New owner, lots of Q's to come

[VEX]

Just saying hi to start with.

Just taken delivery of my new tinker toy, MX5 Mk1 115bhp, free of charge from my sister-in-law.

It has a few issues, major one is no power, but free rev'ing above 1500rpm. But I already have a few things I can check, test and replace.

If I can get it going, then the question is, do I repair and restore, or do I kit it and change it into a MEV kit car?

Thats it for now.

V.

[VEX]

That is one of the things I thought of. Could that also relate with low oil pressure and laboured to pick up?

V

[VEX]

It has done 210,000 miles so they could be a little bit worn!!!!

[VEX]

To be honest, if I am going to make it into a MEV kit, I might as well get a new/old one for not much more than that and start again, selling this one as parts.

V.

[VEX]

I have known it for almost 15 years, helped my sister in law test drive it and buy it. But I think at almost 1/4 million miles it could be past it's useful life.

No time to tinker at the moment, give me a couple of weeks and I'll get to it

V