Howdy, New member here- XI builder in Portland Oregon

[PNWesty]

Not sure where to go exactly so I’ll start here. Just joined, just heard about WSCC. Building an XI, saw them at the Portland historic races and fell in love. Worked thru Tom McClintock at Manik in Texas and got the ‘original’ v8 XI body and a bunch of Miata parts. That didn’t work very well so I started over and ordered a whole new kit from Tom, musta been right been right before Manik went TU. Took delivery in ‘22, spent the next 2 years in the hospital, lost my wife to cancer, and started my build about a month ago. I do have some technical questions ; steering, suspension, etc, if someone could direct me to the correct forum. Please. Looking forward to it. 
 

If there's anyone in the PNW or specifically Portland Oregon, I’d love to get together. 

Edited August 8, 2024 by Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO
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[Ansoeb]

Welcome from across the pond. Hope the build goes well. There are are lots of references and technical help on the build diaries section. Good luck 

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

Welcome to the forum @PNWesty. Sounds like you’ve been through the ringer a bit, hopefully you are coming out the other side now.

 

There is a dedicated section for X cars on the forum, so best to post your questions there. We love pictures, so please do post some up, or start a build thread so people can help out as you go.

 

https://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/forum/79-x-cars/

 

Stu

[Stuart]

Welcome @PNWesty Can't help with the X1 but I've visited your fair city a couple of times (it's a bit of a trip from the UK). Two of my current fave bands come from Portland too...... 

[Morris]

Hi @PNWesty. Great that's there's another XI owner/ builder out there so welcome.

 

Look in the 'Build Diaries' area of the forum and you'll find detailed build diaries with plenty of photos (mine is 'Morris' XI build').

 

The area has an index where you'll find a list of XI builds, all a very good source of information. 

 

Outside of here there's also a Facebook group called 'Westfield Eleven Enthusiasts' that has attracted international (including US) membership. It isn't so much a technical hub, but it's great for networking.

[p k]

Welcome to the small group of Westfield XI  builders.

Are you building a Sprite /Midget based car ?

paul

[PNWesty]

Yes, it’s a spridget based build. Never messed with metric or anything British . And I’m not terribly mechanically inclined but as Jeremy Clarkson says ‘how hard can it be?’. I have plenty of resources available who have built lots of stuff and pictures are a big help.

 

is your build complete Paul? I don’t understand why there aren’t more XIs, they're beautiful cars IMO, sexy.

[PNWesty]

Thx @morris, I’ll take my technical questions to build diaries.

[p k]

27 minutes ago, PNWesty said:

Yes, it’s a spridget based build. Never messed with metric or anything British . And I’m not terribly mechanically inclined but as Jeremy Clarkson says ‘how hard can it be?’. I have plenty of resources available who have built lots of stuff and pictures are a big help.

 

is your build complete Paul? I don’t understand why there aren’t more XIs, they're beautiful cars IMO, sexy.

Being Spridget based will make it easier for people this side of the pond to help . Metric is just a different sized set of spanners and 1960s british technology is not that complicated and there is a lot of information out there.

My build is ongoing , XI were a small part of westfields sales and none seem to have been sold in the last couple of years but only a low proportion of  owners seem to be members of WSCC as well . there are other  owners on the facebook group, some in the USA 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Welcome!

 

We do love an XI! Looking forward to seeing the progress photos 👍

 

Here's a local one to me, its a thing of beauty