New Repu Pics!
04-17-2004, 08:56 PM
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One of my dad's close friends recently purchased a Repu. He owned one back in his 20's...which he totalled. He got turned onto the rotary after his parents first purchased an RX-3 back in the day. Since that time he's always wanted to score another Repu, but timing was never right. Finally about a month ago he found one out in Cali that he had shipped to NJ. Turned out be in really great condition! A few tiny rust spots, but overall the body is really nice...you can even reach under and polish the frame! haha
Whats even better is for 25 years he was a service manager at Chevrolet. During that time, I guess through dealer connections, he scored tons of Repu parts: door panels, grills, windows, fenders, etc. Which he still has in their original boxes! So hopefully he'll have a fun time making this truck to his liking. Only thing different about the truck is the motor...I believe it has an 85 fuel injected Rx-7 motor...not the original one.
I told him about Rotorfest '04 so hopefully he'll show up. We both live about 10 minutes from the fairgrounds, so maybe we'll cruise in together.
Here are some pics:
Another of his projects:
And the body for it:
Whats even better is for 25 years he was a service manager at Chevrolet. During that time, I guess through dealer connections, he scored tons of Repu parts: door panels, grills, windows, fenders, etc. Which he still has in their original boxes! So hopefully he'll have a fun time making this truck to his liking. Only thing different about the truck is the motor...I believe it has an 85 fuel injected Rx-7 motor...not the original one.
I told him about Rotorfest '04 so hopefully he'll show up. We both live about 10 minutes from the fairgrounds, so maybe we'll cruise in together.
Here are some pics:
Another of his projects:
And the body for it:
04-17-2004, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by FiKsE l2X SeVeN Jr' date='Apr 18 2004, 02:57 AM
nice repu..... what's the powerplant of the 2nd project?
04-25-2004, 03:30 AM
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that is one NICE repu!!!
I must honestly say tho i hate the body style of those kit car things, the yellow shell there... frickin... if you're gonna do a custom car make it look like an exotic import, not a VW bug that got squashed!!!!
Hell, why not a pantera, those are sweet!!
I must honestly say tho i hate the body style of those kit car things, the yellow shell there... frickin... if you're gonna do a custom car make it look like an exotic import, not a VW bug that got squashed!!!!
Hell, why not a pantera, those are sweet!!
