1st RX-7 to make it to Cherohala Skyway Overlook

My5ABaby · 04-21-2009, 05:08 PM

It's a pre-production FC made in 1985. It was originally given to a factory racer for Mazda (Holly knows his name, I forget now), who could not register it in California. He sold it to Jim Downing in 2001 (?) who was able to register it and drive it. It has been mostly garaged or under a cover its whole life. As seen in one of the pictures it has about 17,000 miles on it.

It has a mis-mosh of FB and FC parts (note the dizzy) and seems to be similar to a Euro spec FC (tail light design, dizzy, etc.). There is a weird exhaust tube, possibly for afterburn? The interior has some strange features also. There was a weird button on the passenger and driver side (pictures is passenger). I did not push it, but I'm guessing it's for the headlight squirters. If you look on production S4s (and maybe S5s) there's a dash indentation there but nothing there. Picture 2 shows how the intake hose went down lower near the airbox than on S4s. It's a small difference but noticable (at least in person, pics not a good angle).

ROTORX7Holly · 04-21-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by My5ABaby

There was a weird button on the passenger and driver side (pictures is passenger). I did not push it, but I'm guessing it's for the headlight squirters.

The slide buttons on driver and passenger sides are, believe it or not, Fresh Air Vents. Which is a feature I really like. And there is another button on the drivers side that is the headlight washer. It was working, I squirted a few people to show the feature.
And it has the "back seat" not one of my favorite features, but unique. It is useful, because it stops cargo from sliding forward. And it can be folded down to flat.

Whizbang · 04-21-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ROTORX7Holly

The slide buttons on driver and passenger sides are, believe it or not, Fresh Air Vents. Which is a feature I really like. And there is another button on the drivers side that is the headlight washer. It was working, I squirted a few people to show the feature.

my Canadian rx7 has this as well. Most of those features this car has (and for 86 i believe this includes the dizzy) are what the UK market cars had.

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My5ABaby Sigh..... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 2,377 Rep Power: 20	It's a pre-production FC made in 1985. It was originally given to a factory racer for Mazda (Holly knows his name, I forget now), who could not register it in California. He sold it to Jim Downing in 2001 (?) who was able to register it and drive it. It has been mostly garaged or under a cover its whole life. As seen in one of the pictures it has about 17,000 miles on it. It has a mis-mosh of FB and FC parts (note the dizzy) and seems to be similar to a Euro spec FC (tail light design, dizzy, etc.). There is a weird exhaust tube, possibly for afterburn? The interior has some strange features also. There was a weird button on the passenger and driver side (pictures is passenger). I did not push it, but I'm guessing it's for the headlight squirters. If you look on production S4s (and maybe S5s) there's a dash indentation there but nothing there. Picture 2 shows how the intake hose went down lower near the airbox than on S4s. It's a small difference but noticable (at least in person, pics not a good angle). Attached Thumbnails __________________ 1986 Sport: 132k miles, 5A (Sapphire Blue Metallic), Tokico Blues, Racing Beat Springs, Custom LED tailights (only S4 LED tails in the world), SSR Mark II, Racing Beat exhaust, S5 black interior, Rotary Resurrection rebuild at 120k miles Community Service Manual RotorWiki "Imagination costs nothing; we could build square locomotives or fly to Mars" - Felix Wankel Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present." Last edited by My5ABaby; 04-21-2009 at 05:19 PM.