oh and Stu, those housings are boneriffic! super unobtanium!! have you just been collecting parts over the years and saving them?

The dinosaur museum industry is just getting going up there in AK (or is it AL? That would be Arkansas and Alabama to me, not sure what Alaska is doing for initials these days).

Mr. Stu has a prize on his hands.

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...7&d=1249202315

Nice parts...

FWIW - Ever wondered why the 10AE pillows were red and not white? :dunno:

Last I checked you could get them through rotarynews.com

you were correct on the 10AE pillow. i went ahead and ordered another.

I'd like to "one up" your pillow. Or is it "one down" since its an SA??
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...torpillows.jpg

Oh man! Where did you get the SA pilliow? I want one, :lol:.

This is going to turn into the most obscure RX-related item thread isn't it?

Don't make me unlock the vault. heheh j/k

haha- weird story. so my aunt had an 82 GSL auto that she bought new. My mom was looking through some catalog, and saw an rx-7 pillow, and got it for her. Fast forward to 2007, I'm over at my aunts house, asking if she has any pictures of her car. She goes to look, and comes back w/ that pillow! Last time I'd seen it I was like 5, and I thought it was a porsche 911, lmao.

that is a pretty sweet SA pillow!! was it available through Mazda or was it in a random catalogue? i've seen those before..someone else here has one.

DrKillJoY, unlock that vault. if you've got some rare parts, we'd love to see them!

i think she picked it up in the back of a motor trend, those random car related ads.

I have one of these unopened as well :icon_tup:

Haha, that's awesome. Sometimes I wish I wasn't brought up in a Ford family, lol.

There is one on Ebay right now for $100, I want one but not $100 want one. :lol:

same here :(

Haven't seen this much discussion of pillowing since Shogun was on TV...

you know us Glen, we all love rare parts!!!!

Man those are some nice parts, those 10AE mats are gorgeous.

How much do those fender badges sell for? or are they restore-able :scratch:

the 10AE fender badges usually go for $100 per set un restored and used. new they are $150 a piece!! as far as restorable..probably not so much.. here is an up close pic (kinda dark but i'll get another) of one of the 10AE fender badges on my 10AE:

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/DSC08527.jpg

That's really nice...

AR=Arkansas, AK=Alaska, AL=Alabama

i hope to get a chance to hit it with some meguires fine scratch remover and a buffer and take the fine scratches out of it. might not hurt to hit it with some plastic polish to kinda bring it back to life..

Thank YOU for getting past the pillow-talk! Was beginning to remind me of those 60's Frankie Avalon flics (Frankie WHO?) -
;)

So. Rooted thru The Collection for some swag of NOS SA bits that might be view-worthy:

Bought all these years ago when it became apparent Mazda was starting to delete RX7 trim pieces from inventory. It was like this tug-o-war between me and the Mazda parts dept about how much I could afford to buy each month vs how many parts they could discontinue before I showed up!

-Silver radio panel: "double rectangle" LS/Limited for the fancier Clarion radios these models came with. Discontinued. Never seen this version in BLACK, so I am assuming it was never available?? Anyone confirm/deny this??

-Silver radio panel: standard, 2-hole radio. Now discontinued. Have the black version too, but seemed redundant here.

-shift boot only. Bit unusual to get this w/o having to buy the whole plate assy. Parts Book does list it as a separate part tho...

-79 Black shift plate/boot - these were equipped in early 79s, which only offered BLACK center console trim (ie shift AND radio panels). Note black surround around the boot. The surround trim is part of the plate. This piece is, for the moment, NOT classified as Unobtainium because I believe mazda still stocks this...

-80 Sliver shift plate/boot - actually came out in late 79 production. I believe the 79 Limited's came with this version, for eg. The silver surround is a _separate_ piece of chromed plastic that fits into the plate; the boot attaches to this trim.

Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

i would nearly kill for that last shifter boot pic. on my LS, the chrome ring on my shifter trim plate is starting to flake...

You guys have some awesome parts. Unfortunately the rarest thing I have is only rare because there are people out there that don't own FB's

80 shifter surround; the chrome on mine literally wore off in the section forward of the shift boot, from boot friction over the years. I covered it with chrome restoration tape; you have to know to look for the seams near the corners to even notice it.

I replaced my completely exhausted vinyl shift boot some years ago with a leather one I made myself.

Ironically, I went looking for a new surrond about a week after Mazda officially ran out of them. Least now I know who got the last one, Stu... (lol)

Stu, if you ever have a day with absolutely NOTHING better to do, you ought to take that silver surrond to a paint shop and have them use their color analyzer camera on the 'silver' paint... I'd love to know a precise color match mix so I could re-paint mine. Can't find a reference for the color formula anywhere.

:drool: :drool1: