I'm not one to feel the need to share pics of my car to others since it's nothing special. However, I've realized the value of having a build thread is simply for one's own record.
Unfortunately, a year has passed since I've started fixing up my car and I took little to no photos of the process. Still, I figured I'd chronicle what little documentation I have. If anyone else is interested, great. If not, I have this for myself.
A little background:
I'm the second owner of this 1992 black and tan with the, what is it, the C package(?), the one with the leather, Nardi goodies, cruise-control, lightweight BBS rims, rocket-launcher, and so on. I purchased the vehicle in 1996 and it was pretty immaculate at the time, despite its 60,000 miles on the odometer. It was my daily driver for several years, so it accumulated quite a few door and fender dings in the parking lot at work (dings which still remain to this day until I can acquire the funds to repair). It also acquired a fender dent. The internet and forums such as this still being fairly new at the time, I had no clue about issues that were common to Miatas, like the windows that moved at glacial speed. I ruined the center console with a screwdriver trying to remove the window switches. The top also saw its day and needed replacing, The seats (mostly the driver's) needed upholstering.
In 1997 I married my lovely bride and when we had our first child in 2001, the Miata went in the garage and sat there collecting dust for the next 14 years, barely being driven at all.
Fast-forward to 2015 when a new friend finds out I have a Miata. I tell him it needs a new top and the fender needs repair, and he says his friend can fix everything for, like, $500... Yeah, whatever. $9000 or so later (and I still don't have a new top on it)...
Anyway, my friend and his neighbor did the fender repair and the timing-belt/water-pump change. I did most of the rest, except when it came to replacing the clutch.
So here's are a couple of phone pics of the exterior and interior before getting started on this journey of restoring this car. Not great pics, but then the car wasn't looking too good anyway. I'll be adding to this as I have time. I'm very busy, so additions to this thread may arrive slower than my old electric windows.
Here is the engine bay when the WP/TB was changed. My only regret was not polishing the valve covers at this point while they were off.