Ian Hooper's 1990 Mazda MX-5

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6 July 2007: We have liftoff! It's my 28th birthday today, so I thought I'd make it a memorable one by officially starting my MX5 ...

25 August 2007: Engine and gearbox removal This afternoon, a couple of friends popped round to lend me a hand with the formidable task of remov...

30 September 2007: Interior removal - what a mess! This blog entry actually represents many days of occasional tinkering with the interior removal. I'm...

11 October 2007: Taking out the clutch, tidying the electrics and.. my motors are here! I'll start with the most exciting news.. my motors are finally here! It's been three and a half m...

6 January 2008: Subframe prototyping - how to fit the motor and batteries!? It's been a few months since my last blog entry - partly I've had other distractions stopping me fro...

18 January 2008: Rear battery box prototyping Today I finally bit the bullet and for the first time made entirely irreversible changes to the car ...

23 March 2008: Emergency Stop, Heater and Rear Shelf Components So, what's been happening over the last couple of months.. After finishing the MDF prototypes for...

3 April 2008: The Fabricated Aluminium Arrives After an unnecessarily long wait due to an assortment of communication breakdowns, the aluminium pie...

10 May 2008: The wiring begins! (Among other things..) It's been a pretty productive few weeks with the MX5, and it's starting to feel like the end is in s...

17 May 2008: Installing the motor and drivetrain It's only been a week since the last blog entry but today marked the completion of a significant mil...

17 June 2008: Front equipment shelf I've had less time than I would have liked to work on the car over the last month, but I'm still mak...

6 July 2008: Wiring it all up, reinstalling the interior.. and the first drive! So, the car is finally drivable - one year to the day since the project commenced! And I'm please...