'93 MX5: Teenage Dirtbag found on BuildThreads.com

Thanks Dude.

If the car stays (and there is quite a reasonable likelihood that it will) then there will be a big install session sometime after the Gathering/before Christmas. I've got even more audio stuff to go in now and there will be a bit re-think about where some of it is located and possibly more pulling things apart to re-wire again!

There is even more to go on the car including a very, very sweet full GRP bootlid with ducktail spoiler, a rather lovely 4-1 stainless manifold and with the winter approaching....fitment of the hard top which will change the whole look of the car.

I also have other plans involving two bonnets, a grinder and some fixings. All this makes me think I'm best to keep the car and keep evolving it.


LOL - it's nothing like we discussed. You'd be quite shocked I reckon, but within about 5 seconds you'd totally get where I am coming from.

If it does happen, then it's not a 'project' more a car I can get in and enjoy using from the outset which is very, VERY not me and I guess that's half the appeal. A cool car I can just tool around in from the outset.

As for the other things we discussed, the little J-car is out of the running 100%, the French option is most likely been ruled out for 'rational' reasons and the 'major project' car is still very much tugging at my heart strings and keeping me awake at night as I plan out how various aspects in detail. I've already got a nice set of driving gloves in my watch list on eBay just in case I decide to give into what I know I really should politely decline

I think another hour long phonecall about 'everything and nothing' is in order sometime next week ;D

You're still a ba5tard and I'm not at all envious

If you decide to go ahead with the install, id be interested in helping out..... I did a mental install in an MX5 once with all the amps sunk into the boot floor.

Hmmm sounds interesting!

glad to hear it took me the best part of 2 hours racking my brain for search terms on a certain website trying to find it again! finally found it when i remembered the original thread was about 'knobs'

I know its not a Sub, but most people would understand what I was on about by calling it a Sub (I have two!)
Its a Seiko 6309

The car is either a Datsun 240Z or an early 260Z

Its probably been posted already but what paint is it you used? I have been looking at this cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220725241176&var=520028191907&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 is this the same kind of thing? With it being satin how do you deal with runs or bugs landing in the paint etc?

I have got myself a tatty 5 that I want to give a nice satin RAL2004 paint job

Thanks Dude,

The car is still very much with me and I plan to carry out some pretty special mods sometime after Christmas. They've been in the pipeline since the very beginning but I've just not had the time to do them yet.

As for the lights, I wanted the car to keep the purity of the original lights. Changing the paintwork and dechroming the handles/deckplates was enough for me. The orange corner markers and rear lights were always going to stay original. As you say, nearly EVERYONE modifies these, so it's almost like a modification not to have tinted them (if that makes sense?)

Many thanks for your comments about the car and I really hope you're able to get one yourself soon, they are great fun. Despite still having it, I will be selling it in the Spring to make room for, and raise funds for the Lotus project and my 'secret' very long term project.

Why would reimportation to France be hard? I sold a '27 T to Belgium where the guy registered it no probs. It's now in east germany I believe.

There is no problem importing an MX5 to France as long as it is a UK model. If its a Japanese import, then forget it completely. However, a UK one will only need a French CT (will need LHD headlights to pass), then an Attestation de Conformite from Mazda France which will be about €180.
This is on my list for spring time.