The Roaring Season

There will be at least two of them - my note on Austin Healey's thread !

Kevin will have a silver one and as he said " bugger the weather "

Agree Kevin and the good news the BRG MX5 and Rays BRG MGF will be too !! and yes Bugger the weather I got the warrant, so no sneaking down the road, just got the car back this afternoon.
Will be good to meet, and the same with Ray, have tried several times to catch ERC, at C and C 3 times , and Chelsea Hillclimb, usually I was leaving just as he was arriving. Cheers Guys..

Same floor-pan suspension and structure - different engine and body style - has style.
Saw an Abarth one the other day, this is a photo from Mark Pascoe in the UK of one at a Car Show at Watford recently.
I like it would swap my scruffy 1991 limited edition [ V - Special in Mazdaspeak ] for one .. probably dreaming !!
Found, as in hidden not lost, the Genuine Floor-mats for my car the other - hadn't been seen for many years, now to find the Tonneau Cover and the Wind-blocker - been in a Vinyl Bag that a Mate made me 18 or so years ago they must be somewhere !!

GeebeeNZ wrote:Thanks Roger the Silver one GRA3M3 is my one. 1998 205,000kms 1600cc Auto Graeme Banks

Missed seeing you at C and C but now have contact details, as mentioned may not be there again until November, back to the bay of Much on Wednesday then short visits in the middle of the months Sept and Oct
- Did you the car sell ?? I Did catch up with ERC [ Ray ]and Kevin H, which was good.
Cheers
Roger D

Graeme Banks car - is for sale - we didn't meet this time " GRA3M3 "


Kevin Hirst and his wife's car " The Boss' Car "


The " Boss " hiding in the Car -


Another NA


NC and an NB


UN7284 hiding with some big stuff - Bl**dy Australians too !!


There were a couple of others !!

NC with a nose job -More Aston MARTIN and MASERATI I think.




A 2007 Model according to Carjam

Whangamata on Sunday - middle of the day.



and not only a Mazda but a



and a ..





A lot quieter than at " Beach Hop " .

My car came with many genuine V-Special Eunos Roadster extras: That had been missing for a while.
- " V-Special " logo Floor Mats, rediscovered a couple of months ago.
- Half Tonneau - fitted behind the seats to hide the soft -top - among the missing
- " Eunos Roadster " logoed Windblocker


The Car as photoed a few years ago



The Windblocker which has been in hiding for several years - now recently discovered.



Still on the hunt for the Tonneau !! - Must be somewhere.

As an aside - don't think BRG [ Neo Green ] MX5 will make C and C in November - some other things getting in the way .. Damnit !!

People are starting to sell them on Facebook. In fact someone recently was selling a complete tan interior that looked in good condition.

Growler wrote:People are starting to sell them on Facebook. In fact someone recently was selling a complete tan interior that looked in good condition.

Growler, good to know, I keep a bit of an eye out, as my doorcards and drivers seat are very scruffy, but it is a matter of how much to spend - just keeping it on the road at the moment is enough - waiting for that lucky ticket !!

Roger Dowding wrote:Growler, good to know, I keep a bit of an eye out, as my doorcards and drivers seat are very scruffy, but it is a matter of how much to spend - just keeping it on the road at the moment is enough - waiting for that lucky ticket !!

Prices for interior stuff is reasonably cheap at the moment. Things like the hardtop, 6 speed gearboxes, factory LSD's and 1800 engines from the Mark 2 are starting to skyrocket however.

from a UK site to NZ MX5 facebook page to here .. really ???

I believe that was a rendering and not real.

A great use for an MX5. https://youtu.be/nCakWaTK0Xk

Yeah...seen this before. Don't know what stage it is at the moment. Seems like a lot of work though!

My MX5 [ Eunos Roadster ] sitting with Kevin Hirst Toyota Celica, he left their MX5 at home " The Boss "may have needed it.



In the same row were the Austin and BMC/BL boys ;





Interestingly-Yesterday the - 10th February 2019 was the 30th Anniversary of the Launch of the MX5 / Miata / Eunos Roadster NA model in 1989.

There was a gathering of NA MX5's, and later models at Mount Panorama on the weekend.
Wayne Watkins was there and took this photo; 200 cars were there, here are the 1989 ones



Hopefully more photos to follow - unsure if any other Clubs had events .

30th Anniversary of the Launch of the NA MX5 10 February 1989- Australian celebration 10 February 2019 at Bathurst.
Wayne Watkin provided these shots - no doubt more will emerge of the Meeting at Bathurst - 200 MX5's attended.

Line up at the summit ;


McPhilamy Park - Skyline


Wayne on Pit Straight


Bathurst the Track ;

Sad to see how they rust so badly here in the UK. I as thinking of one for a fun car. Curborough sprint track is only 7 miles away.

A Link on Flikr - with photos and videos of the Bathurst Celebration. by Andrew Edgar

" https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew_edgar/sets/72157676380062797/ "

A very fine NSW Day by the looks - thanks to Wayne Watkins from the NSW MX5 Club for the link.

Would have been good to drive Mount Panorama even if at Road Legal speed - an item off many a " Bucket List "I would think.

This thread was started on the 28th Anniversary of the NA ... and the article about being able to get the car rebuilt in Japan by Mazda ..

Oldfart wrote:Sad to see how they rust so badly here in the UK. I as thinking of one for a fun car. Curborough sprint track is only 7 miles away.

There was a 1992 model at Waipu car show on sunday with v8 toyota conversion, not much room for anything else under hood though.

Kevin Hirst wrote:There was a 1992 model at Waipu car show on sunday with v8 toyota conversion, not much room for anything else under hood though.

Was this the White one?
I did see an NC (Mark 3) with a 6.2 litre Corvette motor stuffed inside over the weekend...