RX-Snake: Acquiring the Car
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RX-Snake: Acquiring the Car
$900 (Torrance)
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/961200190.html $1200 (Laguna Hills) - I think this one is a little on the high side. Might be able to talk them down. http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/972146025.html $950 (LA County) http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/972759119.html |
Trailer?
Any of you local fellers got a trailer? This car is going to have to make at least two separate trips on a trailer (pick up, cage). Or might you have a line on a decent cheap trailer. Otherwise we can just rent as needed.
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Nice find Bird.
But keep in mind guys, it will PITA to swap out the auto pedals to manual pedals. And prob an additional $100 if you can find them on E-Bay. |
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Pedals. Didn't notice. How about a used Willwood dual hydraulic.?:D |
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We just switched my dad's Mach to a menual and the new peda assembly was not that bad to swap in, but it would be nice to not have to do it. |
BTW, can Bud Jr. pull a trailer or is it too high up (do you have the drop hitch). I naturally loaned out the one buck truck til Monday, but would like to get a shell by Monday if possible.
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Bud Jr. is available, yes I have a drop hitch, yes he can tow a trailer and of course you can borrow him. He is getting new front brakes on sunday unless you need him this weekend. I can do the brakes tomorrow (technically today)if need be. The fronts probably have no pad left.
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I am off today.
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We may have a winner:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/977982296.html enkei, leedom, yuse guys available tomorrow? If it it looks like it's going to go down, I don't feel like going to Crenshaw by myself . . . Clear title, registered non-op. He's sending VIN and I'll run it. |
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I was actually considering telling him what it's for and seeing if he would donate it in exchange for being able to take down the strip when its done; keeping in line with the theme of building and using a community project car. |
I'm down to go if we leave semi-early. I have a date tomorrow afternoon. :D I wouldn't risk letting someone that you don't know drive a car that will likely be an 11 second car. The people who will be working on this car will necessarily know what they're doing and therefore will likely have experience driving a fast car. I don't want to see hours and hours of my work slide into a wall.
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What time will you be going? If you see any panels that don't line up perfectly, or a bigger gap, or one headlight tucked further in relation to the body... stick your head under there and look and look at the straightness of the bumpers/ mounts.
What time were you planning on taking off? Give me a call... |
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So enkeivette and I went out to see the owner in LA. He's asking $300 obo. It's heavily stripped already, clear coat is pealing away, and plenty of little dings, but for our purposes in pretty good shape we think. enkeivette noticed that the car had probably been jacked up improperly under the unibody and has some undesirable dents, but again, we thought between the cage and subframe connectors we'll be putting on, not an issue. The owner has the title and it all looked in order, but was unable to produce the current registration. This makes me a little nervous, but we figure what the heck, let's offer $200. He wanted to get rid of it and at $200 we can't go wrong.
Eric, if you read this, know this car is going to get very good attention from a lot of talented guys, and while I talked you down from your asking price, every penny saved will go into making this something special. :drink: Peace. When I got it home tonight I spent a couple hours continuing to clean and strip. It didn't even have a key, so I had to crack the key. I can now steal an RX-7 in probably less than 30 seconds. :sm_up_there: Thankfully I use my power for good. It's really starting to grow on me, thinking of all the good times ahead. We had an idea of what Motorgen would be about, and to see it expressed in some tangible ways like this is a great feeling. :drink: Some pics; unfiltered as the car came home this afternoon. Let's see just how bad ass we can make this thing. :drive: BTW, I've creaed a special user account for our project cars. Here's RX-Snake |
A little OT:
Yeah, that's my wife's MX-5 and my DD Protege 5 in the background of the first pic. I'm a fan of Mazda's spirit. The MX-5 is a truly fantastic and true sports car, affordable by almost anyone. I've put tons of time money and effort into my Vette, and it's great. Certainly it would would bitch slap the MX-5 in every objective performance category. But there is something to handling feel which is harder to define. In this sense the MX-5 is the best car I've personally driven. I remember overcooking a freeway exit to the tune of 70mph once (don't do that). Honestly, I thought I was in for a bad night; but decided to turn the wheel hard and stick it, that little car just gripped and turned in a remarkable way. |
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Get a box of ziplock sandwich bags, tape and pens. You never know what you might want later. (You'll also never remember WTF it is, either):rolling: |
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I'm glad you posted this, I left the chassis harness in place because I wasn't quite sure how much we'd want to use. |
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