Alan Cutler (Adge) - Dorset AO Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 Wondered if any sport 250's are taking their owners to Stoneleigh on Sunday? If so, would they be willing for me to admire you? I'm going on Sunday, would be good to meet up with fellow owners, and have a chat. Promise not to mention wiring! Looking forward having a good look at as many Westfields as I can, and meeting some of you "in the flesh". Quote
Steve (sdh2903) Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 There will be 2 on the Westfield stand. The factory demo and the hjd demo nc500. David from HJD is a very nice chap and sure will let you have a prod and poke around. 1 Quote
Steve (sdh2903) Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 I don't know actually how many there are on the road now. Must be a couple at least surely? 1 Quote
Alan Cutler (Adge) - Dorset AO Posted April 27, 2017 Author Posted April 27, 2017 Hope there's a few there as well as the demo cars, we'll see. Quote
Stu Faulkner Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 Just don't look under the bonnet as it's as ugly as sin. 3 Quote
Alan Cutler (Adge) - Dorset AO Posted April 27, 2017 Author Posted April 27, 2017 Don't they say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Got to agree it's not a vey elegant looking engine. Time will tell how well it performs though!! 1 Quote
Steve (sdh2903) Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 It's got a face only a mother could love 3 Quote
Thrustyjust Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 There will probably be some ropey budget one on the WSC stand..............................stands back and waits for fireworks 1 Quote
Tom Frankland (T3OMF) Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 19 hours ago, AdgeC said: Don't they say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Got to agree it's not a vey elegant looking engine. Time will tell how well it performs though!! Don't they also say "beauty comes from within"...................... not in this case 2 Quote
Rednop1 Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 11 hours ago, Thrustyjust said: There will probably be some ropey budget one on the WSC stand..............................stands back and waits for fireworks not sure what show you have been to but i've never seen Westfield put a ropey spec'd car on any of there show stands Quote
XTR2Turbo Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 Is Dave thinking of the autosport car a few years ago that wasn't finished yet? Quote
Thrustyjust Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 14 minutes ago, Rednop1 said: not sure what show you have been to but i've never seen Westfield put a ropey spec'd car on any of there show stands I have, where they couldnt even be bothered to clean all the fibre dust from the wheel arches on a new car. 10 mins work and it would have looked nice, rather than loads of white dust on a black car. Engine bits not painted , so nice and rusty. ( was built for a customer at Stoneleigh last year) Such little things can make a car look so much better and costs nothing but being proud of what you built. Bit of tyre shine wouldnt have gone a miss either.... Quote
Rednop1 Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 45 minutes ago, Thrustyjust said: I have, where they couldnt even be bothered to clean all the fibre dust from the wheel arches on a new car. 10 mins work and it would have looked nice, rather than loads of white dust on a black car. Engine bits not painted , so nice and rusty. ( was built for a customer at Stoneleigh last year) Such little things can make a car look so much better and costs nothing but being proud of what you built. Bit of tyre shine wouldnt have gone a miss either.... Omg I didn't realise things were this serious with regards to the dust under the arches I stand corrected ,I really hope they have cleaned them this year as I'm going to have no sleep between now and Sunday thinking about all that dust I dread to think how many people its put off buying a car. I regards too the unpainted engine /parts I'm with you on that one but correct cleaning and the prep is very labour intensive and the correct materials are not cheap so how can you say they cost nothing ? and I'm sure if the customer was willing to pay extra to have them painted I'm sure sales staff at Westfield would help the customer spend his money. And how is any of the above classed as "Ropey Spec"? Quote
Thrustyjust Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 If you spend 40 grand, yes forty grand ( I was informed by WSC) on a stand and advertising your cars £30 worth of paint and a few hours labour is f*** all. If you want to sell your products you aim to get them looking 100% on the largest kit car show in the UK thats nearest your own factory, so you cant question travelling hundreds of miles. Looking at other manufacturers products they just seemed to make more effort in getting it right, thats all. 1 Quote
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