I was advised to post a pic of my RX-7 so y'all could "drool over your keyboards."

Hopefully it will be running and look a little better by the end of the summer.




I didn't have any mice after pulling it out from storage, but was housing both paper and mud wasps inside the driver's side fender.

 

Wasps are bad mmkay. Rabbits are fun though, and dead mice lol.

 

Nice...but no drooling here...sorry.




Rich

 

What is the story on the car?



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Wow - that is pretty. The drooling quote was from someone who told post it no matter what condition it's in.

I truely didn't expect anyone to drool


My uncle (#1) had it a LONG time ago. He had his bro (my other uncle - we'll call him #2) paint it. Then #1 sold it to #2 a few years later. I wanted it (because I had an '82), but they didn't want to sell it to a young punk who would probably crack it up. So a few years later #1 bought it back from #2, replaced the hood and I think the engine too, and had #2 paint it again.

Then they had issues keeping it running at idle. They took it to 3-4 different Mazda mechanics and replaced a bunch of stuff, but couldn't get it working. So #1 sold it back to #2 and he was going to fix it. But he couldn't figure it out either. So they finally gave up and asked if I still wanted it.

Of course I wanted it, but am no mechanic. I asked my fellow National Guards buddies what they thought and they told me to run it and spray carb cleaner around the engine to see if it is a vacuum leak. When I sprayed down by the intake gasket, it revved up and I saw that the gasket was ripped. So I bought it and took it home. I fixed the intake gasket, drove it, and parked it until I had time to fix more.

Now it's 4-5 years later, and I'm ready to tackle it.

 

Nice.


Next question is what is the build date?

 

I didn't think so...I just wanted to use the opportunity to show pictures of my car LOL

Let me know if you need any help figuring out how stuff was originally...mine is almost entirely stock.

Rich

 

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What's the paint code on your car? I'm seriously considering that color for my own SA down the road when I can spend the coin on a proper paint job.

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I'll have to look around to see if I can find it. I found a code on the web a while back that I thought was the right one...I'll try to find it again. The color is sonic bronze metallic.

Rich