Today is another one of those big days in a kit car builders world. I got the engine started for the first time since it came out of the donor. Many thanks to the guys on the Haynes Roadster Forum for their advice and encouragement, I was tearing my hair out with this thing last night.

Here's the vid:

I had to retreat from the garage as soon as I stopped it as the smoke was getting thick, as you can see, it's pouring out of the doors.

On cloud 9 right now - WOO HOO!