DailyTurismo

September 19 2015

McQueen of the Track: 1959 Lotus Westfield Eleven Replica

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Eleven, Lotus, Replica, Westfield, XI 4

Kit cars are a cheap and easy way to get into a car that looks fast/classic but doesn’t have the rich collectors scrambling to get a piece of Steve McQueen’s leftover DNA. Some might claim that they are cheap imitations of the real deal that devalue the original but others will point out that they […]

December 24 2014

12k: Never Completed: 1982 Westfield XI

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Kit Car, Lotus, PhiLOL, Westfield, XI 3

When you get the chance to buy the best-preserved example of the best-regarded kit car for the price of a Nissan Versa, it’s easy to get over-zealous and buy impulsively. Westfield is regarded as one of the best purveyors of Colin Chapman’s original ideals tied together in a more durable package. And the XI, with […]