Nice!! I'm jealous.
That thing is so stock, it even has the battery cover. And the stock tires??!! Man.

 

I'm soo jealous! that's a wicked find! great to see it's in good hands though

 

i saw this on kijiji but the guy said it was an 87....and you got it labor day weekend. i was hoping the guy wasnt gonna show but i guess you did, haha. awesome!

 

Ya the ad did say it was an '87, that kind of caught me by surprise when I picked it up. Guess I beat you to it man.

 

Amazing grab, If I ever find something like that I would pick it up in a heart beat also.

 

I know, I just couldn't help myself. I had plans to turbo swap my GXL, and I even had almost all the parts collected to do it. When I went to see this car all of those plans went out the window.

On another note, got word today that my tires won't be in for another month or better so I guess I'll have to swap my american racing wheels from my GXL to this car for a while.

 

Nice find. Really nice.

I'm pretty sure those aren't the original tires - they came with Bridgestone Potenza RE71's, an 80's directional "supercar" tire, and those are Bridgestones, but not RE71s.

 

I'll check that, I know they are Bridgestone Potenzas and they are a funky directional tread. They are marked inside/outside on the tire. The original tire warranty slip is also in with the owners manual so I can verify that way as well.

 

it's all good buggy, i was just hoping nobody buys it now and id make some deal and get it next year when i get better financially. at least a rotard got it instead of some dumbass whod just mess it up.

i wouldve ended saying no anyway since its an 88. hopefully ill find the one i want next year : )

 

Great car, congrats!

 

I checked the tires, they're Potenza RE940's so I guess they aren't original. I'm guessing though they are the second set its had because they are older than the hills as well.

 

Probably better than if they had been the RE71s - mine still had the factory skins on it when I got it - as a 7 year-old car, 12 years ago - but they were pretty done - much like any current max-performance summer tire, they weren't about low wear, and they harden up more with age than all seasons. Although it would be kinda cool. The tires should have date of manufacture on them somewhere on the sidewall - I think 940's are an early 2000's vintage tire, so they're probably well on their way to being hockey pucks too. Slap some 225/50 Kumho XS or Dunlop Star Sports on that baby and and find a track day to drive her like a rented mule - it's good for her

I was surprised to find while searching for a pic of the RE71s that you can still buy new RE71s - but only in sizes to fit the Porsche 959, where a run-flat version with a different bead for the special wheels of the 959 was made.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....el=RE71+Denloc

Again, real nice find. I'm kinda jealous -lol

 

I slapped my Fast FC01's on it tonight and for the time being it has some half worn out potenzas that came stock on a Toyota. They're 215/50R17's but they'll do untill my Sumitomo HTRZ III's arrive. Then I'll be cooking with 225/45's up front and 255/40's in the rear. That should make it stick!

 

More pictures! These are shots I took after I washed/waxed it and put the new wheels on. Also a pic in there of my rotary beasts all in a row on my front yard.

 

Buggy.. the car looks awsome and so does your Rx-4!
My 4 goes to the body shop in the next two weeks to get the rust taken care of

 

Right on, and thanks for the comments. Good luck with the body work. After that's over with the fun of assembly begins. Then you really get to see your creation take shape. I enjoyed that part of building the Rx-4, but it can also be a headache when things don't fit the way you had planned.

 

Are you driving this new FC to Sept 19 meeting? Or the RX-4???

 

BOTH! Figure that one out......

A buddy of mine is comming with me for the weekend so he's going to drive one car and I'm going to drive the other.

 

I feel whoozy. That is a sic $ # for that ride. From the pics it looks amazingly pristine. Nice find.

Ace IIB

 

It really was a fantastic deal, I kept thinking about that as I drove it around tonight. For that same price you could go out and buy a crappy 6 year old econobox with like 150,000kms on it OR you could get this car. It needs a few little things done here and there, but it's pretty much mint! I have a to do list for Joe (classicauto) to take care of in the spring, but mostly minor things like dents, scratches, roll front fenders, ect.

 

oh good because i was hoping to see the rx4....never seen one in person