I've joined the club (MX-5 content)

[Bill Carr]

It looks and sounds very good for the money, nice one.

[em177]

FYI £150 should get you a tidy Mk2 roof with heated glass rear screen if you shop around and fit it yourself. I did mine in an afternoon with only a socket set required.

Admittedly this one is sold but you get the idea

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221133761941?nma=true&am...

[Garlick]

It has glass now, and I really want to keep that.

The one I have been offered at £150 fitted has glass too

[wackojacko]

Torsen Diff ? If so .... I approve

[dxg]

Garlick said:

Shaw Tarse said:

Does Chris Harris approve of your choice?

As you may have seen on Twitter, absolutely not!

I hope he realises that the gear change on Neil's example was absolutely shagged.

I should know - I bought it off him.

[em177]

Garlick said:

It has glass now, and I really want to keep that.

The one I have been offered at £150 fitted has glass too

Sorted

[bicycleshorts]

wackojacko said:

Torsen Diff ? If so .... I approve

Not if it's a UK car. You can pick them up for a couple of hundred (supposedly), not sure what it would cost fitting.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Tip, keep a lenth of wire in the boot/glovebox to clear the drain holes.

[Garlick]

Absolutely. Once I've restored the sills I'll be doing all I can to protect them

[new_bloke]

Garlick said:

Absolutely. Once I've restored the sills I'll be doing all I can to protect them

A good thing I found for clearing drain holes was a length of net curtain wire. It was a bit thicker guage than wire, nice and flexible and had no nasty sharp edges...
Alternatively if you play a brass instrument, you might have one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cleaning-Brushes-For-Tro...
I did, and it was the perfect tool for the job!

Edited by new_bloke on Friday 12th October 17:26

[FreeLitres]

I'm interested to hear how the experience compares to the Chim.

I know it's not as fast or loud, but does the little MX-5 deliver 80% of the enjoyment? 95%?

[RichTBiscuit]

Glad you're joining the club

Hope your sills are indeed not too bad - mine looked similar and cost £800 quid to have all the rot cut out of both sides and new metal professionally welded in to OE spec

Your inner sills may well be goners to...

[Garlick]

new_bloke said:

A good thing I found for clearing drain holes was a length of net curtain wire. It was a bit thicker guage than wire, nice and flexible and had no nasty sharp edges...

Thanks

FreeLitres said:

I'm interested to hear how the experience compares to the Chim.

I know it's not as fast or loud, but does the little MX-5 deliver 80% of the enjoyment? 95%?

I'll be writing about this car as part of my regular fleet updates, so I'll try and make some comparisons

RichTBiscuit said:

Hope your sills are indeed not too bad - mine looked similar and cost £800 quid to have all the rot cut out of both sides and new metal professionally welded in to OE spec

I hope so too, but the previous owner kindly let me drive it to a local bodyshop for a poke around/ quote before I negotiated on the car. As the shop owner has seen it, I hope it should come in as quoted(ish)

[Garlick]

Waxed it today, paint came up well.

[Shaw Tarse]

That does look good!
Ignore what your follicly challenged boss & overly hirsute college have to say about the MX-5

[firman]

Looking good Paul, need to have another one sometime soon, so is this addition to the fleet then or is the Lexus parting company?

[Planet Claire]

Welcome to the club!

That clean has done it a world of good, looks great. You got it at a fantastic price too. Could do with lowering perhaps?

[Garlick]

Lexus will go

Love it dearly but need to save on running costs due to impending house move.

[Shaw Tarse]

Garlick said:

Lexus will go

Love it dearly but need to save on running costs due to impending house move.

[vrsmxtb]

How the dickens did you get that so cheap?? Looks in great condition.