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Hi all. New member here (obviously). I'm a rotary enthusiast from way back; I lusted after the FD as a lad, and combining a pair of FBs into one good car was my first real project in college.

After a circuitous car journey through Supra Country, the Principality of Audi and finally BMW Land (with a rather long exile in the latter), I've "come home" to an '85 GSL-SE about a month ago.

I'm on the first-generation RX-7 e-mail list and that other forum, but I figured another can't hurt, right?

Pleased to be here!

-Matt

welcome aboard mate, or buddy i should say.
it's a great place for fb enthusiasts and lots of help and advice are always available.

we always like pics of anyone's ride

Hi, Matt. Welcome to the friendly face of RX-7 forums, lol Yeah, pics are good. We all like pics

Hi Matt Welcome.

No way this forum will hurt. We're nice guys on here.
codge.

Thanks for the warm welcome, gents. For the record, I don't have a bone to pick with any of the outlets for first-gen rotary discussion on the web; I'm just interested in talking about them more!

Anyway, here she is. Quite neglected by the previous owners, I'm trying to breathe new life into her. The previous owner is a local guy with a pair of GSL-SEs, and he decided to keep his blue one and sell me the red one. Unfortunately he isn't too handy and I inherited the car in quite a sorry state. The previous owner before him was a smoker, so I've spent much of my time cleaning out ashes, restoring the interior plastic and vinyl and shampooing carpets and seats. She's come quite a ways from when I first brought her home, but she's still got a ways to go.

One of the first pics. Exterior hasn't changed much. I haven't even given her a bath:



Lots of cosmetic work to do on the exterior. Last weekend I picked up all the body panels I need from a local guy parting out his '82:



A bodyshop owner two doors down from me quoted me a really good price to do a sand, block, fill and respray assuming I do all the "hard" prep work like removing fenders (wings to you Brits ) and trim and rub strips.

I've removed the window tint (hate that stuff):





The car is a very late-production '85 with the bronze-tinted glass and body-colored mirrors.

Here's the current state of the interior:



She's getting there! Wish me luck!

(for some reason my pics are getting cropped on the right, but you get the idea...)

Graphic equaliser = proper cool

Those blue wings seem to have Buick Ventiports in them, oddly?

I saw them Nik.

First RX7 I've ever seen with that idea.

Did you not get the graphic equalizer over there? All our '84-'85 GSLs (highest-trim 12A) and GSL-SEs got 'em.

I'd like mine better if the stereo actually...worked. But thanks.

Yeah the guy I got the bodywork from said I could have the ventiports free! Nice of him, no?

...but seriously I'm just glad they're stick-on. Heh.

All UK cars were to the same spec, choice of colour that's all.
Oh and there was an Elford Turbo option plus a few bolt ons from Elford. That was all approved by Mazdsa but carried out in UK to order.

Our Stereo fitment on the UK Series 3 cars was a simple but good Clarion cassette player/ radio.
Ours still works but we rarely use it. The cassette player is probably not up to much now.
The electric aerial is still a hoot though.

Welcome to the forum Matt!
Looks like you got yourself a great project there, Im looking forward to a build thread