Westy on Ebay

[dombanks]

nice colour tho....

[Bananaman]

Looks like a tidy car but would want to know a bit more about the origins of the chassis befor parting with £££

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

looks ok to me for the money - wonder what is on the log book

clearly has westy front and scuttle but you cannot tell from the piccies what chassis it is although the front end suspension looks westy like

only thing I would say is why would you put the digi dash there

if you could clear up the uncertainty then why not

[scubajess]

From DVLA website -

The vehicle details for L102 DHA are:  

Date of Liability  01 10 2010  

Date of First Registration  15 07 2008  

Year of Manufacture  2008  

Cylinder Capacity (cc)  1998CC  

CO2 Emissions  0g/Km  

Fuel Type  Petrol  

Export Marker  Not Applicable  

Vehicle Status  Licence Not Due  

Vehicle Colour  BLUE  

Vehicle Type Approval  

Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle    

6 Months Rate  £112.75  

12 Months Rate  £205.00

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

Maybe it's been to Ireland and back again  

Wasn't there a discussion about this practice a short while ago  

[RobK]

Surely it's simply a Locost built using part of an original Westfield chassis....

That's my best guess...

I thought the chassis and chassis number made the car, the car it is?

How many people on here use 100% westfield parts on their cars? What % non Westfield parts make a Westfield a Locost?

Got me thinking this has!  

[dombanks]

mines in the center of my dash but that ones a bit oo far over to the left isnt it?

also the passenger footwell looks quite narrow but i guess to get the engine that far back you'd have to chop a bit out of the chassis

[pistonbroke]

clone  

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Surely it's simply a Locost built using part of an original Westfield chassis....

That's my best guess... <!--emo&

I thought the chassis and chassis number made the car, the car it is?

How many people on here use 100% westfield parts on their cars? What % non Westfield parts make a Westfield a Locost?

Got me thinking this has!  

The chassis and chassis number do define the identity of the car however.... (and not implying in any way that it is the situation in this instance)

Old westfield chassis come up for sale on ebay etc on quite a regular basis which have had the chassis numbers removed, this may be for a number of reasons such as where the original car having been rebuilt with a new/replacement chassis from the factory utilising the original chassis number.  When this is done the factory will ask you to return the chassis number which ensures that there are not two cars bearing the same chassis number.

The old chassis (with the missing chassis number) may then be sold for parts/ repair etc. but...  although this could be accurately described as a modified westfield chassis the completed car legally could not be described or sold as a Westfield as it does not have a westfield  identity/chassis number.  In the same way that locost with a chassis dimensionally identical to a westfield and with westfield body work could not be called a westfield.

As said not saying this is the case for the car in the op, just clarifying when a westfield may not be a westfield.

[Martin Keene]

Surely it's simply a Locost built using part of an original Westfield chassis....

That's my best guess...

I had the same fleeting thought...

That's what I reckon is going on.

Thoughts:

1) Roll bar mounts are to far inboard, both uprights and braces, for a Westfield

2) Pre Lit stylre bodywork

3) Not easy to make out, but it seems to have SE wishbones, which doesn't tie up with the pre lit rear.

4) Engine mounted way to far back.

5) Bulk head panel to short

6) Tunnel looks to wide

[SteveD]

no diaganol top braces on the chassis either   just emailed the seller for more info

[spence]

Were there any Pre-Lits with removable rear arches as they look removable to me ?

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Where there any Pre-Lits with removable rear arches as they look removable to me ?

The early alloy bodied ones were, but any prelit will have a much older reg than an L-plate.

[Blatman]

Removable arches were standard on pre-lits just as they are on Caterhams 'cos the body is ally, the wings are 'glass

Post lit the body is all glass and with fixed arches up unti detachable arches made a "come back" in about the mid 90's...

[Mark Stanton]

Yep   very early ones were ali bodied with fibreglass arches, later pre-lits were all fibre glass bodied      

but any prelit will have a much older reg than an L-plate.

not necessarily

Post lit the body is all glass

known as SE and Sei wide - later pre-lits were also all fibreglass body with intergral wings and swept or cycle wings option to front

Yes I am old, yes I have been around Westfields for too long and yes I have a good memory         (and anorak)