I got a basketcase scca fb today
03-13-06, 10:44 PM
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I got a basketcase scca fb today
There are a bunch of pictures of a piece of **** car at the end if you are too lazy to read any of this.
Minor backstory regarding this: I was talking to my wifes uncle the other day and somehow we ended up on the fact that he used to race this old rx7 in some scca stuff but had quit several years ago after his back gave out. He informed me that he had this car sitting on a trailer in his yard and I thought it sounded interesting and told him, in passing conversation, to let me know if he ever wanted to sell the thing. Well he indicates that he wants to unload it now and I indicate that I have no money. He then makes me a ridiculously low offer for the car and the trailer that I still have no money for and dont really intend to buy. However, I do know that my father has been wanting to get a trailer for hauling cars around with and at this price the trailer alone is easily worth it.
Well we go and look at the car today and it's showing the signs of neglect that you would expect to see in a car that's sat on a trailer out in the weather for the last five to seven years. The windshield is all busted up from 'the grandkids' and it's got surface rust in places where the paint has been rubbed off. The fiberglass body work is cracked in places and the rear bumper has a nicely melted spot just above a ridiculously large exhaust. The lexan widnows in the rear have fogged up from being beaten on by the texas summer sun. The uncle tells me that it was running when retired but that the transmission was broken; it came with a spare. Although, in taking it off the trailer it felt more like the rear end is the problem. The engine is seized up right now, don't really know what to do about that. The oil is clean and there isnt any water in it. What there is of an electrical system seems to be in working order. I was greated by the smell of one hundred year old gasoline springing out of a leak in a junction near the carb that proceeded to run down the headers. Fortunately it's equipped with a fire suppression system that looked like it was still charged, so that when you are stuck in a firey inferno you can pull the pin on the thing and pray that it works. My father buys a trailer before we leave and this car clearly comes with it. We also had to haul off a bunch of spare parts and body work.
I don't know why I'm excited about this thing, it's clearly a black hole for time and money. Anyway, here are some pictures:
Heres one of when it was in it's prime:
I would like to get this thing running, though I think it's unrealistic for me to believe that I will ever have to time or money in the next several years to do anything serious with this, but considering that it's at a storage facility where it's in no ones way and can sit there forever, it may just get the chance to do that. For now, lets just see if it can be made to run. The engine is seized and I have no reason to believe that the seals were blown at the time it was laid down. Is a rebuild the only way to go at this point or is there anything else that I should try before I start tearing it down?
Minor backstory regarding this: I was talking to my wifes uncle the other day and somehow we ended up on the fact that he used to race this old rx7 in some scca stuff but had quit several years ago after his back gave out. He informed me that he had this car sitting on a trailer in his yard and I thought it sounded interesting and told him, in passing conversation, to let me know if he ever wanted to sell the thing. Well he indicates that he wants to unload it now and I indicate that I have no money. He then makes me a ridiculously low offer for the car and the trailer that I still have no money for and dont really intend to buy. However, I do know that my father has been wanting to get a trailer for hauling cars around with and at this price the trailer alone is easily worth it.
Well we go and look at the car today and it's showing the signs of neglect that you would expect to see in a car that's sat on a trailer out in the weather for the last five to seven years. The windshield is all busted up from 'the grandkids' and it's got surface rust in places where the paint has been rubbed off. The fiberglass body work is cracked in places and the rear bumper has a nicely melted spot just above a ridiculously large exhaust. The lexan widnows in the rear have fogged up from being beaten on by the texas summer sun. The uncle tells me that it was running when retired but that the transmission was broken; it came with a spare. Although, in taking it off the trailer it felt more like the rear end is the problem. The engine is seized up right now, don't really know what to do about that. The oil is clean and there isnt any water in it. What there is of an electrical system seems to be in working order. I was greated by the smell of one hundred year old gasoline springing out of a leak in a junction near the carb that proceeded to run down the headers. Fortunately it's equipped with a fire suppression system that looked like it was still charged, so that when you are stuck in a firey inferno you can pull the pin on the thing and pray that it works. My father buys a trailer before we leave and this car clearly comes with it. We also had to haul off a bunch of spare parts and body work.
I don't know why I'm excited about this thing, it's clearly a black hole for time and money. Anyway, here are some pictures:
Heres one of when it was in it's prime:
I would like to get this thing running, though I think it's unrealistic for me to believe that I will ever have to time or money in the next several years to do anything serious with this, but considering that it's at a storage facility where it's in no ones way and can sit there forever, it may just get the chance to do that. For now, lets just see if it can be made to run. The engine is seized and I have no reason to believe that the seals were blown at the time it was laid down. Is a rebuild the only way to go at this point or is there anything else that I should try before I start tearing it down?
Last edited by one seven; 03-13-06 at 10:48 PM.
03-13-06, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by one seven
There are a bunch of pictures of a piece of **** car at the end if you are too lazy to read any of this.
Minor backstory regarding this: I was talking to my wifes uncle the other day and somehow we ended up on the fact that he used to race this old rx7 in some scca stuff but had quit several years ago after his back gave out. He informed me that he had this car sitting on a trailer in his yard and I thought it sounded interesting and told him, in passing conversation, to let me know if he ever wanted to sell the thing. Well he indicates that he wants to unload it now and I indicate that I have no money. He then makes me a ridiculously low offer for the car and the trailer that I still have no money for and dont really intend to buy. However, I do know that my father has been wanting to get a trailer for hauling cars around with and at this price the trailer alone is easily worth it.
Well we go and look at the car today and it's showing the signs of neglect that you would expect to see in a car that's sat on a trailer out in the weather for the last five to seven years. The windshield is all busted up from 'the grandkids' and it's got surface rust in places where the paint has been rubbed off. The fiberglass body work is cracked in places and the rear bumper has a nicely melted spot just above a ridiculously large exhaust. The lexan widnows in the rear have fogged up from being beaten on by the texas summer sun. The uncle tells me that it was running when retired but that the transmission was broken; it came with a spare. Although, in taking it off the trailer it felt more like the rear end is the problem. The engine is seized up right now, don't really know what to do about that. The oil is clean and there isnt any water in it. What there is of an electrical system seems to be in working order. I was greated by the smell of one hundred year old gasoline springing out of a leak in a junction near the carb that proceeded to run down the headers. Fortunately it's equipped with a fire suppression system that looked like it was still charged, so that when you are stuck in a firey inferno you can pull the pin on the thing and pray that it works. My father buys a trailer before we leave and this car clearly comes with it. We also had to haul off a bunch of spare parts and body work.
I don't know why I'm excited about this thing, it's clearly a black hole for time and money. Anyway, here are some pictures:
Heres one of when it was in it's prime:
I would like to get this thing running, though I think it's unrealistic for me to believe that I will ever have to time or money in the next several years to do anything serious with this, but considering that it's at a storage facility where it's in no ones way and can sit there forever, it may just get the chance to do that. For now, lets just see if it can be made to run. The engine is seized and I have no reason to believe that the seals were blown at the time it was laid down. Is a rebuild the only way to go at this point or is there anything else that I should try before I start tearing it down?
Minor backstory regarding this: I was talking to my wifes uncle the other day and somehow we ended up on the fact that he used to race this old rx7 in some scca stuff but had quit several years ago after his back gave out. He informed me that he had this car sitting on a trailer in his yard and I thought it sounded interesting and told him, in passing conversation, to let me know if he ever wanted to sell the thing. Well he indicates that he wants to unload it now and I indicate that I have no money. He then makes me a ridiculously low offer for the car and the trailer that I still have no money for and dont really intend to buy. However, I do know that my father has been wanting to get a trailer for hauling cars around with and at this price the trailer alone is easily worth it.
Well we go and look at the car today and it's showing the signs of neglect that you would expect to see in a car that's sat on a trailer out in the weather for the last five to seven years. The windshield is all busted up from 'the grandkids' and it's got surface rust in places where the paint has been rubbed off. The fiberglass body work is cracked in places and the rear bumper has a nicely melted spot just above a ridiculously large exhaust. The lexan widnows in the rear have fogged up from being beaten on by the texas summer sun. The uncle tells me that it was running when retired but that the transmission was broken; it came with a spare. Although, in taking it off the trailer it felt more like the rear end is the problem. The engine is seized up right now, don't really know what to do about that. The oil is clean and there isnt any water in it. What there is of an electrical system seems to be in working order. I was greated by the smell of one hundred year old gasoline springing out of a leak in a junction near the carb that proceeded to run down the headers. Fortunately it's equipped with a fire suppression system that looked like it was still charged, so that when you are stuck in a firey inferno you can pull the pin on the thing and pray that it works. My father buys a trailer before we leave and this car clearly comes with it. We also had to haul off a bunch of spare parts and body work.
I don't know why I'm excited about this thing, it's clearly a black hole for time and money. Anyway, here are some pictures:
Heres one of when it was in it's prime:
I would like to get this thing running, though I think it's unrealistic for me to believe that I will ever have to time or money in the next several years to do anything serious with this, but considering that it's at a storage facility where it's in no ones way and can sit there forever, it may just get the chance to do that. For now, lets just see if it can be made to run. The engine is seized and I have no reason to believe that the seals were blown at the time it was laid down. Is a rebuild the only way to go at this point or is there anything else that I should try before I start tearing it down?
edit: If you happen to know the name of the wheels that would be sweet also.
Last edited by Rotor13B; 03-13-06 at 11:23 PM.
03-13-06, 11:26 PM
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Thats too bad it's warped. You could always send it off to some place like wheelsamerica.com and have them fix it. Runs about 120 bucks and they do a good job. Unfortunately wheels were not among the spares included.
03-13-06, 11:38 PM
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Yeah I figured that's what I would end up having to do. This only the second time besides my own that i've even seen them on the forum. Still, If you find out the name (maybe your wife's uncle knows) that would help out a bunch.
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03-13-06, 11:51 PM
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Look in the facts section https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/1st-gen-rx-7-faq-page-237777/
under carbon locked engine it should give you some good reading and will show you what to do to get it running. Nice find!!!!
under carbon locked engine it should give you some good reading and will show you what to do to get it running. Nice find!!!!
03-13-06, 11:51 PM
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uhhh. yes indeed, awesome score. i would not part it out but sell it to someone who would enjoy it for what it is. or do it yourself... that thing could make someone very happy!
03-13-06, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotor13B
Yeah I figured that's what I would end up having to do. This only the second time besides my own that i've even seen them on the forum. Still, If you find out the name (maybe your wife's uncle knows) that would help out a bunch.
I'm sure in the future I will be able to appreciate marital advice regarding automobiles, unfortunately I haven't yet got myself in enough trouble to really take any of that to heart.
And I'm not going to part this thing out, if I can't find any time to do anything with it in the next two years or so I'll sell it to someone who appreciates it. It will not end up in a bad home, some homes just might take it longer to get back to where it was.
Paradox: Thank you very much!
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03-14-06, 02:18 AM
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I don't know if you yet realize how big of a find you have come across. GT3 can be a very intense class to race in. Congratulations on your diamond in the rough. If you post some pics in the race tech section, someone there might recognize the car and know of it's history. I would love to have one of these, even if it just sat in the garage.
This would be a fun car to restore and run in the Historic races.
This would be a fun car to restore and run in the Historic races.
03-14-06, 02:21 AM
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SCCA GT-3 RX-7 racecar. Look like old-spec GTU
half chassis/ not full tube frame
Mazda Competition Mark I fiberglass body
bridgeported 12A
Weber 48 or 51 IDA carb with cold airbox
...doesn't look like a PBS gearbox ($5000+)
half chassis/ not full tube frame
Mazda Competition Mark I fiberglass body
bridgeported 12A
Weber 48 or 51 IDA carb with cold airbox
...doesn't look like a PBS gearbox ($5000+)
