Hidden gem at the rally

National Rally and Event Archive Spring Rally 2009 Yorkshire
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This one should have been on the line up with the other cool/hot cars

 

I was skipping merrily around the car park minding my own business and this caught my eye from afar:

 

Plodded over to have acloser look as I am thinking of doing similar to my bumper and the owner was in the car reading a paper. I plucked up the courage to accost him and asked about the vents “I need them for the cooling” he says “why, what’s in there?” I ask

Sound of angels chorus as the bonnet is lifted

It’s only a ruddy cozzy!

 

pushing 300bhp and he was running it originally in 4x4 mode if I understood correctly - A 4X4 MX5!!! Why haven’t we heard of this before?

Yum.

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Post of the week halli [:)]

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And , I now have a new smiley in my photobucket account

 

I’m not sure the guy understood the sheer awesomeness of his car.

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 Now that is an interesting mod! - I’d love to see a write up…

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 Would be interesting to know if it is 4WD or 2WD. The photos obviously show a standard rear diff but cannot see forward of that.

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He said he ran it as a 4WD and it is now a 2WD.

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I still think one of these in a MK1 would be fun. (I think it was a Mazda engine in the first place anyway)