Yeah well im keeping the Passat as the ol Daily Driver. If you saw the amount of snow we have here right now. You would agree its good to have the 2nd car.

 

Yeah, I know what you mean since I live in the Connecticut hills at 1,200ft and also get my fair share of snow. I still use the Passat as a DD complete with snow tires. I let my kids pound on the Passat while I get exclusive use of the FD when the weather clears.

 

Where did you find out about that deal? (you bastard) And welcome.

 

Wipers are for nublars.

 

Please don't put pistons in a '95! Welcome to the club.

-Andy

 

just found it in one of the classified papers and jumped all over it. It listed on friday and I had sent him money by monday!

 

Yes, I do. And as soon as the weather breaks I'll get my FD inspected and tires changed.

FDs make decent project cars if there is no frame damage and the end result is a stripped race car. They suck for 'restoration' projects.

Dave

 

Thats incorrect.

 

Dave, you're correct.

FDs are terrible restoration projects, which is why I'm building mine instead of returning it to stock. It's actually cheaper this way, and when the time comes, I'll be able to sell it off and get a stocker that will rarely leave my garage

 

I couldent have said it better myself!

 

Er, I've got a 93 touring and the panels are textured. I think that might be a touring thing because the touring models came with leather seats and they were trying to reproduce the look in the vinyl door panels. Just a thought.

 

I just sold my Stealth Twin Turbo and now have a ls1 FD. Never have looked back

 

so you vin is 333? mine is to and the guy i bought it off of said it was a 95 model, but the title says 94 but it want bought until 95 , i think the vin plate for 95 should say 334

 

Seems to be a lot of confusion here...I have a '95 PEP, original owner & only person on the title. I also have the original window sticker, owners manual & ECU. All of the VIN#s on my car match.
Here's the correct info: '95 VIN is 333, steel, not glass roof panel is ok for a '95 PEP, my interior is textured and I have leather seats. My ECU happens to be N3D8 for a non-cali 5-speed. BTW the plate on the driver door jamb will also give you a build date. Hope this helps-Bill

 

You're probably referring to your door panels, they are all like that.

He's referring to the gauge cluster hood, a/c surround piece, shifter surround piece, and the inserts in the interior of both driver and passenger doors.

To the OP, good luck with the car, post pics, and for God's sake don't put a damn camaro motor in a rotary-engined thoroughbred

 

"JM1" "World Manufacturer Identifier" for Mazda
"FD" RX-7 series
"33" body style ("33" = coupe)
"1" "Misc ID field" (1993: "1" = US, "2" = Canada.)
(1994: "3" = manual seat belts, 2
airbags)
(1995: "3" = manual seat belts, 2
airbags)
"1" "Check Digit" (used to verify that a VIN is not
bogus)
(calculated for each car)
"P" year model code (1993 = "P")
(1994 = "R")
(1995 = "S")
(Q was not used)
"0" assembly plant code ("0" = Hiroshima)
"200001" serial number (1993: started with 200001)
(1994: started with 300001)
(1995: started with 400001)

 

direct from mazda-usa

http://alecto.bittwiddlers.com/vehic...-numbers.shtml

 

Yep..I screwed up. "333" has nothing to do with the model year. You are correct in that 1995 FDs are identified by S04 immediately before the serial number. The other info I posted is correct.

 

PIcked it up friday night. Time to start finding all the missing peices..