My 1974 Rx-4
 

Should have posted this a while ago, but been too busy with the new project. I brought home this 1974 Rx-4 thanksgiving weekend. Bought it from the original owner with 27,700 miles on it. Was stored in his garage on jack stands since the early 80's. Last licence sticker was 1982. Came with a whole trailer load of parts as well as manuals, brochures, original bill of sale, and ownership from 1975. I've been working at it and with a new fuel pump and a carb rebuild it came back to life! I'll be giving it a full tune up next as well as new fluids, go over the brakes, check it all mechanically, and give it a good cleaning.

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very clean bro :nod:

Wow nice score!!!!!!

Nice score! Congrats!! You still have the other rx4?

wow that is pretty. any interior and engine bay pics. anytime you want to sell it let me know. papsmagu@outlook.com

She's perfect!

She looks like my babehttps://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...b4ce93a703.jpgsevenstock20!

Yes I still have my other one too. Plan is to sell the '76 and keep this one.

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Very nice!
You bringing her to Deals Gap this year?
That'd be awesome to see her. It' so original!

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I'm getting married this summer so I won't be going to deals gap this year. Maybe 2019 I'll get this car there.

nice original condition,good to see them still out there

NICE :icon_tup:

all original very nice score! :icon_tup:

Beyond jealous...

rx4
 

Hello nice rx4 ,,do you have spare parts? I need some interior parts,,dash pad,door panels ect 1974 coupe rx4

I do have spare parts for sale. Send me a pm with a list of what you need and I'll see if I can help you out.

awesome car..........add me to the "so jealous" list

I'm slowly making progress on this car. I have the brakes all together and working. New flex hoses all around, wheel cylinders, calipers, pads, shoes. I rebuilt the master cylinder. I also have some 15" enkie mesh wheels coming for it.

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Had the car on the hoist the other day so I took some pictures of the underside. I replaced the exhaust hangers. The old rubber hangers were all cracked and broken. Also replace the rear diff gear oil and trans fluid. Pretty much ready to go other than new rims/tires, and a good interior clean.

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I started cleaning the interior today. I got the drivers side pretty much done. The white vinyl is looking good!

I'm using meguiars convertible top cleaner to cut through the grime and then a damp cloth to wipe it down after.

Nice man, that white interior looks so cool!

Why does it have a second exhaust pipe?

Has to do with the factory emissions system. It has a thermal reactor instead of catalytic converters like most modern cars. I'm not 100% sure on the function of the small pipe, I need to read the repair manual to fully understand the system.

I had some time this weekend to spend on the car. Finally took it out for its first drive. Car works really well just have to do some tuning on the secondary side of the carb. I also got the rest of the seats cleaned.
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I got my rims back from powdercoat. Now its time for polishing.

Beautiful rx4! It was cool to see the half cleaned vinyl vs the finished project. Car is looking awesome and I'm sure you'll keep the streak going!

Thanks. I'm doing my best to bring this thing back to its original glory.

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One rim down, three to go.

That's mint!

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2 more done, one to go. Takes me about 3 to 4 hours to hand wet sand and polish each wheel.

Soo cool and very clean Good for you!!

WOW, what a find!!!!! Do you know any history on this car? How did you come across it? Its in such original and unmolested condition, you sir found a true diamond. Do you think that the tires that come on the car are original?

I found out about the car about 7 or 8 years ago when I was building my other rx4. I needed some parts for my car and a friend told me about this car and that the guy had a ton of parts as well. We went to his house and spent a few hours looking at his cars and chatting with him. He had no intentions of ever selling the car at that time, but I did get a few parts that I needed from him. Fast forward to now, and he finally decided he would never get around to the car and decided to sell it. The car is all original, I am the second registered owner. I have all of the history and documentation for the car right down to the original ownership from 1975 and the bill of sale when it was purchaced new from the dealer in London Ontario.

As you can see the car is a 1974 model, but was purchaced in june of 1975 with 1148 miles on it. I'm assuming the car was used by an employee of the dealership then sold as a demonstrator vehicle.

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This is the used vehicle package that you get from the government when you transfer a used vehicle into your name. As you can see only one previous owner.

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As for the tires, they are the correct size and seem to appear like the ones in the sales brochure. No where in the brochure does it give a specific brand of tire that the car was equiped with. They do look the same though.

The design still looks fantastic today... So beautiful (tears dropping)

Got the car working great finally. Turned out the secondary throttle plates were actually stuck shut. Now that they are free the car runs great and pulls hard. Its off to the body shop tomorrow to have a few little issues fixed and to buff and polish the original paint back to a shine.

Love this rx-4.... so mint!!

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Got my car back from the body shop. Joe did great work as always. Just a little teaser shot. I want to do a full clean, detail, and wax. More pics to come soon.