This is quite a personal thread, as this car is a family member as they all are, but with a story.
It’s an August build 1989 NA6. The VIN ends in 47, with all of the available zeroes in front. It was in the first shipment of MX5's to Australia and landed in VIC, and that's all I know.
Fast forward a few years, and the car was purchased in 1997 by my late father in law, a farmer who invented, modified and improved everything mechanical that he owned, except for this car.
He bought it on a day pass from hospital after he underwent a kidney transplant, as a gift for his wife who donated her kidney to him, hence the car's name "Kidney".
It currently has 280,000 km on the clock, so here's the beginning of the next stage of it's life.
Went to collect it today - it hadn't really been dríven much in the last 5 years, except when I had it back in 2012 as a loan car.
The mobile makes it look more flattering, but she's still a great little car.
Barn find anyone? (The right rear wheel is missing because we'd taken it for a puncture repair)
So dusty
Quick wash, felt so bad not doing it properly, and mobiles make the car look far better than it really is... it's ok, but not this good!
Made a friend while we were in Masters!
And safe at home with Maniac looking after her Grandmother, as is proper.
I'll try and update this thread regularly - it's going to be a long road ahead, and the car isn't going to be concours condition when she's done, just a nice looking NA6.
Plan at this stage is clean up, see what's what, respray, and go from there. She runs great, I had an absolute ball driving her the 40 mins home, and can see why the NA is a better MX5.
