Hooded Reeper’s Build – The Purple Monster

November 02, 2014

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“The Purple Monster” as dubbed by the original owner

I hunted locally for a clean Mk1 shell,couldnt find any until someone from MX5 Nutz mentioned he had a mint shell possibly for sale. So with a few phone calls later we had agreed on a deal,and today I took delivery of it.

The car was purchased in Japan,over there it had thousands of pounds spent on it including a highly tuned engine on carbs,Garage Vary body kit,Garage Vary bonnet,centre shotgun exhaust,roll cage and much more! I’ve been told it was used as a Touge Car while over there.

While it was over there it had a respray (originally Red,arent they all!) in Honda Amethyst Purple. The inside has been stripped and the floor and behind the seats have been painted the same colour).

The car was imported to the UK in 2007,and has covered hardly any miles in that time. I believe the shell has only covered 40k and you can certainly see that! Theres not a single spot of rust on her!

The car got sold earlier this year and was stripped and put back to standard form. The car had a Veilside front bumper,which got removed and a stock bumper was refitted,hence why its a different colour,same goes with the bonnet. The engine was removed and a stock 1.6 long nose engine was put in its place.

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What it looked like upon purchase:

September 2013 Updates:

: HSD Coilovers / OFFSet Plate Bracket

: Smoked/Clear Side Repeaters

: Rear Carbon Fibre Parts

: Carbon Fibre Bonnet

: Cleaned and hovered the interior and boot too

: Japan Racing JR10 15x8j ET15

: Jass Low-Pro headlights re-fitted along with the HIDs

: Runabout Type 2 fuel lid

Late September: Fitted the TR Lane Cage

: Fitted

: Painted

: Spiced up

: Perfection

October Update:

: Fujitsubo (Jasma) Stainless 4-1 Manifold

: JASMA Branded Headers

: Stainless 370mm Decat

: Jass Performance Stealth TSIs

: Jass Performance Stainless Blank & Cup Holder

Snetterton Car Enthusiast Day MX5 Slalom (7th October, 2013)

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After some slight damage to the car, the vehicle was taken to the body shop.

: Front Bar Test Fit

: All arches have been rolled (again) and flared. Passenger door has been replaced

: Body Panels Aligned

: Wings and Rear Quarters have been took down to bare metal due to some surprise surface rust

: Dent has been pulled out and repaired. Aerial hole has been welded and smoothed over.

: Purchased – FULL NB Series Interior Trim for just £100! (that’s approx. $162)

December Update:

NRG Luminor Glow Steering Wheel (November Install)

New wheels while waiting on the car to come back from the paint shop

: MazdaSpeed (SE) Side Skirts

: RevLimiter Stirling Gauge Faces

: RevLimiter Stirling Gauge Faces

: Front Bar – Body Shop Photo Update

: New door and boot catches

: Traklite Apex 15×8.25j ET20

Here are the photos from the early Christmas.

Gauges Fitted – Some nice photos taken.

Post-Christmas Update

: NB Conversion

: Interior View

: New Rear View Mirror

: Goin’ a lil American

: Christmas Goodies!

New custom interior for everything but the dash. Done by ALL-TRIMS UK (website unavailable)

: Jass Performance Gear and Radio Surround fitted

: KG Works Interior Door Handles

: Installed KG Works Door handles

: Re-fitted Leather Pulls

: MX Meetup

: MX Meetup

: Zoom Side Repeaters

: Zoom Side Repeaters Installed

Some more mods and accessories.

: GV Rear Panel

: Painted and Fitted

: MazdaBeat Butterfly-Style Window

June, 2014 Update:

: Autoblaze mirrors

: Autoblaze mirrors Fitted

: Carbon Fibre door Cups (Carbon Miata)

: Metal Puller

: Thanks to Carbon Miata

: Billet Stalks from Freaky Roadster

New WHEELS TOO! Rota RKR Front 15x8j ET0 and Rear 15x9j ET0

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October, 2014 – A new rear lip and stock headlights!

The car got dropped off at H&S Performance and the engine was pulled out. The car was then dropped off at AutoDoc Bodyshop for the main work to begin. While the car was in the bodyshop,the guys at H&S Performance did a full service of the engine while it was out.