Well earlier this year i picked up an 88 base for $400 having an idea in my head that it would be a fixer-upper. It was rough the floor was rotten, the body was rusty and had no brakes and power steering. First i fixed the brake lines and machined the rotors. just before starting work on the floor i came across something special. A roller 86 base shell with no engine or front suspension for $150 with minor body rust and a clean floor.

Few pics of the cars. Burgundy is the 88 and white is the 86

 

The next step is to pull the engine from the 88, have it rebuilt and drop it in the 86. While the engine is being rebuilt, the suspension will be swapped over and body will be cleaned up.

 

Good luck dude I saw that burgundy one on Kijiji lol is that you whos sellin it?

 

Whats funny is that I had an really nice 86 shell I was trying to give away about 3 years ago. Nobody wanted it. It was a perfect base for a rebuild. It had no rust and came with a ton of parts. I ended up having it taken to the crusher after trying to get rid of it for over 4 months.

I wonder how many people are in the same situation as the OP? Trying to work on an old rusty pile, when other people have great shells sitting around. I think we should start a thread with all the spare shells that people have laying around that would be available for little to no dough as long as they go to a good home.

It really hurt to scrap that car.

Eric

 

the 86 is a bonus because no emission test required

 

Ya i was the one selling it, but when I saw this one it have me a few ideas

 

I'm in the same boat. I've got a 1988 GX shell that I want to get rid of. It's in pretty decent shape, needs a little rust repair but nothing too major. I'll probably end up scrapping it as well.

 

ya that is why i like the idea of buying the car that is in bad shape and taking all the good parts out of it and putting them in a clean shell that someone just doesn't have time for.

On another note, this car has S5 tails and I have a brand new P/S rack still in the box for sale. See- https://www.rx7club.com/canadian-sale-wanted-classifieds-120/s5-tail-lights-brand-new-power-steering-rack-891703/

Here are a few more pics

 

I just picked up some new suspension, Tokico Hp's and Eibach lowering springs for the front and rear.

 

I want that shell just need a place to put it dammit lol

 

pics of the shocks.
Decent enough for for now we'll see how they turn out.