AutoBanter - View Single Post - $300.00 Hardtop

pws · March 5th 06, 05:35 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata

wrote:

> Reminds me of a deal I came across in our local classifieds in MN. It
> advertised an early body-style red hardtop for only $250. Needless to say, I
> drove down immediately to pick it up. It looked like it had been sitting in
> that garage for years, and was badly oxidised due to neglect.
>
> I bought it anyway, and had plans to give it a nice new coat of paint.
> Turned out I didn't have to. A simple polish-and wax job restored it to a
> brilliant red!
>
> A year later, when I traded my red '93 for a nice black-on-black '95, I
> bought a black hardtop with defroster locally for $700, and sold the red
> hardtop on eBay for $1000!=)
>
> Patrick
> '95 Triple Black

Excellent! I bought those JR sway bars for $100.00 about 6 years ago,
used them for 5 years and then auctioned them on the 'Bay for over $140.00.

$250.00 for a good Mazda hardtop is the best deal I have heard of so far.

Pat