LHD Spirit R !!!
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Why chop a Spirit R and mate it to a left hand drive body? If cars in Taiwan are left hand drive, why did the person not get an FD from there and switch the necessary parts from the Spirit R???. Seems to me that this is exactly what was done. You need all the interior plastics from a left hand drive car (Spirit R plastics face the other way).
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Originally Posted by fd3s777
As most of you all know, I'm mostly in Taiwan. This is why all my RX-7 tags are Taiwan tags. This car was actually import direct from Japan. By Taiwan traffic law, no RHD are allow on the road. So the owner had it convert to LHD. Fake? no no... It is real. In order to have to legally on the road, owner had to use another FD's vin tag. So Spirit R tag was removed...
Remove the Spirit R tag!? lies!!! pic or ban!
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Originally Posted by fd3s777
As most of you all know, I'm mostly in Taiwan. This is why all my RX-7 tags are Taiwan tags.
But then the rest of your post wouldn't make sense.
Originally Posted by fd3s777
This car was actually import direct from Japan. By Taiwan traffic law, no RHD are allow on the road. So the owner had it convert to LHD. Fake? no no... It is real. In order to have to legally on the road, owner had to use another FD's vin tag. So Spirit R tag was removed...
Joe
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Well as with the VIN stuff, they may have imported a Spirit R, and just forged the paper work using a different VIN from a legal FD for registration, thus replacing all of the VIN markings with the other car's stuff. I always though about doing that if I were to import a car, to get it registered. 
Originally Posted by dubulup
pretty dirty engine bay...if indeed that is a real Spirit R...why no pic of the #### of 1500 in the bay???
and the painted lip w/ no brake ducts, and I don't think Spirit R's came w/ fog lights
and the painted lip w/ no brake ducts, and I don't think Spirit R's came w/ fog lights
Originally Posted by xthephilx
What steering wheel is that? I'm guessing it's the factory spirit R one, but what else does it come on?
It looks like it's smaller diameter, so it'd fit me better in the car
It looks like it's smaller diameter, so it'd fit me better in the car
Originally Posted by dscsk8er55
I think Ramy had one for sale a while ago but I don't remember what it went for.
Originally Posted by fd3s777
In order to have to legally on the road, owner had to use another FD's vin tag. So Spirit R tag was removed...
Originally Posted by rotarycrazy
I like the cluster in silver with the 6 oclock rpm's any body know where could I get one.
Originally Posted by quicksilver_rx7
Ramy must've sold this guy a Spirit R cluster and related parts. I may be wrong, but it just seems a little fishy.
Joe
Joe
I swear it wasn't me lol. Although I do try and get ahold of any and every Spirit R part that *ever* pops up for sale... 
Originally Posted by seanbrowning
Well as with the VIN stuff, they may have imported a Spirit R, and just forged the paper work using a different VIN from a legal FD for registration, thus replacing all of the VIN markings with the other car's stuff. I always though about doing that if I were to import a car, to get it registered.
~Ramy
Not really commenting on whether I think it's real or not, but the wheels are Spirit-R Type B whereas the seats are from a Type-A, right? I have not yet seen a Spirit-R with those items from two different models mixed like that.
Originally Posted by fd3s777
As most of you all know, I'm mostly in Taiwan. This is why all my RX-7 tags are Taiwan tags. This car was actually import direct from Japan. By Taiwan traffic law, no RHD are allow on the road. So the owner had it convert to LHD. Fake? no no... It is real. In order to have to legally on the road, owner had to use another FD's vin tag. So Spirit R tag was removed...
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Originally Posted by Compilez
How would that work? Is the VIN not engraved on the center of the back of the engine bay like the US models? Unless they don't engrave VIN on the center of the engine bay back wall I don't see how he could have switched all the VIN's.
Joe
Last edited by quicksilver_rx7; Jun 8, 2006 at 10:08 PM.
Spirit R or not doesn't matter. Just want to share some nice pictures with you guys. No more post on this thread... tired of trying to let you guys know what it is.