Baker and to local area winners @Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset and his members. A small, cheap but personalised engraved trophy is on its way to you - enjoy!

Another great night. Thanks for organising @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman)

I remember years ago, the first year that Toblerone did the really massive bars for Christmas (about a yard long and 10lb in weight) I bought one for the wife. I wrapped it up and put it under the tree, a parcel really obviously Toblerone shaped. She went around for weeks saying to people "I don't know what David's bought me. It's like a Toblerone but really big." People would say, "maybe it's a Toblerone" but she'd answer, "no it's like a Toblerone but really really really big." It was hilarious.

A new record?

Plenty of liquid refreshments and a great festive curry, thanks chaps!

Two Westfield related deliveries today😀😀

Have you got your pilots licence @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO

@Tim (Sideways) Johnson - Club Treasurer I did sneak into a bus depot to take this pic. I'm not sure I'm daft/brave enough to try to get airside................. or am I........................

super fast hoodie

Watching some Caterham Caribbean Cup at Bushy Park in Barbados 😎

A merry good time was had by all. Congratulations to Peter’s team on winning the quiz.

Xmas pressie from the wife! Kinda spoiled the surprise 🤣

no idea mines full of nuts and bolts in the garage 🤣

I did a post ages ago about Bagpusitis, I told you it was real and highly contagious, did you listen? And now look! 😂

So the bus drivers license wasn't enough, Ian?

HI all, Hope everyone is well. We are pleased to announce that going forward Westfield Chesil will be using Yokohama tyres on all models. After research and testing we believe they offer the best performance for our cars and are now offering them on our online shop. https://sapentia-fg-westfield.odoo.com/shop/category/brakes-suspension-wheels-tyres-104 Tyres can be purchased individually or in sets of 4 were a 10% discount is applied. If you have any questions please message us either on here or email to parts@westfield-sportscars.co.uk Many thanks WSC Parts Dept

All set for the Christmas meal tomorrow. Looking forward to all the Christmas jumpers and of course the food!!!

Could you cut the sleepers in half and turn them round?

I have some with a built in bottle jack and they are fantastic. Drive onto them almost flat then jack them up. Locking mechanism when jacked + use axle stands too

31l fitted with custom vent loop. Thanks to @Rednop1for the tank Hope this tank won't leak from the vent nipple. For sale the old 21l tank, in case someone might be interested.

Ready to see if my ECU is on the blink... 🤞 Calendar arrived also 👌

Agreed, thank you @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) for organising an excellent night. merry Christmas to you all Andy

I'm sure a service kit includes new wheels and tyres🤣

I have had a few more deliveries over last few days that bought in sales. The wife said she pay for the service kit for the car for my Xmas pressy.

I’ll be confirming numbers later on this afternoon, so one last call for anyone joining us…

Might want to fix the title sir 👍

Yep use them all the time; but also found them nearly impossible to drive onto without at least pushing them out of place, and sometimes one would slide further than the other! So I've long since given up driving on and now just lift the car on to them with a trolley jack. As for safety, I've seen axle stands start to topple too, if too much lifting (bad) or sideways forces are applied to the car. (Though I'll always try and make sure high torque items where possible are at least cracked loose while the cars tyres are on the ground, even if some load is being taken on a jack. If I've got both ends of the car raised and one or More wheels off, I'll also put the removed wheel(s) under, or part under the car near where I'm working as a backup; in the insanely unlikely event of it falling off the stands, even if I'm pinned, it will be the wheels taking the bulk of the cars weight, not me!

Have a pair of these and find they give you the hight to get a trolly jack underneath and then use axle stands.

I've honestly never had a problem just driving up onto my ramps and getting on with stuff.

Ditto- I'd be happier if the sleepers were a tad wider 🤦‍♂️

Thanks for the thoughts all. I've a low profile jack already and some totally adequate stands. Maybe I should just play with the rear placement a bit.

I use them, but don’t drive onto them . I prefer to jack up and put them under the raised wheels.

I put cable ties under the aluminium tank straps. Then fasten the hose to the cable ties with other cables ties.

It has just been beaten! 😂

Hope this solves your issues 🤞

Happy birthday Stuart, glad you enjoyed your day XX

Thank you Ian and Steve, yes had a lovely day, being very well looked after 😊👍

Happy birthday @Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset hope you had a great day 🤞

Thanks guys. A great night, thanks for coming!

We picked up our hire car this morning and headed north, En route i spotted signs for this place, it wasn’t planned honest 😉 it was 30$ each to get in Margaret wasn’t really interested (she’s followed me round loads of car museums) so I said I’ll go in you wait out there in the sun I’ll only be 5 minutes, the young lady at the desk said it’s ok it’s free today, she must have taken pity on two little old folks😂 so in we went, Margaret lasted 5 mins, I lasted quite a bit longer.

I made my own many years ago using m12 threaded rod and spacers. I stripped the thread🙄 As others have said it takes quite a lot of force to shift them.

@mega ade I wish lol but I am sure some other parts with appear magically in the garage over next few months lol

How do you know that's what's inside the box...? Might be a great wind-up!

Who is going to join us at Great British Sportscars Christmas Cars and Coffee event on Saturday 6th December from 10am? Address is Maun Way Bougton NG22 9ZD.

We will be there for the mince pies, currywurst, sausages and gluhwien! The weather is looking a bit wet, so I'm not sure what car we will be in yet.

Already on short rations ready for Thursday.

I made one of these for my own car, and have a few spare sets manufactured as back ups. The kit will come with the metalwork needed to make the unit. You would need to make 8 folds, and then bolt the parts together. The folds would depend on the exact measurements of your car. I will send out some instructions to use as guides, but you could customise it further if you wanted to. I can price in fixings if you need however you may wish to use your local supplier. Some additional modifications may be needed to suit your car, but it fits in my SEIW nicely without fuss. The main features are a cubby to put stuff, and the switch panel which can be replaced if you later choose to change the switches, without changing the whole front piece. There's also a small compartment on the top, out of sight to hide things under the dash. I've priced them close to what I paid, I just want them to find a new home! There's a bunch of photos attached to show the parts and the assembly of mine. Hopefully these can be if use to someone! I have 1 full kit in stock, however I have 2 sets that's are missing the side panels, which I can remanufacture if the demand is there or you can make your own. £53 posted or £50 if collected from Hailsham. Hopefully these rambles make sense.. cheers!

I thought I would resurrect this thread as we are entering the time of year that see's mental health issues raise their heads again. Local to me a young girl hung herself after being made redundant which was the straw that broke the camels back from what others have said. Plus today a person has been hit by a train again near where I live, not clear yet if this was an accident but it was on a stretch not readily open to the public. I like many have had issues in the past and most of us may know people who might appreciate a friendly chat, so I know we are busy but that chat might be just what they need. Just a thought

And just in case anyone happens to be a fan of old Lambo’s, my current ones are:

Ha! I’ve two of those, both cabriolets. 205 CTI and a 304.