Miata - sell me your feminine car

[Wallace's]

You're welcome, hope it pans out. When I saw your WTB I knew I'd seen one, just took me awhile to
find it again.

I haven't been in or driven BMW mini but feel safe in saying any attempt to compare it to
original mini as futile as comparing new Beetle to original beetle.
Had a bastard mini-cooper for awhile, guy put a hot 1275 into early '60s mini to go SCCA
racing. Then he decided to go Formula V instead so no need for the mini. His brother called
a friend of mine who called me and that's how I wound up with it. Had fun autocrossing it,
won a few FTDs with it despite having drum brakes. Drove it on the streets some but it didn't
like going slow. Sold it to a guy from Atlanta, reportedly he painted it to match the MARTA buses.
I received several unpaid parking ticket notices from Atlanta issued to the mini for a few years.

Speaking of the trucks blowing your Miata around reminded me of a scary trip to Atlanta
driving at night in torrential rainstorm in a Triumph Spitfire. SomeOne upstairs must have been
watching over me that night for sure because I'm still here! (knock on head)

Thanks again. That listing only had an email reply. i sent my info and number, but still nothing. Hopefully he replies soon. Thats THE perfect car for what I need!

 

[Colossus]

Op is coming out of closer?

 

[Wallace's]

Op is coming out of closer?

I think you meant closet, and no. The car would make that hard to believe though...lol

 

[Colossus]

F..ing autocorrect

 

[hlweeks]

All this talk is bringing back memories of the 1970s owning and driving Sprites, Midgets, a TR6, a Spitfire, A Cooper S, MGBs, a Lotus Europa, Alfa GT-V, a 914-6, and racing an SCCA F-Production MG Midget and an SSC Renault 5, sometimes in the rain.

 

[CBH13]

All this talk is bringing back memories of the 1970s owning and driving Sprites, Midgets, a TR6, a Spitfire, A Cooper S, MGBs, a Lotus Europa, Alfa GT-V, a 914-6, and racing an SCCA F-Production MG Midget and an SSC Renault 5, sometimes they ran.

fify!!! lol that list makes it sound like you were never able to leave the garage! those old brits and Italians were beautiful but man are they finicky

 

[hlweeks]

fify!!! lol that list makes it sound like you were never able to leave the garage! those old brits and Italians were beautiful but man are they finicky

They weren't near as finicky as a lot of people say today. I never had much trouble with any of them and I've had a lot more over the years than those cars mentioned.

 

[CBH13]

They weren't near as finicky as a lot of people say today. I never had much trouble with any of them and I've had a lot more over the years than those cars mentioned.

those must have be tons of fun, I know I'd still kill for a Europa

 

[hlweeks]

those must have be tons of fun, I know I'd still kill for a Europa

I still would love to find a nice early Europa type 46 or 54. I had a type 54 and a type 65. The 65 has the higher front fenders to raise the headlights and just doesn't look right to me.

 

[galvatron]

I m ow a race shop who specializes in just Spec Miatas. He has access to a bunch of cool stuff!

Local?