slimyroadster

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

Thursday, 2 November 2023

Roll bar fit

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 This job has definitely had it's ups and downs. After getting the body fitted, I got the main roll bar in place. That just needed a cou...
Tuesday, 31 October 2023

Body support frame

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 I've completed three sides of the support frame... It wasn't overly difficult. The front came first as I had that curve already on ...
Sunday, 29 October 2023

Lights

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 A quick stock check first... The front has a headlight hole, they're going to be for reusing the MX5 headlights once I find a full moun...

Radiator and fan

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 As planned, I got the radiator and fan fitted today. Although it did take a fair bit longer than I expected. It was mainly getting the fixi...
Saturday, 28 October 2023

Bonnet done

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 Productive day today, even though it was only a few hours. The bonnet support has been welded up and fitted; It's easier to see with th...
Friday, 27 October 2023

Change of plan (again!)

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I have been recently watching the 'tools n track' Youtube videos where they build a 7. They've been quite amusing, mainly becaus...
Wednesday, 25 October 2023

Other half of the bonnet

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 This started off so well, I managed to get a piece of wood out of my stash, cut it to size and do the profile. That's when I came unstu...
Tuesday, 24 October 2023

50% of a bonnet

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 Yes ok, half a bonnet doesn't sound healthy, but it's actually a much better weekends worth of work than it sounds. I managed to ge...
Sunday, 15 October 2023

Bulkhead

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 This weekend has been very productive already (even though the temperature in the UK has dropped like a stone!), I got the full body on and...
Thursday, 12 October 2023

Front end

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 Oh I do like the look for the front of the car... It's the first time in a long time where I've seen the front end out of the shed,...
Tuesday, 10 October 2023

Radiator and next steps

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 Today was meant to be figuring out how to fit the radiator. Well, technically it was, it's just that I didn't find a solution! The ...

Painting

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 While I was painting my chassis, my mind did turn to painting the bodywork. When the body arrived I could see that the gelcoat wasn't p...
Sunday, 8 October 2023

Another long pause

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 And just like that I've gone from July to October with no updates. That is quite impressive! Unfortunately it was due to another bedroo...
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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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