Hoodedreeper's MX5 The Purple Monster

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Hoodedreeper's MX5 The Purple Monster

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You'll probably know I had engine fire in my White MX5 Turbo. Currently stripping it down and theres just too much to replace. Not as simple as putting another engine in,every hose has been damaged aswell as the wiring loom. It may have been cost effective to change everything,but having a front and rear fire aswell as an impact both sides,it was time to start fresh.
I hunted locally for a clean Mk1 shell,couldnt find any until someone from MX5 Nutz mentioned he had a mint shell possibly for sale. So with a few phone calls later we had agreed on a deal,and today I took delivery of it.
The car was purchased in Japan,over there it had thousands of pounds spent on it including a highly tuned engine on carbs,Garage Vary body kit,Garage Vary bonnet,centre shotgun exhaust,roll cage and much more! I've been told it was used as a Touge Car while over there.
While it was over there it had a respray (originally Red,arent they all!) in a Honda midnight purple (I've got the colour code wrote down somewhere). The inside has been stripped and the floor and behind the seats have been painted the same colour).
The car was imported to the UK in 2007,and has covered hardly any miles in that time. I believe the shell has only covered 40k and you can certainly see that! Theres not a single spot of rust on her!
The car got sold earlier this year and was stripped and put back to standard form. The car had a Veilside front bumper,which got removed and a stock bumper was refitted,hence why its a different colour,same goes with the bonnet. The engine was removed and a stock 1.6 long nose engine was put in its place.
Plans so far is to fit the HSD coilovers and the carbon fibre panels and who knows from there on!
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Post by RX7 »

Damn thats a shame all the engine stuff was removed though.

Nice colour though and deffo important to get one with a mint shell.
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Post by Ben »

You know what, this could have been a blessing in disguise, you've tried all sorts of colours on the old car, now you know how you want it, so you can do it right first time. You have the mods, the wheels etc ... so this car is going to be shieeet hot.

Also, you can get it painted without the engine being in the way etc...
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Post by Stuart »

I read the thread title and feared you were going to document getting your old boy pierced :D

Nice base to build on Chris. Look forward to reading about your developments :thumbs:
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Lol, at the title .. thank god you're not called wizards sleeve even though hooded reaper is a bit rude!.
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Post by john B »

Good to see you have found a good base car to build from and I'm sure it wn't be long untill you have something planned... and back on the road :-)

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Post by hoodedreeper »

Me and the other half done a fair bit to the 'ol gal today:

HSD Coilovers & Alignment
Carbon Bonnet
Carbon Bootlid
Carbon Plate Panel
Clear Side Reflectors
Smoked Side Repeaters
Offset Plate Bracket
Dished Momo steering wheel
Classic Dash
Cleaned and hovered the interior and boot too

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Also had a delivery of a new bumper. A Racing Beat Type 2!

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Post by Fast Eddy »

Looks great already mate. Does this mean i can spray mine white now lol?

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Fast Eddy wrote:Looks great already mate. Does this mean i can spray mine white now lol?

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At least you will spray yours Eddy LOL

Chris good to see your already making good progress what the plans engine wise ?

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Post by hoodedreeper »

There was nothing wrong with a rollered on paint job :P

Engine wise for the moment will be staying NA,got something in the pipe works but not sure if its gonna happen yet

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