I finally managed to get the old girl started and she made the drive to my house. Here she sits in my driveway.







Not bad for $500 eh?

 

looks really nice!! is that gray interior??

 

Man, I'm jealous. That's pretty much exactly what mine looked like when I bought her. One 13b, a gsl-se suspension swap, racing beat exhaust and sway bars, and 2 paint jobs later, I miss my bone stock 83 gsl.

 

I found some more pics lol







It was a bit dark out when i got her back to my house but ill be home this weekend from school again so I'll post some better pics later on

 

Love the gray interior!

 

I love the checkers and chrome details and such

 

dover white exterior with gray interior is scarce as hens teeth...

 

Wow really? I figured it would be common seeing as how its just cloth interior and a GS rx7. Sweet!

 

clean car i want mine white some day

 

Nice find man its pretty clean if you dont mind how much did you pay for her.

 

$500 bucks. Owner said it leaked oil when running and it didn't start. A new air filter and a set of new plugs and she fired right up, sending out a huge cloud of smoke out the exhaust. It had been sitting for 6 months so I kind of expected that. I drove it back to my house (idling at about 200rpms) and no sign of any oil leaks. Suspension is good, brakes are good, she ran just fine doing 60mph the whole way back. Only problems I found with the car is the broken radio antenna, broken Mazda badge on the back, and a whole in the exhaust pipe right under the driver seat. Theres very little rust too, nothing bigger than a dime, and everything works. I think its a pretty good find for my first car.

Oh and it only has 116k on the clock. I'll get some more and better pictures when I'm home this weekend

 

Great find man. You'll have a lot of fun. First did thing I did with my Auto GS was do manual transmission conversion. Plenty of write-ups if you want do it and need information.

 

Yeah being in college I think I'm going to wait a few years to do that. Probably over the summer in the next couple years. Id need to find a buddy to help he out no doubt, no jacks or lifts of any kind in my house lol

 

Idles at 200 RPM? It should idle at 6-800 RPM.

 

Got some more pics, better ones anyways

 

gs with a moonroof... havn't seen many. or maybe i just don't look? very clean. the swap to manual shouldn't be very hard. just start getting pieces from junkyards.

 

gotta get new tires, fix the exhaust leak, and the wipers first haha

Question though. I had a fellow member over at my house tonight and he said he had never seen the FB with a single tip on the exhaust. Do you guys think it was swapped? the previous owner didnt do one so it would have been a while ago if it did happen

 

yeah none of the original mufflers had single tips.

 

Figures now its leaking right under the drivers seat lol

 

wow...!!! looks very cool....

 

Ditch the A/C in MN and go find a 5-speed! Looks sweet. Love the white! (what's the first gen. Mazda-white called again?)

 

I cant ditch the AC. It still gets to 100 even in MN lol

 

With black flies, no doubt!?

 

Of course lol

 

looks great!!! i've owned 30+ RX-7's over the last 10 years and its actually the first dover white S3 that i've seen with gray interior!! thats one to hang onto. definatly do a 5spd conversion in the future. i've done it and have documented my swap with these threads:

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/auto-trans-manual-trans-swap-761003/

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/auto-trans-manual-trans-swap-part-ii-has-begun-783169/