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The Official 2020 Mazda RX7 GTUs Owners Club Thread
Ever heard of the 1/100 non restamped 89/90 GTUs rx7s? There was only 1100 GTUs models created between 1989 and 1991 and only 100 of them did not get an X through the firewall. These 100 Non restamped models are the rarest rx7 fc's ever produced.
out of that 100 made there were only three color options: 83 red on black
10 black on black
7 white on blue
There is a list that has been going on the RX7Club for over 17 years now that shows almost everyone of the hard to find 100 rare models. So far there are only 41 of the cars that have been found!
I am Number 41. My build thread has my car well cataloged and I will be placing my vin on the list here as well, however this list I am putting my name on here is over two years old and the last person who posted on it was the admin of the club who just started the 1500 10th AE Turbo II model thread.
So that has me making a new thread for 2020, one that will show what is still around today. There are only 100 of these models that are not restamped and do not have an X through the firewall and so far in the last 20 years there has only been 41 of them found around the entire world!
So this has me asking the question, how many are there left? If there was only 43 of them found, how many of those 43 still exist? How many of those vin numbers still exist today?
This is not a thread to argue how they came to be or what they came with, this is a VIN registry thread. If you have or know of the GTUs and can show that it is alive please post up!
How do you know you have a GTUs??? There are many rumors to how they came to be. Here are a couple facts that will assure you have one: The vin number will be non turbo, but the inner door tags will show it as a turbo. Only the turbo cars came with 16inch rims, these tags are reserved only for them, the GTUs has that door tag with a non turbo vin. Other parts include a 4:30 differential, different gearing to the steering rack and transmission, turbo seats, no sunroof. Some say they were promo cars to be 20b na's, some say just turbo cars, some say they just threw crap together and called it a rx7. Fact is the VIN and the door tags will let you know, the other parts will assure how unmolested it is!
So lets start the list of what GTUs cars still exist in 2020:
If you are lucky enough to have one of the rarest 100 none restamp models please be sure to post up as many pictures of the car as you can. For history sake. If you have one of the 1000 restamped 89/90 models please post at least the firewall pictures of the vin number like this:
If you have one of these cars or know someone that does, tell them about the list or post it up for them! A picture of the vin on the firewall and one of the door tags is all that is required to register the car on this thread. There are a lot of people that make claims to having these rare models and this can cause confusion to how many are actually still in existence.
Here is how each post should look:
A picture of the car, the vin and the door tags. Any extra information about the owner or the condition of it at this time is always appreciated!
This is the link to the google sheet that I have been working on in regards to a GTUs registry. I am not going to go back and delete any current entries, but going forward I have made a "confirmed" column that I will be editing during this week, so we know which ones are 100% confirmed GTUs cars.
This is the link to the google sheet that I have been working on in regards to a GTUs registry. I am not going to go back and delete any current entries, but going forward I have made a "confirmed" column that I will be editing during this week, so we know which ones are 100% confirmed GTUs cars.
None of the 1989 models were restamped. Stop spreading degenerate information.
Yeah, I've noticed a lot of misinformation in his posts, and I don't condone that. He seems to be trying to hype up the rarity of his own vehicle. 1989 models were not restamped. there were a few 1990 models that were restamped FROM 89 models, but that's it. His being an unstamped 89 means it's one of up to, and maybe more than 1000 original 89 GTUs vehicles, and of the least rare of the GTUs because of it.
None of the 1989 models were restamped. Stop spreading degenerate information.
This is just your opinion because Mazda cannot confirm or deny that there was or was not restamped 1989 models. There is no information Mazda has given about these models except for that they were released and what they were released as. How many were released and how many were restamped have never been confirmed by Mazda. It seems everybody here is spreading false information and that is why this list is so important.
This is the link to the google sheet that I have been working on in regards to a GTUs registry. I am not going to go back and delete any current entries, but going forward I have made a "confirmed" column that I will be editing during this week, so we know which ones are 100% confirmed GTUs cars.
This is a great idea because it is possible for someone like this to just start printing GTUs stickers and putting them on any model that has similar options put on it that the GTUs came with.
with the new trend being the GTUs and so many people like this making claims their cars are GTUs models, the only way to assure they are not making false claims is by having the vin numbers prove it here!
I also like that this will put to rest the rumor of how many were made. They just keep making up numbers with no sources to back their claims. there are not 2000, 1200,1100 or even 100. So far only the 41 have been found and the thread also just had one black one discredited as a GTU.
There is already people claiming their S4 base as a GTUs
we need to everyone who claims they have one of these rare models to post a picture of the car, the firewall and the door tags. This is the only way to avoid people claiming they have one of the rare models when they do not and messing up the registration list or owners club lists like this:
So if you know someone who has one of these cars and would like it to be registered or you would like to be registered on the list then go to any of those groups and provide the pictures that prove you have the rare GTUs model!
If we can get firewall Vin number pictures and door tag pictures of these cars we can register them on the list!
This is just your opinion because Mazda cannot confirm or deny that there was or was not restamped 1989 models. There is no information Mazda has given about these models except for that they were released and what they were released as. How many were released and how many were restamped have never been confirmed by Mazda. It seems everybody here is spreading false information and that is why this list is so important.
Not sure what you are saying here. Any real 1989 would have a non-restamped firewall. The reason they restamped them was to take cars they produced in 1989 and move them to 1990 designations. Why they did this is not really known. I think that they produced the cars and didn't have enough orders for them in the States and then repurposed them with a VIN 'correction'. Any of the restamped 1989 cars that were 'born again' as 1990's would have been counted in the 1000 or 1100 (whatever you believe is true) 1989 production run. There were only 100 cars actually produced for 1990 with non corrected 'L' designations for that year.
If all you are saying is that Mazda has never said how many 1989's they restamped as 1990's, then I agree 100%.
Not sure what you are saying here. Any real 1989 would have a non-restamped firewall. The reason they restamped them was to take cars they produced in 1989 and move them to 1990 designations. Why they did this is not really known. I think that they produced the cars and didn't have enough orders for them in the States and then repurposed them with a VIN 'correction'. Any of the restamped 1989 cars that were 'born again' as 1990's would have been counted in the 1000 or 1100 (whatever you believe is true) 1989 production run. There were only 100 cars actually produced for 1990 with non corrected 'L' designations for that year.
If all you are saying is that Mazda has never said how many 1989's they restamped as 1990's, then I agree 100%.
Don't engage. Both accounts are the same dude, and he's a psycho.
Not sure what you are saying here. Any real 1989 would have a non-restamped firewall. The reason they restamped them was to take cars they produced in 1989 and move them to 1990 designations. Why they did this is not really known. I think that they produced the cars and didn't have enough orders for them in the States and then repurposed them with a VIN 'correction'. Any of the restamped 1989 cars that were 'born again' as 1990's would have been counted in the 1000 or 1100 (whatever you believe is true) 1989 production run. There were only 100 cars actually produced for 1990 with non corrected 'L' designations for that year.
If all you are saying is that Mazda has never said how many 1989's they restamped as 1990's, then I agree 100%.
Every single person on every single thread is spreading false information about the production numbers and the reason for restamped models. Mazda has never said a single thing about why there are the restamped models. They have never stated how many of these models were produced. Ice Mark cites himself while making up the claim about production models and re-stamped models. A couple of blogs regurgitated it over the past 20 years.
The only fact that can be proven is that there are GTUs models the Mazda released in 1989 and 1990. There have been re-stamped models from those released years. That is all that Mazda has confirmed and everything else is miss information and made up. The only fact that can be proven is how many cars exist by proving they are legitimate models. That is why this thread is so important. As I stated in the other thread after so many cars that were not this model ended up on the list and on YouTube and TickTock it was time for real proof.
Nobody is spreading false information if they preceded the statement with "I think the reason they did this was". We certainly know the purpose of re-stamping. Making a 1989 model a 1990. That's an easy one. The question is why they did it. When I was involved with Mazda Motorsports in the 90's, we (the Mazda guys and I) came to the conclusion that not enough dealers ordered them to run out of their production run. Makes sense as they didn't have the options most buyers were looking for at the time. How many did they transition from 1989 to 1990 models via the X-out? Nobody knows nor have I ever heard anyone claim to know.
No matter how you claim something you make up you are spreading false information when you cannot provide the facts to prove the claim. Nobody knows why they are re-stamped because Mazda never said why they are re-stamped. People like you making up assumptions does not make them credible. Even if I agree with what you are saying. But no one can make claims on how many were restamped or not, how many were produced in general. Mazda never said.
you are the sixth confirmed GTUs model! Thank you for providing the pictures of the car! It is absolutely astonishing by the way. Seems not all of them have been kept up on. The second confirmed GTUs was left for dead for nine years and is not what it used to be. I look forward to seeing him restore it! I will post these up on the other forums registry lists!
So there are only 6 GTUs models to exist so far! 👍
Last edited by Rotary Police; 06-25-20 at 06:50 PM.
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