slimyroadster

As I was cutting the car panels, it did occur to me that my target of beautifully clean corners and edges had the unfortunate side effect of...

The next step was to put together the engine mounts, and all I had was the MX5 mount that I wanted to reuse; Rather than weld some meta...

Just a quick one for now, the gearbox bush. After trying to figure out what words to google in order to find something suitable, I finally m...

The other side of getting the engine in is to see how much clearance around the engine is available. This is quite critical as I don't w...

The main reason for getting the engine in is to sort out the engine mounting. I couldn't find much information for reusing the standard ...

OK, I did say the next job was brakes, but the stars aligned for probably the last time in the year. A free Saturday, sunny weather forecast...

Time to crack on with the brakes. It's reusing the split system in the original MX5. This is a three outlet design, with the two fronts ...

I don't like doing these as it makes me realise how much work is still to go, but it's got to be done. In no particular order; F...

Well, that's a huge chunk of work now done. I've spent god knows how many days just on these panels, mainly because this ...

Well, now that all the fun and games of summer is done, I can finally get the car back on track. First thing, figure out where I was; T...

Today's tasks were; Engine trial fit Bodywork trial fit Engine first. Well, it was meant to be, turns out someone up there deci...

A short update as I have a spare few minutes. The side panels have been cut in line with the back panel, and folded to allow a 20mm section ...

Whilst I've been doing the panels, I have come across a few things that I need to remember for later. Side panels. The GRP bodywork do...

As you can see in the previous post, I changed my mind about the back panel. The way I'd done the tabs on the edges was only possible if...

The first couple of panels are done, admittedly they're the easy ones that just go on the top. The process was similar to the fl...

So here is the main aluminium panel, with all the pieces attached; As you can see, it was a bit tight to get all the panels on. There a...

Time to go off on a little tangent here. For a while now my welding has been a little 'rough', and as the saying goes 'a poor wo...

So now to move on to the other aluminium panels. This will be; 1. Seat back panel. 2. Transmission tunnel sides. 3. Car sides. 4. Trans...

One box of these later; And a whole load of hole drilling got me here; Then a load of cutting and finishing to get the edges match...