Hello everyone name is bernard
So glad that i found my fd but not in good shape
It's going to be a big challenge finding parts but thats where the journey begins
let start
this is not a rush project so im taking my time

picked it up last sat Aug 22

r28 by nakahachi, on Flickr

i installed my car dolly cause it wouldnt roll melted links

r29 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r30 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r27 by nakahachi, on Flickr

so excited took pics for my friend on the fwy
r26 by nakahachi, on Flickr

finally got home after an hour and a half drive
r25 by nakahachi, on Flickr

removed the hatch sunday Aug 23
r20 by nakahachi, on Flickr

i have to cut the door latch got stuck
r18 by nakahachi, on Flickr


finally its open after an 1hr
r17 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r16 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

next is to clean the spare tire area
r21 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r22 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r21 by nakahachi, on Flickr

removing tail lights bracket
r38 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r37 by nakahachi, on Flickr

next is dropping the gas tank
r48 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r47 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r45 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r46 by nakahachi, on Flickr

removing bumper brackets

rearbumper bracket by nakahachi, on Flickr

r40 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r39 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

taking out passenger door
r32 by nakahachi, on Flickr

this one is easier cause it wasnt locked
r31 by nakahachi, on Flickr

taking out burned seat leftovers
r11 by nakahachi, on Flickr

luckily passenger seat moved forward so i was able to slide it
r9 by nakahachi, on Flickr

passenger carpet
r8 by nakahachi, on Flickr

firewall insulation
r4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

ac blower melted as usual
r6 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r8 by nakahachi, on Flickr

handbrake out

r34 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r33 by nakahachi, on Flickr

seatbelts
r36 by nakahachi, on Flickr

r35 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

gas pedal
pedal by nakahachi, on Flickr

pedal1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

starting to clean up starting with the trunk area
wheel by nakahachi, on Flickr

wheel3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

wheel2 by nakahachi, on Flickr


trunk2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

trunk primer by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

looks better
trunk primer1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rear driver
unnamed by nakahachi, on Flickr

primer by nakahachi, on Flickr

removing some more sound deadning
center by nakahachi, on Flickr

center4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

center3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

removed the brake pedal
brake pedal by nakahachi, on Flickr

abs has to go
abs by nakahachi, on Flickr

abs1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

removing both fenders
fender2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fender4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

headlights
headlight1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

headlight by nakahachi, on Flickr

oil cooler water reservoir
cooler1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

parts by nakahachi, on Flickr

removing the harness
wiring by nakahachi, on Flickr

engine bay2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

went to san diego to pick up a rear subframe complete
rear1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rearend4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

broken rear1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rearend5 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rearend7 by nakahachi, on Flickr

took it apart easy to carry
rear2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

diff1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

so thats it for now got to organize the screws and small parts

 

All I can say is holy SXXX! You either have a lot more dedication or love for the FD than most. I couldn't imagine trying to salvage one that far gone.

With that said, it looks like it is in the right hands and is quickly going in the right direction.

What is your end-goal? Track car or street? Drift machine?

GOOD LUCK!

Vince

 

WTF!?!?!? Just making a car reliable with mods is enough of a headache, can't imagine what this ball of burnt metal will be. Hope you have lots of funds and patience to sort out parts. You already have skills and tools, maybe not too much common sense, but neither do I owning an RX7. LOL Good luck, you will need it.

 

WOW JUST WOW , MAN PROPS TO YOU AND ALLSORTS OF WELL WISHES , I went trough a similar issue BUT WAY WAY WAY better condition shell... Good luck ! and WIRING may be a pain in the *** so I would look into that as well .. My car was a burnt shell and I had and HAVE still alot of wiring issues I've had to replace repair and remake alot of the cars wiring .

 

I'd be pretty wary of the glue lines that hold the chassis together... they don't do great once you expose them to fire, even if they look ok. Have you tried putting some warp load into it to see if it can handle driving at 1-2g loads?

 

Cant believe youre even taking a shot at this. Best of luck, I hope you can bring it back from the dead

 

Piggy back of what others have said.

You sir is insnae

 

i dont even know how to respond through all of your comments
the biggest problem in putting this back together are parts
a local junkyard has all the parts but you know they want more money so i will just be patient in building this trying to get lucky on craigslist
i have time to work on this at least 2 to 3 hrs a day so its good its not a priority i will eventually sandblast this but not now money is tight i just need to gather all the major parts
first
right now i havent decided yet if its gonna be a track car im leaning towards that cause its gonna take forever putting everything back

so tonight i worked a little bit removing the sound deadning on the transmission tunnel
too late for some noises like power tools or hammering
rx7 tonight by nakahachi, on Flickr

rx7 tonight1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rx7 tonight2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

another job done cool
rx7 tonight3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

Did you get it for free? That is a lot of work, are you looking to restore it of sorts or just a modified machine?

 

paid $500 for it
i have no clue right now just wanted to clean the rust primer install the subrame and park it at the backyard

 

so today i got 30 min to remove the fuel before my son wakes up
tgif so tomorrow i can scraped the bottom and spray primer install the subframe

fuel line by nakahachi, on Flickr

fuel pump
fuel line1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

plastics removed
fuel line2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fueline12 by nakahachi, on Flickr

as soon as i drop the fuel line son came out just in time
and showed my his coloring book he knows where to find me
fueline10 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fuel line is out
fueline9 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fuel line4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

so here is whats been done so far

fueline6 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fuel line5 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fueline7 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fueline8 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fueline11 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

I couldn't get over the crazy attempt to even try fix this into a track car.
Even at free, I would have pass on it.
You my man, are INSANE, but I like your determination into making it work.
Keep posting your progress.
You are an inspiration and I will think of you, when I have simple issues, by comparison, with my car.
LOLOLOL

 

got to take a break and drop of my son at school
im just an ordinary person with an ordinary job
fuel line3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

i still have to wait an hour to leave for work so i decided to do some more work
just hammered a little bit
driver side rear wheel well needs more work than passenger

2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

hanging gas filler forgot to take it off when i did my gas tank
4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

this is a lot of grinding to do
5 by nakahachi, on Flickr

6 by nakahachi, on Flickr

7 by nakahachi, on Flickr

8 by nakahachi, on Flickr

9 by nakahachi, on Flickr

10 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

i think thats it that all i can scrape
11 by nakahachi, on Flickr

time to paint
12 by nakahachi, on Flickr

13 by nakahachi, on Flickr

done driver side
14 by nakahachi, on Flickr

15 by nakahachi, on Flickr

now time for passenger side i can make it on time at work lol....
not that bad anyway
16 by nakahachi, on Flickr

17 by nakahachi, on Flickr

18 by nakahachi, on Flickr

have to do manually some areas cant be scraped out
19 by nakahachi, on Flickr

clean up time
20 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

paint
21 by nakahachi, on Flickr

22 by nakahachi, on Flickr

23 by nakahachi, on Flickr

24 by nakahachi, on Flickr

tomorrow sat will finish this left portion
cant wait

 

I've seen EPIC builds but this is on ANOTHER level of epic ****. WOW!

 

I am glued like a soap opera, waiting to find who the father is.
Checking all the time for more photos and progress.
Kamikaze's have nothing on you Nakahachi, my money is on you.
Make that burnt RX7 your Bitch.

 

damnn! i give you props for taking on this project! Good luck and may the rotary gods be with you!

 

so i worked on it when i got home
and finished half of it

rx4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rx5 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rx6 by nakahachi, on Flickr

got to use a lot of scrubbing power
rx5 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rx7 by nakahachi, on Flickr

after 30 min of scrubbing and ashes falling on me in my eyes on the floor dust finally paint
rx9 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rx10 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rx11 by nakahachi, on Flickr

finally
rx3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rx2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

rx1 by nakahachi, on Flickr