slimyroadster

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

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Dashboard and air intake

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 I wasn't able to get in the garage today, but that didn't stop me thinking about a few tasks. First is the air intake, or 'how ...
Monday, 26 February 2024

Change of plan number 3

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 Actually,  I have no ide how many plans I've had to change, and it definitely won't be the last!! So the handbrake... the original ...
Saturday, 24 February 2024

Short day

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 It was a non-garage job today, re-terminating the lights. The bullet connectors on the lights were just asking for trouble, and the wires w...
Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Wiring

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 Right, time to start this one with a digression. Remember that comment about finding right angle trim? Turns out we have some left over fro...
Monday, 12 February 2024

Shopping list

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 Time to get this written down, I've taken so many notes and contradicted myself so many times, if I get a master list down then I can r...

Fuel, exhaust and more gas pedal

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 I had a remarkably productive weekend with lots of box ticking done. First the fuel lines, they have been separated on the engine end and t...
Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Clutch pipe and gas pedal

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 First of the new jobs, the clutch pipe. This would be a fairly simple job, but it turned out a bit more awkward than I thought. First issue...
Sunday, 4 February 2024

To do list February 2024

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 Hopefully this will be a lot more items ticked off this time, but lets see what to be done; Tube capping. There's not as many as there ...

Interior finished

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 I managed to get the last couple of panels done this weekend, so now the entire interior is made of aluminium.  I'm really happy with h...
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...
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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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