So after clearing out a couple of garage spaces, I naturally had to fill them. One of them was taken up by my non-running '91 Tracker. I wanted to fill the other one with a low cost fun toy. Budget was under $4k. Poked around at a buch of different ideas, but always came back to Miata. While they ain't fast, they're pure driving fun.
Found this one. '90 with 134k miles. Original owner, guy is now retirement age. 5spd of course. Clutch has less than 15k miles on it, soft top is 2 years old, brand new brakes. Factory hard top. He's got recent service records and is getting me the rest from the place he always went for oil changes. Has a few negatives. Was in a hailstorm, so has damage on trunk and hood (trunk is much worse than the hood). Differential crapped out a few weeks ago, which is why he decided to sell it. Has the LSD rear. The shop where it is now said the engine runs great, and the car is still "drivable" in that it'll move on its' own, but drives poorly and makes noise from the rear. He didn't open the rear up for a close look though. Got it for the budget friendly price of $1250…including hard top. Sweet. 
Hoping the rear is an easy fix. Considering putting the '94+ stuff in, but want to keep the budget as low as possible. I did find a used '91 LSD for dirt cheap. I'd like to try to do the work myself if I can, I've never done a differential swap.
Anyhow, here it is. Hoping to have it on the street within the next month (registering it as a "classic", and it takes 3-4 weeks to get the license plate).
