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Old 08-20-16, 08:48 PM
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Spirit R at JDM Chicago

Rare unicorn today at a local JDM Chicago meet.

Spirit R next to my R1. The Spirit R is a one owner, super low mile, completely stock car in 10/10 condition. Frankly amazing.

Sorry for the angled pic. quite a few people so it was hard to take a clear one.
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Old 08-27-16, 10:34 PM
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Interesting... Did not think they were exactly legal yet based on age.
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another slightly better pic.


they are definitely not legal based on the 25 year rule.
owner didn't divulge how he got the car here but it was his sixth rx7! so he is a true nut that probably went to extreme lengths.
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Any pics of that FC?
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Originally Posted by blk91fc3s
Any pics of that FC?
Sorry no. And despite hanging around our RX-7s for 45 min or so, never met the owner of the FC either.
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Originally Posted by Balefire

they are definitely not legal based on the 25 year rule.
owner didn't divulge how he got the car here but it was his sixth rx7! so he is a true nut that probably went to extreme lengths.

Wheres there a will, there a way.
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Hopefully he never gets pulled over while driving it. It would be sad to see a spirit r get crushed
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Was this the Bueno beef meet in Hoffman?
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Originally Posted by Boost22lbs
Was this the Bueno beef meet in Hoffman?
Yes. First time for both of us at a JDM meet.
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I own the black FC,87 TURBO II with 10th anniversary interior.
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There has been some talk about owning a car in Canada as a business and driving it in the US for business purposes. Don't know how that would work. Also Superstreet had an article once saying 15 year old cars could be brought in from Canada after being legally imported from Japan Probably their 2015 "Japan" issue. Don't take my word for it.


There are a bunch of pictures of that Spirit R under the Community/Pictures tab above.
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Pretty cool to see that Spirit R. Heck, the fins in the radiators/oil coolers aren't even dinged!
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That MUST BE the one I was following on a Japanese car importing site. Same color, condition, everything. I stalked that car for months while it was for sale. went cheap too for about $20K. had very low miles. I was so tempted to buy but wife vetoed it. You can import special edition/limited edition cars from Japan to get around the 25 year rule. this one was one of only 1200 i think...
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yes, you CAN do that but you have to get special permission to do so. the car has to actually qualify for that.
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Mazda RX-7 Type A Spirit R, 2002, used for sale take a look at the post before it sold. I should have bought it!!!! was on the site for months before it sold, was listed for just under $20K before import fees.
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Spirit r in Chicago

Do you know where that spirit r was from
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Wow nice. How many kilometers on that Spirit R?
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So cool!
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