OK, I know that you have all seen the Gullwing RX-7's out there. Has anyone done it to their car. I was curious and visited the patent office and Rickey Newmayer still holds the patents for the gullwing 7. Anyone visit his shop in CA few years back? Below are some pics and the patent that he holds.

 

You'll poke your eye out kid.


what a waste of money. damn isnt that conversion somehting like 7k???

 

Im not interested in doing it. I am just curious if anyone has tried it since Rickey. Gotta admit, he has nice patent drawings :-)

 

ANyone have 7k to give me?? I'd kill to have those doors on my 7!! Unfortuently, i dont have 7000 dollars, and its probably difficult to get outwhen ur parked next to somebody, i dunno.... i'd like to hear more about it too though.

~Jesse

 

I was thinking about that, and with a hardtop (screw you sunroofs) you could probably make the door go onto the roof so it opens and doesn't move as far out, like on deloreans.
I don't think the doors would be that expensive. Strengthen the roof, strengthen the door, get proper latchs. Actually with labor that seems about right lol.
But one could do it themselves for a lot less, maybe even less than a grand if they did all the labor themselves (cept maybe getting some custom hinges manu'ed)
Would take a hell of a long time, and probably a few screw ups.

 

I've heard both 7k and 15k for the RE Amemiya scissor doors FD mod.

 

You have any bigger scans of that magazine article?
And do you have patent2.jpg, noticed it was dead.

 

i'd like to do a knife door conversion. anyone have links?

 

Those are not real gull-wings. Real gull-wings hinge in the middle of the roof, not where the door meets the roof.

With that said, I have been thinking about this for quite a while. Adding gull-wings to a RX-7 shouldn't be too hard. The doors are fairly light, and almost the perfect shape. There is a spot at the front of the door for another latch. If the roof was cut, a metal frame could be made, and welded to the top of the door (after the door was reinforced). Torsion bars from a DeLorean could be used to help lift the door, and then a gas strut would support it. The hinges and such for the doors would be inside the car, covered by a modified headliner.

 

Does anyone know the name of Newmayer's shop?? Is it still open??