{"id":38793,"date":"2019-04-08T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=38793"},"modified":"2019-06-22T16:36:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T21:36:26","slug":"1959-ford-prefect-100e-body-on-a-mx-5-chassis-part-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=38793","title":{"rendered":"1959 Ford Prefect 100E Body on a MX-5 Chassis &#8211; Part 48"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38795\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=38795\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.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 49\" 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\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.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-38795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.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> released another update video on his new project. If you are unfamiliar with the build, he&#8217;s installing a 1959 Ford Prefect 100E body shell over a 2002 Mazda MX-5 chassis and powertrain. In this video Matt celebrates the last rust repairs on the trunk gutter and then installs the fiberglass trunk lid.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/S3gGzgEYyZQ\" 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 released another update video on his new project. If you are unfamiliar with the build, he&#8217;s installing a 1959 Ford Prefect 100E body shell over a 2002 Mazda MX-5 chassis and powertrain. In this video Matt celebrates the last rust repairs on the trunk gutter and then installs the fiberglass trunk&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=38793\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1959 Ford Prefect 100E Body on a MX-5 Chassis &#8211; Part 48<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38795,"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":[41,593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miata","category-mx-5"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1959-Ford-Prefect-100E-on-a-MX-5-Chassis-49.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29288,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29288","url_meta":{"origin":38793,"position":0},"title":"1959 Ford Prefect 100E Body on a MX-5 Chassis \u2013 Part 11","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt Urch from Urchfab is back with another update on his newest project. 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