Bad day

[Craigieboy]

6 hours ago, Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO said:

Very sorry to read this, but it's a huge relief that you're not more seriously injured! I hope you recover quickly enough to be able to enjoy your holiday still. 

 

It's worth contacting Westfield to get a rough idea of parts costs to rebuild if you were to buy the write off, presumably the insurance assessor will have to do similar anyway? Hopefully they can still manufacture chassis since they're selling cars overseas at the moment. 

 

Best of luck

 

Thanks.

 

That's interesting I was rightly or wrongly under the impression that they weren't producing any Westfields at all.

Certainly needs a new chassis, side panel, scuttle panel, wheel arch and rear tub. That's assuming that new red panels would colour match the existing ones.

[Greenstreak-Andy D]

1 minute ago, Craigieboy said:

 

Thanks.

 

That's interesting I was rightly or wrongly under the impression that they weren't producing any Westfields at all.

Certainly needs a new chassis, side panel, scuttle panel, wheel arch and rear tub. That's assuming that new red panels would colour match the existing ones.

Good point, colour matching could well be a challenge. 
Sit down when you’re looking at Westfield replacement bodywork prices!

[Flying Carrot Steve]

19 minutes ago, Greenstreak-Andy D said:

Good point, colour matching could well be a challenge. 
Sit down when you’re looking at Westfield replacement bodywork prices!

 

 

Especially with red. It's affected by sunlight a lot

[Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO]

1 hour ago, Craigieboy said:

 

Thanks.

 

That's interesting I was rightly or wrongly under the impression that they weren't producing any Westfields at all.

Certainly needs a new chassis, side panel, scuttle panel, wheel arch and rear tub. That's assuming that new red panels would colour match the existing ones.

Nigel Trilk was adamant at Malvern show that they are fully committed to producing 7 and 11 kits, still selling overseas and with a major announcement to be made in the press imminently.

[Craigieboy]

8 minutes ago, Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO said:

Nigel Trilk was adamant at Malvern show that they are fully committed to producing 7 and 11 kits, still selling oversees and with a major announcement to be made in the press imminently.

 

I also saw a YouTube video of him taking about new engine supply and big announcements in the coming weeks.

[Craigieboy]

1 hour ago, Greenstreak-Andy D said:

Good point, colour matching could well be a challenge. 
Sit down when you’re looking at Westfield replacement bodywork prices!

 

Yip, around 7k for new body panels and no idea what a chassis and aluminium panels would be. 

 

Still getting ahead of myself though.

[ainsworth]

Sorry to hear the news.  Hope you get sorted.

 

for some reason I have clicked by mistake two stars by the title and can only change from blue to yellow. Not able to remove.

 

Dont know the relevance so apologies…

 

 

[eggontoast]

Rubbish news on the incident @Craigieboy but you're in one piece, so thanks be for that. 

 

By chance I saw this advert on ebay recently for 2x (!) chassis and body panels. Absolutely no idea if it or they are of any use but I guess the point is a used/not new chassis might be a way forward? Or perhaps a visit to Siltech? 

https://ebay.us/m/womLPi

[Naranja_Al]

Sorry to read about your accident @Craigieboy. As others have said glad you are ok.

[Mark (smokey mow)]

9 hours ago, eggontoast said:

By chance I saw this advert on ebay recently for 2x (!) chassis and body panels. Absolutely no idea if it or they are of any use but I guess the point is a used/not new chassis might be a way forward? Or perhaps a visit to Siltech? 

https://ebay.us/m/womLPi

That has potential to be an absolute bargain for somebody. The parts alone are worth a lot more than the current price and whilst it’s probably not the best chassis for Craig to use as a basis for rebuild due to the difference in years it could still be worth it to cut up and use to replace the damaged chassis sections. 

[dvd8n]

14 hours ago, Greenstreak-Andy D said:

Good point, colour matching could well be a challenge.

 

Carbon panels 😁

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Very sad to hear but at least you aren't badly hurt, the car can always be fixed or replaced.

 

As others have said, take your time to reflect and decide on the course of action..... 

 

 

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

Late to read this @Craigieboy, and really sorry to hear about your accident. Just to echo what has been said, so glad you are ok and no one was badly hurt. Hope the soreness doesn’t last too long, and as others have said, take your time deciding what to do.

 

My car was fixed by the chap who bought it off me, wasn’t ever claimed under insurance but because I know it was done very comprehensively it has never worried me, so I bought it back 😊

 

Take care 👍, and agreed re holiday. Get yourself checked out and sorted from that perspective.