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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:53 AM
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Look what I found at the local recycling yard. SHAME!!

I looked around it and it is complete! Isn't it awful?!
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:56 AM
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get the wheels
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:58 AM
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Gd dam shame tahts a piece of art trown in the garbage what a god dam waste of usefull and artistik piece of equipement
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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HA ha ha LOL ...'get the wheels'...
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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Do they realise what a parts goldmine they destroyed....sob
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 12:15 PM
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i bet the short block is still good
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 12:17 PM
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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hmmm...work of art before of after...?? lol
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 01:08 PM
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Hey grab me that rx7 emblem. It still looks good!!!
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 01:16 PM
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This is not a junkyard...it's a "recycling center" They pay out for metal. I felt like I was taking my life into my hands by taking a couple pictures! I found a nice 3" mandrel bend exhaust I wanted and the guy yelled at me for picking it up to look at it!! Anyway, it was probably just a RX-7 that quit running!
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 01:34 PM
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Rx7's don't just quit running, anything is able to be fixed!!!! Poor car.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 03:04 PM
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Kinda remindes me of a piece by Piccasso. Don't ya think?
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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thats how my 85 is going to end up...but it's only a shell
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 04:22 PM
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Oh My God, They Killed "rex-y"!!! Yooouuu Baaastaardsss!!!!!
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 07:01 PM
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Saw about the same thing at our local "recyling" center. But this one was only stacked when I saw it and the whole front end looked good...

...would have loved to had it just as it sat!
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:28 PM
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That's how all cars end up, isn't it is amazing how great they look on the show room floor.

Despite how shitty looking I keep mine, it has continues to defy time and physics.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 11:01 PM
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Just get it! That'll buff right out!
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 11:25 PM
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That's not how mine ended up

Me and my friends figured a proper burial was the least we could do for my '84 shell. Seeing as how we couldn't dig a hole big enough for a car, we settled for a large lake that used to be a limestone quarry. So we towed it there (it fell off the trailer along the way, apparently it didn't want to be buried yet, or maybe my friend just had no idea how to hook it to a trailer) and we rolled it in.

I mean, who WOULD want their RX-7 turned into door hinges and cabinet handles?
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:04 AM
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hahaha, just imagine how many other RX7s have gone the way of the crusher when people were too stupid to swap engines or repair simple problems....
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 03:21 AM
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Ultra compact. Bet its a bitch to get in/out of. Looks like it could use an alignment too, but I'm no expert.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 05:11 AM
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Gaaaaah!!!! My Eyes!!!!!!!`
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 08:42 AM
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Here's what happened to the FC GXL that I sourced my front subframe from.

http://www.3geeks.org/pele/CarStuff/eyesore/
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 08:57 AM
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lol, oh well, that car is worth $15 now. I bet it still runs, you shoulda grabbed the windsheild for me, I need a spare.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 11:47 AM
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at least it wasn't a SE
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