NeCr0mStR

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Does anyone know how rare this car actually is? Like how desirable? I have heard rumors that it was a rare color but I just don't know. Thankyou

NeCr0mStR
Brave Blue - 91 NA with *****

RETed

It's only worth as much as what someone else is willing to pay for it.
It's not a Turbo II - those are more desirable for obvious reasons.
It's not a "GTUs", which have documentation on their limited numbers.
You can make an argument about the 1988 "GTU".
You can even make an argument about a 1986 - 1987 "Sport".
Almost anything else isn't "rare".
Just because your FC is a different color won't make people flock to your doorstep to buy it from you.

Is this a base model or a GXL?


-Ted

NeCr0mStR

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Every option It can have except the AAS on it, leather throughout and 4 pot front calipers. I wish it was a T2 but quite honestly I bought it for the color, and to be honest I didn't know anything about the cars when I bought it or I would have tried to get the price down... oh well live and learn.

And whats so wrong with Atkins?

Anything I have needed they have gone to extra lengths to help out and provide.

j9fd3s

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its just my opinion, but brave blue isnt that great of a color, and the gold/winning silver is rarer

vaughnc

Brave / dark blue is a rarer color, especially in the convertibles. I paid a slight premium for it. Brave blue IS a great color, compared to boring silver and "everybody's got it" red.

jerd_hambone

my fc is supposedly a rarer color too, its called ghost grey i think

Icemark

According to Edmunds and KBB, Dark Blue/Brave Blue is worth $0 extra

KompressorLOgic

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damn thats like colector item status!

Icemark

Of course that is based on sales and registrations of them...

But yeah... whip out the credit card, there is a brave blue Coupe for sale down the street... may be worth something...


Someday.

vaughnc

hmm... ok that's bluebook, let me check blackbook street prices on edmunds... oh wait.

Jager

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Tornado Silver by any chance?

tr4c3

I've got that custom faded black. It was custom made using 18 years of daily driving. Not to shabby if you ask me.

NeCr0mStR

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the blue was what I wanted in an FD but to tell you the truth who the hell put blue and tan together for the FD's? So yeah when I saw this car in the blue I knew I had to have it because like vaughnc said who wants boring silver and "everybody's got it" red? I see so many f'n red, black and white rx's I was like... mmm... no. And when my gf at the time told me she thought the vert looked like a barbie car in any of those colors I was like... mmm yeah I'm a barbie girl in a barbie world...

So yeah nice to see another brave blue out there... now I know where to get parts

Also how do you quote someone? Thanx

Rancid7

are you kidding me ? I LOVE WHITE FC'S . I am biased though b/c i own one , i've also owned a 90 blaze red and a 86 artic silver . I'll tell you what thought .... That brave blue isn't bad . I haven't seen too many of them .

91verty

Not that my opinion matters but its funny you posted this today because I myself wasasking the same question yesterday. I have just baought a ''brave blue'' vert that i swear i have never seen this car in the convertible. And also I hear theat this car only came with black interior with this rare color, but mine has dark blue carpet with th eleather seats. And a good friend of mine who has worked for mazda since 1988 told me that the brave blue vert is indeed a rare car, but probably only desired by a true rx-7 enthusiest. All i know is that this is a rare color in coupe and more so in vert. It is all in how you desire the color. and i will admit that most fc's are the common red white black, even if you do not particurally like the color you are definetelly owning a rare colored rx-7 and i think thats worth more personally than what you might find on kbb or edmunds. But then again thats just my opinion.......

jerd_hambone

no mines not tornado silver.

the color is called ghost grey

KompressorLOgic

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hey that 88 or 87 maroon coolour is pretty rare, only seen one in person before....

what is ghost grey??

NeCr0mStR

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The color was why I bought the car for WAY WAY too much, especially without even having it run when I bought it... thats right my dad and a friend pushed me onto the trailer and amazingly enough I stopped 2 inches short of the tongue lift crank, which we were all like... OMG that woulda sucked. but when I bought it I got some gorgeous speedline 17,s and the original wheels with it. I couldn't argue... but still had no problem paying $2800 for something that needed as much work as it did... unfortunalty for me the one thing my dad taught me was never to half *** something you would regret... so 2 years later now I have still not driven it or even heard it run, but I am done with the engine bay
and on to the entire suspension and brake system I go. Pulling it out and replacing what needs it and sandblasting and painting what I can. All my friends think I am crazy and often offer to push me down the driveway with a sound bite of the exhaust from another rx running going so I can feel like I am driving it... LOL all I can say to em is thanx guys

NeCr0mStR

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oh sorry correction... I need one f'n part (its actually 4 parts) before engine bay is complete... I need the AC condenser mounting bushings... ANYONE GOT A SET!!! its been 4 months of looking and NOTHING... not even from all the people "parting out" cars... its like they only exist in my world ... ARRRRRRGGG

jerd_hambone

haha its just kinda a darker grey

like i said, i was told it was rare, but i could be wrong, but i havn't seen many more fc's in that color

KompressorLOgic

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hey what is claret mica?? its on i think the 88 or something??

NeCr0mStR

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I believe its like another blue, like a lighter blue, not baby blue or anything but a little darker than like sky blue. But I could be wrong on this one.

Stanello

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Claret Mica is that red/maroon color.

MRX_Rotary

I got my Brave Blue Coupe because it was a good deal. Then later I found out that brave blue is a rare colour and made it an even better deal.

NeCr0mStR

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Whats the mica about then?