NoPistons -Mazda Rx7 & Rx8 Rotary Forum - What can you really get for $500.00 these days

Last year I was leaving one of our job sites and discovered a silver 1979 RX-7 straight body sitting in one of the driveways of a house that we recently did the electrical work in. So checked the car out, leaving a note to invite the person to an INWR club meeting.

So a year passes and I get this strange call from a guy that said I left a note on his car about a year ago. He wanted to know if I knew anyone that was willing to buy his car cause his wife wanted it gone.

He proceeded to tell me that he’s owed the car for the past 15 yrs, and garaged the whole time. The car was built by Skip (one of the best engine builders around), and has a 13b /Weber setup with a mild street port. The tires are in great shape, rims are Rikens mesh wheels with about a 2 ½ in lip.

I didn’t want to let this guy know exactly how much I knew about rotary’s, so I just kind of played it off and said tell me about the car. He says he wanted $500 for the whole car, but he hasn’t been able to get the car started for the last 3 years, though it ran great before.

So I figured jump on, it for just the Weber setup and mesh wheels. If anything I could part it out and get my money back if the motor was bad.

So we grabbed the trailer, loaded it up brought it home (pouring down rain, thunder storms). I’m thinking this has to be a good sign lol.

We wait for a half hour or so for the storm to end, then put a nice fresh battery in it, drained out all the old fuel, replaced the spark plugs, replaced distributor cap, and the rotor, new wires, and low and behold a little primer down the carbs and vroom she fired right up.

Motor sounds really healthy, went and did some one-tire fire burnouts.

Last time the car was licensed was in 1994. Damn if that guy only knew what he just gave up. Anyway, here’s a couple pics and will get a vid out.

What a steal.

http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/MFRX...r%2079%20mazda/