Hi everyone,

I'm Steve, 23 from Worcestershire in the U.K. Currently I own a Honda Civic Coupe but next week will be collecting an FD3S RX7 rolling shell to begin a drift car build with.

I was originally going to buy a cheap Nissan S13 to drift in but I've always loved the FD3S and after spotting a shell potentially going to scrap I had to save it

 

Hi Steve. Welcome to RX7CLUB.
Sounds like a fun project. Thanks for saving another RX-7 from the scrap yard!!
Glad to have ya.
-Robert Super Moderator.

 

Hi Rob, thanks for the warm welcome.

Yea I love FD3Ss too much to let one go to the scrapyard. I've always wanted one, and didn't expect to be getting to own one so soon but this one has come up at the right time so all should hopefully work out nicely

 

Super excited now, as I'm off to collect my RX in the morning. Really should get some sleep but I'm wide awake at the moment from excitement.

 

very cool.. congrats on your purchase

 

Im new too, Ive always wanted one and finally have it.. Congrats man I was super excited too

 

welcome

 

Well yesterday was the day!!!
Some insight into the whole process:

I put a deposit down on the car after only seeing pictures of it on Pistonheads which indeed was a bit risky but it was only a £50 deposit and for this car I was happy to take the gamble.

Anyway here she is, I did plan on giving her a quick clean but sadly it's still raining so thought it would be wasted effort so just took the pics:









A 1995 Mazda RX7 FD3S :yahoo:

I've wanted one of these ever since I could drive, probably even before that.

As you can see she is a project car.

She came with plenty of spare parts, a freshly painted engine bay, all the brakes, prop, diff, a lot of the interior and the main bargain that swung it was she's on Tein Control Master Type Flex coilovers. The shell is really well looked after too, nice and straight, looks like it has been recently undersealed too and any rust on the arches has been tended to.

She is in need of a fair few parts, but thankfully most are things we'd replace anyway as she's becoming a drifter. Those bits are:

Drivers Seat
Steering Wheel
Engine
Gearbox
Front Bumper
Front Wings

Those are the major parts, of course more will add up along the way.

 

so much potential !!

 

Right, as I've bought it as a shell I'm not sure exactly what model it started life as, so is there anyway of finding this out? I have the details I can find off the spec sticker in the drivers door shut but nothing seems to tie up with a model type such as and R2, RZ etc, is there anywhere that explains what the codes refer to or mean in terms of spec?

 

Welcome to the forum ;-)

 

k is not a reply, you got to to better than that.

just kidding

welcome to the forum guys, and nice project you got there.

 

send those coilovers my way, im in need of them.

 

Haha, the coilovers are staying put, they're what swayed me to buying this particular shell.

Brief update, the car now has front wings





We've already got some white vinyl wrap so when we get a weekend with some decent weather then the front wings and bonnet will get wrapped.

 

Awesome saving a fd from being scraped