slimyroadster

 Time to switch to something else. The rear of the car has a gap between the chassis and the bodywork; This is dealt with by a GRP panel on ...

 It's time for me to work on something else, I knew the bonnet fit would take a very long time so to keep myself motivated I'm going...

 It's early on a Monday, the coffee hasn't kicked in, and I'm already thinking about the bonnet... So basically the plan had bee...

 A small but very important task today, rear lights; Hmm, those lights look awful in the picture!! I guess it's because the picture was ...

 Well, this is it, one of the first parts where I truly have nowhere to hide. Everything done so far had some sort of tidying or refinement ...

 It was a half decent weekend weather-wise, so it was nice to wheel the car out on to the drive and work with a bit of space. Although I had...

 My next job isn't on the car, although it is car related. I need to create some wooden 'accessories' for the car.  First one I...

 Well, this was an interesting one. I noticed where the speedo drive was when the engine was last out of the car, and reminded myself to hav...

 Another big gap between posting, but for several reasons. The first is that Covid hit again, so that was at least three weekends with almos...

 One thing I have been wondering about this entire build is 'where has the time gone'. The first blog post is from February 2013, so...

 So one thing I've got to sort out is fixing the wire for the side repeaters, and possible the rear of the car. The guidelines say that ...

 After the wiring and painting is done, and the handbrake is ready to go, there isn't a great deal left now. It's time to make a mor...

 I nearly forgot, I have finished the handbrake. The initial plan was to have it under the dash, but that got a bit challenging, I came up w...

 Woohoo, we had some dry weather! Well, drier weather, it was still a bit grim. But at least I was able to get the front body out and plan t...

One of the jobs I have is to make some bezels for the gauges. I can't find any online for a decent price, but I also can't machine t...

 I have put it off for (pretty much) ten years, but I thought this weekend would be floor day. Thursday I tidied the garage, Friday got the ...