Not so recent snap of your Westfield!

[BigSkyBrad]

2017 - 1st day of ownership, Belfast ferry terminal, complete with underslung exhaust and inset rear wheels. The year before I made the tough decision to sell my classic car I still had tucked away back in NZ, that I vowed never to sell, but it looked it I wasn't returning home any time soon - so, I needed something special to cherish over here, and a 7-esque had always been a wish-list car. After about a year searching for the right car at the right price, I found our one on Autotrader, just north of the border with Ireland. That was on the Thursday, we booked one-way Ryanair flights to Derry on the Friday, flew over on the Sat, and got a rental car with a non-return drop-off at Belfast airport - we were either flying back, or ferry. Previous owner was a police/forces driving instructor, and in 18 years/three owners, the car only had 13k on the clock.

 

 

 

[Ewan]

Fabulous Julie. And in the best colour.

[Matt_S]

I bought mine on 29th September 2018 as a finished hill climb car. Trailered it home and 4 years later successfully tested & registered my flying carrot!

 

[KenP]

 A trip over Hardknott and Rhinos pass in what was my daily drive 30 years ago!

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

11 hours ago, KenP said:

 A trip over Hardknott and Rhinos pass in what was my daily drive 30 years ago!

Excellent! If you had been sat in it, it might have looked like a huge power slide 🤣🤣

 

I recall driving mine up the hills in Bath in the snow in the early nineties, great fun!

[aeg]

23 hours ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman said:

 

Does it have cake holders!!

@Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman how dare you call Becky a cake holder !! 🤣 She’s a lady and can multitask, cake holder, drinks holder, phone answerer, music selector, wiper switch operator, heater control adjuster and navigator? Also the controller of upgradeituis 😜

[IanD]

Just after it was built in 1995 along with a horrendous Land Rover my Dad owned at the time 

 

[IanD]

Several years later at 3 Sisters, after the sprinting bug hit. probably about 2002

 

 

[Alex Gaskin]

Seeing people talking about their kids in their photos, I thought I’d chime in!
 

From a bare chassis in ~2003

 

 

to Dad racing it from ~2006

 

 

to me racing it with Dad in 2022:

 

[Greenstreak-Andy D]

My first Westie, a run to Ponderosa, Wales in Sept 2011, my brg XE westie

 

 

….and one for you @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman..getting wet 😀 on a return leg via Demon Tweaks!

 

 

Andy

[JohnCh]

Westfield V1.0 in 2002

 

Starting the metamorphosis to V2.0 in 2004

 

V2.1 in 2019. 

 

-John

[Captain Colonial]

The Wench in June 2001 when I purchased her from Terry Nightingale - Rimstar wheels, bench seat, 7” headlights, open boot box and a grey interior:

 

 

And as she looks now, 20+ years later:

 

[Jenko]

This was my old westfield....Started life as a standard 1.6 CVH on carbs, and over the years moved to a 2ltr cvh with a ported head and solid lifers, etc, and went to fuel injection on Motorbike TB's.

 

It was a great car...I only sold it to fund a new build of a Sylva J15.

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Loving this thread, some amazing photos and memories being shared!

 

Here I was thinking that nostalgia isn't what it used to be 😂

[GaryD1971]

Friday 24th June, 2016. The day I picked it up from Southampton.