How much for a total refurb?

[phil_cardiff]

Just wondering really how much it would cost if you bought a shed of a 5 and paid for it to be brought back to a high standard.

E.G Sills and arches cut out and replaced - ££??
Full respray - ££??
New springs, dampers, ARBs and bushes - ££??

What else would you do to a shed? New roof and seals perhaps. Maybe new seats.

This is a long term plan for me.

[hornetrider]

All bodywork 2k
Suspension 1k for top notch stuff with labour.
Interior a few hundred quid.
Wheel refurb 200.

Ish.

[Little Bob]

Speak to Garath, the mx5restorer on mx5nutz.

He can give you a good idea and his work is the stuff of legend.

[snotrag]

hornetrider said:

Suspension 1k for top notch stuff with labour.

I'm not sure.

If were talking 'full refurb' which I think he is, then I'd expect that to include -

Everything stripped, treated, painted, new bushes, new bolts, full set of quality dampers, lots and lots of labour, alignment session etc etc...

I bet theres half again at least, of your budget really.

[scrwright]

Just got some Zeta-s coilovers fitted & alignment done, £700. Bushes would be faily labour intensive but I reckon you could get it all done for a grand if you waved some notes about

[scrwright]

BTW, thought about this myself, gave up on the idea and found a mint low milage 1.8 NA for £1500 and did the suspension. With the ££ I made breaking the old car it was just not worth fixing it up.

[skinny]

unless you're long term bored, there's no point. enough decent cars out there that you can buy one where *everything* doesn't need to be replaced!!

i don't mind a bit of work, and have done a fair bit on mine, but i probably wouldn't bother with a car that needed welding and painting

[phil_cardiff]

Just an idea I'm toying with. would perhaps do some of it myself, learning as I go over a long period. We'll see.

[rovermorris999]

If you have some sentimental attachment to the car and you want to keep it forever then maybe. Otherwise don't bother, you'll never get your money back.

[phil_cardiff]

I'm not planning on being the next Mike Brewer...

It would be a forever fun car and something to keep me interested long term.

[MX-5 Lazza]

It's no different to what I've done on my car. No I haven't restored a banger to concourse condition but I've still spent way more money on my car that I will ever see back for it, in fact looking at it that way I will have lost way more money on mine than you will ever lose restoring a Mk1, even if you do all the mods I have on mine now. I don't intend to sell my car so it's not an issue for me.

[MonkeyBusiness]

I wish I could find the link but Mazda (Japan) were taking MK1's, refurbishing them to factory standard and uprating a few parts like the suspension.

I think they were also adding a turbo.