So, this is what it's like...didn't think I'd be posting in this section for a while, but the time has come...

The new car was delivered tonight, bit too dark for any pics, so you'll have to wait until tomorrow

Tease, so that 5 cars you own now?

6...if you include Millie

Guessing Mx-5 or some other rear wheel drive??

i'll guess caterham, maybe a build it yourself?

well, it certainly won't be on the road for a few months...

Just to prove it runs

bit smokey, burning a bit of oil I expect

wow someone will right trip over that exhaust!

its a mk1 crx ain't it? don't try and tell me its no, i ken yer lying!

hmm whatcha got,,,,

Hmmmmm from the exhaust i would say Triumph Stagg lol

for my second guess?

RX-7?

Triumph??? Honda??? Surely you know me better than that - it could only be a Mazda

so was i right then?

yep

We're now the proud owners of a RX7 Mk1 series 3 FB

12A rotary engine, with a carb

Driving it is very much like a 1970s film - lots of steering wheel movement, no actual car movement - I think that's down to the steering box!!!


It does drive really nice though, and very different to anything else - and oh what a noise



I had it delivered, as we were at opposite ends of the country








It's parked on Garaths drive, as he has plenty of room, and has kindly offered to tackle the worst of the cars problems...the rust monkeys have been playing hard on this one


finger through here...



and here...








Owning an RX7 is like having a puppy...they leave little piles of mess for you to clear up







Still, it's a beautiful car, I have longed for one of these since I was a young lad, so all the hard work and effort will be worth it, and it'll all come good in the end


So, here he is - meet Vyv

proper cool!

so now you can show me the porting the 12a to 150bhp

you and garath are like wheeler dealers now, you buy it and bugger off and he fixes it! nice one!

i quite fancy the later rx7 from that one is it the fc? not the one everyone knows but the older one late 80's early 90's, wee turb0 one in black looks proper badass or red is no bad aswell. nearly went for a silver one couple years ago as was £900 but prolly better i didn't

get some nice retro wheels on it now!

wow thats cool!!!

Well ware Marc, that's a wicked looking car mate

Great project Marc, nice shape

Nice one

cracking looking car, it looks like the love child of a MX5/MX3/944 cross. I have never seen a MK1 before and it stiil looks great today. Nice colour too.

Well done Marc. Great buy

I only said I wanted one, needed one, and now we've got one....

I spent years and years and years convincing my parents I needed a dog, or a pony, and it got me nowhere
In just under a day I convinced Marc about having an RX7

Very Nice

sweet series 1 rx7! love them to bits, so popular in NZ, especially with the turbo engines they can do crazy BHP!
any plans for it?

Lovely cars, my dad brought one home in the late 70's, it was his bosses though.
Tel lyou what though, I thought it looked better on FB without all the rust shots!

Good luck mate, I'd love to have the time and space to take on something like this!

Wick, you utter uttter uttter utter utter b*****d!

Love it !

Cheers Marc. She looks lovely.

Looks as rusty as the FC that I almost bought, looks almost the same color.
The wheels look mint though, like new!

Cool! This sits bang in the middle of the Fd and Mx5. How much tax you paying on it by the way? Someone seems to be kicking up a stink on MRC http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/s ... hp?t=62442

That is awesome mate...........shame it makes your signature too large! I reckon you're gonna have to remove the moggy