'88 FC Anniversary Shell Build

Kid_Carson · 12-31-2014, 12:53 PM

So this is my '88 Anniversary RX-7 I bought September 30th '14 as a project and my first car. I purchased the car from a shop a little north of Hialeah for $600. Obviously as a shell it's gonna be missing a few parts but it's not as bad in this instance(Motor, tranny, driver seat, seat rails, door panels, driver side door handle, & passenger side headlight motor). I may be missing a few things but that's from the top of my head. After getting the car home and taken apart I've noticed a few things; the housing for the passenger headlight was bent with some slight rust and for some reason while pushing the car to the backyard the back wheels would occasionally lock up. Other than that and some rust on the roof and a dime sized rust hole on the passenger door the car is fairly good especially for what I bought it for.

Kid_Carson · 03-22-2015, 02:34 PM

To get started, I removed everything from the engine bay and cleaned everything up by washing it down and degreasing it. After letting it dry, my friends and I sanded it down and sprayed three layers of primer.

Kid_Carson · 03-22-2015, 02:58 PM

A while after I got more money saved up, I bought 180 & 80 grit sand paper, and bondo, to repair and fill th rust and holes on the car. I'm really nervous about this part because this is my first time doing this and I don't wanna mess up. While sanding the roof down it's coming out really good but I didn't realize that the sand paper was tearing the skin on my finger off.... nothing too serious though!

scarsofcarma · 03-22-2015, 06:41 PM

Nice to see a 10AE getting fixed up. What are your plans engine-wise?

Kid_Carson · 03-22-2015, 08:51 PM

Thanks

& I plan putting in a turbo 2 motor to keep it simple for now and build it.

speedjunkie · 03-22-2015, 09:43 PM

That's perfect, 10AE with a TII swap. Nice

project86 · 04-08-2015, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kid_Carson

A while after I got more money saved up, I bought 180 & 80 grit sand paper, and bondo, to repair and fill th rust and holes on the car. I'm really nervous about this part because this is my first time doing this and I don't wanna mess up. While sanding the roof down it's coming out really good but I didn't realize that the sand paper was tearing the skin on my finger off.... nothing too serious though!

not too sure from the pictures.... but did you put something on the rust to stop it? Like a rust converter?

03-22-2015, 06:41 PM	#4
scarsofcarma Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Antioch, Ca Posts: 101 Rep Power: 12	Nice to see a 10AE getting fixed up. What are your plans engine-wise?

03-22-2015, 08:51 PM	#5
Kid_Carson The Newbie Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Miami,Florida Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Thanks & I plan putting in a turbo 2 motor to keep it simple for now and build it.

03-22-2015, 09:43 PM	#6
speedjunkie RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 2,089 Rep Power: 20	That's perfect, 10AE with a TII swap. Nice