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What Have You Had Before the 7?

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Old 01-02-06, 06:00 PM
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What Have You Had Before the 7?

I started w/ a 73 Maverick (should have kept that & rodded it) in college & then Dad bought me a V8 Mustang for a late HS graduation present. Drove it till I graduated from college & bought my 1st 7. It’s funny but we test drove a 79 RX-7 before we settled on the 79 Mustang. Your 1st cars???
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1988 Grand Wagoneer (The girls loved the wood paneling)
2001 Eclipse GS
1991 Talon TSI AWD
1995 Grand Prix SE
Currently building the 1984 RX-7 GS
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my first car was a 1962 Chevey Impala Sport Coupe.....i had a 88 Jeep Cherokee (that was actually a fun ride)and then i had a 1992 Buick Regal in college (dubbed the "love mobile" by my college buddies)...then i picked up my 1982 rx-7 GS in 2004.....
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1993 Chevy S-10 Tahoe
1982 Pontiac Firebird (Genuine POS)
1986 Chevy Camaro
1997 Ford F-150
1992 Geo Prizm (DD)

Still have the 7, though she's down for the time being.
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First car was a 98 ford escort with the svt swap, then after i wrecked that i had a 91 plymouth voyager with peeling paint and wood trim missing everywhere... now i am working on my 7
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1980 Ford Cortina
1998 Peugeot 306 ST
1994 Renault 9
1995 Honda Civic Coupe EX (still have it)
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the 7 is my first- hope to keep it for a long time
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First had a 96 Plymouth Neon. After that got wrecked I searched and searched until I found my 83 S in the paper and jumped on it
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Snapshot thats a hoot:

My first car was a hand me down from my mom, a 1970 maverick
that damn thing had 170k miles on it and the 3 speed column shifter was a royal PITA especially after the adjustment screw stripped out it finally got traded in on a 67 cougar when it had 210k miles on it.

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79 Chev Caprice (dad's)
85 Chevette (bought new)
76 Plymouth Valiant (too many tickets on previouscar, insurance fix)
83 7 GLS (almost was an 88 Miata, but scared by financing)
88 TII 2+2
92 Escort (wife's)
94 Dakota 4x4 V8 (hello married life)
03 Sebring LXi (bought new)
05 RAM 4x4 Hemi DD (leased new)
85 7 GLS (2nd youth approaching)
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1986 Base Model RX-7
1988 Turbo II RX-7
1983 RX-7 GSL

I think I might take a break from RX-7s with my next car.
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1982 RX-7
1984 Honda Accord
1989 Honda Accord
1996 Honda Accord
2003 Explorer Sport Trac (bought New)
1985 RX-7 GSL-SE
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too many to list, but here's a few:

VW Beetle (3 of them)
Fiat Brava
Pontiac Trans Am
Rx-3 SP
Rx-3 Station Wagon
Rx-4 coupe
Cosmo (Rx-5)
BMW 2002

as i said, there are many, many, many more cars that i had before i bought my first Rx-7 in 1984 and i've had 4 of them since in addition to other cars.
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Lil Tykes Big Wheels

Power Wheels Jeep 4x4

Free Agant Trail Devil BMX bike

Pocket Bike

83 Rx-7 LE \
74 Ford Pinto > Still got all these
84 Rx-7 SE /


Those are in the order that I got them!

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84 rx7 gs
91 civic hatchback
87 acura legend v6
86 rx7
04 sentra (currently still have it )
84 rx7 se
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1986 MR-2 nice little car but wasnt enough power.
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1968 ford falcon, swore it would be my one and only car(at 15) but couldnt pass up a 50 dollar 81 gsl that ran
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1974 Nova SS clone....Still have her, but sadly she has to go up for sale come spring time.


1983 Gsl...The currect money pit

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In excess of 80 cars to date, the list would make you cry.
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67 Chevy II
64 AMC rambler
72 bel air Chev
8? datsun ?10
9? Geo metro
93 civic (new)
94 Mazda MX6
98 Mercury Villager (had kids)
00 Olds Sillouette
85 Mazda GSL-SE
almost bought an 04 Mazda6 GT Sportwagon last week
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72 Chevrolet Camaro SS 350
93 Ford Mustang LX 5.0
86 Buick Grand National
87 BMW 325is
79 Mazda Rx7
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lmao..I've owned far too many cars/motorcycles for my age...however I know im not alone:
from the beginning:
86 Honda Elite 150
83 Honda Civic 1500 CVCC
88 Mazda 323 LXi
82 Honda Civic 1300
81 Honda Civic 1300
87 Honda CBR600 Hurricane
89 Honda VTR250 Interceptor
88 Mazda MX6 LX
87 Volkswagen Scirocco 16v
87 Subaru Justy 4WD
89 Mazda MX6 GT
84 Mazda RX-7 GSL
88 Volkswagen Scirocco 16v
92 Mazda MX3 GS V6
98 Volkswagen GTi VR6
86 Honda CRX Si
94 Kawasaki Ninja EX500
94 Ford Probe GT
92 Subaru SVX LS-L
85 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE (current)
I apparently have a fear of commitment with cars
but each case had it's circumstances...I swear!

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66 MGB
66 Pontiac Lemans Convertible (SOHC 6)
78 Chevrolet Monza
59 Austin Healy Sprite
79 Fiat X-1/9
66 Rambler American
83 Mazda RX7 S
82 Mazda RX7 GSL
74 Chevrolet Camaro LT
78 Ford Fiesta (Silver)
78 Ford Fiesta (Gold)
82 Mazda 626
85 Chevrolet Beauville G20 Van
85 VW Scirocco Wolfsburg
88 Honda CRX Si
84 Honda Civic S
88 VW Jetta GLI 16v
91 Nissan Sentra SE-R (white - SSB race car)
91 Nissan Sentra SE-R (red)
93 Dodge Grand Caravan
79 Chevrolet "Honey" Class C Motorhome
95 Neon Coupe ACR
94 Inifiniti J30
95 GMC Yukon LT
81 Mazda RX7 (ITA race car)
93 Saturn SC2
95 Roadrunner Sprint Kart (not sure if this counts!)
88 Red Devil (Formula 440 race car)
82 Mazda RX7 GS
85 Mazda RX7 GS
98 Saturn SL2
01 Lexus IS300
85 Mazda RX7 GS (yes, a second one)
81 Mazda RX7 GSL (E Production race car)
95 Dodge Neon ACR Sedan
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68 ford torino GT fastback (pushed by a 514)
68 LeMans convertable
92 saturn sc2
67 firebird 326 HO - mint
97 honda cr-v - dd
84 rx-7 gsl-se - fair weather fun
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1980 mitzi express station wagon
1983 mazda 323 twin carb was skid machine from hell
1989 honda integra crashed it so skided till gearbox died
1983 rx7 sideways here i come :smiley_12



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