{"id":22175,"date":"2018-10-31T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22175"},"modified":"2019-06-22T16:41:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T21:41:02","slug":"1959-ford-prefect-100e-body-on-a-mx-5-chassis-part-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22175","title":{"rendered":"1959 Ford Prefect 100E Body on a MX-5 Chassis \u2013 Part 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-11.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29146\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=29146\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-11.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1959 Ford Prefect 100E on a MX-5 Chassis 11\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1959 Ford Prefect 100E on a MX-5 Chassis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-11.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-11.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1959 Ford Prefect 100E on a MX-5 Chassis\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-11.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-11.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-11.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-11.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matt Urch from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCqvXGJXKeLCm6zg-JagDdzQ\">Urchfab<\/a> is back with another update on his newest project. The goal is to gut everything from a 1959 Ford Prefect 100E and install the shell over a 2002 Mazda MX-5 chassis with a 1.8 L inline-four, six-speed manual transmission, and limited-slip diff. In this video Matt pulls the engine, transmission, and subframe so he can start addressing the front chassis rails.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/njwnr4wVy9I\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCqvXGJXKeLCm6zg-JagDdzQ\">Urchfab<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Urch from Urchfab is back with another update on his newest project. The goal is to gut everything from a 1959 Ford Prefect 100E and install the shell over a 2002 Mazda MX-5 chassis with a 1.8 L inline-four, six-speed manual transmission, and limited-slip diff. In this video Matt pulls the engine, transmission, and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22175\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1959 Ford Prefect 100E Body on a MX-5 Chassis \u2013 Part 10<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[802],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prefect"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-11.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28109,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=28109","url_meta":{"origin":22175,"position":0},"title":"1959 Ford Prefect 100E Body on a MX-5 Chassis &#8211; Part 1","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt Urch from Urchfab started a new build series. 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