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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 12:57 AM
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How many rx7's have you owned in the family?

Well we had a good chat going and it got shut down. SO lets start a new one. How many rotary powered cars or trucks have you owned?

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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 01:22 AM
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2 fb's, 11fc's, and I finially got 1fd to complete my collection. Oh and I did put a 13b into a b2200 pick up for a few.
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 01:31 AM
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I've owned 6:
87 base DD [red car in sig]
87 GXL [Killed by my mistake and a *itch in a Tahoe]
83 GSL [Sold... Presumed dead ]
90 Vert [Sold... Then stolen and gone..]
87 T][ [Sold to leftcoastdrifter, for a future in drifting]
91 A Package Turbo Project [Black car in sig]

My uncle had an NA FC which got T-boned by someone running a red and then he got a GSL-SE that wasn't reliable enough to hang on to [bad flooding issues] - I think he had the FC was in the late 80's and the GSL-SE in the early 90's [I only remember his FB]. He always says that his FC was his favorite car of all time [He had had a variety of muscle cars and some random things like an MG back before the FC..]

I don't think anyone else in the family had a rotary [that I know of], my Dad was into muscle cars [he has a bunch of bracket racing trophies from his 69 Camaro days] and my other uncle was silly [he had... A van, which was like his second living room, I'm told XD lol..]

Someday I'd love to own a REPU, but I fear by the time I could afford it, they'll be impossible to find and or super expensive. :/ Same for the FD, except they've always been super expensive XD.

Though my favorite car will always be the FC.. IMO the most beautiful car ever created... [S5 turbo, in black or forest green]. lol, people often give me weird looks and "WTF.. Really..? You'd turn down a Ferrari/Veyron/etc for that...?" [Not if I were being offered a free one, but I'd immediately sell it and build an even more cherry FC XD]
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 01:59 AM
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2 so far

My dad owned an 86' Rx7 before I was born and I have an 88' GTU
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 02:49 AM
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83 GS 12a Street port, sold cause it never ran right
83 GS S5 efi swap, Wrecked in a parking lot not long after finishing the swap....
87 n/a FC ran a stock engine, now a Street port by ArmyofOne =D
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 05:49 AM
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Everyone has me beat so far,


86 base model phone dial FC baught brand new (fathers) bank repo few years later.

88 fc gxl baught in 2004 cheap from older gal. still have it. replaced. (everything) at least once if not twice..
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 07:34 AM
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2 RX-2's
1 RX-4 Station Wagon
1 SA RX-7
2 FC RX-7's
2 REPU's
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 02:28 PM
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2 FBs, an '83 and an '81
13B-powered '78 GLC
'74 REPU

Still have the '83 and the REPU.
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 03:43 PM
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too many haha ive even composed a picture that contains all of them in chronological order!
i have only counted ones that i have actually drove, ive owned a few shells over the years as well....
so ive owned 13 rotarys so far
the ones circled in red are ones i currently own



my dad has owned,running driving 6 rx7, plus has 2 of mine now,and many shells/parts cars, and he is about to own my white t2since i never drive it and tring to reduce my fleet.... will probably sell my red t2 as well sometime this year...

and i dont plan to buy any more for a long time just keep the 8, fd, and my grey fc
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 03:52 PM
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^^ I swear, you will be the new Jeff one day.

I myself have had:
85 RX-7 GS (converted to GSL-SE spec)
85 RX-7 GSL-SE
87 Turbo II
06 RX-8 (current car)
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 08:14 PM
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with ryans dad and him combined they would be jeff
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 10:07 PM
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I have a little collection myself.
82 RX7 GSL (the 1st rotary I ever owned; bought it in 86)
73 RX3 Wagon yellow\black, street ported
74 RX3 Coupe - race car, street ported Pineapple 12a
74 RX4 GTR
76 RX4 parts car does not run
84 RX7 GSL-SE Black\Black does not run, 44k on factory engine
84 RX7 GSL-SE Convertible Silver\Red
85 RX7 GSL-SE Convertible Red\Grey automatic 12a
87 RX7 TII Black, lambo doors, 20b blown up on dyno w/Steve Kan at throttle
88 RX7 10AE
88 RX7 Vert Black
88 RX7 Vert Red (I bought it for the "D" series 20b engine in it) has 13b w/Tii running gear now
89 RX7 Vert Red newly rebuilt engine
93 RX7 Touring Red (paid $1000)
93 RX7 black; sold
93 RX7 LS1 T56, Lambo doors, black gold metal flake; sold
75 RX4 REPU Red; sold

I've also owned a few (like 20 or 30) more.

Fun stuff.
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 09:52 PM
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1 85 GSL-SE
2 87 Sport packages
4 TIIs
26 FDs, 93s and 94s R1s, R2s, base models, PEP and Touring packages, CYM and white ones. 3 were parts cars, the rest left running and driving. Never had a silver one or one with red interior.
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 10:04 PM
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i have only owned 2
1. 85' GSL-SE regret selling this one to a buddy i watched him destroy the car in less than a month
2. 84' GSL-SE just picked this one up on 1/3/12

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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 10:42 PM
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I currently own 10 rotary powered vehicles.

2- 1974 RX-4's (one two door coupe one four door sedan)
3- 1976 Cosmo RX-5's (one rare manual steering/5speed)
1- 1978 Cosmo RX-5 (MAZDATRIX 250hp engine/4speed Auto)
2- 1983 RX-7's (one Limited Edition)
1- 2004 RX-8 GS
1- 2005 RX-8

Have owned several other RX-7's as well as other old school rotary vehicles over the years. The FIRST car that I purchased as a Junior in highschool (1978) was a 1974 RX-4 4dr sedan.
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 12:36 AM
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i have lost rack over the years,but my current .

73 RX-3 coupe fd engine -t-70 turbo (my street/strip) car.
74 Rotary Truck (sweet red repu on mazda repu.com) undergoing a face lift.
78 RX-3SP under going resto.
84 Mariah widebody GSL-SE.
88 vert( for sale)
93 R1 single turbo
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 02:44 AM
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I currently own both of the 7's in my Avatar,
Have had 7 FC's and 1 FB.

..my Dad bought an 87 non turbo new off the lot,
I learned to drive in it back in the early 90's, and bought it off him in 2002
Drove it for a while, but ended up selling it because it kept flooding,

Somwhere in the mid 90's my brother had an FB, I think it was an 84 GSL

I got a 90 Vert in 2003,

Then I bought 90 GTU with a blown engine,
did full TII swap & some mods,
ran 13.3 @ 105mph

So I Sold the 90 Vert.
then blew up engine in the GTU,
got another engine blew it up too,..
parted out drivetrain to prep for V8 swap, but never did it,
sold the car,..
only to buy it back 3 years later in the same condition from a different person.

& now I just bought an 89 TII yesterday,
Recently rebuilt by a friend, runs good, but the rear end is grinding & windshield smashed out.

so I'm taking the diff from the GTU (S4 TII unit) & putting it in the 89 TII & running that for a while while I figure out what to do with the gtu.


Somewhere in the last 10 years i've also owned the following:

-88gxl auto, bougt cheap & sold without fixing.
ran fine but died if you put it in gear.

-88TII parts car, bought cheap and parted it out somewhat,
& sold what was left to a friend that was doing a TII swap.

-85 GSL-SE, bought cheap & sold without fixing.
Ran fine but woudn't stop revving.

-88 TII, bought cheap fixed & sold for a huge profit
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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I can't compare to most of you guys.

Past:
1 88 SE
1 87 Turbo II
1 93 RX-7 Montego Blue Touring - 300whp
1 06 RX-8 GT

Current:
1 93 RX-7 Red Touring - almost done getting a bunch of work finished, hoping for 430rwhp all motor
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 10:47 PM
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87 Base
91 Coupe
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 03:16 AM
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At one point between my Dad and I we had at the same time:

1985 GSL-SE
1984 GSL-SE
1984 GSL
1983 GSL
1982 GSL

Currently the 1983 GSL and 1984 GSL are the only ones left. The 83 needs carb work and the 84 is barely still there after sitting for 10+ years with a broken transmission, leaking coolant seals in the engine, and a stripped interior. My cousin has a 93 Touring also.

~T.J.
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Icemastr
I can't compare to most of you guys.

Past:
1 88 SE
1 87 Turbo II
1 93 RX-7 Montego Blue Touring - 300whp
1 06 RX-8 GT

Current:
1 93 RX-7 Red Touring - almost done getting a bunch of work finished, hoping for 430rwhp all motor
Whoa wait a sec? You sold the 8?
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 02:00 AM
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1988 GTU
1988 Convertible
1987 Turbo II
1991 Coupe
1974 Repu
1986 GXL
1991 Turbo (Current DD)
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 01:03 PM
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you guys are sick. i have only had 1 stock 1st gen...... no really.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 07:20 PM
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Had a fb for 8a years. A rx8 for 2 and my s4 now for about a year its the best one so far
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 07:57 PM
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93 rx7 base
95 rx7 base drift
93 jdm rhd rx7
86 sport rx7
87 t2 rx7
87 gxl rx7
87 gxl auto
87 base auto rx7
89 gtu rx7
85 gsl rx7
88 sport rx7
77 cosmo rx5
83 rx7
74 rx5 wagon rolled
86 sport rx7
84 rx7
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