slimyroadster

I have a spare few minutes at work so I thought a quick post might be in order. I do now see why blogs seem to go very quiet once a car is b...

 This month has been the hottest on record in the UK. Bad news for crops, water supplies and countless other things, but great for driving a...

One thing that has bugged me about this car is the indicators not cancelling. I had put a set of markers on the steering column so I could s...

 The rear wishbones have been taken off. I forgot how heavy a hub is when it's fully kitted out! My brain is probably remembering when t...

 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...

 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...

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...

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

 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...

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...

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 ...

 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...

 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...

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...

 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...

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

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...

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...