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Everything starts 6 years ago, when i bought a '91 Mariner Blue Miata 80k miles (usa spec), 1.6 115cv in Torino (north Italy)
Nice and shine, (olmost) 100% stock , beautiful color, brand new soft top..
Apparently perfect right?
well.. NO!
The car was imported from Germany few years before and this meant rust.
I knew it but it was love at first sight and decided to bought it anyway..
In my mind the idea was a very little conservative restoration to fix some minor issue but after few days i realized that i should have to change my mind.
The orange switch is for some kind of light made from the old owner.. but i don't care for now.
The engine is a KLZE 2.5 V6 from a Mazda 626. I bought it one year ago and it still is in the garage.
Ok now let's talk about restoration first.
After one month of occasional use the first problems appears and i decided to start a little restoration but then i realised that it would be a massive restoration!
Unfortunately this is the only good parts of the car..
Both sills were completely rusted, the right side worse than the left, the control arms rusted too, the diff, everything!
diff
right sill
near the fuel tank
after that, i started cut off all around the rusty parts to check the real amount of damage
n the front side i used the original frame, on the back the rear bumper holding holes.
I'm very satisfied about the result, working under the car is very easy now!
Then i started removing all the underbody stone chip protection.
A closer look at the right subframe scratched and rusted..