{"id":30066,"date":"2018-11-26T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30066"},"modified":"2019-06-22T16:46:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T21:46:20","slug":"1959-ford-prefect-100e-body-on-a-mx-5-chassis-part-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30066","title":{"rendered":"1959 Ford Prefect 100E Body on a MX-5 Chassis \u2013 Part 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30070\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=30070\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1959 Ford Prefect 100E on a MX-5 Chassis 21\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1959 Ford Prefect 100E on a MX-5 chassis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.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-30070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.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 install a 1959 Ford Prefect 100E 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 fabricates custom door bars.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xJKpo0dI2fE\" 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 install a 1959 Ford Prefect 100E 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 fabricates custom door bars. Source: Urchfab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30070,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[802],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30066","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\/11\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-21.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46692,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=46692","url_meta":{"origin":30066,"position":0},"title":"1959 Ford Prefect 100E Body on a MX-5 Chassis &#8211; Part 55","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt Urch from Urchfab released a new build video on his Prefect\/MX-5 project. 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