westfield sports car club

[droberts]

i dont know how far you go back do you remember the davrian the first one hilman imp based i had a friend who worked at the factory and built his own extra thick body he spun it on the stourbridge ring road and broke his neck he did live though ni always wanted one of those cars and if you arte realy old like me how about the biota like a mini e type jaguar to look at i dont remember the base vehicle now

[wibble]

Yep I remember those imp based cars there are still quite a few competing in sprints and hillclimbs in UK - early Ginetta's used same engine - very light and revvy

Biota ............. nope sorry don't recall them


The National Kit Car Show at Stoneleigh is still going strong altho last couple of years has seen a major motorsport stand by the WSCC

[droberts]

hi i remember the gineta g15 very prety car,the biota may be before your time i had the brochure about 40 years ago know,nearly had a mini marcus years ago from a guy in cradley heath and built a gineta estate car hilman hunter based for my boss in halesowen,we had a club member with a ford powered macus the one with plywood chassis.

[wibble]

Ginetta since being purchased by Lawrence Tomlinson have gone from strenght to strength he really is enthusiastic about racing and has done a fantastic job mate of mine runs a G50 in the British GT and BritCar championships ............ I end up on the end of a re-fuelling hose only caught fire once and not my fault



Had a pressure valve fail which spat out fuel onto hot exhausts and brakes when fired up car and driver fine easily repaired and you won't see me I'd legged it as soon as flames went up

[droberts]

whoo that looked a bit scary brave Marshall jumping in front of car to stop it

[wibble]

It was the only place the driver could go as it went up in flames when ignition switched on - he was commended by clerk of course for his quick thinking to get the car to a marshal post with fire fighting equipment and away from the cars in pit-lane where it could have been a very major "incident"

[droberts]

i must say i hate fire i remember i had all but finished restoring a lotus elan sprint the car was just waiting for a fuel tank filler hose i wanted to start it up so put some fuel in the tank which is in the boot with the battery put jump leads on as the rebuilt engine was a little tight turned the key and there was a spark from the jump leads when i went round to check the petrol in the tank was on fire i panicked and put my hand over the filler neck and luckily it went out ,and the time i was working on a lotus 7 i was upside down with my head under the dashboard checking some wiring when one of the mechanics thought it would be funny to light a bit of rag and let it smolder under the car its really hard to get out of that position in a hurry believe me

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I like westfields always wanted one for a good hack around