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Warning to all Westfield drivers!! If you don't come out into the Peak District on a regular basis you will end up with Bagpuss Related Bad Parking Syndrome, as demonstated perfectly here! we won't name names though😁 Thanks Dan for the photo Breakfast for 9 in Cupola Cafe. Excellent quality food, not cheap but defo not nasty. We were out of the cafe before 11 and off on our run out. It stayed dry, the roads were really quiet, I did a superb last minute left turn (proud of that, nearly missed it!), had to take my sunglasses off on the tops due to fog and we all landed safely at The Tea Junction, Hulme End. Rita We all had a Worzel Gummidge moment, here's mine Ian was in control of his hair this week, until he sat next to me that is😁 That's it, we were done in record time and on our way home at 12:45, dry, light and all good having had a fun day with not a word of common sense between us. It's @AndrewBClarke's Christmas Party next Saturday at The Bentley Brook, if the weather is kind I will be doing a run out beforehand, looking forward to it, see you all there XXXX

This little kit arrived today, looking forward to fitting it, although a little daunted by the prospect, hopefully shouldn’t be too tricky 🤞. It’s an 8 channel version so plenty to play with.

Freshly arrived from Burton Power - a set of 4 pot callipers, bigger discs, fast-road pads and braided hoses. Hopefully this’ll make the car stop more quickly than it currently does, still running on the original Cortina callipers, discs and pads fitted by the factory 32 years ago!

Another smashing day out, thanks as ever to Julie & Glen. Roads pretty quiet and we had a fab drive up and back. A little foggy but all adds to the fun.

The steering wheel buttons can be back-lit, but only for night time visibility. The active circuits would normally use the standard dash telltales. You can fit an illuminated dash CAN keypad though, which does light up brighter on the active circuits (there can be up to 14 of those) Edit to add a reminder that WSCC members have a 10% discount on my products since the whole business came about through this great club 💙

Glad you all had a great time , must say though that last photo looks more like a chimps tea party 🤣 take care and see you all soon xx

Well it needs to be simple enough for me to understand it! Essentially, if you have a removable steering wheel, it allows control of things like indicators, lights, wipers, horn etc from buttons on the wheel. This is done via a battery powered wireless transmitter on the wheel connected to the buttons, and a relay box receiver (in my case) which generally goes behind the dash and needs to be fitted either alongside or in place of the various controls on the dash or steering column. There are more sophisticated systems involving CAN bus for example but my car is way too basic to need any of that 🤣.

I've had a short mainly foggy run into the Peaks to join the gang for breakfast only and an equally foggy run home. Roads mainly dry and dirty! Nice to be out! Almost a poppy for @Greenstreak-Andy D My Peaky 'Bat cave' A great turn out as usual

We’re ready!! But are you…..

mmm, I kinda agree with him though 😮😁 ooo ooo ooo

I so envy you guys up there. Always blatting around. We need more 'Julies' in other regions. Any chance you can be cloned @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative ?

A few packages arrived today — a kit with Powerlite calipers, Wilwood BP40 pads (I’m hoping they won’t be worse than the DS1.11), 265 mm solid discs, and a few small bits for installing the handbrake. Besides that, a 3.62 differential with a Gripper plate LSD for the MNR. Now I ‘only’ need to put it all together…

I did a Google search for Westfield Jap Bars. Google helpfully corrected that to Westfield Japanese Bars. I told Google that, no, I meant Westfield Jap Bar. Notheless, Google helpfully gave me a load of pictures of nice Japanese people sitting at bars 🫣

Did some digging. There may be some mileage in this although it is a stretch.... .... but it seems a bit of a coincidence that JAP bars (from what I've seen) are usually spelt with capitals. Could it be something to do with John Aley? JA Products maybe? It's as good an answer as any I reckon.

Andy your a brave man 🤣

Well I was just trying to get the diameter of the bar without the bother of getting off the sofa. I didn't expect to be in danger of being cancelled.

Temu specials fitted and wired

This is what it’s hiding @Neptune 🤣 and here’s a better picture with it its a garage door poster/cover ( very thin printed cloth)that came from temu for the extortionate price of £14, 5 mtrs by 1.8mtrs I’ve hung it from the roof on 3 magnetic hooks and just move it across when I need anything from behind it. Makes the garage look pretty and tidy though 😜

No wonder he's so fast i thought it was because he owned a megablade

@Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative will those heels get Glen to 5ft 8 inches wide? 🤔

Set of painted build stands. no longer needed. make me an offer. North Bristol.

A first for me this week driving the westie in the fog☹️. Thanks to Julie for finding the quiet roads again.

Aldridge trim off the penn road They used to make stuff for the factory back in the day Excellent service super fast but not cheap ! I took some interior panels in a couple of weeks ago to be retrimmed less than 24 hour turn around 5 star service !!!!

I'm not saying I'm archaic or owt but when I hear CAN and BUS I think of beans and the number 47 into town.

As a safety feature I think it's a great idea. Make sure your MOT man doesn't get arsey about it though, you know what they are like these days. I had my Jag failed on the number plate for the first time in 35 years, and the guy who failed it passed it last year! Needless to say, he is no longer my MOT guy 😂

Will try get a better video later. They can be set to either flash or be solid. One of each above. The "V" light has been trimmed off one end as it was too long so the centre is on the up on the right hand side of cage and the pattern is out for any one with ocd 🤣 Also can be used as indicators but only in red where it lights from one side and runs to the other like the fancy new ones

I fitted the same earlier in the year. If i can anyone can, I had loads of help from Liane and Mike.

I'll be there. Dark nights and wet weather is all part of the fun 😀

Hey, don't dis the carrots 🥕👀👀

Well if anyone can do it, you can Dave, hope you have a good day tomorrow and we get to eat a yummy full English at Cupola with you on Sunday morning. Glen says it's the best quality breakfast in the Peak District. 🥕 The carrot emoji is for dangling a carrot to motivate you, not that you get carrots for breakfast 😁🥰

ON. The current plan is that rain is heading our way in the afternoon, weather forecasts are unreliable so we intend on meeting for breakfast and taking it from there. Hopefully we can fit a run in and maybe even a pot of tea and a slice of cake.........said Worzel Gummidge here. As everyone who is coming has well over a 1 hour journey home, we will keep this one short and do our best to get you home dry.

I’m first in the queue, I think he’s going to be my next best mate 😉

There is something quite magical about driving a Westie in the fog. As long as it's not too bad, it's quite exciting. Some of my most memorable kit car moments have been in the fog, like the time at about 5.30am on the A46 heading towards Stroud, when I was the only car on the road for miles around and I suddenly heard this thuck, thuck, thuck sound. Ah bum, flat tyre I thought, but no vibration? Looked up to my right and a low flying Chinook had spotted me, he changed course and came straight towards me and buzzed me! I could literally see guys in the windows waving! I lost the plot and started waving and screaming like some loony! It was a true 'special moment' of my kit car life, I felt like I was in Top Gun or some such film. I will never ever forget that blat! I wish I'd had a 360° camera that I can tell you, what a video that would have made!

Has Hollywood taught you nothing! 🤣

And last week google told me the battery in my van was under the drivers seat and not in the engine bay so I replied it is in the engine bay im looking at it right now the Google reply was your totally wrong you can't be its not .at that point I gave up thought Ai was friendly

Honestly, I don’t know. i never quite dared ask, in the old factory days. I’ve got a sneaking suspicion it means exactly what Google thinks. From memory, they did kind of start appearing at (very) roughly the time there was a lot of exporting, by the old factory, of Westfields to Japan going on, in the nineties.

Googles crap ai totally misleading told me the clutch cover on my fireblade engine was bolted directly to the flywheel and not the crankcase 🤔

That looks clean. Could be coil pack related and spark plug tube seals

Put it back on for next mot unless your planning more bank robberies

We need videos of them in action!

Hi, for sale a brand new never out of box Battery Charger - make/type = Absaar Pro 1.0 - brought & took 2 weeks to arrive & never returned. Cost £30 plus. Tech details as - https://baterias.com/gb/charger-absaar-pro1-1amp-6-12v?srsltid=AfmBOorq0koQPFoDhu4mAlr7ptb9xqMFJTmXtjFT1CkqyFXJ5g7C7viR - includes trickle charge facility. £15 collected £22 posted

Should be good for this👍

There are genuine megs coming up for sale now and again have you ever been out in one that would be a good starting point make sure it's what you want not sure if there's any at your monthly meet but I go to battlesbridge 2nd Sunday of the month with mine to the essex/north Kent meet which your more than welcome to attend others do pop up from your area occasionally or if you need any measurements or pics just ask. and welcome to a really great club

Last time you said this we got home in the dark and a little damp. Was good though 👍

I have a set in prepreg carbon

I arrived at Paul Jnr house today. the house facing his was abandoned when it was just a concrete shell with a roof on. It was then bought and completed to a very high standard, to day I met Kasper from Denmark, the new owner. I will let the photos tell the rest of the story😎 I think it’s fair to say Kasper is into his cars. turn up the volume 😄

For the wimps out there, like me, who sorn there cars in winter, here’s how I do it. I have a couple of four wheel trolleys and with some strategical placed bits of wood I support the car so I can move it in any direction, to make most use of the limited space in a single garage. The timber supports the chassis and doesn’t allow the suspension to go into full droop. And here it is fully covered with old curtains and thick dust sheets under the Halfords car cover.

Yes I go with that i love going out on solo drives when I can really open the taps but then on the other hand we go out on as regular as possible on area club drives I don't know if you have many other westies near you on these drive outs we drive in a reasonably orderly manner but it's seeing a westie in front of you and looking in the mirrors and seeing more behind you realize just how special it is to own and drive one and to be part of such a great club with like minded members

Message to ones self. Never leave your phone unattended in the house. The parrot took some selfies