I’ve Acquired A VERY Rad New Car

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01/05/2020 at 18:23 • Filed to: Rx-7, projects, rad

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Well new to me anyhow. I’ve posted before about my best bud Nathan barn finding an FC RX7 Turbo II that had sat for 15 years. Nathan rebuilt the entire fuel system, braking system and other basic wear items. The car fired up and ran and drove very nicely.

It’s a car that meant a great deal to him as he has a very special relationship with FC RX7s and he never had intentions of selling it. That was until a few days ago when he approached me with the prospect of buying it. I’d told him if he ever sold it I wanted to know, so he told me.

On my automotive bucket list, the FC is top 3 and almost the cliche “Eleanor” for me as anytime I’ve come close to getting one, something prevented it. After 15 years of lusting  after these cars, I’m proud to say I’ve put an end to the spell and I’m acquiring his car.

It’s titled with 77k miles, was sold brand new just 30 miles from his town, and never left Ohio. Mechanically she’s a peach; but it’s going to need a paint job. The sapphire blue paint shows much sun fading and peel, so in the summer time we will be fixing that problem. As far as rust goes, it simply has none. Mechanically it just needs a few vacuum lines done and an exhaust.

My tentative goal for this year is to have him fabricate a tasteful 3” turbo back exhaust, put the fuel cut defender on it, and do a V mount radiator and intercooler setup. Otherwise I plan to get a specific RE Amemiya front bumper and a specific set of Shine Auto side skirts to be painted with the rest of the car. Next weekend I’m detailing the interior really thoroughly to bring it back to new.

All in all, this year I don’t have any crazy mod plans with it. I have a goal to put ten thousand miles on it and just enjoy it for what it is. Next year it’ll get a proper build. I just want to preserve, restore and enjoy this quirky beast.

Stay tuned. I’ll snap decent pictures for the next post :)


DISCUSSION (14)


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
01/05/2020 at 18:39

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Congrats! Just please God don't ls swap it


Kinja'd!!! Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru > Cash Rewards
01/05/2020 at 18:39

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HELL NO! I’m a rotary purist lol. 


Kinja'd!!! Cash Rewards > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
01/05/2020 at 18:41

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I think we've had the conversation about team rose Motorsports and their RX, yeah?


Kinja'd!!! Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru > Cash Rewards
01/05/2020 at 18:43

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That’s very possible but I can’t recall :)


Kinja'd!!! RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
01/05/2020 at 18:55

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Awesome! If it meant so much to him, curious why he has to sell it? Seems an unfortunate situation :(


Kinja'd!!! Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
01/05/2020 at 19:01

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He wants to be able to focus on the rally bull car build and getting extra funds to tackle other projects he’s wanted to get finished for some time now. Undoubtedly he wouldn’t have sold it to anyone but me. 


Kinja'd!!! RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
01/05/2020 at 19:23

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Ah, gotcha...I just hope all goes well with campaigning the rally car....is it legit stage rally?


Kinja'd!!! glemon > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
01/05/2020 at 19:24

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Congrats but if no pictures it didn’t happen, does it have the funky electronic  dash? I test drove one in the early 90s, about all I remember is that example was rode hard and put up wet, and it had a digital dash that was missing a few functioning lights.


Kinja'd!!! Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
01/05/2020 at 19:59

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Yup the Rally Laser will be (we’ve found our class and direction for the motor) the limited 2wd class :) 


Kinja'd!!! Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru > glemon
01/05/2020 at 20:00

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When I head over next weekend I’ll be taking tons of pictures of the old bird. I’ll warn you that the paint is ROUGH but the car is otherwise very clean.

Nope it’s got the good old classic orange FC gauges, nothing digital :) 


Kinja'd!!! RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
01/05/2020 at 20:07

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Just don’t bin it into the woods! :(


Kinja'd!!! Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
01/05/2020 at 20:20

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That’s precisely what we hope to avoid  


Kinja'd!!! glemon > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
01/05/2020 at 20:40

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I just googled maybe my fuzzy memory of a digital dash on these is an alternative fact.  I had a first generation RX way way back, still miss that car.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru
01/05/2020 at 22:28

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Congrats!