slimyroadster

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

Thursday, 30 October 2025

The final to-do list?

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 I've now gone through the IVA manual line by line, and these are the gaps I have left; 01 Noise. Must have a measured sound level not e...

Corner trim

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 One thing I had forgotten was that the interior trim isn't IVA compatible. For some reason I thought about it a while back but then ...
Monday, 20 October 2025

IVA work part four (brake pedal wiring, ID plate, gearbox wiring, horn button, fuel pump covers, steering alignment)

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 This morning started well, AWS seems to be poorly and most of my work is Amazon based.. thankfully this blog isn't so I might as well u...

Photoshoot

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 Decent weather plus 99% finished car means photos!
Wednesday, 15 October 2025

MX5 NA fault codes

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 I'm putting this here as I've finally found an appropriate collection of information that will help now I have reinstated the diagn...
Monday, 13 October 2025

IVA work part three (bonnet catches and covers, diagnostic plug, wiring loom clips, fuel pipe supports, headlight chrome trim, reflectors)

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 A few more jobs ticked off this weekend. The bonnet catches are now installed with a cover on the outside; The diagnostics plug has been wi...
Thursday, 9 October 2025

More IVA work (wing mirrors, roll bar covers)

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I could have added these to the previous one, but I didn't want to have the post too long so here's a new one. I'll add a few mo...
Monday, 6 October 2025

IVA work (VIN plate, boot lock, edge trim, brake pedal switch)

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 I thought this weeks update was going to be a bit thin on the ground, but actually there's a load of IVA work done so I've titled i...
Monday, 29 September 2025

Nearing the end (water leak, paint finished)

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Not much to go now, but I suppose enough for a blog post. Not many photos though, despite having the car out and about in it's final for...
Monday, 22 September 2025

Blog update (paint flattening and finishing)

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I was thinking over the weekend that I'd not updated this blog, and judging by the post dates I was right!! I think it's because the...
Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Finding my horn...

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 All the way through the wiring I couldn't tell why my horn didn't work. It was so bad that I thought I'd have to undo the loom ...
Monday, 25 August 2025

Bank holiday tasks (wiring secured, seats fitted)

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 I'm not sure what significance the bank holiday has, but I needed a page title. More tasks done off the snag list; The wiring on the bu...
Sunday, 24 August 2025

Snag list part 1

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 Yep, I'm officially on the last few steps now, and the biggest 'job' left is to go over all of the other jobs and make sure I...

Rear suspension

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 It's been a very busy week and weekend, so I think it's time for 'updates' rather than 'update'. first off, rear su...
Friday, 22 August 2025

Working pedals and injectors

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 It was another good evening yesterday, with many jobs completed. I guess the first job was the brake bleeding. As expected when I took the ...
Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Brake bleeding

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No posts for four weeks then two in two days... cue some random bus joke... So just to feel a bit more positive after the paint fiasco, I th...
Monday, 18 August 2025

Catchup, painting and 'little bits'

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 And another month gone just like that. To be fair, two weekends were taken up by being on holiday so there's not a lot I could have don...
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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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