Am I ever going to drive this stupid thing?

So yesterday morning after feeling great about completing my cooling system flush / backflush / descaling / etc. I was excited to git 'er goin' and see if it had any effect on the cooling issues the car was having on hot days, and would presumably have during track days / hillclimbs.

And then it wouldn't start. Rarararararararararara said the starter motor.

What the crap.

So I don't know what's wrong with it, I'm trying to figure it out, but I'm missing the hillclimb and I'm pissed.

I need to save some dollars and get a nice, reliable honda conversion kit, or sell the car and get something that's not going to let me down when I need it the most.

Or just learn how to fix old british cars, I guess would be another good alternative.