[Spridgets] Miata Origins

[Linda Grunthaner]

Bugeye Miata kit.
http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=140708

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 5:13 PM, HealeyRick <healeyrick at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I always thought the Miata was based on the Lotus Elan.  Here's a link that
> talks a bit about that:
>
> http://www.lotuselan.net/forums/elan-archive-f16/miata-patterened-after-the-e
> lan-t6302.html  Probably the inspiration for the Miata was every LBC that
> broke down all the time.  I do remember a company that produced a
> fiberglass
> front end that made the Miata look like a bugeye, though.
>
> Rick
>
>
> Follow My Nasty Boy Build:  http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo
>
> --- On Sun, 10/16/11, Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:
>
> From: Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Porsche 356 to Bentley S1: Are these the most
> remarkable car designs ever?
> To: "spridgets at autox.team.net" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, October 16, 2011, 12:18 PM
>
> I worked for Mazda at their US corporate headquarters while the Miata was
> being developed.  The lineage of the Miata is:  Bugeye > Miata.  This from
> the
> mouth of the guys heading the development.  They told me they were building
> a
> "modern Bugeye".
>
> Rick
> a Mazda Tech Writer in another lifetime....
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