Who? What? Where? Why?

Jesus, I can't leave y'all alone for five seconds before there's talk of changin' **** around and all that blasphemy..

 

Price is high, but I thought I'd pass this one along (quoted post below):


I am posting this for a long time family friend and SCCA member- the car is in amazing condition, the photos do not do it justice. She is selling it due to retirement. Currently the car is located in Virginia Beach, VA- I am happy to arrange delivery to anywhere in the country- if you have questions please contact me directly at heyward(dot)wagner(at)gmail(dot)com.

Thank you-

All Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48702810@N04/

This car was part of the first shipment of RX7's through Jacksonville, FL in May of 1978. The car was purchased in June of 1978 from John Finger of then Snyder Motors (now John Finger Motors) in Greenville, SC. This is a one owner car that has never resided north of SE Virginia. Car has been garaged most of its life. Mileage is 147,825. VIN # is available via email-

Car is in good condition and owner has cared for it for 32 years. Engine and transmission are original. Some upgrades: Hooker Headers, Carrera shocks, side bumper strips, seats (one Recaro).


Original Owners Manual and Original Shop Manual convey.



Asking $5,000, OBO.

 

Nice clean SA.

-billy

 

Ian needs to buy is for Sam (his fiance') for a wedding gift

 

...what?

 

Fixed

 

Go to bed. Isle of Man TT is on TV....

 

Just to clear that up, Sam is short for Samantha LOL!
And she is hooked on the 3rd gens. Even though we need a new 4 seater for the family car, and we both want the RX-8, she told me to get a roller to fix Holly first I love her!

 

What is this **** about you scheduling your wedding on the same day as Zoom-Fest?

How about a Zoom-Fest, Rotorhead, wedding!

-billy

 

Yeah Ian. Mom and I have been working out the details. Sam and you drive to the track. Run the track and have the wedding. Kevin can live stream it back to your friends and family. Then we will take you to the airport so you can make it to the reception.

 

I just got back from the body shop.

Estimated price of repair: a surprising $2194.83
That's a cut n' weld of the rear quarter, straightening of the door shell, replacing the rear bumper assembly, replacing a tail light, frame puller time, and some new paint.

I thought it would be more. We'll see though if there is more hidden damage underneath. I'm still not too optimistic about it not being totaled.

 

Not to be pessimistic Chris, but if they agreed to all that, I'd take that check and run. Buy a shell for $300 and do a swap. Seriously, there was a nice shell on here in the last week or two, but red.

 

^^^ Exactly what I had told him to do, but he's weary of the work involved. Luckily enough for him, to get him on his way all he has to do is find one with a blown motor and swap the engine. The rest can come later.

 

Damn, you know I should have bought that FC base shell a few months back when I had the money, cuz I'd be needing to get rid of a white S4 with a maroon interior with no engine, tranny, fender, or hood. lol

 

You could build a nice FB with 2k.

 

i have a 91 turbo II tranny modified to fit rx2, rx3, rx4, repu, etc.., if i dont use it for the b2200 ill put it up for sale

 

Were you able to modify the shifter such that it's in the same location as an old-school ribcase/SA shifter location?

 

yeah crit. i did it years ago to an 83 engine and tranny i had put in that 808 i had. T2 shouldn't be any different.

 

Damn, I may just take you up on the tranny if you sell it.

 

I know some of you in here remember Mike Vice. Post some of your memories in this thread:

https://www.rx7club.com/se-rx-7-forum-35/memorial-celebrating-life-michael-vice-1975-2010-a-899978/

R.I.P. Mike

 

Wow its hard to believe that Mike is gone at such a young age, Carlos and I were just talking about him over the weekend. Carlos got the engine thats in his car from Mike years ago and its been a damn strong engine ever since. It actually outlasted 2 other engines.

 

Im all for moving the meets to the tilted kilt too, just needs to be the Johns Creek one though.

 

+1pt for new meeting spot.

Everyone should have started eating at the Mexican place with us.

 

^^ LOL Juno finally has her own user name! Clever..

Chris, find yourself another FB to at least swap the motor over into. If you'd like to paint it, you can borrow my gun. You could also go the cheap route and get the paint that I did currently on my car... done in an enclosed space and not outside, it would probably come out pretty nice.

Another fog light burned out on the Maxima. Damnit.

 

Drivers side one? Mine too! lol

So the FC runs! Well, sort of. I got everything hooked up this evening and it starts up fine, but then if you don't hold the RPM's above 2500, it dies out. If it dips below 2000 RPM, it dies 80% of the time. I'm guessing that there might be something unhooked or a vacuum leak, or maybe something else. I'm going to check everything over tomorrow evening after work, and if I can't figure it out, I'm going to get 2 LED's to wire up to see what code's it's throwing.

Since school let out last week, I've been working 9-5, so I haven't got much time to work on it anymore. Next week, my boss will be out of town, so I'll have all week to get the car ready, move my stuff into my new house, and get everything set up.

Speaking of that, I still want to host a meet at my house sometime this summer. It's a little place back in the boonie's since I'm poor, but it's cool and decent.