slimyroadster

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

Monday, 26 May 2025

Handbrake

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This again is more for my own benefit and possibly for Mr IVA man. As I spotted in previous work the cable for the handbrake meets in a deli...
Sunday, 25 May 2025

Photos of current tasks

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 These are pictures from the snag list work, partly to show what I've been up to but also for Mr IVA if he needs more visibility of what...
Thursday, 22 May 2025

Snag list

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Part of my job is being able to click a button and let the work do itself, so while my PC chugs away at something unpleasant, I thought a sn...
Monday, 19 May 2025

Weekend update

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 Not a great deal to report from this weekend, but it was a sunny day so I thought a few photos would be good; Oh yeah, that was one thing I...
Sunday, 11 May 2025

Guess what, more wiring...

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 Well, the first bit of good news is that I got the fuel pump running. The key part was a missing ground wire. The main relay wasn't act...
Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Next task, fuel pump

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 One thing I missed from my wiring update was that the fuel pump is being very quiet. Also the radiator fan is being very not-quiet! The fan...
Tuesday, 6 May 2025

Exhaust trim

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 The other job for this weekend was sorting the exhaust. It needs three tasks; Adding the exhaust end trim to make it IVA compliant. Adding ...

Major milestone

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 It was a big event on the weekend, the completion of the wiring. Well, the connecting up at least, I've still got to tidy it up and cor...
Saturday, 26 April 2025

Longer weekend updates

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 This weekend is a bit longer than normal, mainly because it's another change of contract. My last job finished on Thursday, and my new ...
Sunday, 20 April 2025

Update from the weekend

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Not much new going on, but I thought I'd give an update on how things are going with current activities. The bonnet shaping is going wel...
Sunday, 6 April 2025

Bonnet reshaping

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 After I'd cut the rear wheel studs and got everything sat straight, I decided to have a go at the bonnet. It still doesn't line up ...

What to do when you lose some wires...

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 This weekend hasn't got off to a good start. I had hoped that with the sunny weather I'd get the wiring done, then potentially get ...
Monday, 24 March 2025

Busy weekend, no pictures

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Well, I managed to get a decent amount of work done this weekend thankfully. I even got some wiring done, woohoo!! Indicators and brakes wer...
Monday, 17 March 2025

Steering and interior projections

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 A couple of jobs done this weekend. First the interior projections. I want to make sure I had everything IVA friendly, so I got everything ...
Monday, 10 March 2025

Exhaust part 2

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 After talking about it in my last post, the weather was good enough on the weekend to roll the car out of the garage and get started on the...
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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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