slimyroadster

An Austin Healey lookalike, using an MK HSR body on a Haynes Roadster chassis and an MX5 donor.

Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Cooling

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 To tick off one of the jobs, I decided to have a look at cooling. The donor radiator is just too large, I needed something half the size. T...
Monday, 12 June 2023

To do list June 2023

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 I've had a look and it had been three years since this list was first done, Covid had a lot to answer for but I'm hoping to catch u...

Bad and good roll hoop supports

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 Time for the last update from the weekend. First the bad; This is probably the first time I've had porous welds. I did initially think ...
Sunday, 11 June 2023

Boot positioning

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 One thing that occurred to me was that the boot lid is a separate piece, so in theory I could check it's location and see what would ne...

Rose joint caps complete

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 After a lot of welding, cutting, grinding and more welding, I finally have my rose joint caps. Two layers of 5mm steel with a welded 12mm n...
Wednesday, 7 June 2023

Rose joint install

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 For the roll bar supports, the rose joint mounting is going to be crucial. It would be ideal if it was fully threaded, but I've got no ...

Picture time!

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 Time to post some pictures, first some useful ones. In the previous post I said I wanted to move from the bracket idea to the rose joint. T...
Sunday, 4 June 2023

Todays progress

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 After yesterdays trip to Malvern for the kit car show, I had a lot of ideas on what I want to do next. Photo's to follow, but first a p...
Monday, 22 May 2023

Roll bar hoop installed

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 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...
Friday, 19 May 2023

Real roll bar

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 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...
Monday, 15 May 2023

Tank platform and roll bar brace

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 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...
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Slimyroadster
I am a DIY builder in the Midlands, who always wanted to build a car ever since my first visit to Stoneleigh many (many!) years ago. I finally got my opportunity to make a start when we had our house extension built and I was able to request a garage. My ideal build would have been a Lamborghini of some kind but without the funds for one of those cars I had to look elsewhere. At one show there was a demonstrator car for an Austin Healey 3000 replica, but using a Seven-esque chassis. The body was about a grand, and I saw it as an opportunity to get a 'classic' car without the hassle or funds. Of course, as with any builds there is still hassle. Especially as the body is based on an MK rather than a Haynes Roadster. In turn, the Haynes Roadster is based on Sierra rather than MX5. So I very rapidly moved into unknown territory. The build started in February 2013, and the car passed IVA in February 2026.
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