The soft-touch coating on the 93-96 Supras was more prone to scratching/discoloring than the smooth 93 FD panels, by a lot, if you can believe that.

 

We should for sure

My 1st time was actually in the tyson corner area. We were walking through the Ritz's Carlton parking garage on our way to a 3 on 3 b ball tournament when I saw my 1st in person. I remember saying I'll own one of these cars no matter what, it completely blew me away like no car I'd ever seen.

 

It was in your subconscious though. Look at various Italian sport coupes of the 1950's and early '60s.

Particularly the 1953/1954 Maserati A6GCS Berlinetta (Pininfarina).

A few years ago 1960's OSCA came up for auction (reported in Sports Car Markets).

The backstory was that it was designed by the Maserati Brothers (they had sold the rights to the Maserati name) and the car had been acquired by Mazda and used in their design training.

 

YEP

The FD incorporates lots of great looking car qualities, even some old jaq stuff. It's just a super cool design with tremendous flow from front to back, even the overall size is perfection.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-Mazda-...cAAOSwmNZgecEg

Im gonna guess $140k on this one. Interesting to see where it goes and the attention this will bring the platform.

 

 

Yeah. An independent halo car to drive up value for the rest of us haha. Such a beauty.

 

$140k?!

Gonna fetch that R1 money!

 

Our local Sema attendee and master tuner estimates more than half a million in funds and sweat equity is invested in that car. The return is on clicks garnered.

 

Will be interesting to see the final bill. I don't have hope for that car in the future, cars that heavily modified don't do well with the subsequent owner. They either a) end up in a ditch, b) have some weird problem the owner can't figure out and get sold at a loss/parted out, c) end up with weird problem and sit for years and eventually end up in a junkyard.

I understand him selling the car, he seems like he enjoys the journey of getting there more than the end result. Also that car has to be exhausting to drive around.

Dale

 

YEP

Crazy world right now. I can't believe the reserve isn't met at 141......WOW

 

Lets be optimistic. Maybe there will be a spot in Petterson's.

 

So I have to ask you guys what your thoughts are on the current EPA position with all the after market and emissions and how it will affect our rotary vehicles price. I am back and forth on it. Not sure what to expect for the future.

 

They aren't going to take away a car that's 25+ years old and modified 10 years ago. They are mainly focused on newer cars.

And deleting emissions equipment has been illegal in most places for decades now. So nothing really new.

Recommend you have a cat in your mid pipe just in case haha.

 

I have a custom cat

 

I am in Fl so no worries here. For the record my exhaust is just for testing purposes.

 

I am in FL also, but that didn't stop them from nailing some diesel tuners down here.

 

Truer words have never been spoken. I’ve enjoyed watching his no excuses all out approach but I think the idea of that car is likely more enjoyable than the ownership experience. Still amazing though.

 

Yep. I had an open waste gate on my FC back in the day. It was fun for a week or so, then you just felt like an ******* whenever you got on the gas near anybody. That was only at full throttle, I can't imagine having a car that's is literally deafening ALL THE TIME - idle, cruise, everything. Also that kind of power doesn't take much for things to go REAL wrong REAL fast, you give it the beans for a few seconds and you're doing triple digit speeds.

I think the car is an amazing tour de force of what can be done with a rotary and it's also a testament to the hard work he put into it - he built that car in record time and did a great job with it. But, at the end of the day, it's about like keeping a pet tiger or something - super cool but it will literally kill you and **** off the neighbors

I seriously am curious about who buys it - that's a LOT of money to spend on a car that doesn't have a prancing horse on the side. I think he has it priced reasonably - it's a one of a kind Youtube star car and it's worth good money, but I hope it ends up with someone that can do something with the car and not someone who is going to run it into a ditch or kill themselves.

Dale

 

I wonder if he's really trying to sell it. Reserve still not met at $170k. Amazing amount of work and money in this car. An in your face sema build is not my taste, but what an epic display of what a modern 11/10s rotary can be. If David really is willing to let it go, I'm betting the reserve is $200 or 250k.

 

I'm betting reserve at $200k. Lots of action on the bidding, though.

Most of the action on Ebay bids happens in the last few minutes. Still has 7 days to go, plenty of time for it to rack up a big tab.

Dale

 

Is ebay the right place to sell a car like that? It seems most of the high-priced cars mentioned lately have been on BringATrailer.

 

Don't see too many track cars on BAT. Mostly stock collector cars.

 

I tried to list my modified FD with BAT a few week back. They rejected it stating that they only want stock cars going forwards.

Based on the interest in David’s car on EBAY; that’s where I’m going to list mine soon. Not that I expect to get as much interest as that 4 rotor monster!

 

I really am surprised at the bidding for this car. (With the caveat that a bid does not equal to a sale on eBay - many eBay car sales fall through because the winning bidder does not come through with the funds.)

I can't see a specialist FD shop buying it because they did not build it so I am not sure what the point would be. I can't see a race team buying it because, again, they did not build it - and what series would it race in? And I can't see even a wealthy enthusiast buying it because it is not really drivable on the street.

It's essentially a *****-to-the-wall, this-one-goes-to-11 fever dream. Nice to see it being done - but what would you do with this car after buying it?