Got mine from my grandma it was in a collision [dam drunk drivers] and I could not see my/grandma's car in a salvage yard geting picked a part. since then it has been fixed and on the road ever since .
Dan

 

friend at work said he could not use it for his family car, so he just left it at grams house in the country for a dog house for over a year,,,then he gave it to me if i wanted it.......replaced tires and some hoses and been running fine for over two years now.....

 

My Dad bought it for me from a junk yard as a birthday present to restore.

~T.J.

 

Bought it from my brother when I was 18, now 3 years later still runs like a dream

 

eBay! Yea baby!!

 

eBay! Is there any other way?

 

i got 2 from ebay, my 85 gs and my 80 ls. my gsl-se, i got word a kid in town had it. i quickly made him an offer. i gave 1000 cash and a 78 yamaha 250 dirtbike with a blown clutch. that for an se with 64K on the odometer! i thought it was a bargain. kid didn't know what he had.

 

Got my 80LS in highschool when I needed a cool car to drive, paid $3500 and it was in great shape, one owner, garaged winters in Colorado, very little rust. Since then, was stolen twice, raced in SCCA CSP class, blown engine due to leaky oil cooler lines, and has been retired to the garage where it sits today, slowly getting picked to pieces until it will be sold to the American Cancer Society for a tax refund...

My 84SE came from my dad who bought it new in August of 1893 for $18k decked out. I learned to drive on this car before my 80LS came along, and due to not having the title on the 80LS for my drivers test, I was able to take the driving test in the 84SE - even chirped the tires coming out of the Traffic Safety office! I immediately explained to the examiner that this was not my car and it had a lot more power than what I was used to driving (I passed).

After that, it became the recipient of all the SCCA racecar parts that I'd accumulated on my 80LS, and sits as you see it today. SE bought at 88k miles, and now has 172k miles (purchased for $2500, I might add). Has been the best investment in my time and money than I can think of.

 

Got it from my Dad, who bought it new in 82 ('83 GS)

 

My -SE was a "rescue". =)

A friend of mine bought it a year and a half ago, intending to pull out the 13B and replace it with a small block chevy. He got a second project car, a Maverick, and the starter went out in the FB, so he decided to sell the FB and concentrate on the Mav. That fine car has been in my garage for the lsat five weeks or so getting a rehab.

Finally got all the front suspension parts in and started putting things back on the car tonight.

 

Bought mine from a student going to school and wanted to just keep riding his bike. 900.00cdn later..

 

i got mine from a retired professional motorcycle racer...he raced 1000CC suzuki's on the circuit.

he got it by painting a barn for some old lady

 

i got mine from one of my teachers, its ironic because evertime i walked past it i said "i want that car"

 

Hi Dan!
I got each of my SEs through the Autotrader.

 

Got my first one of my friend, SE. Saved up some $$ and GF helped me out alot. Then got stolen then found another SE for $1300, then a week later the cops found her NOT STRIPPED.

Then I crashed the $1300 SE. Then found anther GS with 86-88 13B Streetport threw a 48 DLHA sidedraft.

Then my recent one, I went down to San Degio to kick it with a friend then get back home and browse the fourm for a little bit and found this thread

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=255184

Woke up early morning next day after going all the down to Sand Degio went back again @ 5:45am got there at 7:15am. I fixed all the sheit the damn rat bastard chewed on, bought a new battery got her running and was out of there by 11:00am and back in LA about 2:00pm.

Cool huh? Runs soooo smooth.

Here are pictures of her. If you look closley there are rust spots under the rear hatch....those hace now become rust holes other that everythings perfect even the center console is still bouncy if you lift it dosent just drop close and the ORIGINAL RX-7 floor mats are still plush....ooooooooooo


http://photos.yahoo.com/jheltsley/


-Ryan

 

I got my 82 GS from my son. He bought it for $800 from the estate of the original owner. It had 75k miles and came with a receipt for every dime the guy ever spent on the car. It had been sitting for about five years so I told him if we couldn't get it running in a few weeks I'd buy it off him. The rest is history, He's driving a Saturn station wagon and I got the 7

 

Friend said if i fixed his 1991 blazer it was mine. Therfor, it was mine an hour later. I hated that POS. I traded it straight up for Rosie.

 

I got mine from a friend who was going to make an auto-x car out of it, but he has too many projects and it has a salvaged title. He didn't want to go through the trouble of getting it registered. I picked it up for $700 and I'm going to use it as a daily driver. I got it smogged on Saturday and it passed like a champ. The car is all stock except a K&N filter and 17" rims. I still need to get a brake inspection, a lamp adjustment and have the DMV verify the VIN so I can get a license plate and the Pink slip for the vehicle. I killed the clutch driving it around, though. So that needs to be replaced, should take up a bit of next Saturday. Other than that it runs like a raped ape until the clutch gets hot and starts slipping.

 

i got my SE by miracle because theres no other SE around here were i live. i was looking at the newspaper one day and all the FB i saw was gsl's and all rusted and one day i saw the SE for sale. and bam got it for 800 bucks, drove 60 miles with fakes plates and with no lights (blown fuse) and now , 2 years later it have a turbo II engine , tranny and turbo. maibe ill do later on a 20B swap

 

I was going to test drive this 87 300zx turbo at my dealer, only to find that it had just been sold.

the guy who sold it, threw me some keys that had Rx7 on the tag. I was like "okay" except I didnt know how to start it. THe guages didnt work, and the hood was really bent. Not to mention if was dirty as ****.

I drove it and fell in love. It was a piece of **** then but I knew it had potential. I agreed on $1000 with the Used car manager (it only had 88,000 miles and very little rust but it was rough)

I immediatly brought it into the detail bay, pulled the bumper strips, buffed the car, bent the hood back and added a fuse and the guages lit up.

car was damn near perfect after about 5 hours of detailing. I drove it off, and the Used car manager was just staring at me.

yessssss!!!

 

i got mine through a friend of a friend, from what i was told he was going to jail and needed to sell the car to suport his family.

 

Bought my first in 1986, 2nd in 1987. Still have both running strong... 18yrs in my hands

 

My stepdad's sister bought my car at Holiday Olds/Mazda in San Bernardino in 1980 and drove it until 1992, when she parked it because the clutch was weak. It sat out in the Kalifornia sun for almost ten years until my stepdad asked if I wanted it. The sun had taken it's toll on the paint, but the body is completely straight and rust-free. I replaced the clutch, and replaced the thermal reactor with a Racing Bleat header and presilencer, and have been using it as a daily driver for a couple of years now. The motor is definitely tired at 160k, but once I got some old fuel issues sorted out it has been pretty trouble-free. Also, the steering and suspension is still quite solid. Not a bad deal for free!

 

i got mine from the dean at my school. she said it was getting hard to shift when its cold and the shop she went to told her she might need a new transmission. $150 and 2 days worth of work and she's running really well... better than my accord except first thing in the morning.

 

alas mine came from the insurance disposal auction, 71.00 dollars and it ran, found reciept underseat for new mota, clutch, carb overhaul and brakes from mazda dealer, 4500.00 worth of work! 15k miles ago ! car was hit in *** bad , could tell it was babied, inside is perfect! got her done except details, 670.00 total invested , 110hrs of love,gotaa luv yella