Donor car

In a previous post, I mentioned how hard it had been to find a donor. Well I did it and this is the result - a 1991 Ford Sierra 1.8 Sapphire. A nice car having done 90k miles and was taxed and tested when I bought it. My plan is to use the CVH engine to build the first incarnation of the Roadster and then maybe change it to a Zetec at a later date. The CVH with its single carb configuration should make life easier for the IVA test and also means that I'll maintain an age related plate rather than a Q plate.

Chassis compete

Okay, okay - so this has been a long time coming without any sort of post. I've finally finished the chassis. There are still a few plates to be welded on but that will be done when I have the engine out of the donor to use as a reference and make sure they're in the right place.

The chassis is currently in primer having been cleaned with white spirit, treated with Kurust rust converter (to remove an small traces of rust) and then a coat of primer. Looks very nice if I do say so myself.