Hoodedreeper's Mk1 The Purple Monster

[hoodedreeper]

So today myself and Lu embarked on a 7hr round trip to go view a car. Turned out the car was just as clean in person as it was in the photos. After a test drive and another poke around the car i made an offer and he accepted!

Nissan Skyline R34 GTT Series 2

RB25DET

Manual

94k Miles (speedo still in Kmh)

Imported into the UK in 2016

Full respray in 2017


The car has a custom turbo back exhaust,HKS Mushroom filter and an aftermarket stereo, everything is stock!

It only made sense to grab some photos with the MX5 while i can

[hoodedreeper]

A few weeks back we advertised the Blue MX for sale, no one was interested but received a few messages asking about breaking. So we ended up stripping the car and the shell got scrapped (which is a shame, because it was pretty rust free). Before the work begun we had one last photoshoot with them both together









Time to say goodbye



We took the Monster and R34 to the Japanese Performance Show a week or so ago. Having decided we won't be attending JAE for the first time in many years, this was the last show for the MX5





We got back and i jumped into a friend's car to take some rolling shots. This is something i've wanted doing for alooong time

[hoodedreeper]

Sunday just gone I arranged a photoshoot with a few friends of mine who have Japanese cars too. Very pleased with how the group photos have come out,also did some solo photos of each car too

































Only 8 more days till the final day I plan on spending this Saturday driving it as much as a i can as its my last full day, I'm sure there will be more photos. Wednesday 5th is the very last day, which i'll be spending taking it to pieces

[hoodedreeper]

The time had come to start stripping the car, it went extremely smoothly and we ended up doing it all in 2 days.















My friend Matt purchased the shell, he has previously built 2x drift MX5s both 1JZ powered,S14 rear subframe,skyline diff etc etc. He's been wanting a car that had history and this was the perfect car.







The car will be staying the same Honda Amethyst Purple and will still have a BGW! This was awesome to hear



Here's a couple of photos of his first build which he'll be using as a carbon copy for the new build











So i guess thats the end of an era, MX5 ownership over the past 7 years has taught me alot whether its mechanical side of things or choosing modifications. I've met some amazing people cos of this little car, and I've been lucky to call some friends. The MX5/Miata community is certainly the best I've ever been involved with and can't thank every single person who has read/viewed/liked/commented on the build threads.



Thank you all again

[— Phatmiata —]

Glad to see that livery will still be flying around.