I don't even have a Miata, yet I feel compelled to buy one.
Photograph courtesy Moss Motors (oil pan)
Need a roof skin, door mechanism or grille surround for your ’65 Mustang–or ’57 Chevy or ’69 Camaro? Easy. The market offers those restoration parts many times over and, possibly, from multiple sources. It’s the simple story of supply and demand with an emphasis here on the demand.
Something listed in the latest new product release to float across my desk: a replacement, stock oil pan for the 1994-2000 Mazda Miata.
Not a car usually craved by boomers.
Why does this matter?
Someone signed off to make this seemingly boring OE replacement part meaning, theoretically, the demand exists beyond the still-available OE part.
This is good for our team. More Miata replacement parts keep more Miata running. And more options should, in theory, keep prices in check. (Back to that whole supply and demand thing.)
What restoration parts would you like to see back in stock, whether for a Miata or another past favorite?
I don't even have a Miata, yet I feel compelled to buy one.
Whew! Just when I thought Miatas were going to be forgotten on the dust bin of history.
Interesting that there’s no attempt to improve it in any way. I wonder if Moss commissioned it or if they picked it up from a manufacturer catalog. Can’t see it being high volume.
I would have done the 2001-05 MBSP version as it’s a retrofit upgrade to the earlier engines.
How many me-otter oil pans need replacing? Is it a common failure point?
Car-Part.com lists used ones between $65 and $150
There is a pile of them on Ebay between $150 and $200, some with a baffle and pickup included.
Rock Auto has the Dorman 264212 (yeah yeah Dorman) for $250
Brand new OEM from the dealer BPE8-10-400A is only $375....
Color me confused.
In reply to 93gsxturbo :
No idea. But I’m assuming there’s enough demand that someone felt the need to put another option on the shelf.
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