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Project Taildragger

18K views 80 replies 30 participants last post by  indykid  
#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
EDIT:

I had intended to keep this quiet but Indykid correctly guessed what the project was about at post 12, so I may as well go into detail with it...

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So, the plan is to strip a Mk1 MX-5 into bits, sell the shit I don't need and cut what's left in half to make a trailer. Something like this...

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"BUT WAI?!" I hear you scream.

Simple.

Space. Or the lack thereof. Last time I went to a show (JAE 2011) I had the car chock full of stuff I needed, half of it being piled up on the passenger seat. This is not a good thing given that I want to take Mrs Fish there this year and go on a camping holiday with her sometime this year too.

Crazy? Possibly. A waste of an MX-5? I don't think so, really. It's a little rusty and was going to be stripped anyway. I'm just making use of the chassis/bodywork that would probably have been cubed.

I have a blog set up that will be following progress: Project Taildragger
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Parts for sale from the donor car
 
#5 ·
What a waste of time.
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#6 ·
How, exactly?
 
#3 ·
Don't mention it.
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