slimyroadster

 This weekend was very productive, I managed to end up with a really painful ankle after a piece of wood jumped out and bit me, and half a p...

 After deciding how things were going to be set up, I placed the order. And here it is! OK, yes it's just a bunch of tubes at the moment...

 This weekend was another busy one, bringing out the rear of the diff cage to provide a good platform for the fuel tank and somewhere fort h...

 Well, I think I finally have a good solution. As per my previous post, I will be able to go backwards for the support bars. With the fuel t...

 Once again locostbuilders to the rescue. I posted my pictures for the roll bar design and the feedback was, erm, not good. Some of the poin...

 When I was putting the seats in, my attention came back to the seat belts, in particular the buckles. The Mark 1 are on a large stalk and w...

 Another job finished up this weekend was the chassis mounting rails. This was a pain because it wasn't until I tried to fit the drivers...

 Apart from an old geezer getting a posh hat, this weekend has been very busy. I'll split it into several posts because otherwise I migh...

 One of the things I've been working on is the bodywork brackets. The outriggers will stick out of the car around 4 inches or so, but I ...

  The picture says it all really!! This was a fun task, making a prototype roll bar out of waste pipe. The CDS used for roll bars is either ...

 Along with a few other jobs (photos of my 'roll bar' to come next!), I've been looking at the seat mounting again. First job wa...

One of the things to be sorted is the roll bar. Due to the rear aspect of the car, there is no bracing available like on the original locost...

 I've just been going back over this blog, to where the bodywork was first trial fitted. On that occasion it was the front panel that I ...

 Since the weather has been absolutely shocking here, it's forced me to do some more theory instead of practical. Here's a few notes...

 Well, that was definitely the biggest gap there's been for working on the car. I guess that's what happens when you buy a second ho...

 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...