GSLSE Salvagable Parts?
 

'84 GSLSE to be sent to salvaged in a few months.

I'm pulling the EGI, 13B, tranny and rearend for a Project Car. Before sending the rest of the car to the Great Autosalvage beyond, what parts should I concider pulling from this car?

Interior is a mess.
Suspension is all there but soft with age.
Original -SE wheels.
Power everything.

My friend has a 1st gen GS that could use some upgrades. Or maybe I'll just stash them out back in case I get another 1st gen someday. I assume that the 1st Gens are close enough in design that most everything should be a straight bolt-on.

Sorry guys, I know it is a crime to give up on a car. But it looks like the frame is bent. One of the prior owners must have thought the RX7 was capable of flying!!! Close but not quite.

I hope that the wrecker will take a car that doesn't roll!?!?

The storage containers behind the seat are hard to come by at a junk yard in good shape though if your interior is bad, they might be too.

Still got that silver radio? I regret ever taking that out of mine.
Take that GSLSE emblem to remember it by ;)

Is the oil cooler in decent shape?

how messed up is the interior? was it red?
are the front and real valences in good shape and is the front grille in good shape?

i got rid of my '84 GS after the engine went and i found my '85 GSL SE , there isn't a week that goes by that i couldn't have used SOMETHING from that car that ended up costing me to buy again. keep EVERYTHING :D

You need maroon interior parts? I'll give you what I can for really cheap plus shipping once I find my grey or black interior.

The brakes are larger, the differential has 4.08(?) gears and larger dia axles. Save the diff, front strut housings, and all the brake stuff.

Kerry

Amazingly it still has the original silver radio. If I were going to keep a car, I'd always upgrade my radio from stock. I don't know how many prior owners this car had, but based on the number of "unregistered owners" I'm at least number four. I hope the car ain't stolen. :D

GSL-SE,
the interior is gray. And every body pannel has some kind of ding, even the sun roof lid, and A-pillars!

rxseven,
funny that you mentioned the oil cooler. I pulled it today since I was replacing the original oil line with Racing Beat stainless steel lines (real nice!), the mounts have cracked and the oil cooler was being held up by a bungee cord. Well, after cleaning the oil and paint overspray off from the oil cooler, it looks good. Spent some time removing the sand and fixing the road dings. I'll be using it in my project car.

Even after I pull the engine, it may be some time until I sell the shell. But this car is growing on me the longer I keep it. I think that it would be worth spending a little more to get another GSLSE that is in better shape. Maybe next time I look for a keeper.