slimyroadster

 On to the new seats. As mentioned before I'm making a frame, that will then be filled in with plywood and surfaced with foam before the...

 I've still got a fair bit to do, but a big chunk that can be done next is the seats themselves. I've already got the fixing points ...

 Well, last weekend was a bust due to much higher priorities (more on that later), but hopefully today I'll be able to get started on th...

The rear pipes were a bit easier. The only worrying bit was the first bit, if I had got that wrong I wouldn't have had enough to finish ...

 Now I had an idea of what flares I need for the pipe, I could make a start. And it's gone really well if I say so myself... The bracket...

Wow, this was a long time coming... so, on to brake pipes!! This started well, the balance valve sits quite nicely alongside the master cyli...

 So after a few weeks of ridiculously low temperatures and 'other jobs', I finally got back in the garage. A quick tidy up, and I co...

It's been a little cold recently so my plans of getting an hour each day in the garage for either tinkering or exercise has turned into ...

 The flexi's have been positioned and I can now weld the tabs on (more on that later). Now I need to route the brake pipes. While I have...

 Well, there goes another two months. I count myself lucky that I have a job during these times, but I also wouldn't have minded a bit o...

 Putting everything together for the brake flexi hoses made me remember something I'd decided on a while back. To get the rear suspensio...

I managed to get some jobs done over the weekend, although the extra hour in bed did help. It does mean that there are no more light evening...

 One of the things I've had in mind all the way through is the idea of an underdash handbrake. The demo HSR car had a handbrake right un...

 One of the things that has bugged me with the donor parts has been the wheel bearings front and rear. They didn't feel bad and were nev...

 Well, it's Sunday morning, the coffee is nice and for once the sun is out, so it's time to get up to date. I've done a fair bit...

 While I was sorting the loom, I found two switches that I had missed. These are pedal switches, one for the brake and one for clutch. To be...

Just one more loom to sort now, the main loom. I had a thought about this one. I do still want to strip it down to simplify it, but I'm ...

Last night saw the end of the horrible ignition wires. This is what I had originally; Such a mess, not one cable was left untouched. Th...

Second one done, this is the rear loom. The main parts out of this was related to the rear windscreen, big power cables for the heated sc...

Well, this is where I started; And this wasn't even the full loom, I'd missed a section at this point!! First job was to under...