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Old 12-30-2006, 07:04 PM
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Well i met a fellow rotary head here in NYC, i saw his FC and something was odd, his antifreeze resovoir wasnt in the same location as every other FC i have ever seen. He has a 86 base RX-7.



He also has the wierdest sunroof ever, it looks like someone made it, doesnt look stock.



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Is it becuase it was one of the first FC's out there?



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Old 12-30-2006, 07:28 PM
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Some of the early 2nd gens came with that coolant overflow bottle. Its not a big secret. just not very common. I had that one on my GTU for a long time. And yes, that sunroof looks aftermarket.
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Old 12-30-2006, 10:20 PM
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thats a $99 special sunroof
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Old 12-31-2006, 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by mazdaspeed7' post='850918' date='Dec 30 2006, 05:28 PM

Some of the early 2nd gens came with that coolant overflow bottle. Its not a big secret. just not very common. I had that one on my GTU for a long time. And yes, that sunroof looks aftermarket.




to be honest, in all my readings of FCs, i never read or seen a pic of an overflow bottle located there, it shocked me, i felt so CRUNCHY
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Old 12-31-2006, 10:24 AM
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I've only seen 1 FC in person with the overflow there. This was only about 2 months ago.
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Old 12-31-2006, 02:26 PM
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yea thats a hackjob sunroof.



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My engine bay. I have the side-located reservoir, but my overflow tube comes from the top of my radiator, not by the cap on the neck.

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86 Bases were the only ones w/out sunroofs. All others had them.
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Originally Posted by rowtareh' post='851308' date='Jan 2 2007, 10:31 PM

86 Bases were the only ones w/out sunroofs. All others had them.




89-90 GTUs models did not have a sunroof, and I had an 89 GTU that did not have a sunroof.
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