Okay so yeah, I'm working on a REAL nice Crown and Coke buzz....
But....
I've been out waxing and detailing the FD, and I just was sitting back afterwards, looking at the car, thinking how ******* fortunate I am to own one of these little beasts!
You know, when I was a kid in high school ('74 - '78), there simply weren't cars like this around. A true 160 mph car that is fast, quick and lithe.
The lines of the car are still just so....so ******* good looking, so damned cool! I find myself fretting over every new stone chip or door ding....it is like an insult to the sheet metal.
Earlier tonight I got on it a bit at one of the intersections in town, left a nice burnout mark....heh heh! Didn't hurt that there was the local Honda boys watching it all.....
Well...back to the Crown and the K-State game....Go Wildcats! And to all of us....enjoy and take care of these fine cars.

 

Amen!! I wasn't born when you were in high school, but I wanted one of these cars from the first time I saw them at an Auto Show in late '92 early '93. I was 13 and fell in love immediately. Now I own one and getting ready to buy another!

 

Took me ten years to finally get one. Can't really afford it, but what am I going to do with my money, be burried with it?

Never really wanted any other car when I saw this thing.

 

This reminds me of the old latin saying "In vino veritas"

translates to "In wine is truth" or in this case Crown.

anyway bajaman....well spoken!

 

Crikey, that makes bajaman nearly 50! well, in any event, I agree. The car has lines that are what I consider timeless...it's 10 years old and still looks new. Name any other cars that aren't dated because of their looks...NSX...boxy and dated. Viper, well, it was based on the FD, so, no

90's vette's - dated. Supra - dated, but not completely. 300Z - dated. celica - dated.

There's pretty much no other car out there from the same time that can claim to remain this good looking!

 

i remeber the 1st time i saw 1, i was prob. 12 or so, i had no idea what it was, but i knew i wanted 1. i started saving when i was 5 for a corvette, it was the car i always wanted until the fd came along. i used my vette "piggy bank" for the fd. wouldn't have it any other way.

 

Easy now! I'm only 43.....graduated in '78, okay?

 

Preach it brother!

I remember when I saw my first one. I think I was 14-15 and saw a white one at a resturant near my school, and all I could say was "damn." In fact I was never really into cars until I saw an FD. *sniff sniff* memories

 

Hey I'll take the pressure off bajaman , I graduated in 73... you do the math. Yeah, I'm a fossil but manage to get my old bones in and out of it OK. Since we're reminiscing...I bought a 1st gen. new in 81 when they were still kinda of a novelty. Fell in love with the way it made power. Sold it a couple of years later to buy my first house but always told myself I'd have another. Took me a while but ...it was worth the wait. Still get people that can't believe it's 10 yrs old. The styling really is timeless.

 

I don't think the mk4 supras have dated styling. They look pretty bad *** to me.

 

Relax Sgtblue, Class of 72 here.

I literally never saw an FD3S until Spring of 1993 when I walked into the dealership looking for some new wheels.

I had to give the ex-wife my almost new BMW 530i in a divorce settlement. Oh well...

I eyeballed it, drooled, took it for a test drive, soiled myself and bought it the next day. But not before I saw a Wall Street Journal article detailing how many were sitting on ships waiting to be delivered to Mazda dealers - who did not want them since they were selling poorly! (It was the start of the SUV craze) The dealer tried to get me for full price, $35,920.00, until I showed him the article. I drove away with my new Touring $4,000 under list - still an expensive car.

Still have it, still drive the hell out of it. I've quit the drooling temporarily (I figure it will come back naturally in another 30 years or so). Not a day goes by when someone - of all ages and genders - wants to know how I like my "new" RX7, or "what kind of car is that?" Priceless. Made my last car payment in 1996.

I am still in lust.

 

When I first came to US from europe back in 95 I was 22, my cousins and friends took me for a ride in they're mustangs, camaros, trans-am... I was drooling pretty much on they're mussle cars but once I got in a FD I knew that was the ultimate ride, best car I wrode in, I knew I must have it, lucky enough he wanted to sell it couse of the harsh ride since he was litlle over 45,(laid back person, not much of a sport car fan).
I bot the car from him, of course in monthly payments for few years and ever since I fell in love so badly with it, I had other cars 300ZX TT, VW VR6 and so on, but this is the absoleet head turner, got everythng I always wanted in a car, speed looks...
I get people sayng is this 2003 or the 2004, this is the new RX-7? Many people still don't know what kinda car it is!
Love it.

 

 

Hey Bajaman and RonKMiller,
You both remember what passed for a fast car in the 70's... Imagine what we could have done with an FD back then? For me, I'd still be in jail.

 

Closest thing then that the average guy could even think about affording was a Jaguar XKE.
Fast 'Vettes only ran in the 130s, and most all the muscle cars were quick in the quarter mile but didn't have the top end. Nor would we have really wanted to contemplate taking a 4000 + pound car that often had only drum brakes to some unholy speed!

Speaking of drum brakes, I was talking to a bunch of young whipper-snappers at work the other day, one was talking about how his dad told him how he used to have to "dry his brakes after running thru water" and the kid was perplexed at the reason. As I explained it in more detail, these kids were like, "You mean, you pressed on the brake pedal and nothing happened?"
Ahhhh....the memories!

 

when i first saw the fd back in 93 i knew i would get one some day, when i finally got a decent paying job i did and the restis history, i have had my car only 3 years but i love it......not many people get to own their dream car so i feel lucky to have mine....

 

I'm 31 and wasn't always into cars. I bought the FD understanding that a rotary wasn't quite the same as a piston engine, but not having any idea what I was getting into. All I knew was that I was getting an extremely good looking, extremely fast and extremely cool car. Luckily I got a decent example of the car and I have become much more of an enthusiast--I credit this car with giving me the desire to learn about how piston engines work versus rotaries (I find my self using the term epitrochoid more than I could ever have imagined). I have learned about modifications and why to modify and perhaps more importantly what not to do. Every time the car is out it gets compliments and admiration. Many people tell me it is the best looking car they have seen on the street. The FD is timeless. And to steal another board members tag line "The 7 can't lose."

 

I bought my FD in June of 99 shortly after signing my life away to the Marines. The best compliment I've ever gotten about my car was from a girl in hanging out in a croud in the parking lot facing Pensacola Beach, she yelled, "Ohh my god, that is the nicest car I have seen in my entire life." I replied, "thanks," and rolled on through.
I fell in love with the car back when it first came out thanks to a show called Alcapolco Heat . In the beginning of the show a spy team comprised of a married couple engage on a race to the secret headquarters by way of Hummer and RX-7. The Husband takes a shortcut through rugged terain with his Hummer while his wife, a beautiful blonde, lights up the tarmack with her CYM RX-7. I forget who wins...

 

Hmmm, the 70's....yes....I do seem to remember them...kind of.....hmmmm....

I guess we don't change that much over time. I had a 1972 Kawasaki H1B, also known as the "Mach III". 500cc's of two stroke, smoke blowing, fire hydrant rattling, triple cylinder motorcycle that was known as the "Widow Maker" because of it's TERRIBLE handling.
It killed alot of guys trying to go around corners.

It was quicker than ANYTHING on the road for a couple of years. It will still keep up with a modern 600cc bike up to 70 mph or so if I can get a good launch.

I have a pristine example currently sitting in my garage that I rebuilt to 95 point condition about 5 years ago.

I wrapped the first one around a deer at night. That little mufugger hurt me bad but I got the ultimate revenge - I ate him.

 

Heh...class of '78 here too. I was messing with VWs back then. Big bore kits, stroker cranks, porting w/big valves, 48IDA Webers, etc. Kinda fun making an air-cooled VW bug holeshot the big V8 guys so bad that they couldn't catch us at the far end unless they were pumping 400+hp (which took some work back then). High 12s in the quarter (12.78 @ 110.7mph at the now-defunct OCIR) was nothing to sneeze at either.

But a good friend of mine had a red RX-2 with bridgeported motor, and that piqued my interest in the Wankel. Talk about your screaming banshee!

Wasn't until 6 years ago that I found my FD and was able to find out what a landmark sports car the FD really is.

 

Not to get off topic, but fine job, Ron! My first bike was a '73 H2 750. The frame was OK and it had a front disc brake at least (!), so handling wasn't as wobbly. Great bike, actually; kinda wish I didn't sell it way back when. The sound of a two-stroke triple at full honk with aftermarket expansion chambers is like nothing else. Kinda like the rotary

 

You ate him. I'm dyin' here!!!

You ate him.

Perhaps with a nice Chianti and lima beans? PLEASE!!??

 

heh...that's "fava" beans, Dr. Lecter...

 

Holy shitnoids batman! Your FIRST bike?

Folks, here's a man with brass *****, and he's still alive!

Class of 78? Why - you're just a young punk...

Mine had a front disc brake too - it was REALLY high tech. The changeover from the drum came mid-model, they also went BACK to points instead of the CDI ignition, thank God. I can still stop faster by dragging my feet...

God, I love the smell of two stroke in the morning.

(said to the tune of "Ride of the Valkeries" by Wagner)

 

LIMA beans?

I just peed in my Depends.

Actually - I prefer a robust Cabernet or a simple Montrachet with my venison medallions. Chianti goes best with LIVER slurp slurp.