Yes, it was garage keep, one owner, in the rain less than ten times...I meant it when I said the owner was obsessive.

 

1. Yes, yes and yes. $6k for the car I want is nothing. After spending $38k out the door for a new car (see sig) I would rather be driving a 20 year old N/A FC. Yes, I would rather be driving a GTUs than the 350z. The $100k comment may seem like a dream for the 19 year old N/A FC owner on RX-7 club but 11 years ago that was me (the 19 year old) and now at 30 after 6 years of college and 5 years of working my *** off I can say something else. What hasen't changed is my love for the FC.

2. No, no, and no. You already have a cherry GTUs, AND I am in Seattle. Give me the address of the said GTUs and I will happen to show up there with a wad full of CASH and see if the wife bites.

 

BTW your FC is awsome. I remember reading the thread on it 6 months ago.

 

The car my friend has is the nicest gtus I have ever seen (besides the Christopher W. in the earlier post). I don't think 6000 is too much to pay for car in that condition. You just cannot find cars like this very often. I will post pics after I get him to sell it. Hopefully soon.

 

No, read my post above.

1. Give address of GTUs to me.

2. I lay much more convincing argument out for him to sell it (see cash at doorstep).

3. He sells it too me.

4. I then take pics to show all on this thread.

 

I too had a 1988 gtu when I was younger and loved it and had to sell before I went back to school. That must be why I still like these cars so much.

 

I agree that a clean, original car like that one is worth at least $6,000. As classic car collectors will tell you, "it's only original once." The supply of low mileage, mint condition FCs goes down every year. I doubt these cars will ever be worth a fortune (at least not in my lifetime), but $6,000 for a collectible car of that vintage really isn't that much to pay.

That's exactly what I paid for my '88 GTU with 28K miles on it three years ago. I'm sure lots of people think it's stupid to pay more than $3000 for any NA FC, but if you like the NAs (and I do), the extra money upfront usually means you won't have to pay to get it repainted, have bodywork done, and replace a bunch of stuff that's worn out on a higher mileage car. In three years, I've only had to replace a few minor things and do regular maintenance on my car.

By the way, I think the most often-quoted production figures for the GTUs were approximately 1000 in 1989 and exactly 100 in 1990. The '90s were unsold '89s that had their VINs restamped. I have also seen the claim that there were 10 Brilliant Black (PZ) GTUs cars in '90.

 

Worth every bit of $6000 as a collector.

Also, to clear up an earlier comment.

The transmission is a standard S5 transmission with a shorter 5th gear.

 

i had a 90 gtu and i was restoring it back to perfect condition till i ran out of money.





it was left like a mut with mixed parts of a turbo 2 that my friend bought



sometimes i wish i could find it and buy it back.

 

and i would pay 6k for any fc i love them but i'd pay up to 4k for one i just had to have. but if its worth it to you then price is your limit offer 8k if you have it and or willing to spend it on a 20 year old car.

 

Not all of the 1990's were re-stamps.

If the VIN has a "K" and a "7" it's a 1989.
If the VIN has a "L" and a "7" in it, it's a restamp.
If the VIN has a "L" and an "8" in it, it's a 1990. A virgin 1990.

Who knows how many restamps there are out there. I have one.

 

I've seen the figure of 100 1990 GTUs cars quoted in a couple books, one of which being the RX-7 Sports Car Color Profile book from 1994 or so by John Matras. Do you know if this figure represents the "virgin" 1990 cars only or does it include the restamps?

By the way, I looked at a '90 Brilliant Black GTUs for sale in Chantilly, VA in 2007 that had sat in the owner's driveway for about two years. Is this that same car?

 

No this car is red and had been in their garage since new. They take it on a trip once a year but other then that it does not get used much.

 

Sorry, I meant SoloII///M's car that's in Columbia, Maryland.

 

As many other have posted, given the collector value of that car, it is well worth 6k or more, in my opinion. I paid way more than that for my RX7 (black 87 turbo, with 22k miles, one older owner) and I feel like I got a great deal. Some young guys wold think thats crazy when u can get one for 3k or less, but I have more fun driving this car (when is dry!!!) than my VW R32.

 

No, mine was a California car.

I have to think there are far more than 10 black 1990 GTUs out there just based on how many are listed in the registry on this site alone.

Of the three colors that were available I've seen far more black than any other color.

 

GTUs's are cool as heck but to anyone who wants to kinda sorta replicate one without spending a wad of cash, get a 1986 N/A manual trans (short 5th gear), a GTUs 4.30 diff, and if you want, get a GTUs steering rack off a part out.