Check out the new drive video posted below… I thoroughly enjoyed learning about this car’s amazing handling and performance while carving turns in a local parking lot… watch along with me!
The car is light and nimble with ample power and excellent grip. There is no inside wheel spin courtesy of the limited slip differential. The car is tight and rattle free… the only surplus noise is the passenger seat belt flipping around next to the camera microphone. There’s ample performance here to learn and master during a lifetime of fun drives. This is a car you wear that and a car that will always leave a smile on your face!
This car feels more like a race car than a street car… and it’s totally street legal in every state! Check out the video tour below!
She’s extremely light (about 1150 lbs!) and you can sense this the first time you step on the gas… you’re basically strapped to a rocket. The handling, acceleration and braking is exceptional and the car is super nimble, largely because of supremely light weight. Body is aluminum, fenders are fiberglass.
This is an early Westfield Seven recreation of the Lotus 7 with a Sprite 1275 drivetrain and coil-over front suspension. The 1275 Engine is slightly warmed over and the car is very, very quick and is fed by an electric fuel pump. A limited slip differential helps keep the power on the ground but isn’t noisy around corners. The rib case transmission is nice and light–it works beautifully with a short throw lever. The car is titled as a 1965 Midget and has only 4800 miles since completion according to the odometer. It comes with a clear Florida title and can be registered anywhere in the world.
The brakes are excellent–disc in the front and drums in the rear, and it’s a delight to drive. It’s a long wheel base so very stable. The handling is delicious, with zero body roll and ample power to do whatever you’d like.
This car is flat-out fun.
You’ve got to be relatively lean to use this machine. I’m 5’8″ and 160 pounds and I fit just fine. It seems easy to me to step over the seat and slide in… but this is a car you wear so you have to work just a tad to make it fit. Maximum waist size for this car would be about 42 inches, Rob’s size in the video below.
If you are shorter than 5’8″, you can drive just fine with a small lumbar support pillow behind your back so you can reach the pedals. The seat is not adjustable. Max height is probably 6’1″. But all this depends on your personal flexibilty so you might want to come and try it on. The removable steering wheel makes access super easy. I do not need to remove the wheel to get in at my size, but it is an option if needed.
We put 5’11” Rob in the car so you can see how he fits so you can approximate how you might fit! Check out the video above!
I have size 9 shoes and I can easily drive the car with my running shoes on… but if you’ve got a size 10 or 11 shoe (or bigger), you’ll need driving shoes (or go barefoot) to navigate the small footwell.
The seats were recently redone in leather and they’re quite lovely. They’re also quite comfortable, at least for relatively short trips- it’s not a car for a long journey in but it is an absolute pisser to drive this thing on errands or around town and it will go fast on the highway if you need as well. Three-point inertia reel seat belts are another nice add-on that makes you feel at-one with this car.
The weather gear is in excellent condition. It has been stored and seldom (if ever) used. The side curtains hinge at the windshield and then snap closed from the inside so you can get in and out with the top and windows in place. The top and windows make for a cozy little cabin guaranteed to impress your date. Without the weather gear, the car is like an un-faired motorcycle that you use when you want a lot of air on your body. You can also drive the car with no top and just the side curtains mounted to cut down on cockpit wind.
The top stows on the flat shelf behind the seat when not in use and the top frame folds into that same shelf.
I’m in love… it’s superb in every way. I love the way it looks with the vintage wire wheels–it makes it feel a lot less over-the-top and more like a vintage Lotus seven which is exactly the idea. Lightness abounds, and in fact there is no fuel gauge on the dash, you need to lift up the carpet in the back deck to see the fuel gauge (which is a little more like what you’d find on an outboard motor fuel tank).
It’s kind of charming, and it works well.
So if you’re interested in standing out in the crowd and having a big smile on your face everywhere you go, click “read more” for the rest of the photos of this amazing car. Give us a call and will be happy to send this rocket ship to your launchpad!
