{"id":17464,"date":"2019-08-01T21:13:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T21:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=17464"},"modified":"2019-08-01T21:13:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T21:13:49","slug":"chesil-speeds-to-westfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/08\/01\/chesil-speeds-to-westfield\/","title":{"rendered":"CHESIL SPEEDS TO WESTFIELD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/news_chesil_westfield.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/news_chesil_westfield-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BIG news at the end of last week was that Westfield Sports Cars has purchased the Chesil Speedster project lock, stock and barrel.<\/p>\n<p>Developed from Chris Boyle\u2019s Street Beetle project it was purchased by Peter Bailey in 1991 and the name changed to \u2018Chesil\u2019 primarily due to the company\u2019s location right on Dorset\u2019s Chesil Beach on England\u2019s Jurassic Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Not many better places to go to take a test drive, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next 13-years or so Bailey developed the Chesil Speedster into one of the foremost kitcars in the UK definitely becoming the 356 replica that most aspired to. Basically, if someone saw a Speedster they automatically assumed \u2018Chesil\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>I was at a classic event once and the bloke next to me with an original 356 was none too pleased when a bloke in a bobble hat and a duffel bag inadvertently sharing \u2018sharing\u2019 a cheese and pickle sandwich with all around him said: \u201cI like your Chesil mate!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Bailey moved on in 2004 selling the operation to Angus McCubbin and Jerry Bailey who traded from the Dorset base until 2007 when they ceased operations. McCubbin remained involved when the company morphed into Tygan Motor Company shifting to a new factory in Beaminster. The company was run by Graham Lee.<\/p>\n<p>Tygan moved away from kitcars and concentrated on fully built cars although they too ceased trading in 2008. Peter Bailey resurrected the Chesil marque in early 2009\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In total, there\u2019s probably about 650 Chesils produced over the years. Westfield\u2019s plans are to continue with Beetle-based cars and kits although at last weekend\u2019s Silverstone Classic they also unveiled a new electric version \u2013 the Chesil E.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is to continue to offer fully built Chesil and of course, kits and as soon as prices are announced we\u2019ll bring you more information. In the meantime, prices for the Chesil E will start at around \u00a358,000, fully built.<\/p>\n<p>More information from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk\/\">www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0or call 01384 400 077 <strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>BIG news at the end of last week was that Westfield Sports Cars has purchased the Chesil Speedster project lock, stock and barrel. Developed from <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/08\/01\/chesil-speeds-to-westfield\/\" title=\"CHESIL SPEEDS TO WESTFIELD\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}