slimyroadster

I want to get a decent lookalike for a real Healey, but I've always been concerned about the amount of chrome and other 'posh' b...

Time for surgery on the clutch and brake pedals. The originals are designed to fit around a brake servo, hydraulic clutch and a small footwe...

I've said from day one that I want to use as much of the donor as possible. The pedals were one place I wanted to keep the MX5 ones. Par...

Now the seats are in, I can put the steering wheel where I want. The MX5 design is very similar to the Sierra one, but the MX5 column isn...

Time for a big update I think. It's been some time since I last updated this blog, and rather unsurprisingly I've not actually done ...

Well, I came to do the seat mounts, turned out it's going to use a fair bit more metal than I thought. It's amazing how such short l...

Time to take stock of where I am and plan the next stage. So far, I have; A basic chassis from square section Front suspension mounts...

Wow, I can't believe how long it has been since I last updated this blog! Ah well, probably ties in well with the amount of work I'v...

I've been scratching my head with this one for a while now, and have come up with three designs, based on the following diagram; Th...

First step, measuring the length of the rear lower wishbones. A fairly simple process, let the uprights stand vertical, the CV joints sit co...

The diff is in place, and the driveshafts, and the uprights. And now I have a problem... I had planned to fix the coilover alongside the u...

I treated myself to some new welding gloves, mainly because the right index finger was so burnt it bent sideways instead of inline with the ...

I keep putting it off because I just know it's going to be a nightmare. The whole thing is going to be a mishmash of all books, and plen...

Well, I finally got the wishbones finished, I reckon at least 20 hours labour start to finish for all four front wishbones. Same as before...

The front upper wishbones should be a bit easier than the lower ones, smaller thinner tubes and no plates. However, there were two measureme...

Some photos!! First, the plates between the wishbone tubes. This was cut from 5mm plate with a standard jigsaw and some Bosch blades. Plenty...

The front suspension is now coming together. I'm taking the MX5 measurements from the Saturn plans, but I don't want the lower adjus...

Yes I know it's February, and yes I know my last post was September, but that pretty much sums up the build to be honest. It's been ...

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...