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This car has never seen a day at the track, has never been raced, abused or mistreated. Previously owned by an adult couple in their 60s. When I bought it it went directly into my garage, I never even parked it outside.
When I got the car the paint was failing badly already. It was flaking off in dime-quarter sized chunks in some places. I didn’t feel comfortable to just prep the areas that were flaking off, because the rest of the paint was very brittle and would eventually flake off as well even if I repainted over it. So I decided to strip all of the paint down to the original primer. Prepped the car and then did all three stages starting with several coats of new primer, several coats of paint, and then several more coats of clear coat. Removing every piece of trim, every bumper and fender, and doing everything to the same standard as any reputable shop would. It’s a night and day difference from before and will keep the metal safe and protected for at least another 10-15 years. After the repaint the car turns heads everywhere it goes. I’m very pleased with the outcome.
During the paint job I also repaired the front bumper which had a piece broken off, now it looks like new. I repaired multiple cracks in the license plate bezel and made that look brand new. I repaired hundreds of small rock chips, tried to fix each dent I could. Really spared no time to do everything as best as I could.
It has a brand new Robbins top just installed this month. Never seen any outside use yet.
It has brand new upholstery custom made by Mr Mike, a well known upholstery maker for these cars that hand sews these seats here in the US. These were installed this past week and the next owner will be the first one to sit in them.
Additionally I installed:
New clear turn signals from IL Motorsports (From Moss Miata - Can send link)
New side mirrors from IL Motorsports (From Moss Miata - Can send link)
New cowl from IL Motorsports (From Moss Miata - Can send link)
New protective grill for the bumper (From Moss Miata - Can send link)
New spark plug wires from NGK (From Moss Miata - Can send link)
New CravenSpeed stubby antenna (From Amazon - Can send link)
New CravenSpeed door bushings (From Amazon - Can send link)
New Hella headlamp housing (From Amazon - Can send link)
New Hella bulbs (From Amazon - Can send link)
New leather shift boot and hand brake cover (From eBay - Can send link)
New heater control panel cover (From eBay - Can send link)
These last two things I am including with the sale, I did not get around to installing them yet. Should be super simple and a fun first project for the next owner. I'm forgetting a few other small things but this covers the basics.
The car originally came with silver steelies that came stock on it. I picked up some Enkei wheels on Toyo tires recently and put them on for these photos but it wasn't ever driven on them. I am including both sets with the sale so you can have some spares.
All in all the car by itself cost me just under $5000.
I consider the paint job to be a $2000 value add (being extremely conservative here, the materials alone were $1000 of that. Most shops would charge $5,000+ for this type of a paint job).
The roof replacement is another $1000 value. (Parts and labor included)
The upholstery is another $1000 value. (Parts and labor included)
All of the other miscellaneous parts add up to another $1000.
All in all I’m into this car for just under $10,000 and I’m only asking $9000. Not trying to earn anything on it, the paint job alone was several hundred hours of my time. Each other project was tens of hours each. You can own it by just repaying me for the cost of the car and parts and my labor is a gift. Really want to see it go to someone who will love it and appreciate it as much as I did. I’m only selling because it is taking up my only parking space that I have and I have to park my daily driver on the street. If I owned a house with more garage spaces I’d keep it forever. This car was never stored outside in my ownership and I’m pretty certain the previous owner kept it in their garage for over twenty years before me. Thank you for looking and reading this far.
Walkaround Video - https://imgur.com/a/ZrmENrU
Cold Start Video - https://imgur.com/a/16VRhrC
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