I’m not new to MX-5s. I’ve now had 3 of them. The first one was an NBFL (Mk2.5) S-VT. That one met a nasty end when I used it to pick a fight with a bridge. It was no great shame though. In the 2 months I had it I kept discovering more and more […]
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How Not to Buy a Mazda MX-5: Part 3
For the first time since August, Gwyneth finally sat with all her panels on. Granted—the wing and light cover were still painted in red oxide, but at least she looked like she was ready for the road. Whilst still up on axle stands, I started undersealing her ready for winter. As I shimmied my way […]
Show us your bay: The Blue Peril
The Blue Peril is a late-early MK1 Eunos Roadster. It’s a 1993 build car – one of the last available in Mariner Blue; all of the 1989-1993 cars came with a 115BHP 1.6 engine. It also happens to be my colour of choice. It’s perfect in the low light of autumn or just out of […]
How Not to Buy a Mazda MX-5: Part 2
With Gwyneth sat all sorry for herself on the drive, we needed to assess exactly what the extent of the damage was. On the surface, we would see that the passenger headlight wouldn’t go down and that the wing was crumpled at the front, but we didn’t know what lurked underneath. It was time to […]
Rebuilding a Type 1 4.3 Torsen
We’re a little bit obsessed by differentials here. Its one of those dark arts that people rarely touch and when they need to be rebuilt, you send it off somewhere. We like building stuff, clearly we were the kids that took their toys apart and we like to think we can put them back together again […]
How Not to Buy a Mazda MX-5: Part 1
Following on from the recent MX-5 Mk1 & Mk2 Buyers’ Guide, we purchased our own 1989 Eunos Roadster. To demonstrate what to expect when buying an MX-5 at the very bottom of their price range, we threw caution to the wind and bought a car in perhaps the worst possible way – sight unseen. Going into […]
MX-5 Frame Rails – The Full Story
A little backstory here, I’ve been driving, reading about and wrenching on MX5s for over 4 years now. In that time there has been a few modifications that everyone has gone a little mad for. A craze, a fad so to say – the latest being ‘Delrin Door Bushings’ which I’m sure we will get into, […]