brought back into the fold
brought back into the fold
well isnt it funny how things turn out, after owning two fcs a 87 na and a 90 t2 , i find myself again resurrecting another fine example of wankels revenge, i sold off both fcs and happened to inherit back the 87 na after step son popped moter #2 , had good friend call from ins auction that they were driving through a 7 thaat was plowed in the *** hard he did not know year but said it sounded great and had no bid, i said sure and it went for 71.00 , i picked it up 2 two days later, it was a 83 so the eng. was not a candidate but it was so clean on the inside i decided to go for it, 182.000 miles but all works air tilt cruise everything, it had jvc cd mids and tweets and rear pioneers already in it, the engine looks new and pumped 8.1 and 8.3 lites rite off no smoke awesome,they rite rear was folded down onto the tire and the left was kinked , tails wasted and area above rite lite was fubered bad, so we slung it up between two trees in the driveway with a 10 ton patriot winch and a ****** block ,2 days later and a lot of pounding it was within.5 inch of spec, the damage was all rearward of the rearsusp mounting and did not affect the door frames roof or hatch, made a roll pan out of a truck hood (mazda b2200 of course} got rid of the bumber, and bump shocks, the car looks badass with a pan and no bump, painted it vibrant lite yellow yesterday, wet sanded today buff tomor ihope, had set of unk orig wheels 16" with 205 45 nitto tires already powder coated yellow scored from pawn shop cheap, freing donated fartpipe with 5''tip will hide it under roll pan with only.5 inches of tip through pan, add spoiler from 95 olds aurora i will post pic as soon as buffed thanks for reading my post had to tell some one , my friends just dont get it, best part! 71.00 car 60.00 salefee 100.00 del.fee 13o for paint, 50.00 and 14''wheels trade,90.00installexhaust head pipe to back,25.00 for used tailites, 525.00 and about 50 hrs on rear sheet metal, any one beat that for low buck special?, tia trevor
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Aug 20, 2015 10:24 PM



I should know, I live in Winnipeg.