Yea I'm definitely down if you're OK ruining that sticker. I mean I guess technically it's for a bigger & better cause, ANNND you've only got that one... haha. Shoot me a PM or something if you want to work out the details!

 

my friend might be able to do it from pictures, it needs good measurements though. i'm not quite there yet, but i had him make me a "rotary turbo" decal and it looks really good, its just the wrong size!

 

Wow, great write-up Landon. I'm super jealous of your collection and your gf's shared passion. As you may know I have 2 FCs and my wife is at her tolerance limit I'm looking forward to seeing more on this thread and hopefully seeing you guys at DGRR.

 

I can provide pictures /measurements if needed, have a friend w/ a GTUs & I could just bring some calipers and a good camera. Let me know!

I got that '86. Weird car:

No pictures as of YET, but a funny description

I actually bought it back in June of 2012, was listed for $600 on local CL, and "to be sent to junkyard this saturday." Shiiiiiiiittttttt. So I bought it, w/ the intent to sell to a friend to be his daily driver. Some situations came up, and he was unable to keep it and I bought it back.

About the car- It's an '86, an early one at that (9/85 build date). Red, all signs point to it being a 4 lug base. But it's COMPLETELY S5. Someone had to have had an '89 or '90 red GTU, and rear ended someone, and just bought this as a donor shell and put everything in. Engine, wiring, interior, doors, everything! I'll try to get some pictures up soon to really do it justice, but what an awful lot of work to just sell at some point in time for only $600 lol

 

UPDATE!!!

Just closed on the house this past wednesday- It's on 2.5 acres, has a large pole barn, steel building, & car port. Let the work begin!!!



Here's the first 4 cars up there. The '91 A pkg, 83 GSL, 89 GTUs, & 87 sport. SOOO EXCITED!

Also, since the last post, we obtained this '88 blue vert (originally a sapphire blue, will have to get it back to original color) for rebecca.



That's all for now, we'll definitely start tearing into a lot of these once the house is all squared away & "liveable".

But anyway, just had to post haha, grinning from ear to ear

 

Grats man! That's so exciting. We'll have to celebrate at the dragon! How's your sleeping situation working out?

 

A blue 88 Vert? I can't say I've ever seen one before... Awesome!

 

AHHHH you found a blue vert for the mrs, good on ya !

 

Thanks guys!! -- Few more moved up there. Can't wait to start restoring!!!

 

Jesus man, you've got a lot of cars

 

holy dog nuts

i bet out of all your cars non of them are as rusty as my tII :/

 

Maniac!

 

Heh some aee kinda rusty. But if you've got something driven thru salt than I bet you're right :P

Spent some of the day fixing a few cars hatch/sunroof drains. One car sat under a tree and roof edge for about 8 years. The stuff that was in that hatch drain area was awful. It took about 45 min to get it right, including putting a new hatch in as it was that far gone haha. Pictures soon!

 

Updates!!

We got married on 10/5. Went to Germany& Austria for our honeymoon, great fun. Also bought a few more rydes:





Built this monstrosity from a heap of parts I had. Hideously awesome lol. It's an '87 that I almost bought when it was veery near mint approx 4 years ago. 1 adult owner car, 83K orig miles, $1000. Nice ride. Passed on it, and the car was sold. It changed hands maybe, 5 times, going further & further down hill w/ each change of owner. Finally, in around June/July of this year, it got hit in a parking lot. This mangled the pass QT panel as well as the door. I became friends w/ the owner of it about a year before this happened, & he gave me the shell in exchange for helping him tow his replacement RX home, as well as yank the engine/running gear out of this car.

I'd just gotten a bunch of race parts from a contact here locally, & had been wanting a total roach rat rod style car for a long while. Something I could hop in & have nothing but fun in... No cares about crashing, scratches, tearing the seats, too much UV exposure on the cheezy old interior, idiotic FL drivers, etc... you get the idea. A light went off, & I HAD to build this newly aquired shell into THAT car. It's worth mentioning that his insurance company did do a settlement for when it got hit in that parking lot-- I can't recall the numbers to a tee any more but it was something to the tune of "we'll give you $2240 for the repair, and you lucked out as we valued the car at $2270!!" Wild. Here's a close up of the QT damage.



List of goodies in this car:

-Ultrashield race seat
-Grant quick removeable steering wheel
-full gut on the interior. Uses an S5 pass seat as they have the rear pocket, & I needed somewhere to put the paperwork lol
-Ricer magnaflow muffle, dat rasp
S5 NA block. broke the center iron approx 1000 miles after installing (on original mazda built engine from '98, a factory reman). Opened it up, replaced iron, did a "mad budget" rebuild that only cost $200. Basically, an atkins basic kit, front cover gasket, and used eveeeeeeerything else. Springs/seals etc. Had apexs' laying around that were all around 7.80mm height, new is 8.00, replace is something like 6.50. Haha. "Spec'd" side seals by fitting used one after used one until I got something that was .003" gapage. lulz. Mazda comp tester converted to PSI was from 101 to 115 @ 245 or so rpm. Freakin sweet set up for a slapped together junk box. Cut out exhaust diffusers, opened up ports, RB header
-delrin control arm bushings front & rear
-delrin engine mounts I machined
- speedway engineering sway, check these out if you haven't they're mental
-ksport front, emusa rear coils, hilarious
-XXR wheels
-4pot brakes, 929 MC/BC
-dtss eliminators
-alum hood
-various body panels from "hilarious cars"-- extremely rusted pass fender, one headlight lid from a rolled GTUs, another from a fire victim vert, ricer stripe painted door, no door handles, another door w/ "MAT BUYS CARS" written on it. Both bumpers have hit WAY too much stuff, dangling piston ornament from tow hook...
-WICKED SWEET gauges my friend made me!! https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generati...auges-1048851/

It's basically THE car that I loose all my credibility with. If i'm out & I see another car that I might want to buy or something, probably best not to talk to them while driving this one. Also loosing chance of a raise at work, haha.

Have a neighbor back home at my parents house that would ROUTINELY complain if I worked on a car there. Well, guess which car is now the ONLY car to take when I go back to visit my parents?? hahahahahah. winning.

That's about all there is to this one, I daily it, and hate to say it but it's kinda my favorite...



Got this red '88 vert for $350, currently under the knife for a T2 swap!!!


'79 I traded a microtech for!! Sorry, not FC related

 

Finally got one of these things





VIN code ends in "666"!! Wicked evil 10AE. Definitely stoked to work on this one!!



parts or restore car, was only $100 for this golden '87. Empty as far as driveline goes, but hey, a door at the local pick & pull is more than $100, why not get a whole car /w the same cash??



You know how much WE LOVE red interiors, so that was a huge selling point lol



'87 T2, has diff & axles. $150. 84k miles. sadly someone used it as a target for some rifle shooting!!! Bec wants it as a new daily... not too sure it's saveable. But maybe!!



T2 parts car, this is what I did the '88 4 lug T2 swap with

Think that's about all I've got for now. Well I've got plenty more but I'm strung out on typing on here for the night. Enjoy!

 

I am so jealous. You finding RUNNING FCs for 600 bucks. Congratulations on getting married too!

 

I'd really love to see how you end up restoring that 10AE.

 

Thanks dude! It's not that often, several months go by at least between each one, & that amount of time is getting larger as time goes by (yikes!)

It's going to be similar to the '89 vert. P/O already did some modding to it, so it won't be 100% original, but should be pretty close. I want to kinda "mack it out" as it is the top tier most BA 2nd gen. What I'm planning-

-Classic full repair of anything not working. AC, all the poor solder joints, etc etc
-Different seats. Friend hooked me up w/ some S5 t2 leather seats that are identical minus the pass rear storage pocket. Will be using those, they're still torn, but much much less.
-Pacific glass sunroof
-Interior resto, carpets/upholstery wise
-Louvers (don't think many will agree w/ me here)
-sport/88GTU/88T2 aero- those polyurethane black foam pieces. I want to run them, but I'll paint them white to match! I don't know why the 10th missed out on them, but I think they should be there.
-Engine rebuild (he popped the rear apex seal. Have a housing here ready tho!)
-S5 turbo
-Shocks, lowering springs. New bushings

Some sweet goodies it already has/came with!

-Full RB exhaust, w/ only about 2000 miles use
-completely serviced & non-leaking PS. This is keeping me from going manual rack
-S5 turbo & all gaskets
-new antenna
-CS intake tube, header panel
-CS short throw shifter (i'm gonna ditch this infavor of the stock to use dat momo ****)
-new diff mounts
-New tires

It's a shame for it to be sitting around haha. I think I'm going to wrap up the red 88 vert then this one goes under the knife. Can't let those new tires go bad because I sat on my *** for too long. It also earned it's own spot under the pole barn too lol

 

Holy cow! I didn't realize you were in quite so deep. I'm going to show this thread to my wife next time she shakes her head at RX-7 parts strewn across the garage.

 

this is because you own them all. i'm jealous.

 

I have a problem.

 

I can help you with your problem. just send a few my way.

 

What, you can't leave Florida?

 

So as of right now, exactly how many shells running or not-running do you have in your back yard?

 

they should put you on that show "hoarders".