NPoCP RX7

"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
09/12/2016 at 13:22 • Filed to: None

Im leaning towards NP here.

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DISCUSSION (33)

HammerheadFistpunch > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:30

np, np, np, np...gets to last picture...YIKES! maybe not NP.

LongbowMkII > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:32

Maybe if the body was flawless.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > HammerheadFistpunch
09/12/2016 at 13:33

Well youd operate on the assumption it needs a total engine rebuild regardless. It whether its cheap enough that you could rebuild the engine, paint it and still have less in it than a good example is worth.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:33

What do these things sell for there that a rusted-to-shit one that hasn’t run in 20 years gets what would be a kind-of running price here?

HammerheadFistpunch > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:34

An engine rebuilt is one thing, but the brake booster, the radiator, the hoses...everything must go. There is a lot of money about to be sunk into that car.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > LongbowMkII
09/12/2016 at 13:35

The way I see it, these are worth good money and appreciating. Therefore worth restoring. That said it isnt a turbo so thatll hurt it.

jimz > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:35

well, that’s roughly 1300 USD; if you’ve got a source for parts and the time to work on it then it might be worthwhile.

though I wonder why it looks like a family of mice exploded underhood.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
09/12/2016 at 13:36

Turbos go for 7k-8k looking around to see what a clean NA goes for.

someassemblyrequired > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:38

CP - at least by Seattle standards. $2300 gets you this running one with a trash interior but great wheels, mint engine bay and awesomely 70s look:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5744904956.html

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > HammerheadFistpunch
09/12/2016 at 13:38

Very true. I hadnt necessarily thought this all the way through haha.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > jimz
09/12/2016 at 13:39

Because thats probably what happened.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > someassemblyrequired
09/12/2016 at 13:39

Ah maybe I overestimated their worth.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:43

Didn’t realize it was a turbo. Still, I’d think you’d want to put a more modern snail in it for less than the price difference. Also, isn’t the turbo fuel injected? What’s with this one having a carb?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
09/12/2016 at 13:46

Na it isnt a turbo I mean, I was trying to say turbos are worth more than this is. Didnt word it very well.

LongbowMkII > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:47

I wonder if it's a GSL-SE.

someassemblyrequired > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:47

I think they’ll appreciate eventually, but there’s lots around that have been cared for and run. The difference between a runner/non-runner isn’t enough to justify restoring one like that. Mind you the one I posted is an early car, the later fuel injected GSLs are more pricey here, but a super mint example is still in the $5-6K range here. Again though, they don’t rust in Seattle, so they are still pretty common.

LongbowMkII > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 13:48

Rotary rebuilds aren't cheap here in the states.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 14:20

Is there a NP for an RX-7? Maybe where they pay you to take it away?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/12/2016 at 14:22

Regardless of your opinion on them, they do bring good money now, especially the FD and higher spec FCs.

OCD-CO > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 14:28

WTH is Gumtree? Now I have another venue to search for cars/parts? I can’t keep up.

On a side note, I had a buddy who had a GSL-SE and that thing was a riot. My neighbor down the road has a restored one too.

They are great little cars.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > OCD-CO
09/12/2016 at 14:44

Its basically the UKs Craigslist.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 14:47

What are FD and FC?

When those cars were new, and I was a kid in the early 80s, we thought the RX-7 was hella cool. Now, not so much.

For my money, and from that era, I’d rather have one of the Datsun Z-cars. Straight-six, five-speed.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/12/2016 at 14:59

The two newest models. I love the Z cars but theyre nigh impossible to find here.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
09/12/2016 at 15:07

I think they’d be a tough find anywhere. Among the newer cars, I’d probably look at the Toyobaru/BRZ. My nephew-in-law has one and I may get the chance to wring it out at Thanksgiving this year.