slimyroadster

OK, a quick review of previous posts shows that the clutch pedal is actually offset to the right. This was to avoid the transmission tunnel ...

I've been allocating an hour each day after the little one is in bed, to get into the garage and do stuff. The first couple of evenings ...

Wow, I've just noticed it's been more than a year since I posted on here, and therefore even more than that since I worked on the ca...

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...