Mazda Mx-5/Miata Mk1 & 2

Oliver Wild grew up in an engineering family, spending evenings in the garage with his father restoring a variety of classic cars from Porsches to MGs. His weekends were spent on windy airfields, competing in autotests. Following a successful career in the motor trade, the author has over 20 years of restoration experience across a range of marques, being in ‘the game’ for the love of it rather than big rewards, he has always gained more pleasure from rescuing beautiful cars and introducing new people into the hobby than chasing financial gain. Owning a variety of interesting cars ranging from classic British sports cars to Porsches, a love affair with the Mazda MX5 started in 2009, following a frustrating weekend away chasing an elusive ignition fault on a classic MG. Since then at least one MX5 has always featured in the authors stable! A keen traveller, Oliver usually spends his holidays touring Europe in a car, looking for the most interesting roads (preferably leading to a good restaurant). Assisted by his very patient partner Sarah and their trusty Beagle, Bruce, who can usually be found curled up on a car seat in the workshop, life is always busy and interesting.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Viewing/Purchasing a car
3 Project Planning
Working space
Tools
Plan of attack
4 How an MX5 is constructed or rather how to take one apart!
5 Repair Techniques
Welding
Plastic repair
Painting/Plating/Undersealing
6 The Strip Down
Interior/hood
Exterior panel work
Mechanicals
7 Body restoration
8 Mechanical restoration
9 Interior restoration
10 Checking the car over pre road test
11 Road test and snagging
12 The finished product