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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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Hello peoples, well to make a long story
short I paid almost nothing for the car
with 112k on it pretty clean chassis
that has never been wrecked here i
s what it looked like when i got it


Here it is as of now four months later.
I have almost finished the bodywork
and block sanding, next will be two
coat of primer followed with another
block sanding another coat of primer
with guide coat and another block session.
As it is pretty damn cold right now I am
taking my sweetass time with the prep
due to weather lol.






As for the build plan, I am going to
completely upgrade and mod the
suspention systen with a set modded
knuckles and supernow tierod ends,
brakes are done already, as for the
engine 13b n/a with all the normal bolt
on crap, ss lines and AN fitting,
koyorad radiator, blahblah yaddayadda
The interiors....... well what interior a dash,
two door panels, two racing seat and
harnesses and a 6 point roll cage,
drop-in 12gallon fuel cell, aeromotive fuel pump,
ss lines, AN fittings, after i get it on the
road im hoping to swat a streetport
13bt and build a custom turbo mani run
a nice gt40 twin gated fmic super street ****

ps sorry for the picture sizes fellas if a mod
would like to resize them for me that would
be ok i tried with no avail in success

Last edited by CosmoQuik; Jan 27, 2009 at 12:49 PM. Reason: picture size
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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Looks like you have your work cut out for you. I did the same thing a couple years ago.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 01:09 PM
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yah just a little lol but nothing that I havent done before, god i just want it to get warmer so I can paint this ***** and start putting it back together the attic in my shop is were the rest of the rx7 resides, also if there are any parts that i delete i plan to sell here on the forums so hit me up and see if i have what you need and i dont want, all procedes go directly to the build
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 01:10 PM
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I'm doing a similar project, everything gutted, but i'm a noob to body/chassis/electrical so I haven't been workin on it much. Interior is not completely gutted, wiring/heater/ac components/steering is still on there. I'm glad you posted this CosmoQuik, gives me an idea of where I need to be to get things rollin.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by thummyuken
I'm doing a similar project, everything gutted, but i'm a noob to body/chassis/electrical so I haven't been workin on it much. Interior is not completely gutted, wiring/heater/ac components/steering is still on there. I'm glad you posted this CosmoQuik, gives me an idea of where I need to be to get things rollin.
well honestly i gutted it for the reasons of total color change and the rollcage being installed, and deletion of alot of weight as the car sits now it weights roughly 1k-1200lbs in hopes of tipping the scale alittle under 2800lbs when finished with out fuel and driver, thats cool that you are also doing this we can watch each other progress as we go along
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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Good god that thing is stripped.

Good luck with the build.

Weather does suck, i understand that completely.

john ny
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 03:14 PM
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g/l with the build u got a long way too go.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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urg, if i had the motivation right now to strip my car bare for chassy work, i would. Good luck with the build, keep us posted!
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 04:10 PM
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man....... you guys make it sound like im going to take forever to finish this thing lol.. you people dont know me, I did most of the bodywork and sanding in one morning, as for stripping the rest of it well i figure a good three days worth or work ie 24-30 hrs worth, if money and weather wasnt a issue i could do this in 2 months, thanks for checking my build out and all the positive reenforcment stay tuned for more updates as thing move along hope to post some more pics tonight or tomorrow
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by CosmoQuik
man....... you guys make it sound like im going to take forever to finish this thing lol.. you people dont know me, I did most of the bodywork and sanding in one morning, as for stripping the rest of it well i figure a good three days worth or work ie 24-30 hrs worth, if money and weather wasnt a issue i could do this in 2 months, thanks for checking my build out and all the positive reenforcment stay tuned for more updates as thing move along hope to post some more pics tonight or tomorrow
Well you know how this kinda stuff goes...you expect to finish in less than 2 months..and you blink and find yourself 1 year out and still not done.

lol j/k Sounds like with what you have done so far, you have the ability to finish in a timely manner. Unfortunately for many of us, we don't have the luxury of shell prep time nor the resources either.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by WingsofWar
Well you know how this kinda stuff goes...you expect to finish in less than 2 months..and you blink and find yourself 1 year out and still not done.

lol j/k Sounds like with what you have done so far, you have the ability to finish in a timely manner. Unfortunately for many of us, we don't have the luxury of shell prep time nor the resources either.
hey if your ever down this way hit me up and check it out in person if your up to it
names mark by the way
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 05:24 PM
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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Spend a few hour redoing the chassis harness, deleted the wiring for the adjustable suspention crap, and rewrapped the whole thing in fresh 3m electrical tape

thats it for updates not much bet ever bit counts
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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Motivation for you...

When I picked it up it was missing some glass, front end, 4 different colors, no interior, engine, trans, STRIPPED!



To this the next day...





2 weeks later...



AND 2 months later...





Not perfect... but DAMN what a difference!

Never give up!
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 01:44 AM
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wow what a difference man. Looks great!
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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I'm rebuilding this from the ground up purpose built for driving pleasures, i think its alittle different then putting yours back to factory, i bought a complete car and tore it down
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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Im currently looking for a project FC and this is some inspiring stuff.

Great work!
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