So I sold the RX-7 today, and picked up a new project car. Some of you may have seen this car before, it's been posted on these boards about a year or so ago.
This car was sitting on the side of highway 6 outside Waco for years, and I saw it regularly during my commute from College Station to the DFW area, and one day decided to stop and get the information. Kyle and I showed up the following weekend, and talked the owner down to $380, and somehow it made the 1.5 hour drive home without incident.
Fast forward 12 months, 5 autocrosses, 4 Kosei K1s, 4 Fuzion ZRis, 4 rotors, 8 brake pads, 1 front bumper, and 1 NRG steering wheel. As it turns out, at this point this running, titled car is worth just slightly less than a non-running, non-titled first-gen RX-7. The pain of selling a project is quickly assuaged by picking up another project less than six hours later.
Here's a few pictures of the poor bastard.
Here it is in its new home. I cut the roof off with a knife, and it actually improved the looks of the car. We've got a regular "Island of Misfit Mazdas" theme going on in our garage with the 323 GTX and this thing.
I've got a long list of work this thing needs. Mechanically, it's missing heavily under load and stalls when the headlights are turned on. Aesthetically, it needs all new paint and about every body panel replaced.
I feel like you people are the only ones that understand how excited I am about this bucket of bolts.
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