slimyroadster

Well, I expected at least one downer on this project, although I did expect it to be DVLA induced. After removing the diff, and cracking it ...

Everything stripped off the car, all bolts undone, and engine stand in position; Take the strain... And lift... Rear wheels mov...

I've just noticed, I got so distracted by my donor strip that I hadn't logged my progress with the chassis. So the tunnel is done; ...

I've spent ages now, trying to figure out how to build the wishbones. And it looks like I've finally found all the necessary element...

OK, starting to get the locations together. aksteel92 appear to be the only people who do 33.7mm x 2.6mm, 1 metre for £15.73 (including a ...

The boot wiring is relatively simple, everything coming from the same place (well, apart from the fog light wire!); From the wiring l...

Nothing challenging so far, just a few pictures of the wiring so I know where things have come from; Drivers side wiring. Bottom left is a...

Well, I've finally got myself a donor, and a rather nice one to boot. In fact, so nice there was part of me that didn't want to chop...

Here are the alterations required to the 'build a car on a budget', so an MX5 can be used as a donor. They were created by Saturn Sp...

Finished the triangulation now; I've deliberately left all the rear suspension for now. I've ordered the diff cover from Talo...

As mentioned, the suspension wishbones are going to be all new, mainly to preserve the longer wishbones at the back. So, armed with the Hayn...

The lack of a build table has worried me from day one. Not enough to sell my motorbike (the chief use of my garage space) but still somethin...

Now that the chassis is actually taking the (sort of) form of a car, it's time to start looking at suspension. So first part was the bra...

Nothing really new here, just more progress shots; Still looking ok despite not having a solid base to work off. The front end ...

Courtesy of a Facebook friend, this section is entitled 'space invaders'. All will become apparent with these pictures; Th...

Now here is where the problems started. Remember the wooden model I'd made earlier? This is where it went a bit wrong. Turns out the Hay...

Just a quick post for this one, more of the same for the chassis; My garage doesn't actually have enough room to build the fu...

This will be updated as I go, to keep track on what I spend on the car. £97.56. First lot of steel for the chassis, from Camp Steel. £42....

Time to get documenting methinks! I've been building my car now for many months, but actual work time maybe only a couple of days. I...