So in the last post I said I’d discuss the chassis so here we go. After having read “the book” a number of times I had a decision to make, do I buy the steel and build the chassis myself (££) or do I buy a pre-cut steel kit and weld it myself (£££) or do I buy a prefabricated professionally welded chassis (££££). Bearing in mind that this is a significant safety critical part I decided to bite the bullet and purchase the chassis prefabricated.
After hunting about t’interweb and reading the forums I decided to spend my hard earned cash with Talon Motor Fabrication. His TMXR chassis is a book design chassis modified to accept Mazda MX5 (Mk1/2/2.5) running gear so seemed like the perfect option. He also produces a replacement housing for the MX5 diff which removes the weakness in the standard diff casing. The chassis comes with all the suspension mounts and engine mounts already in place. I may need to weld on some mounts for things like flexi brake pipes and seat mounts etc but will deal with that when the time comes.
The chassis was delivered on the 19th of Feb by a “One Man and His Van” type courier all the way from essex to the Far North of Scotland where I live. It has arrived naked so I’ll need to give her a quick rub down then coat of something suitable.
Not quite sure when the next post will be but hopefully will manage to get some stripping of the donor car and some paint on the chassis.
Until next time.
Haynes Roadster Build 
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