My two RX-7's

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My two RX-7's

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just a couple of pictures till i get some good ones. :D

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here is some of a s2 tank that i got fixed. ;)
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the tank was split in two and steamed to kill the rust and then it was plastic coated on the inside joined and coated on the outside. They are said to have a years + guarantee g-l
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i like the red one :D

shines up very well, just need to get those side trims stuck on, wonder if they'd look ok painting them the red the car was sprayed in,
or taking the paint off the front and back bumpers, although they do look good painted.

need to get the silver one's bumper blown in, looks a real nice fb, i really like cars that are a bit different, i.e. imported models
as they stand out and it'll be great to see it at some of the up and coming shows.

glad the red one is now driving like it should, did you wear the buzzer out on the rev counter today ;) lol
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Two nice cars you got there, but its a bit greedy having two. I think you should sell one, probably best to sell the red one to someone you know will look after her ;)





A tenner will do Spod !
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lol, now that's up to raymond, i know he likes the red one and is having alot of fun driving it.
but agree they are both very nice examples of fb.

on a slightly different model now, i seen a nice silver cosmo on ebay today, but then the seller ended the auction.
it had a 13btt engine in bits, but the car was going for about £500 starting.

looked a bargain too, must have been snapped up quickly outside of ebay.
now imagine having a cosmo with the 20b in it, mmmmmm :)

the cosmo to me is like a mercedes with a rotary engine, luxury etc.
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Very nice. I like the silver one meself, the American rear end and mirrors do it for me lol. The running lights in the side mouldings are funky too 8-)
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maybe i should put up a couple of pics of my other toy MX-5
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this is for use when i don't have much money left for petrol. :D
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Forget the Cosmo. Engines poked and the manifolds are sold. Leather interior sold yesterday too, so only worth scrap now.

Best thing done to FBs is to remove the ugly side mouldings. Good work.
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Very pleasing Raymond. The Silver S2 was in the Lake District I think.

The Red car is interesting. It was in the North East a couple of years back with an unusual wheel set up........S2 on the front, 17" wheels on the back.
Now you've got S3 wheels front and back.....a very nice job. As we all know on here that has meant fairly major suspension work to get there.
Good Stuff.

The fuel tank repair is VERY INTERESTING. My tank is not very old but it got me £280 or so to get it from Mazda and there's none left now.
So would you be kind enough to let us know who's done the renovation work on it. I assume S2 tanks and S3 tanks can be done just the same?

Thanks Codge
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codge wrote:Very pleasing Raymond. The Silver S2 was in the Lake District I think.

The Red car is interesting. It was in the North East a couple of years back with an unusual wheel set up........S2 on the front, 17" wheels on the back.
Now you've got S3 wheels front and back.....a very nice job. As we all know on here that has meant fairly major suspension work to get there.
Good Stuff.

The fuel tank repair is VERY INTERESTING. My tank is not very old but it got me £280 or so to get it from Mazda and there's none left now.
So would you be kind enough to let us know who's done the renovation work on it. I assume S2 tanks and S3 tanks can be done just the same?

Thanks Codge
yes she has S3 all round now. :D as for the tanks they can do any tank it was done in Brownlow Radiators Portadown N. Ireland.
hope this helps.
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cool viper stripes on the mx5 Raymond, what's the wee air in take for, is there a turbo in the car?
you should talk to steve he put a 13b in his mx5, in case you ever get the urge to upgrade some more. :lol:
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