Thanks a bunch. Ive been milling through pages of Rx7 stuff on ebay but havent seen that item yet.

 

Dave, I'm redoing my center console, cleaned up the Clarion, refinished all the surround pieces and I'm even installing a working ash tray, everything is perfectly stock. This sure would look good on there:



Of course then I would need to have a new red shift boot to go along with it. I know you want to hold on to yours but there must be at least one more out there somewhere.... Anybody?

 

Ray, have you considered dying with color matching dye to refinish your ****? if you want to make some calls to some dealers i can provide you with the original part number if you didnt already have it.

 

ive died ***** before (and shift boots and door panels, etc etc) the ***** actually work out pretty well for something your hand is on all the time.

i use SEM's burgandy color..

 

nice pillow man i cant beleive you got one and unopened at that

 

So I took off the **** planning to dye it red again when I realized I already had an unobtanium, my original 100k+ shift ****. I just love the way they turn green





I mean, it's takes 25 years to get that patina, do you think I'm going to **** it up now?

 

Ray, i'd dye the ******...looks mildly faded..just saying. it would be nice to have a matching interior set

 

yep! and the new **** fades quick!

 

Black interior ftw.

 

Yeah, I'm with Dave on this one Ray-
UV-bleached green, no matter HOW hard you worked to get it that way
just doesn't seem right....

Tho I must say the jewel stood up nicely! That's usually the deal-breaker-

Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

Well OK, but if I dye the **** I have to dye the shift boot, horn button and door panels, they all have that lovely green patina too. Where do you get this SEM burgundy dye anyway?

Stu from NC, black interiors are so obtanium, the only option on most cars these days. Nothing says first gen like a red leather interior and nothing says unobtanium like a red leather interior in mint condition.

 

i used to get it at a local paint store, i fixed it with Mr Peepers, no interior!

 

so as for some who are burgundy leather interior purist, i am a tan leather interior purist. i believe they are quite rare as i have been collecting only a handful of parts over the years of working to restore my Maya Gold. I believe 81 and 82 in gold came with tan interiors. I am not positive but I have seen 83 perhaps first half of 83 model years have tan but otherwise the doo doo brown interior. i've been lucky enough to find a mint condition used dash which replaced my dry cracked one as well as a mint center counsel. I was super lucky to find a brand new rear storage bin as the hinges on both of mine are broken. Also I found a brand new door sill. Still on the hunt and collecting another mint or new rear bin and trims around the doors and rear hatch area!







the hinge is so thin! i'm scared to use it!

 

Well, this is a bummer:

SA ***** are gone like the dodo, guys. I missed out on the last one (out of Chicago) by a day or two.

/Crai.

 

Where do you even go to find Mazda OEM parts, other than Mazdatrix?

 

same place mazdatrix goes, the dealership.....

 

Ha didn't think too much on that question. I just thought there was a Mazda website that you could order older OEM parts.

 

A few years ago there was a place called Mazdaformance that was based out of Jeff Haas in Houston. They sold gobs of NOS items, but as the car market declined so did the business.

The guy behind Mazdaformance is still a member here and posts occasionally in the South forum.

 

tough one Glen -
Decent ***** DO show up on ebay from time-to-time tho - living proof of that

Yah - Mazdaformance was amazing - they somehow got parts Lots of NOS RX7 (all gens) stuff from Mazda and resold at fractions of original prices. I cleaned up there whenever possible, tho shift ***** were not amongst the Booty...

Boyee - NICE! tan stuff is certainly unique. We get all giggly about NOS black stuff, but as Ray sez, its the colored bits that are truly the most rare. (-still grateful for my black interior tho)


Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

True, but the BEST interior for a first gen is this:

 

And my contribution to "unobtainia" for the day -

All THREE versions of the OEM SA radio systems (if there is a FOURTH please tell/show me!).
Have 2 diff cassette players too, might be a third (plain-jane model: w/o dolby)??

Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

Stu, love the collection of stereos. oddly though, the lettering on my radio on my LS is not orange but it is green by night and white by day. also the FM buttons are in different locations.. there may be a fourth sir...

 

Those plaid seats are truly unobtanium. We are fortunate here in the Atlanta area to have an SA owner (Andy) who has a nice set in a car he still drives daily. Andy is such a purist we can't even talk him out of his points and 4 speed transmission:

 

Nothing sez "70s!" like plaid

Nice early-production 78 SA there Ray/Andy...
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

in the 90's (and beyond) mazdausa did a lot of wherehouse consolidation/moving. also they do "scraps" for tax reasons its better to bulldoze the last 100 rx2 dashboards, than it is to sell them to Mr Hatley at a discount.

it always seemed to us that the houston wherehouse was closed WITH ALL THE PARTS IN IT, lots of OLD OEM parts floating around texas.

mazdaformance was good though