Two Rx7 articles in the November issue of Car and Driver for youse guys.

The staff take up endurance racing with a bone stock Rx7 .... and the legend is born!

First review of the BAE turbocharged system ... and the ultimate stealth street fighter in the day when the brand new 1980 Mercedes Benz 380SEL V8 only produced 155 bhp!!!!

 

The rest of the pages .....

 

Much thanks Jim, fun reading. And I love the ads.

 

Thanks Ray, you're a true gentleman!

I'm happy to preserve these gems of history for posterity. I was just starting high school when this issue came out so I never read it until now. But I was at least old enough to experience how sensational the Fb was when it was new.

 

I want that Recaro!

 

Wow! I remember reading that in the library in college. One of the reasons I got a SA.

 

Wow, I started kidney garden in 1980. I'm like super young compared to you guys.

 

Nice Jim - thx for the Post.

Jeff, if you were looking for kidneys in a garden in '80, well, we are happy you found one and are still with us ol' fogies...

;D

Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

So you just hit the big 4-0 then I would assume. Its all downhill from there.

On here, age doesn't matter, its whats between the ears that counts.

 

Yeah, I appear to be the same age as j9fd3s and know nearly as much about rotaries as he does. Well, I know more about Nikkis and he knows more about factory EFI. Same difference. I also lived in CA when I first started school. However I was here in WA when Mt St Helens blew up. That was interesting. I actually heard it the morning it popped. Sounded like a very big M80 way off in the distance. Of course I was only like 4 or 5 years old and anything loud sounded like fireworks to me.

 

Thanks for sharing the articles Jim! I remember reading those in the past and it was nice to see them again!