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This Acura NSX Convertible Can Be Yours for $49,995

The late 1980s and early ‘90s were the days of wine and roses for Acura brand enthusiasts. The executive Legend, the uber cool Integra, and the original NSX midship vee-six sports car were bedroom poster material for generations of up-and-coming gearheads, especially the latter model. Out of the approximately 18,600 examples produced from 1990 to 2005, few NSXs had their roofs chopped off like this one.
Acura NSX Convertible by Newport Convertible Engineering 26 photos
Photo: Choice Auto Center
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Rather than the NSX targa and Tony Stark’s chintzy-looking Acura NSX drop top, the vehicle on hand isn’t just a made-for-Hollywood advertising tool. It’s one of those first-gen NSXs we were drooling over back in the day, only better. With 9,674287 gazillion miles of headroom, California’s sunshine and the ocean breeze blowing through your hair, this old school Acura NSX convertible is somewhat of a forbidden fruit.

Wait, wasn’t the Acura NSX also offered in targa format? It was, but a rag top beats a targa top in Newport Convertible Engineering’s opinion. The number of converted NSXs is a bigger mystery than the Loch Ness monster’s preference in music, but this editor is aware of only two examples of the breed.

The first I saw was listed on Craigslist for a rather hefty $50k, wearing ostentatious gold-painted 1980s BBS wheels. This Acura NSX retains the original five-spoke wheels, which is a-OK by us. Better than that, there are 40,533 miles (65,231 km) on the odometer of this blast from the past.

Coming with a color matching soft top and a full CarFax report, this is a rare chance to own an increasingly rare piece of NSX history. There’s a little problem with just wanting it though. More specifically, the Choice Auto Center in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, is asking a rather steep $49,995 for the privilege of enjoying an NSX with a composite boot cover, a five-speed manual transmission and a 3.5-liter V6 VTEC motor.

We’re pretty certain that the professional hack and slash job reduces torsional rigidity to a level that’s under Acura’s own targa version of the NSX. On another note, a drop top NSX isn’t exactly recommended for track days. For what it’s worth, the black-painted Acura NSX convertible in the adjacent photo gallery is the perfect retro-modern boulevard cruiser. A trip to Long Beach is highly recommended as well.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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