You Need This: British on the outside, turbo Miata on the inside

You know it’s going to be an interesting car when the listing starts with “This is a toy.”

Essentially, this is an NB Miata chassis and drivetrain wearing the skin of a British Ford Squire–with a turbocharger added in for good measure.

Modifications include forged rods, 700cc DeatschWerks injectors, a Monster Miata clutch and a MegaSquirt system.

Located in Hollister, …

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That's near me. Looks like trouble. Trouble spelled a-w-e-s-o-m-e.

In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :

Go buy it now. You owe it to yourself. 

That's exactly the kind of appealing nonsense I love.......power....handling....patina....and just completely different.

I approve of such shenanigans.

This reminds me of the English fellow who put a Ford 100E body on a Miata. He did an excellent job , complete with lots of videos. Look for "Urchfab" on YouTube.

Do yourself a favor and scroll to the final photo in the ad

In reply to calteg :

Good recommendation. This seems like a seller who lays it all out there. 

In reply to calteg :

What am I supposed to see?

In reply to NOHOME :

the last image in the FB ad:

RadBarchetta said:

In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :

Go buy it now. You owe it to yourself. 

Thanks for the encouragement! But nah, I've already got a crazy fast car. My next will be a second gen Corvair. 

Lots of interesting modded cars around.

I recall a similar car owned by one of the masters at the private school I briefly attended as a young boy. It was an Austin A40 Sports with a torn floppy soft top and flapping front fenders, and looked dilapidated - but the car was very sound underneath and he had a Chev 283 under the bonnet and it was hopped up. I imagine he had lots of fun with American cars....

I do prefer the modded cars that look stock and have sticky modern rubber in at least close to stock size rather than the ones with great wide wheels and tires - I like the sleeper look.

In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :

I also like the shot of the rear fender with California carpool lane sticker spoofed to read 'ACCESS DENIED "Clean" air vehicle'.