leighc Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I've decided to bite the bullet and put my narrow up for sale. I'll try not to waffle about it, but I'd like to give a bit of the spec and a bit of the history. I purchased the car in 2004 as a bright eyed 19 yr old from a WSCC member from this forum. I had looked at a couple but this one took my fancy as it had a few of the bits that I was interested in (cycle wings, five speed box etc) Once I had it home and enjoyed it over the winter I started to think about upgrading and updating items, so over the next 7 years I have practically changed everything bar the drivetrain and chassis, including (amongst lots of others) an engine swap to a from a 1600 xlfow on Webers to a 2ltr Zetec on tbs and a full respray. Unfortunately over the previous 2 years I have used the car less and less to the point where it is becoming a permanent fixture in the garage, and whilst it really does genuinely upset me to be selling it, it's just not getting the use it needs - and I could do with the space. List of the spec and upgrades below: Chassis/Bodywork 1988 Narrow Live axle Chassis (registered in 1992) Resprayed in Ferrari Rosso Red Black Cycle Wings 4 inch M&P lights Fluke Carbon Indicator Pods Engine 2ltr Silvertop Zetec GSXR1000 Tbs with Carbon Fibre Trumpets/baseplate Omex 600 Management Westfield Manifold and Stainless Exhaust Drivetrain 5 speed type 9 (has reconditioned sticker on but I don't know when this was done) Westfield remote extension (brings the gear lever out from under the dash) 3.89 diff Billet Titanium Gear Lever (Dad is a whizz with a lathe) Suspension/Steering Avo Suspension front and rear (Fronts have completed 2 laps of Curborough) 300lb front springs, 140 rear springs Rally Design 2.4 quickrack (also only done 2 laps of Curborough) Interior 2mm Carbon front bulkhead Fluke Carbon Dashboard Westfield 80mm Tacho Vdo Speedo and 52mm gauges (fuel, oil pressure,oil temp, water temp) Momo D-Shaped Suede Wheel SPA Design Removable Boss Carbon Tunnel top R500 style fibreglass seats Sabelt 3 inch 4 point Harnesses with Aircraft Buckles Odyssey PC625 battery (new purchased today 30/8/12) Wheels & Tyres 13x6 KN Minator in Black with Chrome Lip Yokohama A021r tyres (decent amount of life in them) All of the above items (apart from the diff, box and chassis) I have purchased and fitted since 2004. I also replaced the mk2 escort loom with a loom from Alan at Premier Wiring after I purchased it. When the car was mapped and corner weighted at NMS it produced 158.3hp and weighed in at 559kg - the engine was from an automatic so it has a lower peak power but better midrange torque, so Troy and Coop seemed to think it was a different cam profile to the usual 130PS spec cams. I would say the downsides to the car are that: It doesn't have an RAC Bar and Bootbox - never used it for touring etc so didn't need the space the nose and bonnet have a couple of scuffs on them. She would be a perfect start to a life of Westfields, it certainly has taught me a lot over the years, both in the mechanics, and back to basics driving of how a RWD performance car handles. I will certainly miss her but life moves on. Please send me a PM if you would like to discuss the car further, or to just generally chat about Westfields Thanks, Leigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander72 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 sounds like a cracking car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighc Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 Thanks Alex. It just needs using, which I don't really have the time to do anymore. I've also tried to give the price as the honest amount I want for the car, rather than overpricing to spend an hour haggling to come back down to the same value - I don't see this forum/club as a normal place in respect to selling cars and I'd rather just be open with people - maybe I'm naive! Some more pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alexander72 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 no mate - not naive - just honest... the car looks a cracker - i said that having not seen the pics !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighc Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 Thanks for the kind comments. Forgot to add I have a folder full of printouts and receipts and hundreds of photos from when I bought it to now if anyone is interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Is this the one in Hinckley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighc Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Yes Russ it is. Have we spoken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 looks like fun for the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Yeah I arranged to view it, drove up but I think you'd gone for a run or something. Shame, it looked like a good one. GLWS looks nice in the pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcoopers Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hmmm...got me thinking again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighc Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 I'm sure it's not a patch on the old orange beast though Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcoopers Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Grown out of that, but yours looks an excellent option not too extreme but with plenty of thoughtful additions and improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazpowerslide Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hmmm...got me thinking again.... Grown out of that, but yours looks an excellent option not too extreme but with plenty of thoughtful additions and improvements. Oh God, here we go again................. Chaz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighc Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Come on Chaz you know you never truly get them out of your blood (I'll be rebuilding my sister in laws pre-lit next year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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