TheAbsence

iTrader: (19)

Correction, 10AEs are our cars.

































Just kidding, I really don't care either way. Clean SAs, FBs, and FDs will be the only RX-7s collectors will care for.

daviddeep

iTrader: (4)

This is most probably true. The FC didn't get a very warm reception when it came out in '85. Most people said it either looked too much like a 944 or looked like it was made up from styling bits leftover from the Camaro, Daytona, and other cars of the day. It will always be the second-class citizen of RX-7s. That said, the 10AE will always have some kind of following.

Just to clarify my earlier comments, I wasn't suggesting that removing the moldings or original mirrors would destroy the value of a priceless collectible, but I think it is true that a clean 10AE is worth at least a few hundred dollars more than a similar '88 TII to many buyers. It's worth keeping the original parts in a cardboard box in your basement to not lose that few hundred dollars when you go to resell the car.

Also, I don't personally care what the OP does with his car either. But he was asking for opinions...

erknee916

iTrader: (1)

in my opinion the stock 10ae wheels are UGLY, i dont care if they are 16" id rather go to 15" of clean meshies than some butt ugly wheels. i got the 10ae at a deal. i doubt that our 10aes will ever become a rarity. just go to the classifieds and u will see one go for 1900....some collector car. have u ever seen a black 10ae? id have to say its super clean.

Derekcat

iTrader: (8)

lol... The S4 T2 wheels aren't esp. pretty in general. [Too much flat space for me] but on the 10AE I think it works because of the matching.

Pretty sure 10AEs are already a rarity at 1500 produced... If any FC will be collectable it'll be this one.
Locally I haven't seen any 10AEs lately and if they're running they're more than an equivalent T2 [usually about $2300 on CL]

On the note of the black one, I imagine it would be pretty cool looking..

daviddeep

iTrader: (4)

There were no black 10AEs from the factory. If you painted a 10AE black, it would pretty much look like any other black S4 TII, only with the black 10AE interior, bronze tinted glass and 10AE emblems if you left them on. I like black FCs so that would look good I guess, but it wouldn't really look much like a 10AE anymore.

Agreed the S4 TII wheels are a bit dull by current standards. In the 80s when these cars were new, minimizing drag was cool so having flat, featureless wheels was the in-thing. You saw similar wheels on the Trans Am, the Supra, and a bunch of other cars back then.

TheAbsence

iTrader: (19)

^ Makes sense because there were a lot of fugly wheels in the 80s. At least we don't have hubcaps though

daviddeep

iTrader: (4)

Compared with some of the clothes we wore in the 80s, the wheels weren't really that bad...