I drove it once while Uncle Dick was alive. He’d driven one while stationed in England; many years later he imported this one. It languishes in a garage at the home where he and his wife raised their children.
When I took this picture I was trying to convince my cousins and their husbands to make it roadworthy, and lived close enough to pitch in—an English car on the English side of the family in a town their mid-19th century prosperity in lumber and naval stores had founded—it could be used at family weddings, civic events, and more.
Now it’s a project for the next generation.
Here’s a photo of my MX5 at the home (which my cousins are trying to sell and which also needs restoration).
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