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Old Jul 20, 2013 | 06:19 PM
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New member long time owner in South Florida

Hello, my name is Jerry. I bought my 1989 Convertible in 1991 with 12,000 miles. It was my daily driver until 1997 when it became a weekend car. Was taken off the road in 2002 and sat in the garage gathering dust.

Just last week, I flatbedded it to Pettit Racing where it's getting a good going over to put it back on the road safe and reliable. Can't say enough good things about Cam and the team at Pettit.

Now that I'll be driving it again, I wanted to see what's up in the world of Rx7s these days.
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Old Jul 24, 2013 | 12:48 PM
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Welcome to the Rx7 world
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Old Jul 24, 2013 | 01:22 PM
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Welcome.
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Old Jul 24, 2013 | 03:40 PM
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Welcome back should I say
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Old Jul 25, 2013 | 04:19 PM
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Nice car, nice story. Enjoy!!
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Old Jul 25, 2013 | 06:24 PM
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congrats on bringing it back to life!
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Old Jul 25, 2013 | 11:07 PM
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Thanks for the welcome.

Picked the car up at the shop yesterday. First round of rebirth completed with new hoses and belts, fresh oil and lubricants all around, ancient fuel drained and replaced, new clutch hydraulics, battery charged. Car fired up beautifully. Went for a brief drive near the shop just to see if anything major before hitting the Interstate for the 30 mile drive home.

Car felt really good and strong for a car that sat for so many years. Went and topped off the tank, back to the shop for a minor idle adjustment and it was back out for a little highway cruise home.

Almost forgot, the a/c was also converted to r134a and recharged. Gotta have air in this Florida heat. A/C cooled the car beautifully.

Now I'm going to drive her around for a week or so and see what else she needs before I take her back in for the next round of mechanical work before we get into appearance items.

Great to have her back on the road.
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Old Jul 26, 2013 | 01:33 PM
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Great for you to join us
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Old Jul 27, 2013 | 12:23 PM
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In which area do you stay in? There's not many shops that'll touch our cars
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 06:32 PM
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Wow nice conv!
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by alehiho
In which area do you stay in? There's not many shops that'll touch our cars
Alehiho, If you need service on a rotary in South Florida, we're fortunate to have Pettit Racing in West Palm.

Pettit Racing
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 10:11 PM
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Alright, are they all performance or do they even do body work too cause unfortunately I damaged my front end
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 10:21 PM
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Check out their website. They do just about everything RX7.
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