http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/
http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=shows&action=display&thread=1347
I suspect pictures will appear over there pretty quickly, with sonic posting here pretty soon afterwards
Anyone got any details on the new MEV that is been released at Newark. From what I have heard it is Maxda MX5 based does not require a IVA and is a coupe car which will be able to be built for £3000. It sounds seriously intresting and can not wait until Newark to see it.
Its the one in the banner at the top of the page.
There's a teaser thread on the MEV forum.
http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/
http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=shows&action=display&thread=1347
I suspect pictures will appear over there pretty quickly, with sonic posting here pretty soon afterwards
yes there is a new car coming and i can confirm it will be unveiled at newark. I know a bit more but stuart has sworn me to secrecy
Spoil sport looks like I will have to wait until Newark then to see if the car is capable of been my next project. 
Hi, it's not the Exocet, that was launched last year at Newark, for this year I have developed a full body kit to turn an MX5 MK1 into a sharp
modern coupe, it retains the doors and windscreen and the moncoque so no IVA is required. We remove the front wings bonnet, boot lid, front and rear
bumpers and lights (sell em on ebay to get your donor money back) and then fit a 2 piece moulding with door cappings and sills. I have taken styling
influences from our friends in Hethal. I have promised not to show pictures yet though as the organisers of the show hope more people will visit to
see the new car. So rather than promote the car, we are helping to promote the show.
Please come and say hello in the bar or in the hall. It's my favorite show, I have been attending for 25 years!!!!!!!!!!!
I do hope there is a good turn out. I know there are more manufacturers booked than normal, and I look forward to seeing a fine display of various
makes of kits too. I love to see the wild homemade one off's, they remind me of what it was like all those years ago. Sunshine booked, no excuses
then!
Regards Stuart Mills.
what benefits will there be over a £3k mk 1 mx5?
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Originally posted by daniel mason
what benefits will there be over a £3k mk 1 mx5?
pictures !! i got pictures !!!
http://mevltd.co.uk/mevx5_gallery.htm
to me the front and back look like a ferrari and the middle looks, kind of like a mustang... (looking at the second pic along)
not sure if i like the look yet, will need to wait for finished pictures... and no convertable, which is half the fun in the mx5.
what i was hoping it would look like is:
It's a shameless copy of an Elise.
I don't understand....
An elan kit would have made far more sense, or something original
quote:
Originally posted by Kwik
pictures !! i got pictures !!!
http://mevltd.co.uk/mevx5_gallery.htm
to me the front and back look like a ferrari and the middle looks, kind of like a mustang... (looking at the second pic along)
not sure if i like the look yet, will need to wait for finished pictures... and no convertable, which is half the fun in the mx5.
what i was hoping it would look like is:
Sorry but I don't really see the point! - it's not really any better looking than a MK1 MX5, can't see there being much (if ANY!)
weight reduction as the MX5 bonnet is aluminum and weighs half of nothing, the bumpers/nose are plastic which leaves only the wings and the bootlid
(and I'm betting that MEV GRP bodywork isn't going to be exactly featherweight).... it's not a convertible, doesn't have pop up
headlights...... etc etc
I love a lot of MEV's ideas but not this one unfortunately - sorry 
EDIT: I'm with indykid especialy the Elan bit - there are LOTS of people who would buy an original Elan bodywork kit or at least parts of it (me
included) as they're prohibitively expensive to get from Japan
[Edited on 10/6/11 by D Beddows]
quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
I love a lot of MEV's ideas but not this one unfortunately - sorry
quote:
Originally posted by indykid
It's a shameless copy of an Elise.
quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
EDIT: I'm with indykid especialy the Elan bit - there are LOTS of people who would buy an original Elan bodywork kit or at least parts of it (me included) as they're prohibitively expensive to get from Japan
[Edited on 10/6/11 by D Beddows]
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The down side of the MX5 has to be the somewhat dated styling, it was always classed as soft and many have even been rude about the probable profession of the driver!
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The other problems are faded paint, dents, leaking drafty roofs and only a small boot
Only just seen this bit of the 'sales' info.....not a prime example of how to win friends and influence people - 'couldn't you afford an Elise then?' would p*ss me off waaaay more than the hairdresser stuff lol - apart from that a decent soft top isn't 'draughty' and surely if you're not replacing the rear bodywork then surely the boot will be pretty much the same size.......
[Edited on 11/6/11 by D Beddows]
Kwik - 11/6/11 at 10:15 AMhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a392/retroforza/italia-1.jpg
that is what i was hoping for, shame the image has a photoshopped roof, without the roof it just looks average...
PAUL FISHER - 16/6/11 at 09:27 AMBetter picture of the new Mevx5, I can see the appeal of the kit, if you have a old Mx5 with the usual faded paintwork, rusty wings and a knackered hood, this kit could be for you, at least there's no IVA to mess about with
indykid - 16/6/11 at 10:03 AMquote:
Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
if you have a old Mx5 with the usual faded paintwork, rusty wings and a knackered hood
Rusty wings and a knackered hood usually come with rusty sills and subframes though. I can't see I'd want to plough another £3k +paint +extras into a failing donor.
The front and back look too much like an elise to appeal to the market and the build price doesn't set it apart. It's like an offroad elise though...
It's the new banham X21 imho, though thankfully, only Metros met their fate for that one.
ETA - I assume the white one's on 17" wheels? Perhaps that's why it looks so high
[Edited on 16/6/11 by indykid]
swanny - 16/6/11 at 12:22 PMpersonally i can see the appeal of the coupe, particularly since GTM are now no longer active.
at the moment i have a seven type car that i just dont drive enough due to lack of practocality. i can see the appeal of a full time couple that is a little bit different from most other stuff that has fairly reliable mecahnicals. i dare say they wouldnt be doing this is GTM still existed
paul
Doctor Derek Doctors - 16/6/11 at 01:04 PMquote:
Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
Better picture of the new Mevx5, I can see the appeal of the kit, if you have a old Mx5 with the usual faded paintwork, rusty wings and a knackered hood, this kit could be for you, at least there's no IVA to mess about with
I like that quite alot, seems like the MX5 hardtop that there always should have been.
Looks modern and uses a great chassis, without any preconceptions on the owners. Sounds like a good recipe to me.
Sonic7 - 18/6/11 at 07:06 PMquote:
Originally posted by iank
...........I suspect pictures will appear over there pretty quickly, with sonic posting here pretty soon afterwards
Not wishing to disappoint
(not my pics credit where credit due 'steve amv8' pistonheads)
eddie99 - 18/6/11 at 07:23 PMActually i think those pics of it in the flesh do it more justice than the pic posted earlier in the post. Maybe it'll grow on me but i cant see there is a demand to put a new bodywork on an mx5 but in fairness. I don't think its aimed at what we know as kit car builders. Maybe more tuning car type people.
scootz - 18/6/11 at 08:44 PMPretty enough and may indeed do well, but it's too much of a Lotus rip-off for me.
tomgregory2000 - 18/6/11 at 08:55 PMSomeone drove an elise into an mx5
I like the idea, but not the end product.
Dangle_kt - 18/6/11 at 08:56 PMI don't dislike it, but... A decent solid donor for it is going to cost best part of £1500, then say £3k on the kit/respray etc.
Then it would still be 108bhp engine...so you look to fit a turbo to make it more elise like and your staring down another £2k...unless you DIY it.
Thats 6.5k..you could get a real elise for not an aweful lot more cash.
I said in another post, I think this is appealing to a different audience than us - so I wish them all the best with it.
tomgregory2000 - 18/6/11 at 09:00 PMJust had a look on autotrader and elise's start a 7K and 10K for the (facelift)
eddie99 - 18/6/11 at 09:06 PMYup elises start at 6.5k....... And there is no comparison between a £1500 MX5 and a real elise. If it does work out similar costs.
thefreak - 18/6/11 at 10:31 PMBut to be fair you're not going to buy an mx5 to fit the kit. It's going to be aimed at the current owners. If that's the case it's only the price of the kit plus fitting.
Andybarbet - 18/6/11 at 11:53 PMI like it, i think the appeal of just doing some bodywork sounds kind of nice too, if i had an MX5 that was a bit tatty then depending on cost i would be very interested.
After all, my Luego Velocity is basically a 'loose' copy of a Lotus 7, plenty of friends have been to our house & asked me why i want to build a car, i usually say that if you have to ask then you wont understand ?????
If thats a loose copy of an Elise, who cares - if you like it then i say go for it
GRRR - 19/6/11 at 08:21 AMNot that you can see to clearly in those pics but it does look very good quality bodywork, and to echo the tuning comment earlier in this thread if I was into drifting I'd totally do one of these, you can picture it caked in stickers and a huge rear wing with smoke pouring off the rear wheels..
Kwik - 19/6/11 at 09:46 AMi don't think it is aimed at current mx5 owners. as in the description on the website it hints at the mx5 looking like a hairdressers car, or at least hints that others may think your a hairdresser. i would find it a bit insulting if someone said that about my pride and joy...
Doctor Derek Doctors - 19/6/11 at 02:11 PMI'm starting to think that this car is more of a style for a proper project car than an MX5 rebody.
If I was building one I would use the MX5 shell and MEV body but then wack something like an RX7 Turbo engine in it making something fast, good looking and with great handling.
The only thing I don't like is the wheels, they are too big and too CHAV, some 13"'s in gold would have looked real purdy.
