May the Power of Steering be With You

When I bought this car off of Craigslist, it leaked oil and power steering fluid. After losing the engine, Hiro’s got me going again and we were only gushing the hydraulic fluid at low speed when going from lock to lock (sounds a lot like parallel parking) with all the dinosaur juice safely still inside. After today, neither.

Mazdaspeed spoiler install

Some careful use of blue tape and an electric drill make installing the (replica) Mazdaspeed spoilers a possible one-person job. Interestingly enough, the back bumper on the ’91 Craigslist Miata had marks letting you know where to make the holes for a ’94 R Package (imitation) lower rear lip.

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Steering wheel install

The Nardi had spent quite some time sitting quietly on the bookshelf, now it was time to restore its purpose. It took a little bit of courage to tinker with the 20 year old airbag, but once the cover came off things started to look a lot nicer inside the cabin.

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