02rotowanker

Hello Everyone,
Short story......
I had a 79 RX7 back in high school, loved that little car, went to college, sold car, got married, had 2 boys, had many other cars during that time, all were fine cars (hondas and bmw's).
Then.........
My sons and I saw an old rusted out RX7, on a flatbed, while driving down the thruway,
I started telling my wife and kids stories about that little 79 RX7.
Looked on EBAY for fun, searched around, talked to a few people,
The next thing I knew, my 15 year old son, found an 82 RX7 from California, with 44000 original miles, all original paint, no rust, dents or dings, mint interior, clean as a whistle car!!! (so the owner said).
So.........
The whole family drove a few hours to check it out,
Guess what.........
The owner was wrong, It is even in better shape than he described!!!!
Bought it on the spot, last week, just got it today.
I will take some pictures tomorrow, and attempt to post them here.
We are looking forward to this (rather simple) restoration.
Just wanted to say "Hello" and I am sure glad to have found this group!

Dan_s_young

iTrader: (1)

Congrats on your purchase, looking forward to seeing the pictures of it.

Rogue_Wulff

These cars seem to have a way of getting under a person's skin. No known cure......

woodonastick

iTrader: (1)

cool. its gonna be weird when i get old and tell my kids about my old fb. actually....i think ill still have it at that time too.

Landon303

iTrader: (25)

sweet man! Low milage cars in top condition are the best!

Ricky74

and where are the pictures???

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

welcome to the forum and to the dark side!!! we'll definatly need more pics of the car asap. if you need help posting them, feel free to pm me, i'll explain to you how to do it. if you need the factory service manual, download your copy here: http://www.wankel.net/~krwright/cars/rx7/manuals.html

02rotowanker

Thanks Guys,
How the hell do I upload pics here?? I took a bunch, but it says upload failed?
Too large a file?
Sorry.......
Not exactly a computer genius!!

3rd and final 7

iTrader: (9)

if you open the pics with paint and click on the image tab on top and bring it down by 50% or so depending the pic size

02rotowanker

Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it!
Hope this works.

firstgen689

damn thats nice. there really is nothing to do except driving or look and gawk

Cascadia

That's a nice find (congratulations to your son). Looks like you will be back to the fun of driving an RX, if you can get it away from the kids long enough!

woodonastick

iTrader: (1)

holy hell. thats spic and span.

02rotowanker

Woodonastick: Hey....... I am not that old!!! LOL
The boys can't drive just yet, so for now it's all mine
The last picture shows a fuel pump disable/enable rocker switch the last owner put in. Anyone know where I can get a new side dash piece without a hole in it? I want to put this back to all original !!
I also need a dome light cover.
Again.........
Thanks for the info on resizing pictures guys, I knew it had to be easier than I was making it

XLR8

iTrader: (52)

Great find! Very clean! Great color...

openshot

vary nice find. good luck. going to put any mods?

FirebirdSlayer666

iTrader: (3)

Very very clean. I can remember when my FB was nearly that clean, man I miss those days. I have a dash cap that you can have so long as I can peel my old fog light switch off of it. I have a dome light cover too but I think the clips are broke, it was never on when I bought the car but I have it LOL. Keep her good and clean, one day I'd like to restore a GSL to that quality

Yellow '79

WOW! great find, good luck with the car

FelixIsGod29X

iTrader: (50)

F-ing mint! Your son really did find a good deal. Just curious on how much it cost, considering it is so damn clean.

Rx7carl

Nice find! Welcome to the forum.

02rotowanker

Hi Everyone,
I paid 3K fot it, guy was asking 4.5K
As to mods.........
I am thinking of removing the exhaust, and putting a manifold and system on it.
Any suggestions.
Thanks

Rogue_Wulff

Darn good deal, considering the condition it's in.
As for an exhaust, it's hard to beat the quality and durability of the Racing Beat system. Just be prepared for sticker shock, as it's a little pricey. Good thing about their system, it is designed to bolt in place, without making major mods. In fact, it actually retains part of the orginal pipe. If you ever go to sell the car, it's easy to swap the original stuff back on to retain the value of the car.

I'm not a huge fan of the RB system normally, due in part to it's cost. But in your case, it would be worth it. The sound isn't much louder than stock, but it flows way better.

02rotowanker

Thank You Rogue,
That is exactly what I am looking for. I do not want to modify this car unless I can put it right back to OEM.
Thanks

84stock

iTrader: (5)

Keep the fuel switch! many of us install one just to help prevent/deal with flooding issues.

FirebirdSlayer666

iTrader: (3)

One thing you may want to consider is ditching the beehive oil cooler for a front mount unit from an 81-82 GSL