Bought my first VERT! I couldnt believe my eyes !
 

Shes Blue with blue leather interior 5speed only 64,325miles lol NICE! Car was in a basment has clean title Just bought it for you ready? duh duh duh $800 lol

Jason S.
F.R. ROCKET'S LLC.
GREENWICH NY, 12834
1.518.514.8787

sweet deal.

does it run?

thats the one that was in a flood right?

wut

+1 does it run?

car was in a basement, submerged- so does it run?
I eyeballed it and was curious

from the looks of it the water reached up to the turn signals.

Flood lol
 

I went to see the car for the first time today around 1:30pm yah I guess you call it a flood it was not in the water long at all windows go up and down! all gauges work and it turns over it should run once I get the Intake manifold back together they took it off looking for water even drained the oil NO water! looks like it just filed the smog pump and air box and interior floor pans the basment was flooded but the car was parked at a 45% grade nose down so it just left everything very dirty and dusty I"ll get her going in a week or so she will be at the garage and ill crack into her this is my 15th rx7 lol all FC's but one 1982 GSL first rx7 i ever bought 82k $500 but she was stolen ran stronger then my first 89 GTU.

pull up the carpet and check for rust and mold.

things to do!
 

Carpet is being removed and burned! lol it was in the water for 8 hours nose deep my plans are to make a cage for it in the shop, 2.5" Custom exhaust, and do two racing seats and 4 points keep the lap belts and fire her up and drive it daily im going to most likely run my stock GTU 5-spokes with stretched tires and lower her with some coil overs, I sold the two rotary motors i had in the shop so I may look for a turbo manifold uppers and exhaust and make a turbo kit, PP port? . IDK more to come.

Good buy....

How'd you get it out of the basement? Did you have to carry it up the stairs?

Seriously, sounds like a great deal if you can make it run.

hiroshima did not send a crew to the guy's basement to build it, lol
It drove in, I assume it was pulled out, alot of people have garages below ground.

lol the little yellow men did it!
 

No it was not assembled under ground lol all tho the body looks like it has never left the Mazda Factory! With 64,235miles you would believe it was a in door car like a house cat. the way the body looks at some point it looks like some other car or maybe it hit something in the front end just enough to crack the paint on the front bumper cover thats all! top is mint with targa section. The trunk is mint also It should be at the garage around thursday or sat of next week Ill put new pictures up then. Even the pics i have seen did not to justice Ill pressure wash it then take the pics oh ya! I have seen and sold FC is worse condition for $5,500 Im very excited to have a VERT and a mint VERT at that!

Jason S.
F.R. Rocket's LLC.
Greenwich Ny, 12834
1.518.514.8787
$30per hour shop rate!
Fabrication is $60

Yeah, I was trying to make a joke. I guess it was neither obvious that was my intention, nor particularly funny. Sorry. Cool find on the 'Vert though.

why would you turbo a p-port?

Why else? More power.

Plans
 

yah i got the joke thats why i followed no for the basement build with "lol" yah cool find great buy! plans are in the air im throwing ideas out there I still have a 89 GTU with a 700HP powertrain to get running.

great find, i wish i could come across something like that!

cool. my vert has blue leather interior as well :)

Sweet russianmob the vert in you sig looks pretty sick

fresh buy bro

Update #1
 

She's at F.R. Rocket's LLC. now work has started Intake manifold is back on along with EXTEN, and plenum going on tonight. Well see if she fires, has good COMP. and turns over with no trouble. Exterior washed engine bay has been cleaned up a bit here's the first after clean up started. So far we have $900 into her besides RTV and a O-ring for the Radiator Filler neck.

Questions!
 

Hey guys today I got the exten on and put the charged battery back in, unlocked the top on both sides(black tabs) then pushed the button on the pass part of the targa to unlock turned the key and pushed the button on the console to put the top down, and I just get a series of beeps from the back seat area any clue? am i doing something wrong? I have never had a vert before. Oh yah e-brake was on and she was in neutral

1. Handbrake on
2. Unlock latches
3. Press button
4. Wait for beeps
5. Release button
6. Lock latches
7. Press button again
8. Fold top
9. Cover w/boot if applicable
10. Enjoy

The beeps and accompanying pause of the top is to let you lock or unlock the latches while lowering or raising the top.
Aloha,
~j

Not bad man, that's a steal for what I got my vert at.. just keep it clean bro... not much of us 7 vert guys out there

clean and simple
 

So far I have removed the battery shield Fan shroud air box assembly, Doing electric fan- puller, plan to delete clutch fan to negate draw from the motor,clean up the engine bay We will build a Nice custom 2.5" exhaust with a header and, custom Intake which we will Manufacture eventually for all FC owners to consider.

By the way your VERT is A++ Loving the black on black.

Just wanted everyone here to Know F.R. Rocket's Got her back running after she sat little over 3 years untouched! Thank god for her resurrection lol. Another rotary saved.

Any current pics??
Car looks awesome!

Thanks brian! Yes, new pictures will be posted up as soon as she is buffed out paint is a little dull. We still need to put the seats back in and door panels.

Everything in her works except the passenger window, driver we already replaced! we also replaced the vert top motors both sides and she works like a charm fires right up.
Upgraded the injectors to 720cc all 4

RXVERT Always in Progress
 

"Racex7" I'm late on this one, "Welcome to the Otherside", water logged or not, for the price you bought it for , it was a steal , (you could have sold the parts and got your money back and some), you you coundn't lose, now bring up to par and you'll be enjoying what the rest of us vert drivers have been enjoying for a long time.:nod:

Alternatingly sunburns and leaks. :lol:

RXVERT Always in Progress
 

"IRingTwyce" is absoulutly correct, too much sun can cause a bad case of sun burn, or even skin cancer, if exposed to a certain type of uv rays for periods of time, so use protection , a hat , if you want, and definately, sunscreen, if you know your sensitive to the sun, even if your not. The Mazda Vert is the only soft top convertible that is very versatile, with the top up we drive them just like the coupes owners, with the top down, we enjoy the scenery around us (can't do that with the coupes), The only soft top vert, that can be put into a targa mode, see pict : the top hard targa top doesn't bubble up, like you see most other convertables do over the years. So, crank up the music and cruise on down the highway, and enjoy, just know when to put the top up.

Oh yeah
 

(Lip on those wheels +1).We drover her for close to 7 miles last night drove great not a bump or squeak. She was not water logged any worse then some jack wagon driving threw the car wash with the top down like in the movies. At 64K miles she's mint and worth every penny of investment! It's only profit if we even consider to sell her. There is another I drive past everyday to and from work that has $800 in the window coincidentally its white with blue top and interior the exterior is ruff but seats look mint from the road im letting it bake see if he comes down, guess it hasn't run in 5 years but If compression is good no problem for F.R. will it be # 16? lol

Pic i took last night
 

Engine assembled and finished

RXVERT Always in Progress
 

"Ricex7", if you could afford another $800.00, you should consider buying that white vert. depending on the availablity of mazda verts in your area. Sooner or later , your gonna need to replace parts maybe just the trimming that cracks easily over the years or door panels, trunk lid, window regulators , top motors, etc, etc, etc, and if that car runs, you got a bonus . It'll pay for itself.

Nice buy. Let us know how it goes.

we got her running and drove her around a bit she's up for sale have to many projects hanging around was using a n351 ECU needs a n353 so she don't like to go over 4krpm much limp mode.

+1 for vert thread ooooh yea!!!

The ecu shouldn't matter. Mine is running on a N351 and doesn't have any issues. G/L on your sale.

You should keep her.

Car has new owner so does the poops 1986gxl2+2 , and the red 88 very I picked up since last post now I just have my 89 im looking to trade or sell :/ bored.

vert
 

Looks like mine.
I just don't have a s5 and leather sets....

She's a beauty! Congrats on the car, and welcome to the club!