Hello everyone

introducing myself, been into cars since i can remember, all makes and models, and somehow fate has led me to this RX2. found it in a backyard and now its time for restore. not sure of its future, but turbo sounds like a good idea. i hope you guys cut me some slack when i ask noob questions, i have worked with many cars for many years, but this will be my first rotary. i paid a decent price for it, i felt it was worth it since its was very complete. here are some pics i think you might find interesting....














ill update the pics as i progress.

what do you guys think, swap it or rebuild it?

 

start it up, probably still runs... lol.

my '74 REPU had sat for 5 years long than yours, motor was seized, worked it loose and started it up.

 

That will be a fun project.

 

Awesome find!

 

WOW did you pick that like the history channel show lol, i bet you did!

 

lol ya we went through his whole backyard and even found and old honda motorcycle but the owner has a real attachment to his cars. i was lucky to get this mazda. i made a good offer on that camaro and plymouth and he still said no! lol oh well ill try again in a few months.

 

Nice! I love when people bring abandoned cars back to life.

 

isn't that a blue 'cuda next to it?! may I ask how much you offered for that?

 

Wow! The dry weather in CA is so good to cars. If that had been left outside for 20 years in NZ it would have rusted away to nothing. I say resto with minimal mods is the future for that baby!

 

Nice find I had a RX-4 once it was that awesome green color with the black interior good luck on getting it fully going

 

its not a cuda its a 68 camaro and he said no way he selling that hes had it since he was 16 lol now it just sits all apart.

 

its hard to part with your first car.

my first was an rx7 and iv been dying to get my hands on another one!

 

sounds like every old guy with a muscle car! haha well it will get the treatment it deserves one day

 

Looks like you snagged the best car there

 

yea, like most people who hold onto **** until they die for their family to have a garage sale to try and unload the crap. i find it kind of irritating actually about how many people who have yards like this who think they're sitting on gold mines or that they will ever get around to restoring the 20 cars they have by themselves.

you know that late 80's s-10/mid 80's corolla back there is going to wind up on Barrett Jackson one day.... right

in all honesty he's lucky anyone offered him even close to $500 for the deuce, if that(not knowing what you actually paid).

 

agreed!

 

First make sure your tetanus shot is up to date! Then replace the fluids, battery and I bet you could drive that thing!

 

Nice Find!

Dont give up on bringing it back to life.

 

i spent the weekend cleaning it up and sucking out all the bugs. The interior is so fragile because of the sun. i hope i can find someone to fix the dash

 

time for some extensive clean up!

 

Thats is a score, how the heck did you find that thing in a forrest..lol

 

it was good luck i guess, this is actually a good base. rust is not as bad as it looks.

 

I just got it running last night. heres a clip of the start up. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ttyDrnfklY[/youtube]

 

What are your plans for it as of now? Motor wise? Good luck and keep us posted. I'm a softy for cougars.

 

Great find! Good luck