this is my much loved 79 savanna of 2 years, although the body looks pretty dingy in this shot its actually rather good, repainted 2 months ago.

moving on, this car has perhaps the most awful interior ive ever seen.



im now in the process of replacing the carpets with purple moulded ones and ive got new black vinyl RX seats, new black dash and new door panels etc to replace all this brown trash. ill post a pic when im finished...damn i love my car.

 

Wait wait wait Did you just say PURPLE Carpet??? I gots to see a pic of that!!!

 

that looks so 70's, I love it

 

black and purple gonna look a whole lot nicer :P

 

Black and purple gonna look a whole lot RICER


How much horsepower will that purple carpet net you buddy?
Also I have to call BS on you getting it painted or the dings being out.... sorry buddy, but prove me wrong and post a pic

Another 7 doomed to a life of rice....


BTW, a black interior... I can post pics of mine if you would like to admire Also dont do the purple, I would rather have brown than purple....

 

Post your black please .

 

Hey that steering wheel won't go to well with your purple interior so just take it off now and send it to me! Good luck with that color combo.

 

LOL!! look on the floor, see the shift boot just laying there? its a honda civic floor shift boot It has a little nylon cord in the bottom that slips over the steel lip on the floor around the shifter I know I have one, And I know for a fact it doesnt work on a 7 did you ever have seats? J/W.... oh and dont worry I will post my interior I am at work right now, my pics are at home..... give me time... give me time...... No but seriously guy, get some purple neon

Poor 7.....

 

Okay Im done, I am sorry for my rudeness do what you want with you car... If its done "well" even I will have to respect you. Just not every 7 owner's first color choice is purple.................... But there is nothing wrong with the 7's brown interior!

 

My old 79.... that I no longer have... *pout* But yeah my old 79 was a dull red and plaid interior And I ROCKED the plaid seats! The back seats were plaid too! I sold it to a good friend of mine. So I get to see it occasionally, still plaid though!!

 

Here is a shot of my BLK interior they are not the best angle but I will get some better ones later.

 

So if its a savannah, whats it doing with mirrors on the doors? I though the mirrors were on the front fenders for savannahs.

 

You can convert them, or so I've heard.

Yes the drivers seat is ripped in this, but soon to be reupolstered Also the lighting doesnt do the color justice.... But it is the original black interior!

 

I had a 79 come in the shop, another forum member, that has the tan/brown interior. Seats had been recovered and he replaced the carpet with black. While I am not a fan of the plactic door panels, my Z had them too, this car is absolutely beautiful. By far the finest 1st gen I have seen. Even liked the yellow paint, made the car a complete package asthetically.

 

Check out what mine looked like when I got it:

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Besides all the random parts in the back, I found $3.77 in change, candy, a gas receipt from the 80's, a bullet, about 10 pens, and a yellow pages...

 

OMG there is still hope for mine!!!!

But in mine i found a chicken wing that was picked dry of anymeat...(it had been sitting for....4 years....)

 

well im considering going with charcoal or black carpet instead as im replacing the entire interior with its black counterpart. yeah i removed the front mirrors and attached new ones.

had a good find in the other 79 complete RX i bought, an immaculate black dash and decent condition black seats.

 

also, if you dont believe me about the decent paintjob, give me a few weeks, the car is currently sitting in my factory where we do sandblasting etc so it has an extensive layer of dust and crud. im doing all the work to it in one hit, exhaust system, interior, CAI

 

I just wanted to say to LokiRX7 that it is possible to get a "civic" style shift boot to work in an RX. As a matter of fact most aftermarket boots either have an elastic bottom or a rope. All you gotts ta do it take the little shifter surround panel off, and (carefully) melt 6 - 2" pieces of a coat hanger into the plastic around the perimeter of the hole, let cool and then cut the 2" rods that are melted into the plastic down to about 1/4" or 3/8". Now the boot will slip over the pieces you just melted in to hold it in place, and come out from under the shifter panel, looking like a stock install. (the reason u have to cut them down is because its quite hard to get pieces that short hot enough to stick in very easily, also it gives you more controll.) I didnt even melt any of the rods through the plastic, so its definately possible as long as u take your time.

 

Way, too much work. I just siliconed the stock boot back into place, worked like a charm. Oh and if I had just painted a car, I would be pissed if any dust got on it... but thats just me...

 

Besides, I kinda like the all original feel of my interior its kinda cool...

 

after sitting in my fb last night, i kinda like the brown. course most of it being in amazing condition doesnt hurt just need a few misc things.

 

The Aussie S1 gen 1s were identical to the JDM apart from badging. It would have been very uunusual to import a second hand JDM, but if one was imported as a personal car it had to be converted to Aussie regulations. Their S2-3 did not get the JDM improvements. The JDM RX-7s 'Savanna' had wing mounted mirrors until 1983 when they changed to the US style door mounted. Externally the difference between the later rhd models was the rear number plate area.

I like the brown interior especially when they got rid of the vinyl and had tweed cloth seats and door panels.

 

maybe it would have been nice 25 years ago when the browns were still rich and vibrant. instead of the atrocity you see before you.

 

ok, ill take that back. i like brown when it looks good and isnt worn to hell. i really should clean my interior. i think it will look alot better.