Her name is "Trixie"- chapter 1
 

Resurrecting an '83 FB that once lived as a Pro-7 car in NorCal. I found (stalked) the original owner and we exchanged some email. He gave me some good background *on the car. He tired of 'popping $#%& rotaries" so he moved on. In the mid-90s, he sold the car to a friend who eventually moved it to Ashland, OR. It sat for a few years before he sold to another guy who stuck it on a trailer where it sat behind a radiator shop for about another 15 years. I found it in January of 2015 while hunting for an autocross project, and I have spent the last 18 months bring it back to life.

The car is incredibly well-prepped suspension-wise, but it had no motor. The pieces I found swimming in the spare tire well indicate that it ran a street ported 13b (side-plates, oil pan, etc...), but it was a real mess. I believe that Pro-7 cars were spec'd to run 12a motors - so I don't know if this was the motor it ran during that time. The basically stock interior was also trashed and the paint looked like hell.

I really had no idea what I was getting into - ZERO previous experience with rotaries. Here are a few shots from very early in the build.

*still owe me some pictures, Rick :)


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...f247b35b6e.jpg

Early days - everything still intact as I got it.


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...e32ee0e955.jpg



https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...66c450f2d1.jpg

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...1e34ec6416.jpg

The dog did not come with the car.

I'll add to the thread until it is up-to-date.