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Hi Just staring a build. Not experienced enough to risk some of the suspension components. Are there any places you can buy then prefabricated. Also any other parts store's that would be helpful.

Thanks

Afternoon Steve



I think best place is probably Ebay as most of the one of people have disappeared.

I see on there at the minute a guy selling wishbones etc what running gear are you using?

Gary

Hoping to use an mx5 but that is proving difficult to find one at a sensible price. I think the book needs updating with a more modern donor.

I was looking at mx5’s for the Mrs couldn’t believe the price of doggy ones ! She ended up with a TT


Gary

And thats suitable? Interesting. I have also looked at BMW 3 series.

Yea the TT was just a hack about midlife crisis i reckon, just thought MX5 would of been less hassle to work on and repairs as i had already stripped one down

Gary

Hi when the book came out it was based on ford escort, cortina etc they were cheap and plentiful, then they became rare and expensive.
Saturn made alterations to suit Mazda mx5 because they were cheap and plentiful, but now they are going the same way as the fords.

You can use just about anything if you can work out how to alter the chassis.
If you go down the parts route you can get all the parts you need for mx5 on EBay etc but you will have to settle for a Q plate.
Regards Mick.

It's more the suspension components and shock specifications pedal box fuel tank and so on as I am only new welder and I confident on the chassis side but would like to play it safe with the rest.

Hi there is a place on eBay that are advertising wishbones made to your own spec.
You could really do with Phil from Talon he was the best for anything welding but he no longer does it which is a shame.
As for shocks and springs etc check the posts on here like Stot And many others.
Regards Mick.

Hi,
There was a new company advertising here a wile ago. Worth a try:
http://forums.haynes.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14230

The original book "Build a sports Car for £250 or less" has no technical relation to the "Build your own sports car"

The former was for the escort running gear which by the time of the publication of the second book had become sought after. The second book was entirely sierra running gear with the exception of the escort rack for it's narrow body.

In 2010 you could buy a sierra for £70 with an mot.

By 2015 a ropey runner sierra was £700

Both Saturn and Tallon created adapted plans for MX5 which at the time could be had for 200-300 in scrap format..

You can still get a MX5 for under 500 on ebay.

BMW was never a "Supported" build by any of the established Fabbies at the time. E30 based cars were probably the favourite which included the E36 Compact ( as that actualy used a lot of E30 components.) But they are all few and far between.


If I had not got the components, then a MX5 would be the route.

And to Clarify an earlier statement, no the Audi TT is not a donor.

TT