Low Budget 2 Seat Project - ideas?

[Firestar_3x]

Friend has just ditched his 90 1.8 striped out mx5, chassi rails started to rust from the tops down.

 

[DampCat]

First off its done 150k

Don't care tbh. mileage doesn't really mean much unless it's been abused. I have a car on the drive with 210k and it's a beauty.

secondly its only the i

"Only" i assume meaning it's slower than my 1.2 Corsa or my Jeep Cherokee?

thirdly the rear arch problem is a huge one, odds on the chassi being rusted as well

Thanks. A useful piece of info is always appreciated.

So for the MK2 general consensus is they rust a lot. Well, there is going to be rust on any car over 8 yeard old, and with the budget i have in mind, to expect a car without it is being a bit silly. As i said, i wont be keeping it long and it's just for a bit of fun.

Those Del Sol's look nice, but again, a lot of them are not much money at all. Is there something I should know about those?