• Electrics

    I decided to try to save a bit of money by doing the wiring for the car myself. This sounded like a simple enough idea as this is after all a fairly small and simple car. I am re-using the steering column from the MX-5 so the switches for the...


  • Back in the Garage

    I can’t believe it’s been 5 months since my last post on this blog. It’s not that nothing is happening, just for some reason I haven’t managed to convey work to writing. I am still contributing to the Complete Kit Car magazine Running Reports feature which I would recommend for...


  • Suspension and Side Panels

    And again I leave it several weeks between updates. I am resolved to start posting shorter updates but more often. Lets see how that goes, but first I need to bring this blog a little more up to date. In the last post I had got as far as putting...


  • Engine Fitting

    At last I have been able to get back to the serious business of car building. I had originally wanted to have pretty much finished the build by this Easter, but in hindsight that was never going to happen… I thought it was about time to get the engine and...


  • Restart...

    Again, a long time since my last post. I hit a bit of a slow spot over the holiday period, weather, travel, work, travel for work, and generally not liking the cold that much, conspired against the project. However, I am back on it and can report on brake lines,...