I Wish I Had Never Gotten Rid Of My...

[rickshaw]

I saw this topic on another forum and thought it would be fun.

Many of us wish we had kept our whatever to this day. Maybe it was your first car, or that special one that was such a joy to drive, or made you feel unique, or special, or proud, or all of the above. Whatever it WAS, post some pictures and others might identify with your experience, and enjoy hearing about it.


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Here's mine.
I Wish I Had Never Gotten Rid Of My old RX-7.
Found some old pictures the other day, I thought I'd share them.
I once had a first generation RX-7. I bought it brand new in 1980, sometime in 1984 i grew tired of the silver paint job. So one day I decided to repaint it myself in Porsche Red. A few years earlier I spent some time in Auto Body and Paint classes at the local community college working on another project. So I went back to school to work on this car. It took me 3 semesters to finish this one.

• Updated entire body to the newer second series body style 1981-83.

• Added newer style bumpers and tail lights. Had to weld and fabricate a filler panel into the old rear license plate hole and cut in new model tail lights.

• Added rear spoiler, not bolted on, it was blended into body with a frenched-in power antenna

• Added remote opening gas door

• Cut the interior to fit behind-the-seat storage boxes from a newer model RX-7.

• Front one piece bumper and spoiler

• Full lower Body kit

• Larger staggered Wheels and Tires

Engine was stock. Back in 1985 (pre-internet days) there was not a lot of aftermarket stuff out there for the RX-7.
I sold it in 1986 and bought a cheepo commuter car.
I should of hung on to that car for a few more years. Oh well.