So you wouldn't mind taking this heap off my hands huh Wacky? I'll let you know if I completely lose my mind or something.

RXtasy, thanks for the tip. I'm going to keep digging and see what I can find out. I am still going to change the color though. I never really liked red and most of the RX's I have owned so far have been red. So I'm going to break that cycle. Not to mention, Pacific Avatar changed the cars color from the factory anyway. The VIN plate under the hood states that it was originally a white car. It would be pretty funny if this car did belong to a movie star though.

Zach

 

dude your the luckiest person that ever walked the face of the earth. In my opinion resotr it to exactly the way it was don't change the color of anything I mean it will be worth so much more exactly the wa it came.

 

Good find........Good luck with the proccess. I figure some parts will be tough to find...like the top. In any case, this car should definetly make it's way to sevenstock...

 

I'm shooting to have it at SS10 this coming fall. But we'll see how everything goes.

 

omg i cant wait to see this thing im glad i live soo close but like you said once you get it to chris's call me up!

 

I would do what I want with the color too. I mean, thats cool if a actress owned it specially, but its yours now. Good luck on the restoration. Hope to see it at SS10.

 

god damn.
you sure did score hardcore on this one.
im so on my way down to see this **** asap.
im glad it finally made it to you

 

Wow that is really a great find!
Scott

 

hey zach, i think wacky bumped his head, lol

 

I agree. Restore it to what Gloria O'Hays designed it.

 

thats the friggin hotness!! Way to go bro!! Pacific Avi vs my Unicorn. . . who will be finished first?

 

RedR1, you know the Avatar will be finished first. Your FD won't be done until SS20!!

Robert, yeah Wacky has bumped his head one too many times and is usually a bit disoriented.

Fumi, you know where I live bro. Just give me a call a few days in advance and I'll have a room ready for you.

Twinkletoes, that's exactly what I was thinking.

And after further examination, there is one mod that I think is going to be necessary. I want to scrap the bee's hive and put a proper oil cooler on the car since I have to worry about the turbo cooking the oil too. I really hate to change anything around in the engine bay, but I think modding for the sake of reliability isn't that bad of an idea. Anyone have an opinion on that?

Oh yeah, I'm going to start removing and cleaning up the interior after work today!!!!

Zach

 

Nice xB in the driveway. I have a tC myself. Have fun with your new first gen.

 

I guess christmas came early for us. I bought a clean *** 73 RX-3 yesterday. I just need to get the original white interior re-done and install the 6port streetport. Decision decision...too many options...Im not sure on what type of port I should do on my TII block and which FB to junk.

 

whats the black thing in the floor area of the driver side sitting up to the right side. Looks like its bolted or screwed on to the side.

 

That is a VDO boost gauge that was aparently ghetto installed somewhere. But that won't be around much longer.

Congrats on the good find Wacky.

 

****** cool man
can't wait to see it done

 

i wasnt able to find much if any info on gloria o hays.....

 

what A TRIPPY LOOKING 7. Man that is a lot of dust! Nice find!

 

You fail at the Interweb.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371031/

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movie...tml?p_id=31224

http://www.amazon.com/gp/imdb/actor/nm0371031

http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=300970&

 

yes, but i searched "Gloria Hays" not "Gloria Hayes"....there is a diference in search results when you change the spelling.

 

My opinion on the whole restoration is that you should go with your judgement and make minor, tasteful mods for reliability. Keep the spirit of the car the same, but yeah ditch the beehive.

It's such a rare build that chances are you could change a dozen things and nobody would ever be able to point it out (without looking at this thread for comparison). You still have a heck of a car there, and it'll be admired and worth a bunch almost no matter what you do with it.

I agree with your choice for interior/cover colours, charcoal would definitely work well. As long as you take some time and effort to do it properly (so that nobody can tell it was coloured unless they *know* what to look for) it'll work well.

Keep the spirit of the car, the image, and make tweaks where necessary. And don't forget to clean, wax, polish, shine, buff, wirebrush, chrome and powdercoat anything that will sit still long enough for you to get your hands on it.

Jon

 

Jon, I couldn't agree with you more! I'm going to take my time and make sure that everything is done PERFECTLY! I won't accept any part that isn't. Once it's finished people will never know that I changed it from the original condition. But at the same time, I didn't want to mod it and lose the spirit of what that car is. If it doesn't make the car more reliable then it won't go on the car. Here's the mods I am figuring up so far:
1. Aluminum radiator (same size as stock though)
2. Ditch the bee hive
3. new exhaust (but not bigger, just new)

Other than that it will retain everything that was there when Mrs. Hays bought it.

 

that makes me smile. those are words of a true car enthusiast i am with you both on this restoration.

 

Very nice find, congrats and good luck. Oh and did the motor start?