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Old 08-28-2022, 08:00 PM
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I have not mentioned this in detail on the Miata forums, but I recently bought a 1969 Datsun pickup to "Miatafy". It will be getting pretty much an entire Miata drop out and some bits of the tub. This implies that there won't be a Miata left when I am done with the donor car. As I am starting to build up a list of what is needed, I realized that I have everything sitting in my garage... in my 1991 project car, Mental. This car is so heavily modified that I cannot, in good conscience, sell it as is. The reality is that I drive this car less than 250 miles per year, mainly to the occasional car show / Kinod. In addition to the drop out, there is about $10k in parts I could sell off and fund the truck build.

It is a tough call for me. I have had the car for almost 12 years now. It was not a great starting point for a nice car. It had been hit on both ends. It was a BRG SE. I commuted in it for a couple of years. Blew 2 engines. Spent too much $$$. I also HATE dealing with selling stuff online. But it would mean a huge difference to the truck build to part it out. Emotional attachments to inanimate objects suck.

https://ratsun.net/topic/80994-popcorn/. Linky to truck build thread on Ratsun. Includes a couple of Mental pictures, since most of my build threads have dead links.

What do you think?
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Old 09-01-2022, 03:12 PM
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Gives me a sad but does seem to make sense. Just a shame to let it go like that after everything you did to get it BAR'd.

Enjoyed the Ratsun build thread.
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