phatdood9

Hello, does anyone know about what I should expect to pay for a preferably later year FC 88+ T2. I am looking to use it as a project car, so I dont need: paint job, rims, tires, front bumper, (blown engine is OK), front seats.

can anyone estimate about how much this would cost me? Preferably from $800-1,500?

-thanks

dre_2ooo

Not sure..

I know stickgoat paid $500 for her 1990 TII w/blown engine. Everything else is supposedly in good condition.

phatdood9

hmm 5k is pretty high, can get an amost mint FC with 25 or 26k orig. miles for 6k =/

Juan

iTrader: (28)

$5K?? I think you misread $500.

RrtyRckt

aw buddy, I think he said 500 not 5000

phatdood9

LOL Wow, 500? one hell of a deal ... does anyone know where to look for these?

phatdood9

^^

FC Drifter

i paid 250 bucks for my T2. bad paint, blown engine, etc. but its an 87 not a late model

87GTR

iTrader: (61)

I payed 500 for mine 87 T2 with blown engine now I got over 10k in it

phatdood9

man ... where are you guys getting all these deals? any suggestions to make in terms of looking?

Dirty Sanchez

yeah help a brutha out. Im lookin too. Do you guys just call wrecking yards or something?

phatdood9

yeah!! cmon guys!

stickgoat

It's an '89, but same difference.

Yep, $500 in da hizzy.

DuX

HERE u want help go read this post of mine. i was trying to help you guys out but noone seemed interested.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=105534

phatdood9

DuX, looking for a Turbo II not a GLX cmon cmon, maan, you guys say search, the only FCs I find are ones souped up to hell

3engineRex

just keep looking TII's seem to be hard to come by these days, especially S5's.

nwaco

I paid $550 for a mint condition garaged TII with a blown rear seal, $500 for a not so mint running TII, and $475 for another running TII. I suggest you check charity donation auctions. People donate rotaries to auctions because the price to repair them dealerwise is very high and the donee gets the tax write off for the "running" condition bluebook value because even with a blown engine, rotaries in limp mode will still "run" thereby if they can drive in, they qualify for the full tax deduction. The auction buyers normally ignore them because they are bad running rotaries. This keeps the price low, and the competition minimal. It is a great scam for rotary junkies, and good old Uncle Sam makes it all happen.

phatdood9

nwaco, the charity auctions, what are the chances i'd find one? Also, if I call up organizations that auction off donated cars, would they be able to tell me if there are any FC TIIs avail?

-thanks a bunch!

nwaco

Many of them have websites that they list the cars in their upcoming auctions. I find them in my area, and bookmark them. I check them out during the week. Most auctions are on weekends, and most have them once a month or every other weekend. Most auctions I find, list the cars by make/model only. I look for RX7's first, then the year. I only seek 2nd gens, and really only want TII's. I do buy N/A's mainly to resell, and sometimes for parts. Many sites show pictures of the cars, and then I look for the givaway "the hoodscoop". Almost never will an RX7 be listed as a turbo. Mostly because many are not marked as such, and the auctioneers could care less and probably are not "car people". A secret is to look for the "non-runners". RX7's frequent this section, and many a time, its a loose intake duct that puts it there. Good bidding. There, now my secret is out.

phatdood9

alright! thanks

stickgoat

Try to find places that end up with bank-repo'd cars....

Also, I've noticed that a lot of times, those little hole-in-the-wall type garages sometimes have FCs just chillin' in the back, all forgotten. You can always ask about them.

phatdood9

thanks really much for the help guys, ive been looking at auctions for maybe 3 hours already, yet to find one in the bay area with any non-running cars.

ill let ya guys know how successful my search is

phatdood9

hmm, im going to call Mazda Recycling tomorrow. Has anyone had experience with project cars from them? Do they have any project cars other than the ones listed on their site?