Used 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata with Factory Hardtop for sale in South Portland, ME

This is a 1990 Miata, which is the first year of Miata production. This car is super original. It even still has the owner's manual and the sales receipt from the original purchase in July of 1989! Car is 100% stock and unmodified.
This NA Miata is mechanically sound with just over 98,000 miles on it. It starts right up and drives great. It also comes with the matching factory hardtop, which is in excellent condition. Also comes with the soft top boot.

Tires are in great shape. It has brand new wiper blades, and I just changed the oil and the coolant 25 miles ago. I updated the headlights to H4 units because they're brighter. I also bought new NGK spark plugs and plug wires and a brand new Platinum series battery.

The car has been fun to drive around (with antique plates on it), and it's been very reliable. Miatas are known for that, though, so you shouldn't be surprised. It is a 30 year old car, however, so it does have some issues. Here are the problems:

INTERIOR
- Seats: Driver's seat is worn out and the padding isn't great. Fine for short drives, but could stand to be replaced. The passenger seat is in better shape, but stained.
- Radio Surround: Often called the "Tombstone," the piece of plastic trim that surrounds the radio and the HVAC controls has gotten brittle with age and has cracked. I superglued it back together and spray painted it black to refresh it. It looks fine, but could probably stand to be replaced (and will likely disintegrate if you try to remove it). Brand new replacements are about $85.

EXTERIOR
- Rear Finish Panel (plastic panel behind the rear license plate): These were very brittle and they break on most cars. Replacements range from $200-250 for a new one, but they can be found cheaper on the used market.
- Paint: the car needs new paint. It appears to have been repainted at some point, and the clear coat is peeling off badly in some places. The Hard Top could also use a repaint.
- Soft top has no rips or tears, but the original plastic window has a few small cracks in it. There are patch kits out there that can fix this up very cheaply, but I usually run it with the hard top, so I haven't bothered to fix it.
- Rocker panels: the rear rocker panels need rust repair. THIS IS NOT A RUSTY CAR. The rust repair is NOT the result of being driven in the Northeast through the winter. There is no other rust on the car. Early Miatas had a design flaw in the drains for the soft top. The drains ran through the rear quarter panel and made a sharp bend before dumping out behind the rocker panel just in front of the rear wheel. This sharp bend would clog with debris, and water would sit in here and cause the rear portion of the rocker panel to rust. This is entirely cosmetic rust, not structural, and it's limited to just the rear portion of the rocker panel on each side. Otherwise, the car is clean with no surface rust. The metal suspension components and subframes are cleaner and in better shape than my 4-year-old Subaru.

The price is $3500 or $2800 without the hardtop. No, I will not sell the hardtop separately until/unless the car has already sold. The price is firm. If I can't sell it, I will fix it up and paint it at my brother's body shop this winter. I'm only selling it now because I found another project I'd like to buy, and I don't have time to take on both projects. But I will not be upset if I have to keep this car...it's in great shape.

I have the title from the previous owner, but Maine does not issue titles for vehicles this old, so the car doesn't come with a valid title. All you need to register it is a bill of sale.