A Rocketeer MX-5 sounds great, but it'll take time and money - here's one they did earlier 👇
on a Mk2.5 conversion, the key benefit of the AJ-30 Jaguar V6 is weight: its aluminium construction means no more kilos are added to the front end, and therefore the balance is unaffected. But you get roughly twice the power of a standard Mazda engine, plus the considerable added benefit of a glorious six-cylinder soundtrack. Rocketeer has been around since 2018, and became founder Bruce Southey’s full-time occupation in 2021.
It ought to drive just as well as it looks, basically. We’re so used to modified MX-5s coming in lurid colour schemes or with slammed ride heights that it’s a surprise - a welcome one - to see such a drastic overhaul applied and so much of the original spec retained. Once a Neo Green V-Spec, this car still has the lovely BBS rims, biscuit leather and wooden Nardi wheel that marked them out.
There’s more good news, too. Having been kept inside for a lot of its life , this MX-5 has never needed any welding. It’s been with the current owner for over a decade, who knows it both pre- and post-conversion, who purchased it from a man in their village back in 2012. It’s now done a little over 100,000 miles , which isn’t bad going for more than 30 years of use. For any MX-5 to have survived this long this well is usually a good sign.
Purists and collectors now want untouched MX-5s, of course, and seem willing to pay for them. As is the case for almost every Japanese car that was loved by the tuning community. Those who actually want to drive them, though, are still best served by getting a really good upgraded example, of which this Rocketeer definitely seems like one. There isn’t an NA MX-5 to buy right now for less than £5,000, and this is £15,750.
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