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Old 01-18-02, 10:36 PM
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Why are all the surviving RX7's Brown

Why are all the surviving RX7's Brown, or Beige?
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Because they're driven by sedate conservative people, who believe in the premise that "people drive too darn fast these days!"

No offense intended to sedate conservative people.

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Originally posted by genrex
Because they're driven by sedate conservative people, who believe in the premise that "people drive too darn fast these days!"

No offense intended to sedate conservative people.
They may be brown, but that ain't the Mound.

Right on-
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I've only seen one brown 1st gen. It was parked at a shop on the end of my street, and I must say its actually a nice color in person. It looked to me like they blended a lot of the tornado silver and incorporated it into the brown paint. Those damn bean counters at Mazda...cutting corners wherever possible...

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Funny thing is... all the brown RX7s i see in huntsville have their paint intact--unlike my sea foam green other's grey and blue...
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You have that ugly lime green color? Unless thats a factory color I think I saw your car around here a while ago.
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hmmm... it's not green--i'm sure of that--maybe i have the wrong name for the color...

it's a light blue (and a bit o oxidation here and there...)
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Originally posted by genrex
Because they're driven by sedate conservative people, who believe in the premise that "people drive too darn fast these days!"

No offense intended to sedate conservative people.
You kiddin'? That's what killed my FC. The PO drove it gently all the time, eventually the engine carboned up and died of boredom.

Only 78k on it... non turbo FCs normally last more than twice that!
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PJ can I steal your avatar?
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Just kidding, Peejay! I've been watching lots of Monty Python lately, and too much of a good thing.. is a good thing.
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Originally posted by Suparslinc
PJ can I steal your avatar?
You mean like this guy? https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=46523

Yeah you can use it, no prob
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when a co-worker said i could have his rx7 that was sitting up at his mothers farm under a tree for almost three years, i called a tow truck to come get it, he asked what color it was and i couldnt tell him because it was so covered in crap, i only was able to tell him that it was dark brown or grey, when i did clean her up it was the bronzit gold color..his mom was using it for the dog house.....but, it was free......
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Originally posted by FuLLsMoKe
hmmm... it's not green--i'm sure of that--maybe i have the wrong name for the color...

it's a light blue (and a bit o oxidation here and there...)
Like this?

Tender Blue Metallic
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mines not brown thank god. dont see to many white first gens though, wish they kept the black int throught 85 instead of burgany
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Originally posted by rx7passion
mines not brown thank god. dont see to many white first gens though, wish they kept the black int throught 85 instead of burgany
I've seen grey interiors... I don't think all 84/85 interiors are burgundy.

I'd like to ditch my burgundy interior though. If nobody want's it wafter I end up pulling it, I'll still keep it around. It's not in TOO bad shape.
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I've seen far more(more than 2) silver FBs than any other color. Only other colors I can think of seeing recently with my own eyes is the nice bluish color.

I've seen grey interiors... I don't think all 84/85 interiors are burgundy.
Yep, my silver 84 has grey/blue interor
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My search for a 1st gen has not been too productive. Most of the local cars are junk. The best ones I have found are 1 Brown and 1 Beige. At our local autocross there are as many brown and beige as red! Kinda funny. Maybe I could call it Racing Brown!
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i know there are different color int's but like 75% are the burgandy, i hate the color if i could find away to coat them without looking riced out as hell i would turn it black.
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My search for a 1st gen has not been too productive. Most of the local cars are junk. The best ones I have found are 1 Brown and 1 Beige. At our local autocross there are as many brown and beige as red! Kinda funny. Maybe I could call it Racing Brown!
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Originally posted by rx7passion
mines not brown thank god. dont see to many white first gens though, wish they kept the black int throught 85 instead of burgany
I have the grey/black int. and its mint. I love it.
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I like my color (light blue)... I just fixed some rusted spots under the hood (cuz of the previous owner's stupididty), but i could't get an exact match of my paint... so now it kinda looks funny (only under the hood)...
But i guess the off-color paint does look better than the butt-ugly rust...
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Originally posted by Pele


I've seen grey interiors... I don't think all 84/85 interiors are burgundy.

I'd like to ditch my burgundy interior though. If nobody want's it wafter I end up pulling it, I'll still keep it around. It's not in TOO bad shape.
My '85 -SE is dark grey with burgandy interior, and my '85 base is silver with black interior. Both are original
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Gold is another color that seems there seems to be alot of. Mine was originally gold with a camel/chamois colored interior. I've noticed that that color of interior is rarer than most. Most of the gold 7's I've seen had brown interior in them.
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Silver is the winner in this area. Followed by TBM.

Onle seen a couple blacks, golds, browns, and reds. Can't say I've seen any other color 'round here.
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White and red around here.
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