slimyroadster

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

Monday, 29 January 2024

Fuel lines

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 I've just realised I didn't post about the fuel lines! I hinted at what approach I was going to take, IE flexi lines to the back of...

HSR example

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 While I was writing the previous post, I noticed a few things on the HSR pictures I have. First off; This has several interesting points I...

Body panels

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 Well, after the much needed tidy up before Christmas, things seemed to get very quiet. I guess that's what Christmas does to you! The m...
Monday, 18 December 2023

A brief distraction...

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 Following today's video on Tools N Track, it's really given me some food for thought on my working environment. Over the weekend I ...
Monday, 11 December 2023

Fuel lines and change of plan

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 Today's job was fuelling, which should have been a basic job by all accounts. OK, getting the fuel lines connected to the engine was a ...
Saturday, 9 December 2023

3 week gap

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 And just like that, another big (ish) gap. This one is a bit more understandable though. The lack of work should have been good for working...
Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Exhaust part one

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 After putting the cat and the back box in place, it was a 'fairly' simple process of chopping up the pipes and tacking them in plac...
Sunday, 19 November 2023

Engine in

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The last few days have been very productive, mainly because I got the engine back in. I wanted to get it in for some time, and I thought now...
Sunday, 12 November 2023

Bodywork off and finishing welding

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 Today's job, remove the body and finish the welding. Most of the braces had only been tack welded, and I needed some better access to f...

Dashboard and reusing mx5 cluster

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 As I mentioned in an earlier post, I wasn't particularly impressed with the dashboard blank. It just doesn't suit the car, and it d...
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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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