An upcycled Mazda MX-5 (and Ant Anstead) created this brand new classic - Tipo 184 review
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- An upcycled Mazda MX-5 (and Ant Anstead) created this brand new classic - Dowsetts Tipo 184 review. Jonny Smith takes the exclusive first drive of a new kit car that uses a rusty 1.8-litre mk2 Mazda Miata as an organ donor and gives customers the option to DIY kit build or order as a turn key car. Race or road legal, your choice.
The Dowsetts Tipo 184 was co-devised as a project by Wheeler Dealer and TV mechanic Ant Anstead and experienced engineer/car builder Darren Collins. For more info on the Tipo head to tipo184.com/ .
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0:00 Intro
#mazdamx5 #projectmiata #restomod #thelatebrakeshow #antanstead #wheelerdealers #4k - Auta a dopravní prostředky
I’d love either a supercharged or itb converted car ! And that’s coming from someone with a 280bhp turbo mk1 mx5
That gear linkage is absolutely beautiful !
Brilliant use for ‘too far gone’ mk2 cars
My first thought was ITBs too, maybe with some race cams. I bet that would fly.
@@hobbitman27 my preference would be itbs more than supercharger . Just feels right . Agree - Some bumpy cams and bodies would be cool :)
ITBs would be awesome on one of these. Need to get them on my own mx5 first 😂
Fantastic and I want one!
A word of warning though: U.K. construction & use regulations state: “every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be equipped with wings or other similar fittings to catch, so far as practicable, mud or water thrown up by the rotation of its wheels or tracks”.
The MOT is a test of specific items, not of general compliance with the C&U regs, therefore the Tipo can pass an MOT without any wings or mudguards (the presence of which isn’t a testable item) yet it is still an offence to use it the road without them.
The gear linkage will take off your kneecaps in a small accident. I have a lotus 7 replica. it is safer.
32 minutes ago I had no idea this existed. And now I don’t know how I can continue to live without it.
Those NB dials actually don't look *too* out of place.
Proper bit of creative engineering this.
So..when are you buying one? If I had the money I'd be on the phone already
Jimmer likes late brake show very nice... now buy one already ;)
The reason MX5s are relatively expensive in Australia and New Zealand is that they don't rust on our roads (no snow = no salted roads). So NA and NB MX5s are still viable cars, even with high kms and age (My 1994 NA8 has 250000kms with a big supercharger and is still going strong :)
Tim Barnes. you are lucky that you dont go to the snow fields in Australia with it
@@peterbarber7613 I've been overseas for a while, but since when have the roads up Buller, Buffalo, Hotham, Falls or wherever you go north of the Murray been salted? Fit chains when signed, yeah?
It's a real shame they're so expensive here now, as I wish I could afford another some day. But I guess it keeps them out of the hands of teenagers who just want something cheap to destroy for a bit of fun, like is happening with Falcons these days.
didnt realis they had gone up in value. ny monocco edition NB is rust free cos brought it to spain 20 years ago
I built a couple of kit cars about 35 years ago. I can assure you that the sense of achievement you get the first day that you drive a car that you have put together yourself is like no other. I would certainly build this one in a heartbeat given the right circumstances.
I think the most exhilarating thing for me was turning that key and it actually starting! All those months rebuilding the engine, fumbling around with a mass of wiring harness, fuel lines, cooling system etc etc and you think to yourself "I must have overlooked something, it can't start first time" and then it does! My Dad was so proud of my achievement (may he rest in peace).
I had a similar experience but ultimately relatively dangerous and little resale value.
@@paulhelman2376
anything that burns, smokes & makes noise is any boys dream from the start
It's absolutely amazing to see you driving around the village I grew up in, as well as driving past my old house where you pointed out the broken MX5 😆 (that's my mates car)
I also had the pleasure of helping Ant and the Dowsetts team with the original Tipo charity car which was awesome to be a part of.
This was fantastic! such a beautifully executed recreation that's not half a million dollars/pounds.
the alfa 159 at alfa musico storico is insured for more than 25 million euro when it leaves the museum.
It's not a recreation, it's a kit car that looks like an Alfa from a distance. Like having a Countach body on a VW chassis. Enjoy it if that's your thing, but I'd rather have the honesty of the MX5.
I was very excited when Ant did the show. Building my own car is a bucket list item for me and this is very high on the list. When you think of it £20k is not a lot for what you get out of it. Look at the money people spend on, to be honest, not very big boats. A great achievement to bring it to the market. I’ll definitely wait to see what other body styles become available. And if they fit the same mounting points, why not drive a silver arrow one week, an auto union the next!
That is quite brilliant , I love the concept , it works perfectly , I did a 27 T track roadster out here using a crashed 1980 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider , my son & I built it , it had E type hubs with 16" XK140 wire wheels , very similar concept , I even built a twin Weber manifold . Keep this kind of content coming it is very inspirational .
Great work by Darren. We need more people like him to keep the legacy of cars alive by using smart thinking. Must be amazing driving a classic style vintage car but with the reliability from a japanaese MX-5
Really impressed by this, would love to build one and with so many old rusty MX5's about makes sense. I can imagine that would be lots of fun to drive.
So very impressed with everything Mr Dowsett has done to design and build these cars 👍
Some aftermarket wishbones would look fantastic and lose even more weight 👍
What fun! Would love to see a race series for these. Wishing Dowsett the best. And maybe mazda would support him? The US west coast Mazda are good guys, 👍
Yes .. like the legends series but full size old style cars..
This is also a very environmentally sound approach too! Rather than a scrap vehicle being thrown away, it gets to live again a new vehicle. The new vehicle doesn't require so much new resources.
I'm doing the climate impact project for over £10 billion of investments. Ie: I've done some homework! I think it's all about our demand for energy so broadly I agree 👍. Not sure they'll see loadsa action in the UK weather but other hobbies I'm sure emmit worse
@@benpenagonzales6014 The UK are sacrificing themselves for the sake of climate ... no Sheffield steel ,,but happily buy steel from coal fired China .
No major car companies, but buy German cars built with Russian oil .
No new nuclear power stations, but by electricity from France with more nuclear stations than the rest of Europe .
We are building solar farms in an generally non sunny country and wind farms in a generally non windy country .
This from a country which are still expecting the arrival of Acid Rain !!!!
How is it? It's still pumping out CO2!
@@oxcart4172 just like every country around the world but less amounts ...
UK are 17th on the world table for co2 pollution
@@oxcart4172 Engine/gearbox/suspension component factories create a lot of emissions, so re-using a perfectly good drivetrain from a scrap car prevents those emissions from being created.
Love the concept. Still driving my 1.6L 1993 NA Miata that I bought new, almost 200k miles on it now. The durability of the drivetrain is truly excellent, wish I could say the same about the body and rust...
I guess the rust is quite durable as well 😎
@@georgkohlhas8131 It is certainly becoming plentiful.
Except for the 1.6 short nose issue
@@lynndonharnell422 Yeah, not an issue for me, but I have heard of the issues.
Well done, Johnny. This was inspirational, thank you! I would love to build the full kit. Cheers.
I love anything that looks old but has more reliable running gear that is more likely to be kept on the road.
The fact that it was possible to do with even budget builders in mind and with a decent safety rating is awesome.
Yes yes yes I work on the original stuff but I’m very tempted to have one of these for myself I can’t afford original stuff nice.
Michael
This is exactly the kind content I love from the channel. That car looks beautiful
Absolutely brilliant video Jonny, great to see a guy who is giving us an amazing automotive experience for very little money. The detailing and engineering is exquisite. I love the exhaust manifold with the 8 branch manifold with 4 as blanks. The gear change is a work of art. Another one for the Lottery bucket list. You looked like a kid in a toy shop driving it, amazing you didn’t meet any tractors down the country lanes 😂😎👍🇬🇧
The two things I do not like are the fake exhaust manifold. Several 4 cilinder GP cars existed at the time so why a fake 8 branch manifold? Second thing is minor but I would like to see a taller rear wheel like basically all GP cars had and still have. For the rest, great car and a great movie!
@@william-131this is what exactly I have in mind. I’ve spec a kit with 18” rims and I will install a 6 cylinder in line engine, aluminum block, carbureted N52 BMW. . With 6 exhaust pipes, nothing fake.
I’ve got a well sorted turbo track mx5, and can confirm if I wasn’t so attached to the one I’ve got I’d swap it in an instant. Ill be building one of these in the next few years for sure.
Love the idea of a mundane MX5 looking so good, instead of just being an MOT failure and being scrapped.
This is amazing. So glad there are people like Darren Collins in this world.
Re-using/up-cycling and vintage race cars - two of my favorite things combined in a beautiful way!
I couldn’t help imaging a 1927 Delage 15S body, but we’d have to come up with a way to lower the driver. Aaarrgh, now my brain’s gonna be stuck figuring that out for the next week!
Thanks Johnny!
I wasn't expecting a Miata to be turned into something like this which is pretty damn cool .and it sounds great
Don't get why Mazda chose to call it a Miata in the states, its a small sports car in Europe in the states it must look really tiny. Then they go and give it a name like Miata atleast MX5 sounds a but more masculine and sporty lol
@@MrScotty5877304 Mazda didn't know that Americans don't appreciate feminine things until they did their market research for the MK4. Looks like they prefer being inside something masculine lol.
@@MrScotty5877304 In the states we like our cars to have names. Too many cars with confusing number-letter combos and we get lost. RX7 MX5 M5 XJ12 what is this, an exam??? 🤣
They've been turning them into replica Lotus 7s for decades (thanks for that, Ron Chapman!), but this thing is FAR more nuts...and I love it.
It's seriously even crazier than what Flyin' Miata has been doing to them for years.
@ATS599 yeah and finding people who want to be a passenger in an Exocet is hard enough so why bother with the second seat lol
Amazing production quality johny. Big up to you and team
What a fantastic project.
It's really good that both students and modern technology were integral to the design process of a modern reimagining of a brilliant historic race car.
It's always great to see such brilliant craft work too.
As someone responsible for maintaining many historical buildings I know all too well the lack of upcoming skilled craftspeople.
Thanks to Johnny's engaging style and his involvement of young people on this channel, hopefully more people will be inspired to get hands-on & stuck-in to some projects for themselves, and learn some great skills in the process.
we have to do it that way, no good apprenticeships under tories:)
Fantastic. I really like the concept of classic looks and up to date performance brake’s and reliability. If that was a 1960s style replica race car. I’d be banging on his workshop door. Seeing that coming down the road would make me smile more than any super car. Just brilliant.
What a fantastic idea! It's just a stroke of genius.... or rather several strokes. Starting with a car that would otherwise probably be scrapped is the icing on the cake. Hats off to Darren and his crew.
@Gary James Edwards .. +1 Mensa to the power of ten.
What a great thing!! I would love to have one of these as my weekend Summer driver and sure beats trying to write the cheque to a company like Pur Sang as fabulous as they are. This is a car I would actually use and not be too worried about scrapes and dings, where as I would be petrified taking the Pur Sang Monza out for a sprint. This is gorgeous, exotic and exciting all whilst hiding the wee little MX-5 beneath, it's absolutely brilliant!!
One example of perfection. Perfect in that it's truly affordable and truly doable for an average good mechanic. Nothing else feels like an open wheeled single seater. I approve.
Love it - been following these from when they started on them and would be one of the first things I order if my numbers come up!!!
Had a brief chat with Darren at Goodwood FOS too - absolute top man!!!
a brilliant car and can't wait to buy one to build it with my 15yr old son
im sure he will love driving it too when he becomes 17, and when it has to be passed on to him what great memories it will leave him.
Great episode . Watched the Ant Anstead master mechanic the other year . Awesome work on this
I love it!!!! and believe it or not I thought about getting an old chassis from a sporty little car and rebuilding a body sporty and fun as this, about thirty years ago, but that was just a pipe dream, as I sailed about the oceans on an old boat... This is fantastic and I would love to build one of these YES, to answer your question... The car, the designer, the workshop, the video all smacks of CLASS!!!
i absolutely have to get one of these. i live in a very rural part of the US where most of the roads are akin to the nordschleife, i can hardly imagine how fun this would be.
Such a fantastic idea! Love that it's a single donor car. Love that you can do it on a budget or sky's the limit it. Really doesn't seem like a "kit car", just a beautifully engineered way to reuse proven running gear. Absolutely love it
Brilliant idea, perfect chassis donor, and a built to order business model so growth follows demand. Wonder what chassis and body they'll do next.
Fantastic. Very desirable. Beautiful inspired engineering. Simple. Simply beautiful. I would love to build one. Imagine what you would learn on the way! All the best, Rob in Switzerland
Love the concept! Think even I could tackle it as a project and love the idea of an old school supercharged version.
This is obviously at the epic extreme end of the scale but I don't know why manufacturers don't go back to the 50's,60's,70's. Can you imagine if Jag suddenly said were re releasing the E-Type looks the same but all modern guts and interior. Doesnt even have to be an E-Type I'd bet if Ford re-release the Capri a Capri ST they would fly out the dealerships and surely it doesn't have to cost the world, it must be doable on existing chassis's with not too much tweeking.
I’m guessing over a certain number built it’d have to pass emissions, safety tests, need airbags etc,
They already do that on old chasis units that weren't utilised during production. But after those old chasis are gone, you can't reproduce old cars again.
Totally agree, manufacturers should make better use of r&d to affordably be able to build their back catalogue. This is what we want lol!
Jonny, great video, I know this car very well and seen the brilliant engineering and attention to detail these guys
Have created and would recommend to anyone to build and own one. I’ve been around cars for 40 plus years
And have a fair amount of knowledge. Another thing it’s probably the best wooden crated packaged vehicle out there.
Oh I forgot that’s my Lister Le Mans in grey primer in the back ground . Keep it coming.
Thanks for watching. That Lister is 👌🏽
I was wondering what that was...do you have any videos of it? Or plan to?
Amazing looking car, and something you really could build yourself. I watched the Ant Anstead series on it ant loved watching it come together. Pity it’s a single seater. Maybe it could be stretched a bit and a second seat put in like the two seat spitfire or F1 cars?? Love the show by the way, you put things in a really down to earth, mate down the pub way. You just say it how it is and I love that.
Genius from Darren and Ant. Your final comments at the end of the video is exactly how I'm feeling. Yet you possible to swap a body. Massa 250 would be a dream come true. Genius design for everyone budget. Probably my favourite vid to date Jonny. Would love a straight six skyline internals. Supercharged MX 5 sounds a go. They even managed to make it sound 1950s. Epic 👍😁
I saw this last year and yearn to have one... Before family I owned a supercharged mk1 MX5 which was a hoot.
I adore watching pre war racing / Hill climbs and this appeals to me more than anything.
I can't explain how much I want one and want to build one.
Best part is? With this crowd...you don't need to explain.
I drive a 2cd gen MX-5 NB and yes they rust like crazy and I also love pre war race cars like this Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 Alfetta. Great combination.
You had a lovely drive around East Herts - Standon, Bishops Stortford and the slippery Barwick Ford. Great car
Tomorrow the kit of one of my clients arrives in my workshop, then the assembly begins, The seat arrived last Friday and is of excellent quality.
16:28 I love it....he laser cuts "ECU" into the tray he mounts the ECU in. Nice touch.
Great engineering to bring an old car back to life with all new styling. Love it.
Ok, I'm really late to this one - how did I miss it? It is utterly beautiful. Concept, design, quality, execution - faultless. The gear linkage looks like the result of a real 'Eureka!' moment - love it. And the whole car just looks amazing - the roll hoop is quickly forgiven; I wouldn't want to drive one without it. £20k is bargainous - that's Fiesta or Corsa money, and I wouldn't get remotely excited about either of those. I don't know where you find them Jonny, but it amazes me the consistent quality content this channel puts out. Seriously good.
'I'm Jonny Smith; I forgot to do my shirt up.'
I love my 1992 Miata, fun, light, capable of tons of smiles! Well done to make shear joy affordable to us gearheads!
This is beautiful. The proportions are so good as well!
Would rather use a Z3/Z4 for this. Because 6 cilinder. And ITB is a must!
Brilliant car, brilliant idea, brilliant video - Um, just brilliant. Well done everyone.
I have owned two examples of the first gen' MX-5 and they drive SO well. Small engine, BIG fun. As a mechanical donor, it just makes sense.
funnily enough ive never really got on with mine in a handling sense. If I get out of my 2.8 bmw and into the mazda i feel im gonna spin it at every roundabout
Always loved the Grand Prix and Indy roadster open wheel cars especially the pre-war Maserati Grand Prix/Indy car. And as a long time(30-years) NA Miata/MX5 owner With a lot of salvaged Miata parts, this falls right in line with my desire to build a classic open wheel car. But first I need to construct some tube headers to match the sound of the Dowsett Tipo 184 recreation for my daily driver MX-5. Thanks for the fun post and kudos to Ant and particularly Darren for this tangible nostalgic creation.
Beautiful… it was about time that someone showed up with the brains to build a fantastic machine, love it !!!
Very impressive! Agree with you that the super charger whine would give an even greater sense of noise and theatre. No it isn’t a maser 250f but then does that matter. I’d have one as a road car any day just to have fun in. Awesome bit of kit. Interesting to know if a straight six could be shoehorned in though just to improve on the sound maybe? Great review 👍🏻
I was building my own vintage boat tail roadster out of my totaled Miata MX5 but lost my workspace. Been wanting to revive that project. Time to dig up the files.
Do it!
This stuff makes my whole body feel things it has never done before, I love it sooo sooo much!!!! I wish I could build one with my dad.
Having built a Tiger Supercat in 2003-4 that I still own this is a great vid. And tempted. This is lovely
Very well done!
I would try to hide small LED headlights and turn signals inside the grill or make an external kit, that can be easily mounted and removed without tools, to make it more city friendly.
I think this kit car is brilliant. I would greatly prefer owning this reliable, efficient, easily maintained automobile than an original. And surely every measure of performance is better with the replica as well. Did we mention yet, all running gear maintenance and replacement parts are inexpensive and readily available.?. Great show today- awesome content.
Brilliant overview, fantastic summing up.
Awesome, keep up the good work 👍
This is the most brilliant concept/execution I saw in a while!
Johnny that hat and goggles really suited you. Great looking car I remember watching ant build that on t.v brilliant
Este coche es lo que siempre e pensado de los viejos diseños y es que son atemporales y esta gente a echo un gran trabajo poniendo en valor estos coches dotándolos de un montón de cosas modernas que no hacen más que acentuar lo grandioso de estos coches haciéndolos mucho más seguros y también más rápidos ,pero sobretodo haciendo que el espectáculo de las carreras sean más atractivos ,todo mi respeto y admiración para todos los que participaron en la realización de esta obra de arte
I have a car that Fangio drove !. Darren , great effort over many years. Beautiful machine. Thanks to you and presenter. Dave
The best content I have seen for a while Jonny - what a great kit and I bet the experience is awesome, regardless of speed. 740Kg with a mid-front engine configuration using bullet-proof running gear is the sort of thing that makes you want to take a road trip across some of the best roads in the UK (and abroad). I can't imagine it being much fun on a motorway, or in truly inclement weather, but that's not what these things are about!
For a cross-country or cross-continent trip with this, you'd probably need an accompanying vehicle with your luggage, though.
And I guess that EU authorities might not allow you on public roads with open and uncovered wheels and steering gear....
I would love to order a kit and build my own. Older Mazda MX5s (Miata) are plentiful in the US. Great show! 👍
Do it Wade, do it.
You're gonna need the LHD conversion version.
There's also the massive benefit of it basically being an MX5. You can buy ready to go turbo kits for pretty cheap and you'll have something that's absolutely rapid
A turbo would wouldn't make sense in this car at all, sorry.
@@666cemetaryslut Yeah I'm with you on that, even a supercharger would less ideal than ITBs and a racey NA motor in my opinion.
There's a chap who used to visit the car meets in Bristol with a similar shaped special he had built around Alfa 1750 mechanicals.
I always enjoyed seeing that and having a chat with him.
Absolutely love this. Jonny - have you started getting Chops on board with you building one😉. That must have been a great day's filming. Darren's knowledge and enthusiasm came over. Really keen to see what the other body variants could be.
As always your channel content is so varied and interesting. Keep up the great work
I wonder if they would ever consider creating a two seater bodyshell that would clothe a similar chassis. It could be based on the shape of an early Lotus or Mercedes race car. I remember watching Ant's television programme during deepest covid, and have seen this car at the London Classics Car Show, the NEC Restoration Show and at last weeks Classics on the Common. It good to know more of the story behind the Tipo 184 and to meet Darren Collins!
Have a look at the ANC Replicar, Aston Martin DBR1 inspired body taking the same approach with the mechanicals from a rusted MX5.
What a great looking car and as for not being able to have any passengers, well that's fine by me, as it cuts out any small talk and enables me to hear that lovely exhaust note. I would love to see Darren come up with an AC Ace body design for this chassis as it would be a more affordable option to other kits out there. I also personally feel it looks more attractive in a less fussy way than the Cobra replica's out there, as well as more original.
Everyone wants a Shelby Cobra replica with the monster 427s and shit for dragstrip duties, and all I want is a Cobra with a removable hardtop and a naturally-aspirated 302 for a good twisty-road flogging...
Another wonderful LBS. I watched Ant’s build on MT in 2019. Worth checking out!
Yes, I would like to own one and yes, I would like to build one. The fact you couldn't take your friends out in it would be a huge bonus. Beautifully engineered.
Great video Johnny.
Why have a Ferrari or Mclaren when you can have this.
I'd rather have a Ferrari or McLaren tbh, a Caterham is a more reasonable comparison to make
@@mrcaboosevg6089 can only use 20% power of ferrari or Mclaren on UK roads.
This you can you 80%.
@@SimonH69 That's like saying 'A 125 is better because you can use all of the power' despite the fact that it's quite obviously not better. This is a fun car sure but you can still use a Ferrari or McLaren as a car, you can roadtrip to any track in Europe in comfort and even fly down the autobahn at 200mph knowing you're perfectly safe... This however is more of a sunday driver gimmick
Since being 14 years old I have driven and owned almost every conventional car ( and a couple of exotics ) and the two best cars I have ever owned have been Mazda ( who knew ) My MX5 and my RX8 and I am going to get both of them back again at some point. Thanks Jonny xx
Just love the idea of 4 or 5 of these in different colours/bodies driving through the peak district on a summer sunday
This is gorgeous, I'd love to have a go at building my own. Have always fancied a Caterham but this feels a bit more special.
I absolutely love the idea, and no doubt it would be a riot to drive. I am having trouble getting over the proportions, particularly around the rear where the headrest extends way up there with the roll bar. It makes the rear tires/wheels look really small. It also looks like you are sitting up really high, as if on a throne.
That was the intended look. The car of kings.
This is stunning absolutely stunning! WOW! With the greatest respect the only thing I'd do is enlarge the wire wheels, they look to small in proportion to the bodywork versus the original car it was developed from. This is in no way a criticism of this project at all. Imagine an MX-5 based Vanwall VW5 or a 250F...
Love it ! Thanks again Jonny for another great upload!👍
This is just brilliant and wholesome in every way that’s great and possible! Well done!!
If this was Top Gear, every other word would have been slagging off kit cars and men in sheds....
Love it, I think this concept is so cool. The real thing is 'out-of-reach' for most of us, but the pre-war race car look of this is perfect and to have something this easy, this reliable and this cheap is brilliant. I love to 'buzz' around in something that is open wheel and street legal, awesome !!!!! 👍 The future EV option is smart business too, well done to you Darren.
I watched him build this on TV. He is truly brilliant and this car should go over big.
WOW! Just WOW! I think I’ve seen your channel served up by CZcams a few times but this was the first time I’ve been tempted to click. What a combination! Totally fascinating & cool topic and covered with COMPLETE professionalism. You, sir, have EARNED my subscription! And my God I’d love to have one of those although I suspect there’s no way it would ever be road legal in the USA. Now it’s time for me to go review your back catalogue of videos.
#WellDone!
With our ludicrous nanny laws here in Australia, I couldn't imagine being able to register one. 😟 That's a real pity, because I would sell either my original NA or ND to help fund the building of one. 👍
The British are lucky. Nor can I imagine that such a car would be able to be registered here in Denmark or in, for example, Norway. Our authorities follow German legislation through TÜF (Technischer Überwachungsverein), which is the Technical Inspection Association in Germany. These associations are independent companies that test, inspect, and certify technologies, products, and systems to ensure potential hazards and prevent damages.
Australian kit car rules are rather lax. This car even has simulated crash tests, something which isn't required for Australian kit cars.
Granted you do need lights but there is a kit, plus I imagine you could make some that don't affect the lines. Same with mirrors. Emissions aren't a problem as we have some of the lowest requirements.
If it's done properly, it should pass.
@@callummclachlan4771 Emissions are based on the age of the engine. I had to get a dating certificate from Ford for my scratch build and then the emissions are based on what they were when the engine donor car was registered. Iirc the emissions were printed on the front of the log book when I got it.
I’ve always thought that I’d go for an Arial Atom when I pack up riding motorbikes but… this is a much better choice as far as I’m concerned.
Leave it out lol
Ariel Atom for me too.
I can't say driving an AA is that far removed from a motorbike lol.
I’d prefer two seats so it’s either the Atom or the mx5, I’d love a 1600 NA … gotta be manual. My boy had a MR2 button shift but me and the wife are manual drivers … if she’s off the back of my 1981 GSX 1100 then into an MX5 she’d be really happy, I guess I could restore my ‘79 924 2 litre …
Beautifully done. Very nice piece of kit. Thanks Jonny
Cracking car, great video, fantastic concept. Many thanks for bringing this to us Johnny 👍👍😊😊
If you want to feel like sir Sterling Moss..... a supercharged one of these is probably the easiest and cheapest ways?!? The Nurburgring would be amazing
I’ve always wanted an MX-5 but worried I’d be too big. This solves the height problem!
To be fair you can just pop the top down in an MX5 and it is much the same as this, in terms of squeezing you in!
@@moorsyclimbing yeah but in a "real miata" you are tempted to use it to commute, in the rain. roof up, and anybody over 5'9 can't see out of the windshield to see the traffic lights. This is much better, no pretense that it is a "car". it is a toy.
@@uliwehner Well… to be VERY clear, it’s a “grown-up’s” toy!
I have a NB MX5 and after a year at 6'3", 191cm I decided I looked silly with my head above the windscreen. So I bought a Porsche 981 Boxster S, still have the MX5 but its the 1.8VVT with 6spd and LSD that won't fit this kit 😔
@@MrOvershoot i can't even imagine. i am 5'11, and i was literally given a low mileage rust free miata, tried it for 2 weeks and gave it back..... couldn't see the traffic lights with the top on.
This car had the right design objectives and achieved them fantastically. That said, you also asked the right question, because the first thing I wondered was how I could shoehorn an inline 6 in that beauty.
I’ve never wanted to buy something so much in my life. Love the idea of making it a one of one by making it what I would want
A great idea and good luck to them. Looking at the car without the body, I noticed that the exhaust is prep'ed for a 6 cylinder engine. Would this take the Mazda 2.0 v6 or 2.5 v6, I wonder? Now this with a 2.5 V6 engine note, that would be good.
Just for looks on the outside I guess 😞
@@adrianbyron-parker5797 Its for both looks and noise. They take the the exhaust from 1 and 2 , 3 and 4 that's why it sounds like a pre war straight8 rather than a loud MX5
As far as a V engine, maybe, depends if you have the talent.
@@realMaverickBuckley - not for noise, @jumpfer Joy - and not for a 6 cylinder (count again) - the exhaust is set up to 'emulate' the original straight 8 (8 cylinder) engine of the Alpha Tipo 158. Those 'extra' pipes are blocked off, hence they are 'fake' and contribute only looks, no sound...
Neat & inspiring design. Good onward use of the NB MX5's drive train which was a let down visually after the NA and I wouldn't feel any remorse in butchering a rusty NB. The roll bar detracts from the overall design though ( appreciate it has to be there) perhaps it would blend in better if painted black or body colour?
Gotta paint it black. Body colour would just extend the height of the car.
When I saw the thumbnail I thought, oh that's like the one Ant Anstead did! And then... Another brilliant film and a fascinating idea, I love it! Older cars being reborn is fantastic. I wonder if someone could make a classic 2 seater? Exciting times ahead!
good idea, how about a Mercedes Benz 300 SLR, like moss and Jenks won the Mille miglia in ?
Absolutely love it! For me building it would be a very major part of the appeal! Like you I always fancied the idea of building a caterham but was never really into that shape but this amazing! I remember watching the episode when Ant made it, it opens up a whole world of pre war cars to a new generation! Fantastic!