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Old 11-30-07, 01:51 PM
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TURBO II ads and publications

ok, i'm starting a new thread spawning from the other thread that i started on the 10AE ads and publications, which can be seen here: https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/10th-anniversary-ads-publications-704916/
this one will be for the TII. any years go. i'll start by posting some pics from the 88 brochure.





and this neat orininal 10AE stamp from mazda.
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I've made .pdf files from my french booklets.
They can be found there:
http://rx7.free.fr/fcdoc.html
More as some magazine's articles and the swiss booklet of the S4 Turbo II wich was not sold in France:
http://rx7.free.fr/forum/viewforum.php?f=17
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i can also post pics of each grade (GTU, GXL, SE) in the brochure if there is interest to see the pics.
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ok, i'll ad them all. it'll take only a few mins..unless my camera dies...
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ok, got these before the camera died. i'll take pics of the rest of the pages tomorrow evening and post those up!





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Where did you get that brochure?
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LOL at the "sunroof doesn't encroach on headroom" part.
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I wish that I was around and legal to test drive the 2nd gen when it first debuted. Did any model come with an optional manual glass sunroof?
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wasnt listed in the brochure as an option, although i have the optional bronze tinted moonroof on my 10AE. i actually collect RX-7 brochures. i really enjoy sharing the info thats in them. i know that not everyone has a brochure for reference. when i get home this evening i'll post more pics of the brochure and of the interiors and specifications and options.
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thats a nice pice of memorabilia there. its nice to see what the leather seats and interior looked 20years ago
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If only all these fancy schmancy safety regulations weren't in place today...the entire Rotary community could kick and scream until Mazda reproduces the FC. With RENESIS power.
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I love this thread.... More pics!
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i wil post the rest of the pics as soon as i find my camera's charger. should be tonight some time!
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whoa!! damn that interior is clean!! wonder if someone has a car like that still
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^ Johny Zoom does. his 10AE has like 7000 miles or something
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Reminds me of this photoframe thing I found. Think its te same car?
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^ that is an 87
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Aaron Cake posted the whole 1988 brochure here:
http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/brochure/brochure.asp

Originally Posted by specialop
I wish that I was around and legal to test drive the 2nd gen when it first debuted.
I bought mine new 1988. However, being a paranoid bastard, I test drove a used high-mileage 1987 model first to see how the car drove with some miles on it, and it was as tight as the new model I drove next. I especially liked the steering vs. the other cars of the era. You should have seen the 10AE as the centerpiece of the Mazda dealership floor room back in 1988... wow.

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Did any model come with an optional manual glass sunroof?
That was a dealer-installed option, and you could also buy the glass roof separately from Finish Line (Mazda's official aftermarket line) or Pacific T-Top, Inc. (an independent aftermarket company in Huntington, CA) and install it yourself.

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LOL at the "sunroof doesn't encroach on headroom" part.
LOL at the person who has not actually tried sitting in both models before making an ignorant comment like that.

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I've made .pdf files from my french booklets.
They can be found there:
http://rx7.free.fr/fcdoc.html
More as some magazine's articles and the swiss booklet of the S4 Turbo II wich was not sold in France:
http://rx7.free.fr/forum/viewforum.php?f=17
Ooooo a Norton brochure! Thanks!

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thats a nice pice of memorabilia there. its nice to see what the leather seats and interior looked 20years ago
Now you see why I rag on people nowadays who try to sell their RX-7 with a "mint" interior. I know what mint looks like. There are no mint RX-7's anymore. At minimum some of the plastic interior pieces discolor over time, especially the ash tray cover.
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Originally Posted by Evil Aviator
That was a dealer-installed option, and you could also buy the glass roof separately from Finish Line (Mazda's official aftermarket line) or Pacific T-Top, Inc. (an independent aftermarket company in Huntington, CA) and install it yourself.
Saratoga Tops in NY also made them. I had the original box with the dealership accessory sticker on it when I got my 10AE
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Originally Posted by Evil Aviator
Aaron Cake posted the whole 1988 brochure here:
http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/brochure/brochure.asp


I bought mine new 1988. However, being a paranoid bastard, I test drove a used high-mileage 1987 model first to see how the car drove with some miles on it, and it was as tight as the new model I drove next. I especially liked the steering vs. the other cars of the era. You should have seen the 10AE as the centerpiece of the Mazda dealership floor room back in 1988... wow.


That was a dealer-installed option, and you could also buy the glass roof separately from Finish Line (Mazda's official aftermarket line) or Pacific T-Top, Inc. (an independent aftermarket company in Huntington, CA) and install it yourself.


LOL at the person who has not actually tried sitting in both models before making an ignorant comment like that.


Ooooo a Norton brochure! Thanks!


Now you see why I rag on people nowadays who try to sell their RX-7 with a "mint" interior. I know what mint looks like. There are no mint RX-7's anymore. At minimum some of the plastic interior pieces discolor over time, especially the ash tray cover.
Wow, it's so easy to fix something like that though. I washed my ashtray cover off and shot it with some Duplicolor black spray paint and it looked brand new...matched the 'new' radio surround perfectly.
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Originally Posted by Evil Aviator

LOL at the person who has not actually tried sitting in both models before making an ignorant comment like that.
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I have, and it does.

You loose a good .5 inch of headroom to the sunroof, which you might not notice if you're shorter than 5'10", or have a very short torso, but headroom bugged the hell out of me until I got a racing seat and Bride rails.
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Originally Posted by Acesanugal
Wow, it's so easy to fix something like that though. I washed my ashtray cover off and shot it with some Duplicolor black spray paint and it looked brand new...matched the 'new' radio surround perfectly.
Sure, but that still does not make it mint condition.

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I have, and it does.

You loose a good .5 inch of headroom to the sunroof, which you might not notice if you're shorter than 5'10", or have a very short torso, but headroom bugged the hell out of me until I got a racing seat and Bride rails.
My bad, I should have specified the FC vs. the FB models. The initial design goal was for the electric sun roof to take up no more headroom than the earlier removable sun roofs in the 1Gen model. If you try sitting in both models (1Gen with sunroof vs. 2Gen with sunroof), you will see that they accomplished this goal (approx. 0.4"). This is what they mean in the brochure.


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