slimyroadster

 Another post for IVA, the engine number. I've had the letter from Mazda confirming the age of the car, as well as confirming the engine...

 First off, a disclaimer... I was having a nightmare day of welding, so some of them aren't pretty! But they're photographed here fo...

 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...

 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...

 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 ...

 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...

 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...

 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 ...

 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...

 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...

 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...