[Oeva-list] Mazda RX-7 project car available again! $2500

[Jon Balgley]

Yes, it's true!  If you kicked yourself for missing the chance when this
beauty came on the market about two months ago, you have another chance!
Why?  Because I am buying another red electric RX-7 that is already
working!  And my wife says I can't have two!

Here's the scoop:

This is a 1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL (not SE) converted in the late '90s to
electric.  Apparently professionally converted.  Original owner now has
age-related dementia, and so cannot provide more information.  The story I
have from her son: it ran great for a while (2 years?) and then they had "a
problem with the controller" that they could not resolve.  So, in 2001, it
was parked in a garage and never moved again ... until this past June when I
bought it.

What it has:
* Beautiful exterior and interior  ... far better than my '06 Honda Civic
Si!
* 24 buddy pairs of Optima Yellow Top 55ah batteries, plus another one as
the aux battery (all of these are dead)
* Older charger, with "Rudman Regulators" ... the aux battery is charged as
well, I think.
* Auburn Scientific controller (assumed to be dead)
* ADC FB-4001 motor
* Appears to be stock transmission, no clutch
* Some kind of instrumentation
* Emergency-off cabled to "Choke" (!)
* Power brakes
* 12V accessories appear to work: lights, windows, radio antenna, wiper,
etc.  No guarantee, though, you'll have to check it out yourself.
* Excellent mechanical battery-mounts
* Excellent wiring
* Charge connection behind the old fuel door -- but the cable release for
the door is sticky (sorrreee!)
* "AM/FM Cassette Stereo with Graphic Equalizer" ... and a few cassettes!

As far as I know, all it needs is new batteries and a new controller.  But I
*don't really know* ... that's why it's so cheap.  Car is being sold "as is"
with no guarantees or representations.  You should verify all the above if
you care.

Pictures here:
http://cbfamily.smugmug.com/Other/100622-RX7/12665207_fGjt4#910758611_vTUNg
(Ignore the pictures of me and of the previous owner's son.)

Asking merely what I paid for it:

$2500

Jon Balgley
jon at photodad.com
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