Welcome aboard! I remember the 'swirly' car.![]()
Technically this is my second Miata since selling my first.
The car is a 1990 in Classic Red, a B-package with VLSD and 210k miles on the odo. The car was in decent condition mechanically, I think one of the bearings is going from the noise it makes when driving. It leaks a couple drops of oil every week or so. Here's the Craigslist ad:
The exterior needed a little work when I got it though:
So I did what any industrious person would do; I hired my friend to come out and help me take the finish down to bare metal so I could respray it.
As you can see, he works cheap. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep him motivated for long so I took over for him and have spent my weekends sanding for the past month or so.
The car has no exterior paint now, there are still a few patches of the first primer coat that I'm working through. I've started painting the fenders and plastic parts, though. Can't wait to drive it again.
I had a Mariner blue '90 as well, but I sold (regrettably) it to fund my other projects. I still have the blue hard top sitting in my shed that I'm trying to find a good home for, too.
Welcome aboard! I remember the 'swirly' car.![]()
Quite a project you've taken on there! I swear if you stare at that Rorschach hood shot long enough you can see all kinds of hidden images. And messages.![]()
Keep up the work and soon it will atleast be all one color. Welcome to the group.
Lookin' good, pal! Can't wait to see the results.
and Welcome!
1994 R-package - gone, but not forgotten.
1966 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40. Restification in progress. or should I say De-RUSTification in progress?
1984 Honda VF1100S. V4 Fury!
Welcome aboard.
Welcome. Keep making progress and you will be done before you know it.
On the track, I am fearless.
If you were as slow as me, you wouldn't be afraid either.
1994 M Edition
CSP 67
Ah yes, I remember that car. (Never did see the commercial though.)
Welcome to our speed bump on the information super highway!
Randy (who'd rather be)
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
2005 Saab 9³ Arc 2.0L Turbo
Welcome aboard and keep up the hard work! The body looks pretty straight from the pix - can't wait to see the finished product...
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
Welcome
2005 Lava Orange MSM #601/1428
211 rwhp, 195 ft. lbs on 1/6/07
Welcome. You'll be done soon and then you can drive it.
thanks for the encouragement. I would like to see that commercial too. I'd hate to think all that work went into ruining the paint for nothing.