slimyroadster

An Austin Healey lookalike, using an MK HSR body on a Haynes Roadster chassis and an MX5 donor.

Sunday, 14 June 2026

End of seat, start of suspension

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 Well, the seat padding came to an abrupt halt as I've purchased a pad from Lidl. Time will tell whether it's sufficient. Having a f...
Monday, 8 June 2026

More seat work

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 Back with the seats, mainly because it's too wet at the moment to drive the car. At the show I looked at a few seats, and took some pho...
Sunday, 31 May 2026

Malvern recap

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It's the following day and the outside temperature is finally starting to ease off. There might even be a bit of rain soon which will al...
Saturday, 30 May 2026

Welcome to 'Slimyroadster'

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  Donor car: 1992 Eunos Roadster (Import MX5 NA), 1600cc engine. Chassis: Self build, based on the ‘Build your own sports car on a budget’ ...

Malvern countdown...

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 It's late on Wednesday and I'm starting to look forward to Malvern. Saturday is looking better than Sunday, with sun and clouds for...
Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Dash back together and seats update

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The dash is now back together, the reset button looks good and the defect on the edge is pretty much gone; The car has been cleaned and cera...

Hot weekend

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Well, the good weather is seven days early but fingers crossed it'll still be warm next week. This weekend it's up to 28 degrees on ...
Sunday, 17 May 2026

More work

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 Bodywork fixes are looking good; I'll need to rub down the paint once it cures but it looks a lot better already. While the dash was of...

Gearbox oil, jacking point, wiring clamp, bodywork fixes

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 I got lots of little jobs done yesterday. Start with the biggest one, the gearbox oil.  I've wanted to do the gearbox oil for some time...
Sunday, 10 May 2026

More miles, first issue

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More miles now, and a full tank so an opportunity to work out my mileage again.  The first journey from full tank to full tank was 102.5 mil...
Saturday, 9 May 2026

First 50 miles

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 This morning dried up so I thought I'd take the car out on it's maiden voyage. A quick first few miles and back showed everything l...
Thursday, 7 May 2026

I have a registration!

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I have to give credit to the DVLA people, they really turned things around quickly. Between paperwork and registration being assigned was 13...
Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Windscreen done

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From this; To this; Personally I think they've come up really nice, although time will tell whether they do their job. I've not done...
Sunday, 26 April 2026

Diff and windscreen

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First job for the weekend was the diff seals. Autodoc got them delivered Saturday morning so I thought I'd have a go at fitting them. Ju...
Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Random thought

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Yeah I know, not exactly a revelation, but noteworthy nonetheless. The fastest car I have ever owned was a Saab 93 Aero. 2 litres of Vauxhal...
Monday, 20 April 2026

Boot finished and windscreen started

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First task, the boot is now finished; I'll build up a toolkit to live in there, but at least now I have somewhere to put my helmet at th...
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About Me

Slimyroadster
I am a DIY builder in the Midlands, who always wanted to build a car ever since my first visit to Stoneleigh many (many!) years ago. I finally got my opportunity to make a start when we had our house extension built and I was able to request a garage. My ideal build would have been a Lamborghini of some kind but without the funds for one of those cars I had to look elsewhere. At one show there was a demonstrator car for an Austin Healey 3000 replica, but using a Seven-esque chassis. The body was about a grand, and I saw it as an opportunity to get a 'classic' car without the hassle or funds. Of course, as with any builds there is still hassle. Especially as the body is based on an MK rather than a Haynes Roadster. In turn, the Haynes Roadster is based on Sierra rather than MX5. So I very rapidly moved into unknown territory. The build started in February 2013, and the car passed IVA in February 2026.
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