{"id":7843,"date":"2015-12-15T19:04:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T23:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2015-12-18T17:13:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T21:13:46","slug":"1926-ford-convertible-with-a-mazda-miata-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7843","title":{"rendered":"1926 Ford Convertible with a Mazda Miata Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a custom 1926 Ford Model T convertible was built six years ago by Roy Rockwell. The design took inspiration taken from Bo Jones’ famous modified-style T. The steel body was narrowed 8 1\/2 inches and put on a hand built Model T chassis built from rectangular tubing. Power comes from a 1.8 L Mazda BP-4W inline-four taken from a Mazda Miata. The engine produces 133 horsepower which turns out to be 43 HP more than the Chevy 153 (2.5 L) inline-four that ran in Jones’. The engine is connected to the factory Miata five-speed and then to a 1940 Ford quick change rear end. The car is currently for sale in Gilbert, Arizona with an asking price of $52,000.<\/p>\n

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Source: Hemmings Blog<\/a> and Hot Rod<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a custom 1926 Ford Model T convertible was built six years ago by Roy Rockwell. The design took inspiration taken from Bo Jones’ famous modified-style T. The steel body was narrowed 8 1\/2 inches and put on a hand built Model T chassis built from rectangular tubing. Power comes from a 1.8 L… Read More »1926 Ford Convertible with a Mazda Miata Engine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[389],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-model-t"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1926-Ford-Convertible-with-a-1.8-L-Mazda-Miata-Engine-01.jpg?fit=800%2C599&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":142103,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=142103","url_meta":{"origin":7843,"position":0},"title":"Mazda Miata with a Turbo 2.5 L Duratec","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Armand Hindrichs and his company AR Hindrichs LLC in Cypress, Texas specializes in Mazda Miata repair and performance. 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