Smile for the camera

Now that the car is out of the shed, dad couldn't resist taking a few pictures






Now that the car is out of the shed, dad couldn't resist taking a few pictures

A westfield is born.......

So over the past few weeks much tinkering has been done, and this weekend is the biggest moment to date was set upon, getting the Westfield out of the shed!

Now since the build was started every one who has visited has always asked the same question?
'how are you going to get it out of here?'

Well the answer to that question is - Remove the wall that sits between the two !

SO with a hammer/ big screwdriver / and a saw it was time to demolish the wall!!



and with a little squeeze and a make shift set of ramps.....................

The car finally gets to see day light for the very first time as a whole car!

I can almost taste it now ...............

Just a couple of pics to show that is very nearly finished!

'Jobs to complete list' grows ever smaller.......

Time for a 4 day weekend, time to crack on with more jobs.........

First job on the list was to address a few minor problems with previous things that i had fitted to make sure i have them in the bag before the IVA.

First job was where the fuel lines come up the front bulk head, one of the lines was getting rather close when the clutch depressed, now there was a gap of about 5mm with the clutch fully depressed, but i thought it best if i try and gain some more room, so luckily i was able to move the mounts where i have secured the fuel lines from one side to the other, this needed one of the fuel lines bending a bit more to clear the clutch reservoir. with this done everything was re secured and i now have a small mile between the clutch and the pipe.

whilst i was working on the fuel lines, there was a couple of places where they ran very close to welds/corners of the chassis underneath. a small amount of tweaking was done to bend the pipes away from these trouble spots. also to make sure they cannot question how close they are during the IVA some rubber pipe has been cable tied around them just to avoid any risk of touching.

another area that needed some attention was the steering shafts. the problem was where the lower shaft fixed into the UJ that attaches to the steering rack i was running very close to the chassis rail, the steering shafts have not been welded concentric to each other meaning that they get a fair old wobble on when turning. this was leaving such a minimal gap, time to dig out the drill and move the support bracket over slightly, this will then help to move the shaft away from the chassis rail.
now when i moved the support bracket it became very close to the inlet support brace on the engine, meaning that if the engine was to move under hard acceleration it may clash with the bracket. so i made a small relief in the engine brace to clear the bracket.

now that i have address a few small problems it was then onwards with the building, to finish of the interior was then the main mission, so today i fitted the central carpet which was all secured into place, with the small addition of a memento from the MX5 added to remember what the car is based upon.

with that all done all that was needed was to fit the harnesses for the final time and bolt them all up, and then fit the seats for which i hope will be the final time.