Project Track Rat: 1990 Miata

[SlimKlim]

Well I'd always thought I'd drive the M3 through school, then delegate it to track usage and buy a better DD. Two problems with that plan, post college money doesn't grow on trees, and I really, really, really love my car. They always say if you can't crash it don't track it.

So I decide to start saving up for an NA otter because I like RWD, I like cheap things, and Jake has one, so its like living with a wiki that I don't have to read. I set aside $500 at the beginning of the month thinking If I do that 5 more times I'll have good miata money.

Well sumbitch if one of Jake's miata friends doesn't contact him asking if he knows of anyone that wants a project car, because he knows of an excellent candidate that he wants the hardtop off of, but doesn't really want to bother with the rest of the car.

So we struck a deal, it was a customer of this little shop, who this guy is friends with the son of the owner. The pressure plate collapsed on the clutch and the owner decided not to fix it, and wanted to get rid of it. So it trickles down to me and I agree to buy it and give the hardtop to the guy who hooked me up with it as a finder's fee. As opposed to him taking the first dibs on it, buying it for the top then parting/flipping or scrapping it.

Here are the good deets. Original owners, the last time it was titled was in '94 when I'm assuming they paid the car off. It has 54k miles, everything is original aside from the awful chrome wheels that are on the thing. Total price $500 dolla.

I picked up the title tonight, going back tomorrow to tow it home, probably gonna order a clutch from mazdaspeed this week.