Wow, check out my free rx7
04-03-09, 10:09 PM
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Wow, check out my free rx7
So I am driving through post housing on Fort Polk, LA and take a wrong turn and there to my surprise is an '85 GSL-SE. Of course, like any other rx7 owner, I get out of my car and take a closer look to investigate. It is then that I notice there is a sticker on the car saying the MP's are going to tow it because it has been reported abandoned by the neighbors. After about a week of asking around I finally found the owner. She said the car had been sitting for about a year because something was wrong the the suspension.
I tell the young lady that I am interested in the car and noticed it was about to be towed. She explained that she called the MP's because she didn't abandon the car. I asked her if she wanted to sell it. She seemed surprised that I was interested in an old rx7. Then she told me the most shocking news of all. If you want it you can have it. That was yesterday. Today I showed up with a tow dolly and she wrote me a bill of sale. Awesome.
Turns out the car just had a broken tie rod and as a result just sat there for over a year. After I got it home i put a new battery in it and it started right up. Oh, it smoked a lot. I'm sure my neighbors loved that. They just thought my running rx7 smoked a lot. He he. Anyway, after a trip to advance auto, I have new tie rods ordered. Hopefully there isn't anything else wrong with the car. I can't believed I got a nearly running rx7 for free, much less a GSL-SE. I'm going to load some pictures but I really don't know how to make them big. I can try it if someone shows me how.
I tell the young lady that I am interested in the car and noticed it was about to be towed. She explained that she called the MP's because she didn't abandon the car. I asked her if she wanted to sell it. She seemed surprised that I was interested in an old rx7. Then she told me the most shocking news of all. If you want it you can have it. That was yesterday. Today I showed up with a tow dolly and she wrote me a bill of sale. Awesome.
Turns out the car just had a broken tie rod and as a result just sat there for over a year. After I got it home i put a new battery in it and it started right up. Oh, it smoked a lot. I'm sure my neighbors loved that. They just thought my running rx7 smoked a lot. He he. Anyway, after a trip to advance auto, I have new tie rods ordered. Hopefully there isn't anything else wrong with the car. I can't believed I got a nearly running rx7 for free, much less a GSL-SE. I'm going to load some pictures but I really don't know how to make them big. I can try it if someone shows me how.
04-03-09, 10:54 PM
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So far it is completely stock. I already have another GSL-SE that has a lot of work done to it. That is my real project right now. Basically, I don't want to put much money into this one because i can't afford to work on two identical cars. I will probably keep it stock. I may get a header and get rid of the cats but I don't know yet. If someone makes me an offer I can't refuse then I'll take it and put that money into my other GSL-SE. I will wait 'till I get the tie rods fixed before I make any decisions. If I like it a lot I may just keep it. If I do keep it, it will stay mostly stock.
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04-03-09, 11:19 PM
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I'm waiting 'till i get the tie rods installed before I make a decision to sell it. No telling if something else could be wrong with it. I just wanted to make a couple of you guys jealous in the mean time.
04-04-09, 09:56 AM
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Hehe. Now that I think about it, I never saw her husband around...maybe I should part this car out quick and get rid of all the vin numbers. As far as my plans, I plan on getting the car on the road and seeing if there is anything else wrong with it. I just realized today that selling this car could get me a full exhaust system on my RX8. Oooooh.
04-04-09, 09:19 PM
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The only rust that I have seen so far is just surface rust. I'm haven't jacked it to inspect it yet. I also need to pull the bins out and check for rust there. I haven't seen an rx7 yet without rust under the bins.
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Jealousy. Thats all I can say. I thought I scored finding a cheap 7 with an oil leak. Sounds like you found the ultimate score. Next to a free rx7 without any faults of course lol
04-04-09, 10:42 PM
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All I can say is stuff like this never happens to me. I have never won a drawing. I don't win things on the radio. I feel like I get screwed at tax time every year. The government is trying to screw me with my military pay as I type this. I really needed a break.
