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wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
1/30/09 12:12 a.m.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ctd/1013166081.html

not the car btw, well the car too...

jdmae92
jdmae92 GRM+ Memberand Reader
1/30/09 12:29 a.m.

Seems priced a little high?

Xceler8x
Xceler8x GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/30/09 8:58 a.m.

I thought only the '79 or '80 RX-7's had the gauge cluster with the big tach in the middle? If so that was swapped. Might've been owned by an enthusiast at one point.

P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand Dork
1/30/09 9:07 a.m.

Xlerer8x, Nope, all 79-85 RX-7's got the big tach factory. The only difference in clusters is the MPH limit on the speedos and some font changes.

As for the car, it's an "LE", not an "S". It's lower miles for an old one, the body is straight, and it has good options (manual windows, the LE mesh wheels, aftermarket louvers and exhaust). Looks like it has the glass moonroof as well, which brings $500 on it's own. Well worth the money!

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
1/30/09 9:18 a.m.

Not sure I'd buy a car from a white supremacist front, but it looks clean.

jg

P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand Dork
1/30/09 9:29 a.m.
JG Pasterjak wrote: Not sure I'd buy a car from a white supremacist front, but it looks clean. jg

Holy Hell! I didn't even notice that! That's pretty messed up!

belteshazzar
belteshazzar Dork
1/30/09 9:48 a.m.

$2k or keep looking.

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
1/30/09 9:56 a.m.
P71 wrote:
JG Pasterjak wrote: Not sure I'd buy a car from a white supremacist front, but it looks clean. jg
Holy Hell! I didn't even notice that! That's pretty messed up!

that took me a min too I was like , this is what I'm gonna get

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ctd/1006002571.html

Greg Voth
Greg Voth Associate Publisher
1/30/09 10:26 a.m.

I would go drive both and see which you like better. The Z looks to be in better shape but in my admittedly biased experience the 7 will probably be the more "fun" car. If you like both go with the one in better condition.

I had a brief affair with a non turbo Z and it felt pretty big and heavy in comparison to my 84 GSL-SE but it all depends on what you want to do with the car.

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
1/30/09 10:33 a.m.

I like the brown mopar('Cuda?) behind the RX-7, thats nice

belteshazzar
belteshazzar Dork
1/30/09 10:48 a.m.

That z is how I'd prefer to get to work. The fb would dominate it in most performance respects though.

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
1/30/09 4:59 p.m.

I'm really about 95% sure I'm going with the Z they are a known for me, I really enjoyed my old one and it was bullet proof. Not me crashing it proof, but that was way way a long time ago when I had no sense. I'm sure the rx7 is a good car, and the engine is way cool. I understand things better on the Z, and modding one is pretty easy too.

belteshazzar
belteshazzar Dork
1/30/09 11:12 p.m.

Not a mistake either way. Put a VQ in her!

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
1/31/09 12:59 a.m.

ah ha some one thinks like me,

vq in a 240z

this is a beast!!! I've had dreams of that same thing in a 300zx

Rob_Mopar
Rob_Mopar New Reader
1/31/09 8:30 a.m.
neon4891 wrote: I like the brown mopar('Cuda?) behind the RX-7, thats nice

Looks like a '70 Barracuda in T3 Sahara Tan Poly. Starting in '70 the basic models were named Barracuda, the performance models were named 'Cuda. This one has the flat hood of the base model.

The 'Cuda name first appeared on a Barracuda in '69 as a Roadrunner-like package. Ma Mopar just picked up on the nickname that had been used since they first hit the showrooms.

That RX7 is pretty nice too. But I'd have some reservations buying a car there as well.

-Rob

joshx99
joshx99 New Reader
1/31/09 11:19 a.m.

FB>Z31

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
1/31/09 1:38 p.m.

The z was sold this morning :( I'm actually really sad, well the search continues...

93celicaGT2
93celicaGT2 Reader
1/31/09 3:05 p.m.

Thought about a 3rd gen Celica GTS?

They have just as much, if not more 80s appeal, look amazing in almost any color (including brown!!) and are VERY impressive performers when compared against almost anything of the same vintage.

Very torquey, aftermarket for the 22re is amazing, they handle great, and have a limited slip rear end. Cake to work on.

Plus... they have flip up lights!

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
1/31/09 3:40 p.m.

Hmmm I'll look around but ehhh the Z had me at hello.

Kramer
Kramer Reader
1/31/09 3:48 p.m.

I wonder if the car lot specializes in K Cars.

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
1/31/09 4:23 p.m.
93celicaGT2 wrote: Plus... they have flip up lights!

Ah yes, a fellow fan of flip up headlights. I miss those

93celicaGT2
93celicaGT2 Reader
1/31/09 5:12 p.m.

I will always have a car with flip up lights. I currently have two.

Next is a Miata or SW20 MR2.

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
1/31/09 5:45 p.m.

The celica supras are cool, I'm going to be daily driving whatever I get. That being said being in the military sometimes means I have to haul a good amount of crap. That's why the Z was so high on the list.

Candidates so far are (2800 budget limit)

V6 camaros (96+)

Z31 and maybe a Z32

Rx7

And celicas.

Now I've contemplated sedans as well, but for the life of me I can't think of any that are RWD and have an IRS, besides BMWs of course.

P71
P71 GRM+ Memberand Dork
1/31/09 6:35 p.m.

Why a V6 Camaro when for $3500 you can have a cleanly modded LT1 T/A?

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/1008852275.html

wherethefmi2000
wherethefmi2000 Reader
1/31/09 6:46 p.m.

Budget limit is 2800 that's why. The rest of my tax return is tied up in moving soon and other stuff :(

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