83rx7boy92

well i been savin since june for my car and i finally have all the money
its a 1983 gs with 29k original miles. im buying the car from my uncle who is the original owner....idk why he never wanted to drive it....well since he didnt drive it alot he parked outside and the sun just baked the **** out of the interior....it needs new hatch carpet...a seat...hinges for the bins...hatch struts...fix the shifter boot.....mechanical wise it needs a new slave cylinder..im just going to replace the master and rubber line with a braided one wile im at it...other wise the car is fine...the car has been grage kept for the last 15 years or so theres no rust at all...will post pics tomorrow

twinkletoes

iTrader: (17)

Wow, 29k miles and its in that condition in the interior. Well, the sun is pretty bad for cars sitting outside. Hope everything works out with it, and post some pics

Weed Wacker

noice!

83rx7boy92

yea i will post pics today after school when i pick it up

Yellow '79

awsome, good find!

IanS

iTrader: (4)

Congratulations on the purchase of a low mileage bastard step child RX-7 called the 83.

Naegleria_Fowleri

The '83's are the greatest!

Congratulations on the buy. I can't wait to see pictures.

Box_Man

Woohoo! Congratulations, I just picked up my '83 on Saturday. I had to replace my hatch struts, so I went to Autozone and picked up some Mightylift struts. $6.99 a piece, and they came with all of the mounting hardware. The bad part besides me not expecting them to last long, is that they only had one in stock. So if your store has one in stock and they order the other one, bring the first one back with you to compare to the one that was shipped in. I didn't, and now I have one with a black shaft and a silver one, and a ~2-3mm difference in length when extended.

Check your drains on your rear hatch too. Mine were clogged and filled up the base of the hatch with water. Stick small object into holes (lightly there is a rubber hose attached inside the car), check with water.

Good luck with you '7

83rx7boy92

thanks box man i thought the struts were going to be a little more expensive..guess not....well my uncle get out of work right now so when he get hoe he will call me and ill be on my way to pick it up

Box_Man

I was a bit shocked myself when I bought them, I showed up prepared to shell out $60 or something, and I ended up spending $14. Even the guy working there was suprised.

Lee Lyons

surprised noones asked for pics yet?

Naegleria_Fowleri

He hasn't picked it up yet to get pictures of it.

Although, when I bought my rx7's I didn't even tell anyone on here because I didn't have a digital camera to show off my cars.

83rx7boy92

well guys i justhe just dropped the car off...it was hesitating a little bit...really needs a tune up
i am goin outside right now to go take pictures...and when i rev it for some reason the tach get stuck right below 3 grand any ideas? the car was sitting for like 5 years it was last registered in 01

83rx7boy92

Naegleria_Fowleri

Damn. Seeing that interior makes me miss my '83 running that much more.

Must focus on only owning one rx7... Must sell my '83.

Box_Man

Wow, all you need aesthetically is paint, seats, and the missing carpet in the rear. That is a SUPER clean looking car otherwise.

Naegleria_Fowleri

Oh snap, and that color of your car. Please do me a favor, and when you get it repainted, keep that color as the color you go with... Damn, my favorite color... just like my '83....

Naegleria_Fowleri

+1

83rx7boy92

oh yea i love the black..i think im going to wet sand the hood and roof and have my dads
friend spray it with clear..think that will work? then im gonna wax the hell out of it lol....the paint is really not that bad i got a really clean body....NO rust on body pannels AT all...i bet
nobody can even tell that the back interior is spray painted huh...my uncle did it b4 he sold it to me and i couldnt even tell till he told me and i still cant tell lol im am gonna go out and try to find some more of it. he drove all over to find it ill get a pic of it if someone wants to know

83rx7boy92

oh and also i think the trailing ignighter (sp?) died the tach douldent go avove 2800 but the motor would rev higher and then i went to start it later and the tach didnt even read ne thing...and when i hit the pedal it bogged and then reved...i didnt rev it high at all i didnt kno where the tach was

Naegleria_Fowleri

Is it black or is it the Tornado Silver?

In other words, what is the paint code on the firewall on the passenger side of the engine bay?

83rx7boy92

i will look tomorrow...it is black...plus in my other post i said i love the black

83rx7boy92

i need to replace the master and slave cylinder and a new steel hose...the slave leaks and dripps on the clutch..if thats possible idk it what my uncle told me