Post by marco on Oct 13, 2016 21:00:44 GMT
For reluctant sale is my MEV Exocet 1.6 NA.
I bought (not built!) this car from Toed64 in July last year on a whim and have enjoyed every second of ownership but it is now reluctantly up for sale.
I have added GRP seats (new style supplied by Stuart at MEV), smaller headlights, LED driving lights, lockable bonnet catches, lockable fuel cap but apart from these it is the car Toed64 built
I bought the car via Toed64's listing on eBay for £5100 and although I have spent more on it would be happy to accept £5000 for this superb, fun car. It has been a fantastic father and 15 year old son bonding experience with regular drives on the fun West Sussex roads but we planning another project and need the garage space and funds!
I'm based just off the A3 between Portsmouth and Guildford.
Here is Toed64's description from his post last year:
This is my 2014 MEV EXOCET, 1.6litre DOHC 16valve. I have been conflicted about selling this car, but I need to make space for my next project...and to help fund it!
I decided to build a kit car in an attempt to wean myself off motorcycles. I liked the concept of the Exocet because it is light and open with no confining bodywork. I also liked the idea of retaining all of the tough and reliable running gear and suspension/steering geometry of the MX5, but reducing the weight by deleting the body. Many kit cars are seriously compromised by mismatched suspension and brake components, having been built from parts from different donor vehicles. Not so the Exocet.
The Exocet retains the Mazda's near perfect weight distribution and its limited slip differential, so it uses its modest power to best effect: it's quite quick, very stable and it turns in really fast. It is great fun and very strong.
I spent a couple of years building this car in my spare time (I don't have much spare time!). I completed the build in early 2014 and took it to Road Track Race who put it through IVA in May 2014. This was an expensive way of putting the car on the road, but I had no time to spare during the working week, so RTR provided a useful service. Consequently, this car was correctly registered as a new vehicle last year and will not require an MOT until Spring 2017.
I did my very best to build this car to a high standard and I am very happy with the result. The donor was a 1600cc Eunos (Japanese import MX5) with LSD and 5 speed gearbox. The mechanical parts were in very good condition. However, it's fitted with a mass of new parts, including:
Shocks, springs and poly-urethane suspension bushes
Clutch
Brake discs/pads
Tyres
Cam belt and water pump
Stainless steel 4 branch manifold with matched exhaust ports, big bore straight through, stainless exhaust system with high flow cat (could be removed legally)
Front and rear subframe braces
LED rear lights and indicators
I bought (not built!) this car from Toed64 in July last year on a whim and have enjoyed every second of ownership but it is now reluctantly up for sale.
I have added GRP seats (new style supplied by Stuart at MEV), smaller headlights, LED driving lights, lockable bonnet catches, lockable fuel cap but apart from these it is the car Toed64 built
I bought the car via Toed64's listing on eBay for £5100 and although I have spent more on it would be happy to accept £5000 for this superb, fun car. It has been a fantastic father and 15 year old son bonding experience with regular drives on the fun West Sussex roads but we planning another project and need the garage space and funds!
I'm based just off the A3 between Portsmouth and Guildford.
Here is Toed64's description from his post last year:
This is my 2014 MEV EXOCET, 1.6litre DOHC 16valve. I have been conflicted about selling this car, but I need to make space for my next project...and to help fund it!
I decided to build a kit car in an attempt to wean myself off motorcycles. I liked the concept of the Exocet because it is light and open with no confining bodywork. I also liked the idea of retaining all of the tough and reliable running gear and suspension/steering geometry of the MX5, but reducing the weight by deleting the body. Many kit cars are seriously compromised by mismatched suspension and brake components, having been built from parts from different donor vehicles. Not so the Exocet.
The Exocet retains the Mazda's near perfect weight distribution and its limited slip differential, so it uses its modest power to best effect: it's quite quick, very stable and it turns in really fast. It is great fun and very strong.
I spent a couple of years building this car in my spare time (I don't have much spare time!). I completed the build in early 2014 and took it to Road Track Race who put it through IVA in May 2014. This was an expensive way of putting the car on the road, but I had no time to spare during the working week, so RTR provided a useful service. Consequently, this car was correctly registered as a new vehicle last year and will not require an MOT until Spring 2017.
I did my very best to build this car to a high standard and I am very happy with the result. The donor was a 1600cc Eunos (Japanese import MX5) with LSD and 5 speed gearbox. The mechanical parts were in very good condition. However, it's fitted with a mass of new parts, including:
Shocks, springs and poly-urethane suspension bushes
Clutch
Brake discs/pads
Tyres
Cam belt and water pump
Stainless steel 4 branch manifold with matched exhaust ports, big bore straight through, stainless exhaust system with high flow cat (could be removed legally)
Front and rear subframe braces
LED rear lights and indicators
