I've had it. Yes, I like MX5s (otherwise I wouldn't keep buying them) but seeing that this thing has just sabotaged its next trackday outing, fortunately before I booked that, it's got to go.
Anyway, details are:
1989 red UK-market MX5 1.6, red with white hardtop, 15" Mazdaspeed wheels (v. rare) fitted with road-legal trackday tyres (Federal SS595RS), bucket seat with harness for the driver, GAZ coilovers, Jackson Racing exhaust. Showing 110k miles but had been fitted with a replacement used engine just before I got it (usual crank nose failure). MOT until March 09 IIRC and tax until March/April 09. Currently has a rear strut brace fitted and hence no spare wheel, but the wheel is cluttering up the garage.The only issue with it is that the battery mounting bracket has snapped but that brought on a reality check that suggested that maybe I should just buy something with a little more power and similar handling instead of farting about with this car.
Up to here, I'd like to see around 1100 quid.
Also available for this car is an almost complete[1] Jackson Racing Supercharger kit which should up the power to around 150bhp, plus an Apexi four-branch manifold. The S/C has just been refurbished by Mr Fast on mx5nutz, who's got a rather good reputation there for doing exactly that.
1750 with all the bits, which you can't buy this cheaply if you want to buy them separately. [1] You'll need a belt and the two idler pulleys for it, both available from Moss. Both the old belt and the pulleys are clucked.