just picked up a 74 rx2
 

just picked this up yesterday,car runs and drives just needs some tlc.its all original,first thing to do is take off those ugly ass bumpers.i might put a weber ida on it,and of course get some nice mesh wheels for it.so what do you guys think.
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tha't nice dave my first rx-2 I had was 1974 like this one ...

nice find, you dont see too many 74's around.

Nice car, I love the 74 I have one and as 73rx13b said you dont see to many 74's.

Yeah I picked this up for 2 grand,I thought it wasn't bad considering it was running.right now I have some guy fixing a dent it has by the fuel filler door and going to buff it out to see if the paint shines a little more.I got some bbs rs rims that I might get redrilled so I can put them on.

Nice find. How's the turbo project coming?

oh shit, more junks in the neighborhood LOL

For my other rx2 project I just need 3 major things,get the rear end shortened,paint the car,and a microtech or maybe a haltech don't know yet which to choose.but I havnt drove a rotary since my last orange rx2 sedan,which has been about 8 months now,besides driving friends cars.but I just had to get this because I couldn't go any longer without driving my own rotary.but we will see how the car looks once I get it back from my friend,he is taking a dent out and buffing out the paint so it can look a little better.

Hey wacky you stll got the under dash a/c unit.

good buy, it looks very complete.
did not know existed with those rear lamps.

wow thats different nice find hope the engine holds up for ya,,

So recently I almost gave up on this car and was deciding to sell it.a few of my friends talked me into keeping it and so I decided to freshen up the engine bay and change a few gaskets on the engine cause it was leaking a lot of oil from the front cover gasket.so I pulled the motor out and I'm going to be putting in a new front cover gasket,oil pan gasket,intake manifold gasket,and for now I'm keeping the stock carb but will do mechanical secondarily instead of the stock vacuum operated.here are some pics I took while taking it apart.
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Once I'm done doing this the next thing I'm going to do is install front and rear 71-73 smaller rx2 bumpers, which I bought a few weeks ago.

So today I got off early from work and i decided to clean up the engine bay,Dammm what a pain in the ass that was.here are before and after pics.
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After some cleaning.
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Now I gotta clean up the rest of the engine parts and misc accessories.

Not for sale anymore,I decided to keep it just cause its a 74 and is rare.I havnt seen any roaming around los angeles maybe I will be the only one,I have heard of least 2 of them being kept in garages but not registered and running the streets.with all this labor and work im doing to it I just can't let it go anymore,I tried a few times on craigslist and people would lowball me after I had posted it for 2k or some people would set a appointment to come see the car and would flake out and just waste my time. I sure wasn't taking a loss and I sure wasn't hurting for cash either anyways I'm keeping it for sure and I will keep updating the thread as progress goes.

Good decision to keep it! Looking good

Cleaned up and degreased the engine today and primed it up so it can be ready for paint.I initially wanted to just clean it but the irons looked to much of a rusty color so thats why I decided to paint.I'm painting the irons a cast iron color and leaving the rotor housing alone with the natural aluminum color.
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I love this logo and how its casted into the iron.
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Hey there! When you cleaned up the engine bay did you get rid of all those ugly wires? I attempted this once and ended up with a bigger mess. I was wondering what your approach is to it...

The harness I havnt touched yet,once I put the engine back on I will clean it up a bit and remove all the unecessary wires and clips.done it plenty of times and I'm also good with wiring diagrams so it shouldn't be much of a problem.

Intake before cleaning.
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And engine back in.
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Thanks to Dave for modding my 12a 5spd tranny to fit in my repu stock location!:icon_tup:

looking nice dave ..

Turns out the original radiator was clogged so I had to get another one and got it mounted already,I also made some brackets for the oil cooler cause before it was hanging there.
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I also put a fc water pump housing and water pump.
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I also made a block off plate for the top of center iron and for the side of the intake manifold.
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Worked a little on the rx2 the other day and wired up the coils and put a s5 alternator on it,also shortened fc spark plug wires so they look nice and clean and not super long.
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I like the coils mounted on the engine like that. Keep the pics coming.