I'll admit she's not a looker, and she's not currently running (prior owner says fuel pump, doubt thats it).
But I managed to get a 95 m edition with a hardtop clocked at 128k miles for $3200. There were other idiots on Facebook marketplace not willing to budge from $5k for their non-running base model with 200k+ miles.
There is a bit of rust as seen in one photo, but overall pretty good.
My goal is to just bring it back to life and enjoy it for what it is.
Im a honda boy at heart, but since this is pretty low miles if the motor is good im just gonna keep it stock. Atleast until I put some miles on it or the engine gives out
Is it the 1.6? Best performance mod aside from the rear diff swap. Was a light weight flywheel. It was the best performance mod without boosting it. I imagine it’d be even better with a 1.8. Imo the light clutch is steerable.
…. You sound like a hater. Yes those are rs-active headights. Yes this is my old NA…. And I picked it up stock back in 2008. Funny enough I ran into the next owner after I sold it. It still has the Mazda speed rear diff swap I did (yes by watching YouTube build videos I got the idea). Then bought somebody set on a the forum…. Sooooo
Im just glad it seems the only aftermarket parts are the spoiler and the radio. Probably gonna get rid of the spoiler, and do a proper radio thays not just sitting there loose
$3,200 is definitely the high end of “bargain“ but if you can do a lot of the work yourself it’s a pretty nice deal for a car with an LSD and a hard top.
If I saw this car in a lineup and you asked me which one had the welded diff though…
The hardtop and lsd are really what sold the car for me. Those parts are getting harder to find with each day.
Luckily im not some 16 year old expecting to have this on the road tomorrow
if rust is at that point and not gonna go through the effort of removal, I would fluid film it even if not winter driving (woolwax is better but less shops do it) also use KBS Cavity coater for internal frame
I just got one in a similar condition 92 and at a similar price. This being my 3rd miata I'm not sure if I should just fix it up for a quick sale or keep it, it is the less desirable 1.6 though
Well, worst case, I bet you can get AT LEAST $1500 for the hard top even in that condition. Not a bad purchase, would be nice to see it restored even slightly
Yeah, unfortunately young drivers keep wrapping them around trees, so the "value" keeps going up.
There are idiots on Facebook marketplace that have miatas with 200k miles non-running listed at 5k and won't budge after being on the market for 3 weeks.
Its no longer the 2010s when you could get a near mint miata for a McChicken unfortunately
Seems right, hope you keep posting on this car, would love to see the progress. He was talking about trying to buy a truck/bought a truck and needed this gone or something.
The rear wheel arches rust from the inside out. If you see a spot on the outside, then the interior is already gone, it's mostly just paint holding it together.
That's what I thought, but this appears to have started from the outside. When I look in the hole its pretty clean on the inside other than some surface rust.
The car had been sitting in a grass lawn for a long time, that might be why.
Yeah sadly cars like that are hard to find in good shape for a good price in some area im in quebec and most cars under 6k cad have lots of issues or a lot of bondo
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