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#### It only took me about 12 years! Back in 1991/92 I was going through my mid-life crisis - approaching 50. I decided that I needed a red convertible to ease the crisis. I spend most of my youth car poor - bought too many cars too fast and was always in debt. By 1992 I had grown up and was keeping cars for more than 4 years (and paying them off). My poor 1986 Tunderbird Turbo coupe was riddled with hail damage and it was time for a change. I decided on a car I'd been looking at for years, a red 1991 RX7 Vert. This is just an intro so here is a brief history. * Drove RX7 as primary car for about 9 years. * The roof was leaking * I was working my ass off and didn't have time to fix stuff * Approaching 60 it was getting harder to "crawl" in and out of the RX7 Decided I needed a change, but would keep the car for my grandson, who was only about 4 at the time. I parked the car and drove it occasionally, but the battery would go dead, the roof was still a problem, etc. Then 6 years went by with it parked on the side of the house with a cover on it. I spend a little cash and got it running, but there were problems and I still didn't have time to deal with them - covered and parked it again. Then another 6 years went by and the car was getting worse - I couldn't get it to start. I towed it to the money pit when we moved. Tried to work on it last year I but seemed to be over my head. I knew I needed a new gas tank and on June 9th, 2012 it arrived and I started working on it. Took a couple days to get it running. Took about a month to fix some of the problems. This is just a couple pictures and I'll go back in history and describe the RX7 restoration project later. The back:  The side:  The front:  The day it came alive video (Jun 9, 2012): <video width="600" controls> <source src="/images/iwicw/rx7.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> Had to do something since I am no longer coding and the kitchen (and most money pit projects) are complete.
RX7 Is Alive
August 20, 2012