[spud69]

Good evening fellow builders,

I'm sure that most of are aware that the Chris Gibb's latest project "Build Your Own Single Seater on a Budget", the next generation from the Haynes Roadster project, has been very quiet for the previous 18 months. This has primarily been due to the health of Chris and not being in a position to continue / advance the project. Firstly though, on a personal note, I and am sure plenty of others wish Chris a good recovery through these hard times. Having met with Chris on many occasions we have a lot of respect for Chris and for the work he has done for the Roadster and other projects, we do owe him a lot.

So on with the Single Seater, I am finally in a position to announce the fact that Saturn are about to enter a formal agreement with Haynes to take over the Single Seater build from Chris to complete the car, IVA it and completion the manuscript for the build guide / book. The work will follow Chris's design using the bodywork completed by Saturn with the copyright and design remaining with Chris - which it certainly should be. Saturn will be credited with completion of the car and manual. Work will begin by the end of next week with a timescale agreed with Haynes to be able to have the book published and on the shelves by early next year. Saturn will then be able to offer for sale build components / bodywork as required to other builders following the publication of the book. Let's just hope we can do Chris proud with the completion of his beloved project, I'm sure it will be so.

Following the completion of the single seater project we are also entering talks with Haynes to provide a complete re-write of the Roadster manual to provide a new design and manual based on a new roadster style car based on the Mx-5 as donor car. This will not be a direct copy of the Sierra Roadster but something a little different based on Mx5 as donor. Realistically this is a while down the line but will be an exciting project. This has been the main reason why Saturn's own build guide for the Mx-5 donor was delayed by a few months as we needed to agree the way forward with both the Single Seater and Mx-5 projects.

Hard work ahead but it should all be well worth it............Andrew