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ottamania
03-31-2009, 01:39 PM
I saw this at the tim hortons parkin lot off 58th ave S.E. Talked to the guy as well. He said its got 1.1 rotary engine and the body will be restored. sorry bout the pic size.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/sech_album/DSCN0175.jpg
EK 2.0
03-31-2009, 01:47 PM
uhmmmm....ok.....
ekguy
03-31-2009, 01:49 PM
They are nice when restored. I think this has the 12a rotory engine. Not too sure though.
Gibson
04-01-2009, 01:53 AM
I've been surprised to see a number of these driving around, especially in the cold weather lately.
D. Dub
04-01-2009, 07:43 AM
He had better find a really good body shop -- one that maybe has a magician :D
atgilchrist
04-01-2009, 08:30 AM
Originally posted by EK 2.0
uhmmmm....ok.....

I concur.
Kloubek
04-01-2009, 08:35 AM
Is this car already such a classic it deserves a "spotted" thread?
Tik-Tok
04-01-2009, 08:39 AM
Originally posted by Kloubek
Is this car already such a classic it deserves a "spotted" thread?


No, there's still a hell of a lot of them around. A coworker has one he daily drives :dunno: (and asides from one fender that he needs to paint again, it's in a lot better condition than that scrap in the OP)
n1zm0
04-01-2009, 08:45 AM
these things seem to be reliable as hell, bodies are always roughed up but i always notice a couple chugging along especially in winter.

but did it really deserve a spotted thread? they are about as rare/cool as seeing a Lada Niva imo, for obvious reasons lol
craigcd
04-01-2009, 09:06 AM
Yaa not sure if this deserves a spotted thread- however this is one of my favorite cars. I have owned 3 first gens and 1 second gen(convertible)- other than regualr oil changes I did nothing to any of them. Rotary engines get a bad rap- they are great cars.

All 4 of mine were in farrrr better condition and all less than a 100 000KM's.
Graham_A_M
04-03-2009, 05:34 PM
Originally posted by EK 2.0
uhmmmm....ok.....

:werd: WTF? They're (somewhat) iconic cars in the grand scheme of things, but really not worth a spotted thread, especially with such a rusty specimen in question.
:dunno:
R154
04-03-2009, 05:40 PM
I'd prefer to see a thread like this with a picture, then a thread that's exactly like the following:

OMG I JUST SAW A BLACK SL65 OMG, I DIDNT HAVE A CAMERA. OMG.

I like old school rx7's. Dece thread sir.