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Old 03-06-02, 09:49 AM
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Hello all,

I found to rx7's in a guys back yard. The first is the gray color, its a 87 SE, it also has an aftermarket glass sunroof. The car is in good shape other than one fairly bad rust hole about 6 inches long and three high above the right rear tire. The car has 175,000 miles but still runs, its not blown yet and water seals are good but not sure how long it will last. It has new tire new suspension but WILL need to haev the front end fixed, wheel bearings steering rack, and possibly rotors turned and new pads.
The second is red 87 SE has no rust, also has new tires and good suspension, but it may need new front ball joints wheel bearings tierods and brake work. This one has 211,000 miles on it and the motor is gone and clutch and tranny are most likely gonna need work. The car has a minor bow in the left fron fender where it is sluightly buckled outward.

i already own 1 88 SE and i replaced the fron end in the car, including all brakes and pads, wheel bearings, tierod ends, ball joints, and the clutch, and also ahve done alot of performance thinsg to it,.

my question are these two worth buying to use i as a parts car and the other to fix up and run? and how much are the worth? the guy is asking 1500 for both, but suince i got my 88 SE for 650 and it had 20,00 on a rebuilt motor, new tires and new suspension as well as rebuilt tranny i figured these two were worth 1100 or so, any input??

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ask for a grand
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come on you all of an opinion
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ask for a grand
I agree. You can find em cheaper than 1500 if you looked hard enough. Especially for SE's
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this is for two of them and i think he'll take 1100

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1100, part the high mileage one out. Use the proceeds to help with the lower mileage one.
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any more thoughts or comments?? i was gonna strip one and sell of the parts and doa v-8 swap into it and rebuild the other so i would haev my fast rotaru my stock rotary and a v-8 swap seven


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bump^^^^
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bumpity bump bump^^^^
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Not another V-8 swapper.
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i own styln n/a
and am gonna be picking me up a turbo soon
why cant i?
the car is an empty shell WTF am i gonna do reinstall all factory comonents and get a 16 second car for like 20,000
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