A few weeks back, my scruffy little 1990 NA Miata project trackday car, El Cheapacabra, met an untimely demise. I posted a quick sob story describing the incident, and got some great leads from readers – thank you guys for the input! However, I couldn’t help myself from setting up a craigslist alert with a […]
If you’ve been following our sporadic Project Car posts, you’ll perhaps remember (through a foggy haze of regret and clove smoke, no doubt) that the DT stable is full of various cheap fun vehicles, but the cheapest of all was El Cheapacabra, my $600 ugly red 1990 Mazda Miata. Well I have some sour news […]
Reviving a neglected or abused car is kind of fun, in my sick and twisted mind. I convince myself that I’m saving money (sure), but I know for a fact that it’s satisfying to make such a sad little pile of parts into a respectable car again. It’s only been a few weeks with El […]
Oh no, what have I done now? As if my own driveway and the collective DT Project Car stable wasn’t yet large enough, I’ve gone and adopted this forlorn looking Miata. Armed with a penchant for checking craigslist every 10 minutes and a thirst for cheap trackday fun after driving a simple 1.6L NA at […]