After nearly a whole summer of  looking at cars I was at the point of giving up; I am the first to admit to being fussy. I just could not find a car that ticked most of the boxes on my wish list.  I had stopped looking at Westfields as I could not afford what I was looking for.  I was starting to  make enquiries to MK Sportscars and MNR as to the cost of a kit to build a car to my own specifications. Then out of the blue I spotted on Ebay a yellow westfield it looked very nice and if the description was accurate seemed to tick all but one box on my list (the engine a V6).

After a couple of e-mails and a chat with Helen we decided that it would be a good idea to go and see the car as soon as possible so it was arranged that we would go the following evening .

We set off to Norfolk and arrived at Paul’s house.  We were very surprised to see how nice the car looked . I checked it over with Helen, I checked the mechanicals while Helen checked the bodywork.  We compared notes and agreed that it was a really nice car with very few faults.

Paul took me for a spin and demonstrated that everything was working the way it should.  I was very impressed with the sound and performance of the engine (maybe a V6 was a good idea after all) I admitted that I was not a good passenger so he was kind to me and took me for a fast but very safe run.

Next was Helen’s turn the words “go for it “ were heard coming from the direction of the car!!! Off they went. A while later they returned, Helen was wearing that now familiar Wide grin !! so I knew the car met with her approval.

Next came the negotiating bit, this is Helen's speciality and after a few minutes a deal was struck with the condition that it was taken off Ebay. Monies were transferred and insurance was arranged and the car was picked up the following Saturday.

The next day the car was taken to its first show  (Knebworth) and attracted a lot of attention it has since been at a few shows and events and always attracts interest.

Helen is also happy as she now is the proud owner of  the Robin Hood.

The spec of the car is –

Westfield Siew

Detachable arches

Ducted nose cone

V8 bonnet

Disc brakes all round

Limited slip diff

Type 9, 5 speed gearbox

V6 2.8 Engine originally from a MkII Granada ( Paul told me that Westfield only are aware of 4 cars with this engine in)

Folding doors

Weather gear

A huge folder containing most of the recipts for the build totalling over £12,000.

And the best bit the huge smile it gives you every time you drive it !!

WESTFIELD SEiW 2.8 - V.6 GRANADA ENGINE

Cured some oil leaks;

Tidied up the wiring loom;

Replaced the rear shock absorbers with Avo's making the car about two inches lower and replaced the rear springs (150 lbs) to give a slightly softer ride;

Fitted some warning lights on the dash board, a Thatcham immobiliser, battery cut out and fire extinguisher;

Changed the air filter which was home-made to a pancake type;

Replumbed the cooling system and added a header tank;

Fitted dual tone horns;

Fitted motor cycle indicators to nose cone;

Fitted pair of crome mirrors to front screen pillars;

Fitted different rear view mirror, found the one mounted on the screen vibrated too much;

Replaced exhaust silencer to make it quiter - used Mk 1 Capri type, still noisy but now an acceptable noise level instead of deafening!;

Made lock stops for steering rack to stop the front mud guards from hitting the body (should not have passed the SVA without these...)

Changed carb and manifold to a DGAV from a 2 ltr Capri GT.  A tremendous improvement. 

At last we changed the seats bought a pair of Cobra Roadster sevens from merlin motor sport.

They are now installed and have been tested by myself they really hold you in, no more wedging myself up against the side when going around corners

Changed wheels to XR3i alloys with new tyres. (Yoko 535's)

I have replaced the immobiliser to a cobra transponder type.

I decided to fit an electric fan instead of the vicouse fan unit and found that the car started to run a lot hotter so the marine bonnet vents were installed and some ducting made up inside the nosecone to direct the airflow through thre radiator,  (sometimes things are best left alone!!!)

I had a stroke of luck this year, While at a classic car show I was sifting through the autojumble when I spotted a 38 DGAS clean and with little wear in the spindles.

I paid £15.00 for this took it home and stripped it down to find it was already jetted for a 2.0 all the diaphragms were perished which I replaced with ones from a dgav repair kit I had, and a power valve costing £15.00 from Gower and lee. This is now fitted together with a pipper X air filter and running giving a huge improvement in torque and acceleration

I also bought a new exhaust system from custom chrome I went for the chromazone system with upgradable baffles for different applications.