Westfield Widebody's?

Westfield Widebody's?

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Craig!

Original Poster:

349 posts

196 months

Monday 15th September 2014
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I'm a complete Westfield newbie, I'm 6ft2 and presume I need a 'Widebody' Westfield... is it just cars marked up as SEIW that use the wide body, or do all models from a certain age use them?

Thanks for your help.

geoffd

102 posts

188 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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The wide bodies have a W in the model name, they may or may not have the i for independent rear suspension. The year of manufacture is not a guide.

The WSCC forum is a good place to get more information.

Geoff

nike 5

169 posts

188 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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They stopped making narrow bodies many years ago.
As has already been said, the wide bodies have a W on the chassis number.

If it's a live axled car it will be a narrow.

There were some narrow bodies that had independent rear suspension.

Look at the rear of the interior.
Where your shoulder is - on narrow bodies the fibreglass body moulding is flat (you can see the interior pannel follows line of bodywork around the circumference)
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=westfield+interi...

On wide bodies the bodywork curves outward (the interior pannel is straight) the bodywork had a feature giving extra width.
Difficult to see in picture, but
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=westfield+interi...

smokey mow

879 posts

199 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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nike 5 said:
If it's a live axled car it will be a narrow.
The wide body was also available with a live axle and production only stopped on the live wide in 2006.

The first wides were produced in around 1990/91 and for a number of years were sold alongside the narrow(standard) body cars.

smokey mow

879 posts

199 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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See this FAQ on the WSCC forum which should help you to spot the difference between the wide and narrow body cars.

http://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic/1042...