Elkie Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Thanks to Bob3 for the motivation his mx520 gave me to tackle this project. After stalling on the project for a year or two, finally decided I would attempt to do the miata subframe conversion. A lot of it is going to be similar to Bob3, I plan on running the ka motor though. 3 Quote Link to comment
uberkevin Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Sweeet. I wanna see this get done man. Nice work so far. 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I will be watching this one. :) 1 Quote Link to comment
finney Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 looks like it is meant to be there 1 Quote Link to comment
Elkie Posted July 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Bit more work done this weekend. 2 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Nice start! :cool: 1 Quote Link to comment
Elkie Posted September 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Been hard to find the time to work on the project, got the rear mounts done, just need to add a strap around em. 5 Quote Link to comment
uberkevin Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 YES YES!! :D Looking good man. I know finding time to work on your hobbies can be hard but it looks like your doing some hard work with the time you have. I hope I can learn to do some crazy work like this. Again its looking good man 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 very nice,keep it coming i need some motivation. :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
finney Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 looks really good 1 Quote Link to comment
Elkie Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thanks for the comments guys. Sunday I was able to get the strap one one side done, the other side the angles were screwed up somehow. 1 Quote Link to comment
Elkie Posted February 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Been a little while since an update. Got t-boned in my 240sx, picked up a 620 that needed a lil work and got sidetracked. I have been working on the floor of the cab. So far got one side almost complete. A little closer Took the ebrake bracket from the miata and wrapped metal around it. This will allow me to do away with the stock parking brake system. Used some weldable primer on the metal, which made for some crappy welding. This piece will slide through the hole and fill the gap at the back of the transmission tunnel. As an aside, has anyone ever seen an orange 521? Pulling up metal for rust repair, I found some pieces that were orange, makes me wonder if that was the original color. 2 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Wow talk about raise from the dead. Good job, nice to see it still moving forward, . 1 Quote Link to comment
Elkie Posted February 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Haha yeah, was really working on the 620, getting seals replaced on windows, headgasket replacement, etc. Here's the new 620 crammed in with his brother. 4 Quote Link to comment
spdcrazy Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 liking the build.. keep it up! and keep posting pictures! will this be for road racing or daily? both? 2 Quote Link to comment
Elkie Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 This will likely end up being a summer daily / road race vehicle. Nothing serious though. 3 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 If only i could keep 6 lug :/ 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Keep up the good work brother.. I always give props to you guys with the mad Fab skills man. Keep it up if you need anything hit me up ill see what I can do 1 Quote Link to comment
Elkie Posted March 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Tanker, if you've got some of the mounts for the bumperettes, I could use some measurements from those. Doing some rust repair I believe I found the original color. 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Now mounts for the bumperettes and the clock are to very hard things to find.Let me see if I can Ron to loan me his and take some pics, give me a few days to get them, and remind me if I forget. 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I have lots of photos of bumperette brackets, but to make a set of them, you are going to need to have them in your hands to actually make exact replicas. I just make brackets from scratch myself, I imagine where I want the bumperettes to be, and I make a bracket to mount it there, but I would call them 1mph brackets, as they won't actually stop anything other than my shin, the reason I have to make brackets is because all my rigs are on 720 frames, the 521 brackets don't work on the 720 chassis. How many photos you want? Here is a set of 320 bumperettes, not as rare as a clock, but way harder to find than 521 bumperette anything. 3 Quote Link to comment
Elkie Posted March 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Don't doubt that I could make a set, but I've never seen where the sit on the truck in person, very few around here. Do the bumpers sit just behind the taillights? 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 This is Mrbigtankers truck, it's a photo out of his thread. Another one 3 Quote Link to comment
Elkie Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cool thanks, been slowly makin my way through his thread. Those bracket pics are gonna be helpful too. I didn't know they sloped down like that. 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Cool thanks, been slowly makin my way through his thread. Those bracket pics are gonna be helpful too. I didn't know they sloped down like that. It's hard to get the idea of the shape of the brackets in photos, and they don't come off the frame straight either, they are mounted at angle downward and then angle to a level angle where the bumperettes mount to the bracket. 1 Quote Link to comment
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