OK so i have an x and my dad doesnt want me to mod this crap out of it..so he said i could get another car to trailer around...just i might start here and see if you had any suggestions with any trail encounters...thanks

You could always do something like this .

Great link Doc I've owned my first 1990 Miata now for ooh, about 72 hours

Keith's a great guy. Your close enough - be sure to go to the Flyin Miata open house this summer! Click on the Seven link as well - I didn't realize that Keith literally wrote the book on the new build-your-own-sportscar craze....

Now that I have a house with a real garage, I would love to find a project truck like that. Don't know if I would strip something down to the frame like he did