Mazda restarts production parts for NA MX-5

[wannabe]

I'm sure this is not 'new news' but it's good news nonetheless!

(Perhaps I'm thinking of the Japanese version of it??)

www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-japanesecars/mazda-restarts-production-parts-for-na-mx-5/43261

I'm interested in seeing more on the lighter and stronger wheels!


EDIT: Someone posted the 2019 announcement and link to the brochures on that PH thread:

japanesenostalgiccar.com/news-here-are-all-the-parts-you-can-get-from-the-mazda-roadster-restore-program/

[FFS Corders]

Now available in the UK in the near future. 164 separate items from what I read

[suggs84]

Will be interesting to see what the parts are, 164 sounds a decent amount but obviously there's a lot more that makes a car.... good news all the same!

[Zed.]

if you read on Miata.net theres a lot of discussion as to the parts, possibly dashboards (lhd?)

interesting that after ~27 years the NA is popular enough to re-produce @ Mazda levels

Rich.

[suggs84]

Yeah i thought that, just shows how popular they still are! We of course, knew that already tho

[martiny]

There's a thread on the OC forum where SAZ has provided a parts list but cautions that it feels more like a PR exercise than a serious attempt to get lots of NA models restored to concourse condition. Pics of one of the handful of cars "restored" in Japan show new but not as-original parts. e.g. a new cowl on the instruments in the later matt finish, not the glossy original and a NB-style gearknob etc.

It's interesting that the spares list for LHD models is smaller than for RHD. Although I haven't checked, my guess is they have some handed parts made for Roadsters but they're not making any LHD ones for Miatas.