What if? Think!
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From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Originally Posted by PATZ
What would you drive or tinker with if the RX7 had never been thought of??? 
Hell, I originally got an RX-7 partly because I couldn't find a cheap MGB. I still want one, too, but the things that interest me nowadays requrie a fixed roof and if you thought MGBs were expensive, price out an MGB-GT!
Savanna Rx-7
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From: yokosuka japan
No RX-7? Cosmo Sport would be the choice.
No rotary engines?, perish the thought!
but if that were the case, I would probably get a sunbean tiger, they are about the same size as a cobra they also came converted with a ford v-8, and their price tag is not nearly as high for an original good condtion model as the cobra is.
kenn
No rotary engines?, perish the thought!
but if that were the case, I would probably get a sunbean tiger, they are about the same size as a cobra they also came converted with a ford v-8, and their price tag is not nearly as high for an original good condtion model as the cobra is.
kenn
love the braaaap
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From: Bognor, Ontario
Originally Posted by Rotor13B
Datsun 280z/zx, That's what I was messin' with before my first rx-7. Love that straight six sound at full song.
I really don't care for all those **** early to mid 90's imports. My boss owns a '90 300ZX and I never like the styling. But since he put the Veilside body kit on it, it looks, well, not much better.
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Smile Like a Donut
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From: Don't you wish you knew....
I'd be driving my old civic right now if I hadn't have gotten the 7. it wasn't that bad, fully tricked out. Body kit rims head and tail lights stereo exhaust everything but a engine swap, but I did that to the seven 
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From: Your girlfriends closet
Originally Posted by jays83gsl
A Plymouth Sapporo (kudos to anyone who knows what that is 
)
Mazda's 323s are nice, as are the old Z cars. I still like my big trucks and muscle cars, too
)Mazda's 323s are nice, as are the old Z cars. I still like my big trucks and muscle cars, too
More Mazdas than Sense
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From: Sunny Downtown Fenwick
Originally Posted by peejay
There's a lot of things.
Hell, I originally got an RX-7 partly because I couldn't find a cheap MGB. I still want one, too, but the things that interest me nowadays requrie a fixed roof and if you thought MGBs were expensive, price out an MGB-GT!
Hell, I originally got an RX-7 partly because I couldn't find a cheap MGB. I still want one, too, but the things that interest me nowadays requrie a fixed roof and if you thought MGBs were expensive, price out an MGB-GT!
More Mazdas than Sense
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From: Sunny Downtown Fenwick
Originally Posted by jays83gsl
A Plymouth Sapporo (kudos to anyone who knows what that is )
Mazda's 323s are nice, as are the old Z cars. I still like my big trucks and muscle cars, too
)Mazda's 323s are nice, as are the old Z cars. I still like my big trucks and muscle cars, too
The one car I really miss is my '89 323 LX. The interior was nicer than a lot of new econo-boxes, it was straightforward to work on, got good mileage, fit TONNES of stuff in the hatch, and took a licking and kept on ticking. I'd jump on a rust free 5-speed one.
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From: Olathe, KS USA
Originally Posted by Feds
Yeah, I'm post whoring. Serves me right for not reading the entire thread.
The one car I really miss is my '89 323 LX. The interior was nicer than a lot of new econo-boxes, it was straightforward to work on, got good mileage, fit TONNES of stuff in the hatch, and took a licking and kept on ticking. I'd jump on a rust free 5-speed one.
The one car I really miss is my '89 323 LX. The interior was nicer than a lot of new econo-boxes, it was straightforward to work on, got good mileage, fit TONNES of stuff in the hatch, and took a licking and kept on ticking. I'd jump on a rust free 5-speed one.
I too would go for the older S30 chassis Z cars. The Z31 and on weren't cool at all. The only other Japanese Sports Car I would nod my head to.
Umm my other choices would probably be some early 90s or late 80s Lotus Esprits, or an 80s TVR Roadster. I've been able to track them all down for cheap and considered them, bt I'd rather look for the perfect 7 instead (prolly dumb, but oh well)
Umm my other choices would probably be some early 90s or late 80s Lotus Esprits, or an 80s TVR Roadster. I've been able to track them all down for cheap and considered them, bt I'd rather look for the perfect 7 instead (prolly dumb, but oh well)
Banned. I got OWNED!!!
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From: Mill Creek, WA
Originally Posted by REVHED
Probably an old school Datsun 1600 with an SR20DET.
I'd go with a early-'80s Porsche 911 I guess. Something Subaru might be fun.
1983 GSL, 1987 323 "GX"
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From: Las Cruces, NM
My 323, unfortunately, did NOT take a licking and keep on ticking.
The build quality on it is AMAZING for a base model car. It's like an FC interior, but it doesn't fall apart when you look at it
But, the damn Ford 4 Speed transmission is a piece of ****.
I'm trading it, with busted tranny, tomorrow for said Plymouth Sapporo.
2 Kudos to PATZ for knowing about this awesome car.
Next to the Mustang, it's probably one of the last RWD Economuscles. In all honesty, though, this thing is ANYTHING but economy (nor is it American!)
It gets HORRIBLE times, though, for what it is. A "Fox" Mustang sized, RWD, 2300 pound car, with a 2.4 litre FOUR BANGER, getting 17's?! Rediculous!
In Australia, it's sold as the Mitsubishi Scorpio, or something along those lines, and in Japan is the Econosport version of the Galant (Called the Galant GSL, of all things).
Just for anyone that's curious
The build quality on it is AMAZING for a base model car. It's like an FC interior, but it doesn't fall apart when you look at it
But, the damn Ford 4 Speed transmission is a piece of ****.
I'm trading it, with busted tranny, tomorrow for said Plymouth Sapporo.
2 Kudos to PATZ for knowing about this awesome car.
Next to the Mustang, it's probably one of the last RWD Economuscles. In all honesty, though, this thing is ANYTHING but economy (nor is it American!)
It gets HORRIBLE times, though, for what it is. A "Fox" Mustang sized, RWD, 2300 pound car, with a 2.4 litre FOUR BANGER, getting 17's?! Rediculous!
In Australia, it's sold as the Mitsubishi Scorpio, or something along those lines, and in Japan is the Econosport version of the Galant (Called the Galant GSL, of all things).
Just for anyone that's curious
Never satisfied
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From: San diego, CA
Originally Posted by Feds
Triumph Spitfire.
Maybe a fibreglass dunebuggy.
Maybe a fibreglass dunebuggy.
That's Weak Sause
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From: Idaho
Originally Posted by peejay
There's a lot of things.
Hell, I originally got an RX-7 partly because I couldn't find a cheap MGB.......and if you thought MGBs were expensive, price out an MGB-GT!
Hell, I originally got an RX-7 partly because I couldn't find a cheap MGB.......and if you thought MGBs were expensive, price out an MGB-GT!
It's a very nice and a very small car, but still badass.
=Eric
