How bad an idea is this?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 10/11/2018 at 22:40 • Filed to: None

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Less than $3k. ‘Because racecar’ interior conversion already started. Exterior in matching pre-crashed racecar condition.

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=470799577&zip=63104&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fsearchresults.xhtml%3Fzip%3D63104%26startYear%3D1981%26numRecords%3D100%26incremental%3Dall%26endYear%3D2019%26modelCodeList%3DMIATA%26makeCodeList%3DMAZDA%26transmissionCodes%3DMAN%26minPrice%3D250%26sortBy%3DderivedpriceASC%26maxPrice%3D3500%26firstRecord%3D0%26searchRadius%3D0&minPrice=250&startYear=1981&numRecords=100&maxPrice=3500&firstRecord=0&endYear=2019&modelCodeList=MIATA&makeCodeList=MAZDA&searchRadius=0&makeCode1=MAZDA&modelCode1=MIATA

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/11/2018 at 22:52

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Is the worst of the damage that fender pictured? Any frame damage?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/11/2018 at 22:52

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Is the worst of the damage that fender pictured? Any frame damage?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/11/2018 at 22:55

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pre wrecked and stripped?

talk him down to half price and you got a sweet deal

as is all the bits you coulda parted out to make a sweet deal are already gone

(well.. a good chunkc of them)

AestheticsInMotion > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/11/2018 at 22:56

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Terrible idea. You can get a non-crushed, fully interior’d NB for that money. Better aftermarket too if you want to go down the stripped race-car route.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/11/2018 at 22:58

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Just updated with a link to the ad.

The interior sort of matches my Mazda5 (same color, no less) ; I took out some interior bits back in 2014 for some audio upgrades and, well, they're still in the living room...

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/11/2018 at 22:59

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ALMOST ALL OF OUR VEHICLES ARE CLASSIFIED AS REPAIRABLE, AND MAY CONTAIN BODY, MECHANICAL AND OR FLOOD DAMAGE.

Hmmmm... Cheap is good, but that they start with that as a blanket disclaimer isn’t a good sign.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/11/2018 at 23:07

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$1,000 and not a penny more, I would assume previous owners insurance totaled it, for a good reason.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/11/2018 at 23:16

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I see nothing wrong 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > AestheticsInMotion 10/11/2018 at 23:22

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I’d almost rather have a late NA, preferably a special edition of some sort, for the same money, to be left intact. I was just a little surprised at how cheap NCs are getting, but that’s probably because I didn’t realize that they were on the market for so many years . The first Miata I ever drove new was an NC, and that was back in 2014.

AestheticsInMotion > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/12/2018 at 00:20

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Agreed on the NA, but we seem to have gotten to the point where clean NA s are consistently more expensive than clean NB s. NC pricing is strange. There are plenty of people asking insane money for them ($14,000 for a 100,000 mile '08 NC? Good luck) and plenty that are far below 5 digits. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason 

djgreenlava > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/12/2018 at 00:53

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Is Miata really the best start for race car unles it’s for a spec series?

Tristan > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/12/2018 at 05:01

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I need that front bumper NOW.

Maxima Speed > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/12/2018 at 07:18

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Horrible idea. Buy an old gen Mazda for the same money in decently good condition.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Maxima Speed 10/12/2018 at 10:30

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I thought it was a much newer model when I first saw the price. I didn't realize the NC had such a long run in the market (thanks, Ford...)