[Davidbolam]

Well it seems like ages since I have updated my build thread. I have managed to align all of my body panels and have temporarily riveted them in place. I still need to get my mate to finish off the welding of the exhaust and also weld in the vin plate.

HUGE thanks to kev (k4kev) for helping me to put a radiused edge on the end of my silencer. I got to have a good look at his build so this gave me a bit more motivation to go and do more work on my car! I must admit though I am very jealous of his build facilities. His garage is a bit bigger than mine!

I think once the vin and exhaust are done everything should come together really quickly. I was really daunted by the prospect of looking at the rear electrics but when I actually looked at it and got my multimeter out this was very easy. I've managed to end up with only about 6 wires and had thought there was a bout 20.

I have trimmed the carbon fibre stoneguards that came from kitpartsdirect as they were a bit too large. These now have nice straight and delamination free edges. ( did this with a pair of kitchen scissors)

I have ordered all the materials to build my dash. I'm going to use 2mm aluminium and radius the bottom around a broom handle or something. To start with I am going to use the existing clocks from the mx5 and put it in place book spec. Ie put it behind a sheet of Perspex.

I have also picked up one of these from ebay which I thought looked ok