If there’s a person who embodies the spirit/mantra/black magic of Build Threads and the people who get it post tag, it’s definitely Bruce aka Mystery Machine from the Retro Rides forum. He’s someone who lives and breathes cars while also enjoying the challenge of taking cracking photos whilst wrenching, and documenting his actions as clearly [...]
Recently I created a new post tag called “People who get it”, for those occasions where an owner or builder will put extra effort into their threads to make for an enjoyable and informative read. But where to from there? Is that as good as it gets? Is it possible to take it a step [...]
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Tags: comic, comic book, mazda, miata, mx5, people who get it, roadster, supercharged 
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Here is my second and final guest-post for Speedhunters in 2011. You can read the actual story by clicking here. As usual, I like to post it on my own blog as well for archiving. There are some teaser shots of new upcoming builds to be featured in 2011, so make sure you stay tuned [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 13b, 13bt, chev, chevy, datsun, garage, garage condo, lexibug, mazda, miata, mx5, mx520, nova, roadster, rotary, Speedhunters 2011, volksrod 2 Comments »
I’ve been keeping my eye on a particular build over at Piston Heads, and it was during one of my visits there that I decided to browse around and see what else I could find. My efforts payed off as soon as I came across this unbelievable road trip thread that instantly had me green [...]
Posted in General Car Stuff Tags: alpine, driving roads, europe, ferrari, mazda, miata, mx5, NA, porsche, road trip 3 Comments »
From the ashes of a past flame rises a new love. Adam’s pride and joy was a ’97 Miata that met its maker after being rammed up the backside by an inconsiderate truck on the freeway. Instead of packing up and going home, a stock ’95 was purchased with the promise of rebuilding the vision [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: DIY, mazda, miata, mx5, NA, people who get it, roadster, sharka, turbo 5 Comments »
Dan has received the images from his magazine photoshoot, click here to view the original post to locate the build thread. . . .
I don’t know if you guys have noticed but I like to feature a bit of everything here, from big dollar to small budget, high power to electric, cheque-book-built to DIY, fabricated to bolt-on, and so on and so on. If I had to put my money on it, I’d say the most popular builds [...]
Posted in Build Threads, Videos Tags: 13b, chev, chevrolet, mazda, nova, rotary, turbo 13b turbo 8 Comments »
Dan has already had his garage featured here, so it was only fitting that I follow up with what he actually puts in it. Enter the NA MX5, loved the world over and enjoying a second wind of popularity in the current millennium. Dan gives his turbo terror an appearance overhaul DIY style, and it’s [...]
Here’s a build thread I’ve been reading for quite a long time, and I’ve got a slight suspicion that a lot of you are going to enjoy it. It’s another build based on the “X-chassis underneath Y-body” formula, and this time the culprits are Mazda MX5 subframes/driveline/shock towers being attached to the body of a [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 520, chassis-swap, datsun, DIY, fabrication, mazda, miata, mx5, pickup, ratsun, ute 7 Comments »
I found this build in a post on Racer86, so firstly thanks to Rob for putting it out there. I’ve seen pictures of this particular car before in full drift flight, it looks so cool slammed on Work Equip 03′s (one of my favourite wheels). It’s just one of the many MX5/Miata’s built on the [...]
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