90 GTUs Firewall Pictures
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90 GTUs Firewall Pictures
This is a picture request thread. I'd like to see if anyone has pictures of their VINs on their 1990 GTUs. Particularly, I'd like to see the difference in restamps and non-restamped 1990 GTUs. Thanks.
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can't say I've ever seen one.
I'm sure you two read this already but here's my theory (based on several things)
apparently the GTUs was supposed to be a 3-rotor but Mazda pulled the plug and dropped the NA motor in there. They tried to make up for it by changing 5th gear and the rear end but it ended up being a sub-base model.
the BELOW BASE model (no sunroof, no power anything, and minimal creature comforts) wasn't selling well and the 89 Overstock of undesirable NAs were resold as 90's (which is where the restamp MIGHT have come in) and in 1990 Mazda said "no more GTUs" but 100 had already rolled off WITH the proper 1990 VIN.
To the avg. person this car is nothing more than a regular NA ( I don't consider my GTUs' anything too radical when compared to the other FCs in the past.) but an elite few might see it as a way to distance themselves from the pack and the way things are going it looks like it's been successful.
Out of the 200K FCs sold in the US: there are only 1400 or so GTUs. Out of those 1400 only 100 made it out of the assembly line in 1990 with the unmolested, virgin VINS. If you think it's crazy to create a sub-cult within the rotary cult but we're not the only ones. Go look at the honda guys that own REAL Type-Rs and you'll notice they are crazier than we are.
This doesn't take into account the crashed/destroyed/non running FCs or NON rotary FCs. Seems to me that as more ppl ditch the rotary and go with other powerplants the higher the value of these cars will be. Not because the metal, plastic or rubber has actual monetary value, but because the rotary Rotary had a very limited run. R100-FD3S = ~30 years and as the supply dwindles the values HAVE to increase.
Please correct any incorrect info if you come across it.
I'm sure you two read this already but here's my theory (based on several things)
apparently the GTUs was supposed to be a 3-rotor but Mazda pulled the plug and dropped the NA motor in there. They tried to make up for it by changing 5th gear and the rear end but it ended up being a sub-base model.
the BELOW BASE model (no sunroof, no power anything, and minimal creature comforts) wasn't selling well and the 89 Overstock of undesirable NAs were resold as 90's (which is where the restamp MIGHT have come in) and in 1990 Mazda said "no more GTUs" but 100 had already rolled off WITH the proper 1990 VIN.
To the avg. person this car is nothing more than a regular NA ( I don't consider my GTUs' anything too radical when compared to the other FCs in the past.) but an elite few might see it as a way to distance themselves from the pack and the way things are going it looks like it's been successful.
Out of the 200K FCs sold in the US: there are only 1400 or so GTUs. Out of those 1400 only 100 made it out of the assembly line in 1990 with the unmolested, virgin VINS. If you think it's crazy to create a sub-cult within the rotary cult but we're not the only ones. Go look at the honda guys that own REAL Type-Rs and you'll notice they are crazier than we are.
This doesn't take into account the crashed/destroyed/non running FCs or NON rotary FCs. Seems to me that as more ppl ditch the rotary and go with other powerplants the higher the value of these cars will be. Not because the metal, plastic or rubber has actual monetary value, but because the rotary Rotary had a very limited run. R100-FD3S = ~30 years and as the supply dwindles the values HAVE to increase.
Please correct any incorrect info if you come across it.
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