Laf12

I know there's one of these threads in the fd section but I just want to see the difference in owners between the two generations.

I'm 16, full time student. I got my first car/rx7 about a year ago. It's a 85 gsl se. I bought it for $500 from a neighbor.

DreamInRotary

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17: Student/Valvoline: $1,200 84 GS museum quality that got TII swapped and is YouTube famous
18: Student/Valvoline: $100 83 GS garbage parts car
19: Student/Valvoline: $2,300 87 TII donor for the first TII swap
20: Student: Traded Audi UrS4 for 83 GS
21: Student: Traded Audi C4 A6 Avant for 84 GS getting a TII swap now
21: Student: $1,000 83 GS bastard child GSL-SE suspension, Pacifica widebody kit, 3-piece Epsilon Wheels getting parted out and recycled into the TII swap

Johnny Kommavongsa

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31, project manager, bought it when I was 31. My wife has a boosted SA and I enjoyed driving it and I wanted my own 1st gen.

DivinDriver

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52, Technology Manager/Engineer.
Bought my SA when I was 27 (it was 9 years old) to use as a daily driver. Paid $1700 for it at the time. DD'd it for the better part of 16 years.

j9fd3s

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just turned 40. this year is fun, we're racing 2 miatas, i've got a pair of movie scripts to do something with, and i work at a garden. in a former life i was a parts manager at a Mazda dealership.

i've had my current FB since i think 2006? my first Rx7 was an 86 base model, purchased in 1993 for something like $5500. i've had enough Rx7's to loose count, but i've had every year and model from 79-93, and 3 Rx8's, and a R100, and an NSU Wankel spider... among a few Mercedes W108/109's (great cars), a few MGB's, and a Triumph Tr3, which is my favorite of the little british sports cars

rwatson5651

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57 / retired State Trooper

Bought mine in 1978 when I was 21 years old and a newlywed. My wife and I drove it daily until '94 when I took it apart ,restored and modded it. Now it is my main hobby, along with a newly acquired car that is identical to the first one,(same year, model etc,,) but still stock and original.

twalke81

44 CPA bought the first one in 1988, a 79 GS. Totaled it 6 days later. Bought an 80 in 89 and drive it for 7 years then an 83 for 3 years. 6 months ago bought another 79 GS with 1/2 the miles as the first one at 2x the price. These cars are awesome.

mrpandasnatch

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24, retail. Bought my first 7 when I was 22. Lucked out on a FC vert for 1500. Drove perfect, alot of the issues were cosmetic but other than that, no issues. Totalled this past summer. Bought a SA in January for 1700 that I'm trying to get it roadworthy again

t_g_farrell

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55, Software Engineer

Bought my 80 GS in 1983 as my first car out of college. Been with me ever since. Was a daily
driver from 83 thru 89, including 3 years in Pittsburgh. Officially became a toy in 89 when I
swapped on the RB Dellorto 48 DHLA with intake and the Rotary Engineering street
header/exhaust setup.

My only rule to mods is it can't be anything that is seen on the exterior or interior. Under the
hood and under the car has no limits. Oh and has to keep a set of RWL tires on waffles as well.

Sig reflects current mods.

82transam

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30, Project management for an Insurance Company (legal robbery! lol). Got my first FB, my 83 S in 2001 for $1150. Daily drove it for many years and it's been through a bunch of restorations/builds.

Got my 83 GS in 2002 from a junkyard, also been through several "versions" along it's history with me.

Got my 85 S in 2013, built it last year, the closest thing to a "daily driver" FB that I have at this point, although much of my commuter time is spent in my BRZ

andernamen

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Bought my first one at age 21 while still in college in 1988. It was an '84 GSL. Totaled it within a few months. Bought my current one in January of 1989 while an Ensign in the Navy, an '85 GSL-SE. I was at the SWO school in Providence, RI and saw it in a used car lot in Fall River, Mass.

rotordogg

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Got an 85 S, beige/brown at 16 for $1500. Daily driver for 3 years. My favorite car of all. I even lost my virginity in that car.

Then at 19, I got an 87 base model and then at 21 a 1991 NA. When I was 23 I had to sell them all. Now I'm 37, video producer, and I have a 1985 gslse identical to my first rx7 that I am restoring.

cloud996

I am 20 years old, full time college student no job at the moment. Bought a 1983 RX7 gsl with a 13b, dellorto 48, oil cooler and some other mods all for $500 cash. Needs title work and a carb cleaning but it runs and I love it. Always wanted a RX7 and now I have one.

ourxseven

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55, Geologist.

My first 7 was a 2nd Gen '89 convertible , bought in 1995 for $12,000 ( I have a dealer MSRP that was $40K in 1989 !). Still have it and love it. It was probably the most spontaneous purchase Ive ever made. It was on a used car showcase ramp and I was pissed off at my current vehicle and I just turned in on my lunch hour, test drove it , trade in and bought it two hours later. Knew next to nothing about rotaries at the time.

As I learned the true joy of the wankel engine, I was on the hunt for a first gen and wanted a early one and fairly cheap. Bought a running ( barely) '79 Limited in 2005 for $800 , restored it, drove it for a few summers and then sold it for $3000 in 2010. Even though I did some body work , it had some pretty bad rust in its core and figured it wouldnt last a long time.

I liked the first gen body so much I wanted to get another one that I could do whatever I wanted to it ( felt guilty modifying the LIMITED) so I bought another (non running) '79 in 2009 for $600 , but in good structural shape and have been customizing it very slowly ever since. No real timetable to get it finished and plan to keep it for as long as they let me drive a car. 3rd Gen might be considered after its done.

DivinDriver

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& won't the new owner be shocked when he finds it in there, under the passenger seat, along with 5 pennies and 13 petrified french fries!

rotordogg

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lol!

atheadwins

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LOL.

21, working private equity, drive a 1985 GSLSE, original red has been repainted.

Was 18 when I got the car running after it sat for 7-8 years, been an evolution from DD (or daily stopped on the side of the road-er), to really focusing on a track dedicated vehicle.

I have always pictured having a beautifully restored SE like some of the old guys and having a track monster for the weekends. Will get there eventually. Something tells me the restored vehicle will take far more work and patience.

Cameron38

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57, Retired Aerospace Engineer. I guess I'm one of those "old guys with a restored SE" mentioned above LOL. When I was in College, I lusted after the FB's at the local Mazda dealership. Finally got one about two years ago. Better late than never!

Nik da Greek

Interesting thread!

44 / Train Driver

Bought my FB four years back, but owned two FDs before (still have one) going back eight years.

Always wanted an FB ever since I read George R R Martin's (yeah, him latterly of Game of Thrones fame) The Armageddon Rag back when I was in hospital after an operation about twenty years back. The "hero" drives what I now know must have been a Mayan Gold S2, but it's long been one of my favourite books, a fascinating take on American subculture and music but also a jolly good story... bear in mind I'm a foreigner and it probably all looks very different from here... and knew if it starred an RX-7 then it must be one hella cool car, lol

First encountered an FB back in school when I used to walk to school past a Citroen dealership. One of the mechanics there clearly had no faith at all in their nasty French product because he owned (funnily enough) a Mayan Gold S2. Amongst 2CVs and BXs and wretched Euro-tat like that, the Rex looked like the Starship Enterprise had landed to my 13-year old eyes! Wanted one ever since

DreamInRotary

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I'll have to read that one! My fiance and I are in the beginning of season two of the Game of Thrones TV series now. I plan on reading the books as well, since the show is pretty good. He still drives his white GSL-SE I believe, and has a castle mailbox (it's a thread on here somewhere).

ray green

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62, professor of cell and molecular biology.

I bought my first FB, a light beige 84 GSL with the brown leather interior, from my brother-in-law in 2000. I paid a bit too much, but it was all I needed to realize the FB is the best car on earth.

The "Tan One" was rearended out on the interstate in about 2004, so I used the insurance money to buy a brown 85 GSL, also brown leather interior. I did the daily 100 mile commute in the Brown One for a couple more years until it got in a fender bender with a buick in 2006.

In the mean time I picked up another 84 GSL, white this time with red leather interior, which I put on the road when the Brown One got decommissioned.

In the mean time I found another 85 GSL, silver this time with the red leather interior, and when the White One threw an apex seal at 180,000 miles I switched to the Silver One in 2010.

Then I found a white 84 GS in 2012 and sold the Silver One in 2013, planning to restore the white 84 GS. But the GS turned out to be a parts car because I found an even nicer white 83 GSL, red leather interior, which is my current project.

So yes, 5 84/85 FBs in 15 years, 4 driven heavily as daily drivers for a total of more than 300,000 miles, plus a very sweet white 83 GSL currently undergoing total restoration.

And a shed full of parts.

rwatson5651

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This is a really cool thread!
I'm lovin all the stories!

82transam

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Yeah it's interesting to see how wide an age/demographic range we're all in, yet we all love these silly cars

Seems like many of us kinda stumbled upon the FB, only to fall in love with it immediately. Like the car searched us out

KansasCityREPU

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52, Web Developer (C#, MVC, JavaScript, etc)

First RX-7 1980 GS Gold bought in 1984 while in the Navy.

rxtasy3

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53, CNC machinist. see sig. bought it for 50 bucks minus engine several yrs back after wrecking a 75 808 in '05. swapped everything out of the 808 and been driving it ever since. bought a wrecked 85 SE few yrs back for parts. engine will find its way into something one day. also got an early 79(right side hood prop) several months back not running. already had it running but an issue with the tank has it at a stand still at the moment.

got started in rotaries back in my late 20s early 30s with '73 rx3. got it from a junk yard for 200 back when they were still plentiful. put engine in it and drove it for quite some time before trading to a friend for his 74 rx4. wouldn't have gotten rid of any of these had i known then what would become of them now.

and still looking for another decently priced rx3/808 that's not all rusted out.