RX7 Barn Find - rare Mazda rotary survivor

[@robinleach2390]

Jonny at his enthusiastic best. Glad he’s still doing these. Not much would get me thru 32 minutes on KZbin but you just want to see it to the end. Great fun.

[@robertwoodliff2536]

Do you want to have a go at a Lancia Y10........?

[@DreamDosage]

same here... that was great!

[@TheCdubbleyoo]

A bit off-topic...but would you mond adding "I'm" to the behinning of your screen name?

[@rolybrown835]

@@robertwoodliff2536lol

[@gmuzz]

Great to see Josh on the channel. He did some great stuff with the Car Throttle boys on their RX-8.

[@lukemiller_6]

Agreed! I'd love to see him in future videos

[@LightBranches]

I have watched his Renesis rebuild twice...it’s mechanical poetry.

[@MitchDenham]

I was thinking it must have been him

[@cjtr83]

Was about to say the same. Saw him on Car Throttle too and he seems a top lad 👍🏻 Definitely a good educator too. Would love to see more content of his.

[@ErikB750]

Was checking the comments to see if anyone remembered this guy from the Car Throttle episodes. ‘kissing a rotary’ cracked me up.

[@secretagentbloke]

Owning this and a Z, this lady has good taste in cars 👍🏻 Don’t know what made me happier, the engine firing up, or the lights popping up!

[@jamesboateng234]

Me too a 1984 RX-7 then 1990 300zx ( still own the 3 ) loved this video Memories:-)

[@Mole2T_UVY]

Definitely the firing up, but the headlight opening up was very satisfying.

[@legaltechinnovations1594]

Johnny is in his own league. Calm, detailed, but interesting. A presenter who has mastered his style and we love it!!! King 🤴

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Oh you, stop it! 😊😘

[@CherylCold]

Always enjoyable to watch. Also has a great taste in cars. Need more of Johnny and C Harris together.

[@wsherratt5159]

@@TheLateBrakeShow. Jonny, I’m relatively new to TLBS but have avidly watching these videos. I really do like your calm, interested and knowledgable style and the wide range of contacts you have within the car industry who seem to support you whenever asked. I know others have asked about barn find updates and those would be good to see. I also wonder(as a forces veteran) whether there is scope for a restoration garage project feeding in to support veterans who are generally people with an eye for detail and committed to task who could undertake restoration for the benefit of veterans who struggle with their own demons but also bringing some of these barn find cars back to life. It strikes me that if a car has sat for years, the owner would be prepared to wait for such a project. I have seen a similar model in the states and wondered if it could work here. It’d need a lot of support from your friends but what a show that might make. Keep up the great work matey, I’m hooked and now subscribe. Wayne

[@fretlessfender]

​@@TheLateBrakeShow Nope! You are the best!

[@jryalls]

“There’s no signs of any mice in here” probably because there’s 100 cats living in the garage.

[@ddhurry4168]

I'll take mouse poop over cat pee anyday

[@j.miranda7986]

I was thinking the same!!! 😅😂😂

[@Lemma01]

Cats will leave your wiring alone. And your seat foam...

[@williamsolusola9981]

@@Lemma01 Exactly

[@birdshenanigans8506]

Brilliant

[@niklaswejedal463]

It would be nice if you did revisit some of the barn finds to let us know what happened after they appeared on the show. Did they go back to sleep or did they receive a well earned restoration? Would be great to see!

[@ThomasAttree]

What a beauty! Great find. The cats did a great job keeping the mice out!

[@alandavies1054]

And this is why Jonnie is my favourite car related presenter. He is so down to earth and friendly…and he genuinely seemed really happy when this car fired up. Keep up the great work 👏👍

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

I was!

[@boyfrmnewyork]

I currently have 7 RX7s in my collection 6 first gens (one is a road race car) and one second gen. Never lost an apex seal on any of my first gens, they're bulletproof. My ex wife's second gen got a stuck apex seal from her never revving the engine and lugging it around town.Two tips for a long rotary life, change the oil often and exercise the apex seals by taking it to red line a couple of times on each drive. Happy Rotoring! :)

[@MentalM5486]

If you want to sell one let me know 👍

[@rallycrosscraig]

Sounds good tell us about your road race rx7?

[@boyfrmnewyork]

@@rallycrosscraig It's set-up to look like the 1981 24hr of Spa overall winner.. A giant killer!

[@BROU-bb2uc]

I had a 74 rotary pickup truck loved that truck.

[@jaysage976]

Let me get one bruh. Don’t be selfish.

[@jaisabai4155]

Superb episode Jonny. Bev is quite a character. Josh is a natural in front of a camera. And that RX7 is sweet. Now mate, PLEASE do a follow up for us later. 🙏

[@Ivorbiggin]

And find out what bikes she had /has

[@chrishart8548]

@@Ivorbiggin bikes ? I'm even more interested now. Josh is an absolute legend.

[@jeffdavies688]

@@Ivorbiggin deffo...get shakey up there.

[@duncanajpv8]

Jonny creates the most perfect of videos. Bev is a bit of a legend, and Josh an absolute star. I don't think anyone compares to Jonny when it comes to this type of content, I love it.

[@RecordersRocketsBEC]

It made my heart leap to hear that 12A fire up - I so miss that sound. I had a 1972 Rx-2 sedan as my first car and drove it from mid-college through the early part of my Boeing career. It was rear-ended and shortened by about a foot with over 200K miles on it (and soon in need of an engine rebuild) when I had to let it go. This was even though an engine rebuild on a 12A or 13B back then was less than $1000 and my regular Mazda mechanic (who is still my regular Mazda mechanic) used to build successful racing rotaries. The sound of one firing up (with the top of the air cleaner off like that) is unmistakeable. On the Rx-2 I used to do my own tunes, and I would often run it on one ignition system (leading or trailing) while setting the timing on the other, so yes they will run on one. I never drove it that way, but it would start and run fine. I imagine the dual coils (and in my Rx-2, also dual distributors) were because the timing between the leading and trailing plugs was so close. We later had an Rx-4 station wagon, and it had a single distributor, with a dual level rotor, but still two coils. So many people underestimated my ordinary-looking Japanese sedan....until it hit 4000 RPM and those big back barrels of that 4 barrel carb opened up. Then they got a shock as I still had 3000 RPM more I could ask it for if I wanted. Man I miss my rotary cars. They were a little thirsty. I got 17 mpg average in the Rx-2, 14 mpg on the Rx-4 wagon (bigger, heavier, with a 13B engine) but oh they were fun. I am really wondering about the rumored "range extender" for the MX-30 being a rotary of some kind. Maybe a single 10A or 12A rotor? Thanks for this.

[@wdemetrius76]

Josh is definitely the man for the job!!! He needs his own channel.

[@GR666]

These videos are so enjoyable. Jonny does them perfectly. No nonsense, just love for the whole process of uncovering the car and the story behind it. Definitely have to revisit all of them at the right time.

[@ADudesRotary]

It's early morning here in Oz and I was delighted to see a story on the RX7. My son like your nephew is rotary obsessed, having being brought up with an RX8 that we daily from 2004 to this very day. He is an FD RX7 nut but we simply cannot afford one of those, so being inspired by your import video we went about finding an FB RX7 in the USA last year. After researching the car and market we looked for the 13b variant known as a GSLSE model produced from 1984 to 85 exclusively for the North American market. We found one that was promising 48k miles from new located in Texas, after purchase it took some six months to arrive (got it Jan 22). It truly is a time capsule the interior is mint condition 80s brown leather. After being sitting for so long we envisaged some problems with starting, but no turn the key it starts then stalls, restarts and runs like a dream. We have taken the car to a couple of shows since and people love it. I have since bought 2 more a racing version and a higher mileage 1 that my son can hotrod, but for heavens sake please don't tell my wife.

[@gloriousstereo]

Good work Uncle

[@glennoc8585]

How did you get the American sourced cars into Australia?

[@ADudesRotary]

@@glennoc8585 Hi I used Dazmac to import the car they handle everything that needs to be done. Just be aware that there can be additional costs other than the container shipment including American customs inspection and bio security cleaning. Neither are cheap!

[@fastEdCanuck]

Sounds like Jonny's nephew needs to own this car ...

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

He'd love that!

[@SteveMorton]

@@TheLateBrakeShow Raiding his piggy bank as he watches the video!

[@TBATTIECYCLING]

Josh is an absolute whizz on these , if you’ve got a rotary he’s your man. I’m tempted by an RX8 that he can sort for the long term

[@TBATTIECYCLING]

Jonny what are your thoughts on the Rx8?

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

I like the RX8, so long as you check it religiously. I reckon they will be rare in standard form very soon!

[@TBATTIECYCLING]

@@TheLateBrakeShow thank you and great work on KZbin , changing the game

[@martinmees878]

Put some Wankel if your life!

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

To say he's easy on the eye would be an understatement

[@karlhurn]

Great video Johnny. From the days when you use to see rusty cars on the road. Love these videos, keep em coming 👍

[@samholdsworth420]

I'm so glad I'm from a part of the world where rusty cars are not common

[@willemlangeveld176]

right comment .nice time.

[@chrishart8548]

Most cars die now without a spot of rust.

[@nicholaswatson3896]

I love an honest classic. Makes you wonder what other delights are tucked away in UK garages, sheds & barns. Keep hunting them down Jonny 🙏

[@klackon1]

I once knew an old chap who owned two NSU RO 80's, one blue, one white, and a Rolls Royce. Prior to retirement he had been an engineer in the auto industry. He reckoned the RO 80's were the best cars he had ever owned: and never bother driving the Silver Shadow after purchasing the RO 80's. He took the time to explain to me how the rotary engine worked.

[@shoestringfarm]

Always likes those. Didn't know about the motorsports heritage. Maximum respect to Mazda, succeeded where others failed. 🎉

[@mattlaggs5151]

My face when the lights popped up: 😮. Fantastic. Another awesome barn find Jonny! I loved Bev’s attitude to let it go to someone who can give it the time it deserves. Especially if she gets a drive when it’s done. Love that!

[@chrisylink]

I have a 85. Exact same color. 145k miles still running strong. Never been rebuilt. 12a baby!

[@gph42]

Another tremendous one Jonny. I've got plenty of memories with rotaries back in the 80s out here in Australia. Bloody quick cars. Thanks Jonny and Josh and of course Bev.

[@jaisabai4155]

Sure were! Memories of Alan Moffat at Bathurst 👍🇦🇺

[@grahamflemington5085]

What a gem and not even the slightest whiff of oil smoke on start up.

[@jimbob67]

I remember driving a early basic but nearly new one and loving how it drove. Really nice car. My RAC days I went out to a few but never anything serious wrong with them sometimes on my Norton rotary patrol motorcycle. Wankel is a great engine 👍

[@stuartd9741]

Wow what was your rotary motorcycle like to ride? Throttle response must have been instant? Like a two stroke? I remember they use to race rotory bike at the TT.. 190mph I think...

[@jimbob67]

@@stuartd9741 They are very different to anything else I've ridden. Linear power all the way through the rev range, no engine braking like a two-stroke. Sounded lovely.

[@jaysage976]

I had to smile when that engine turned over. I haven’t heard that sound in 30 years as we’ll. I need one of them.

[@jeffshaw4553]

Wow amazing don’t know much about the rotary engines but sounded lovley when it started brilliant well done mate by far one of your best barn finds 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Cheers Jeff!

[@duncanmann553]

These types of videos are what really makes this channel brilliant. Real car people and their cars.

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Any thanks Duncan. Hope others feel the same.

[@seandavie3672]

Awesome! These were so common in Australia when I was growing up. There's a strong following here with these cool little cars today. Allen Moffat drove these to great success in our premier touring car races, including Bathurst. 👌

[@onecanmadman]

Around 2010 I bought a 'lady owner' RX7 mk1 with factory TWR bodykit, reg A171THM, I loved that car! Drove it from Lands End to Stornoway and it only broke down once. On taking for MOT sadly the chassis was falling apart from rust. Thanks for making this video it brings back some fond memories!

[@djpdjp24]

What a great video. I bought a white - coloured 1983 model from the Tom Walkinshaw garage at Dorchester on Thames in 1986. It had been fitted with an Elford Turbo and TWR had put a body kit, smaller steering wheels and TWR decals on it. It was a wonderful car and apart from its thirst for NGK racing spark plugs and fuel it was one of the finest cars I ever had. Great memories and I really wish that I still had it today.

[@fishbert17]

Excellent stuff! 30 ish years of being dormant and it starts pretty easily and the pop ups work! Hope it finds a good new home.

[@Kurtiscott]

My ‘85 (12a) rx7 might be the funnest car I ever owned. Really appreciated seeing the whole process of getting this ‘83 fired up again. Cheers from Northern California (US)

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Cheers for watching Scott. Welcome aboard TLBS

[@littlemuchty]

Awesome find! I drove an '84 RX7 for a few years back in 2010. As an engineer, I was always impressed by the simplicity of the rotary engine, such a well-designed car. The only downside to these is the fuel, even with the cheap prices of gas in the US, they just love to drink....but that 7~8k rpm and beyond just made it all worth it.

[@flybobbie1449]

Engine life, my cars engine broke at 90k miles, which for a 84 car was probably all the life they expected. I had Mazda tech do compression test when it broke. He said lucky to get past 50k, or 35k on the turbo version. I rebuilt the engine. I reckon the tips should be changed at 70k. My car would do 18 miles imp gallon.

[@alancampbell1008]

First generation always seems to be the purest and most beautiful.

[@VidzVideo]

Great to see Josh back on my KZbin feed again!

[@MrLethal1986]

It's an absolute beauty, big thank you to this lady for allowing us to see this piece of amazing Japanese engineering. Got to love a rotary.

[@johnny-jdb]

Love a barn find episode, well done Jonny. You need to also take credit for fixing the garage door and conquering Bev's fear of it.

[@FastAsFunk]

Loved this...! Testament to Japanese engineering that after the best part of 30 years, it fired up and sat there happily running. Great stuff...!!!

[@JoshTheHeritageCollector]

Always starts my Sunday off right! Thank you, Jonny! Love this content: my college girlfriend drove one of these in 1989! You can trust a Josh 😀

[@ChopperMeir]

Love the look of these. A customer from a previous work place still rallies his RX7 of this vintage, a wonderful noise on full chat.

[@martijnkosters9024]

Love these finds. Would really like to see a revisit, what happens to them after they got unearthed?

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

100% for a revisit.

[@CraigWard]

What a find. Great to see Josh again. Like probably everyone else, I saw him on Car Throttles “living with a rotary” series. Top bloke would love to see more content with him.

[@cheesepizza87]

Love this series, what a woman, amazing taste in motors

[@ianblair5032]

By far and away the best thirty minutes I’ve seen on KZbin!!! I like lots of other people in the comments would like to see a follow up video!!! New ownership restoration videos too!!! Top work guys!!

[@petercarter1019]

Cant beat a decent barn find on a Monday. Great, Josh is a star in the making too. I hope this goes to a good home and it gets returned to its former glory.

[@peterbonnez]

Good memories for me, I had a number of them, including Elford Turbo's. My 1st RX-7 I bought from BL, it was a 1978 US model they got for evaluation & I was driving it before the UK version was announced in September 1979. My first Mazda rotary was an R100 in 1969. If I were younger I'd certainly put in a bid. Good find Jonny.

[@ianhill1624]

Rotary engines have leading and trailing spark plugs to ensure a more complete burn of fuel in the combustion chamber. This is because the combustion chamber is basically a long thin 'squashed banana' shape where the flame front has to travel much further than in a conventional piston engine. Two coils are needed because the timing between the leading and trailing spark is very close and one coil wouldn't be able to deliver two HT pulses in quick succession. Great to see such an iconic car rescued and hopefully fully restored.

[@djphilmanns]

I’ve started countless NSU Ro80’s in similar situations. Always get them running. These 12A’s are pretty much bullet proof. Don’t believe all the nonsense the rotary haters will try and have you believe! Great episode, my favourite so far 👍

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Cheers a lot. Glad you enjoyed it. I was chuffed Josh got it running.

[@TterribleTexasTJ]

My Dad bought a Mazda RX-2 back in 73' or 74'. At that time I think there were less than 5 of them in the entire city of El Paso, Texas. You can imagine the reactions and responses he got from neighbors, family and friends. The best part for me was he could blow away a lot of cars because of the HP to weight ratio, and the practically unlimited rev capability of the rotary engine! Here was this funky green 2 door "Jap" car that was f-ing fast! After the second speeding ticket, the huge EXXON gas card bill, my Mom finally won out and my Dad sadly traded it in on a Mazda 808 station wagon. A great little wagon, but it wasn't nothing like that RX-2!

[@neiliosr8]

Loved these cars back in the day, someone in our village, had one back in about 1989 in that pale metallic blue that they all seem to come in. If memory serves me right it was very crusty and this car was probably only about 6 years old.

[@rustybearden1800]

I bought a 1980 Triumph TR8 convertible in Aztec Gold and loved every minute of it - a friend had this model of RX7, either a 1979 or 1980 version (not exactly sure) The Triumph was a last gasp of the open topped roadster era with the lovely lightweight aluminum block 3.5 liter Rover/Buick V8 and the Mazda was a brand new modern Japanese take on the same genre, albeit with a rotary(WTF?) engine and modern, state of the art design elements. He bragged about his displacement-to-hp figures, out of the box modern design, the simple yet high revving powerplant and frugal efficiency while I hammered back with a rumbling V8 and 5 speed, supple yet sporty handling and the obvious open air British roadster experience. These early Mazda rotary models needed fairly extensive major refurbishment every 70 or 80 thousand miles and obsessively persistent oil change requirements. Both were amazingly unique competitors that took different paths to the same common goal of classic, two seat motoring. Both had pop up headlights. As Richard Hammond once famously said, "pop up headlights - simple as that!" Great post as usual!

[@oggie1967]

Brilliant episode! I remember my history teacher had a brand spanking new red one & I thought she was soooo cool!👍 Nice one Jonny & Josh!👍😊👏👏👏

[@thedarkknight1971]

Martin on 'Mighty Car Mods' channel bought an RX7 (he loves it) and they uprated the electronics and fuel system so now it runs a seperate ECU running fuel injection. He replaced the lunched gearbox too and various other bits like coilovers, wheels, all sorts. Now it runs and drives excellently! Definitely WORTH watching that series of videos!!! 👍😉 😎🇬🇧

[@Nathan.Guthrie]

Your nephew should buy this and do it up in time for him passing his driving test... new series...

[@raylamp4505]

My brother was a mazda master tech and rotary guru and expert on complete rx7. We used to buy them cheap with coolant leak between housings, replaced short block with a mazda reman unit and resold for good money. I loved a turbo rx7. Good times.

[@Richard_Turner]

This is Josh, a bit of a guru... I see what you did there 👏👏👏

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

😉

[@DiscoStu12081983]

Ba dum tsh 🥁

[@dsscats2198]

You should take this on as a project with your nephew for his first car!

[@paulbennett4548]

Hi Johnny, this video brought back memories I had a Mazda RX2 back in 74 to 76 in Toronto Canada. A very small light two door four seater (just about) It was fun to pull up alongside a big V8 at the lights and leave it in the dust. It only had the two chambers but three power pulses per rev per chamber equal to a V6. It ran well till one fateful evening on the way to work cruising down the highway I noticed the temperature gauge climb into the red zone shut the engine off and coasted to a stop, to late the radiator had failed engine overheated the curse of different thermal expansion coefficients had struck. The chambers were made of aluminium and the dividing plates of Steel. Mazda gave me a new engine I just had to pay for the removal and reinstall of the engine. You may ask how did it handle a Canadian winter I had to install a block heater to keep it warm as the the long chamber and rotor area at very low temperatures caused the gasoline vapour to condense back to gasoline and not fire. Driving it in the winter it was so light it handled like a cat on a hot tin roof. I still love the smoothness of the rotary engine and cats................

[@jackwarren3080]

Superbly kept car! Clean house, clean garage, clean car. Not surprising really.

[@mroctarine]

Should clean up nicely, hope the gearbox gremlins aren't too much of an issue. 👍

[@kiniburk]

I owned a 82 RX-7 once. Was a great little car even in Colorado winters once I learned how to use the gylocal injection. Hearing that rotary turn over and run bought back memories from my 20's.

[@DarkMikaruX]

I smiled like a little kid the entire video! Well done! Such a cool car... that lady is going to make a mint off that thing!!

[@sandwichbar8226]

Guru Josh! 🕺

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

😎

[@spatchist]

Josh , bit of a guru , see what you did there . I remember having a quick drive of one of these in LA circa 1982.

[@philtowle4683]

1990 time for the guru

[@garywillcox2286]

Awesome video & awesome car. Along with everyone else I would love to see it back on the road and let Bev relive her memories (with or without a cat).

[@nicholasbrogna801]

She is so cool.all the way from Boston ma..I could listen to her all day.you would never think by the look of her she owned all them cars.i also own an rx7 for 19 years.

[@iang953]

Wow, that bought back some memories for me, I was an apprentice spark back in 1985 and the bloke I was trained by had an A reg, 1983 in a metalic light green colour one of these. We had a job in Brighton and travelled down from Nottingham every Monday morning and back on a Friday. It was a lovely smooth car on the motorways and ate up the miles. Interestingly he had gear box issues where the car would drop out of top gear while crusing and wouldn't go back in and spent time going back and forth to the dealer but was never fully resolved as I recall. Thanks to Bev for allowing you to bring her car out after all these years, a great barn find again Jonny

[@paulharper4196]

I was actually in the process of restoring one of these about 10 years ago, also been hibernating in a barn for some number of years, the engine ran perfectly which was all I cared about when I bought it, after replacing/reconditioning some seized drive train components, I finally managed to drive it under its own steam around the block. I fully refurbished the front end and was about to tackle all the corrosion at the rear when I took it for another spin round the block just to keep it ticking over and it threw the rear rotor seals, as a mechanic I still knew not an awful lot about rotaries, so I asked a colleague with 25 years mazda experience and even he didn't want to bother with it, suggested I call a rotary rebuilder, so I did, but the cost was going to be prohibitive so sadly I had to scrap it.

[@justaddafan]

I have my father's 1982 Rx-7 that he bought new while I was along with him. I will never sell it. I didn't realize how unusual they were in the UK but I can understand than many didn't survive. Which is too bad. It's wonderful to hear that distinctive rotary rumble as it was running. I hope it finds a good home.

[@simonk337]

That montage, with the 80s music. Just brilliant 💪

[@cawfeedawg]

That sound! I had an rx3 estate wagon. I loved that car!

[@jebediahgentry7029]

The Junkyard Digs KZbin channel has a recent video where someone swapped in a snowmobile engine into a similar generation RX-7. It was actually faster than when it had the rotary engine. It's really interesting, y'all should check it out

[@trevc4021]

I don't know what disappointed me more on that conversion. The god awful racket it made or the hideously ugly bonnet arrangement They could of easily quadrupled the power of the original engine by fitting a ported and turboed.......Rotary!

[@jebediahgentry7029]

@@trevc4021 I agree but I thought it was really cool to see something different and way outside of the box

[@Chris-ww7fy]

That 80’s synth music when rolling it out is amazing! Totally puts the car in perspective.

[@Thegeordiemonkey]

Watch last few episodes of Mighty car mods channel on You Tube, they have been restoring an rx7, learn quite a bit about them in the few episodes out there in Australia.

[@michaelweisner5550]

I had a 1980 model and was my all time favorite car.

[@FlatCapDriver]

Brilliant video! A good way to get all these really cool, yet abandoned cars, rediscovered again! 😊👍🏼 I remember when I was a kid and a guy worked at the factory down the road and he drove past every day on his way to work in his blue, 1982, RX-7 and it had such a distinctive sound…good times!

[@PutsOnSneakers]

Forgot to thank Bev for letting us marvel at her awesome car :o HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

[@1one3_Racing]

I'll never end up with a car like this. Not because I don't abandon projects, but because I value my garage space so much that I would never give it up!

[@davidstenhouse5908]

Such a cool car, really hope someone gets it back on the road.

[@lunabouch]

That was terrific. The RX7 was a favorite here in the USA and I actually drove a friends new one in 1981. Josh obviously knows quite a bit of the Mazda rotary engine and etc. He was a good find for you.👏🏻👏🏻

[@cathalsurfs]

Top show Johnny. The best on YT. Rotary power forever.

[@sf017s4]

What a bluddy rippa Jonny! I had one bought back in 1986, Bronze Brown. It was a great car, glad to hear this one run again after so long. Hope it goes to the right owner.

[@phunkdoctaspock]

I had an '87 GL and hearing that fire up really brought back some memories. I loved that car. Awesome vid.

[@BLITZY261]

Thank you youtube...I have waited for THIS VERY ITEM.

[@WilbertvandenBosch]

Josh is such a happy fella. That was very enjoyable :-) Thanx !

[@nmc888]

That interior is weirdly beautiful… great car, fabulous video!

[@arricammarques1955]

Amazing Mazda engineering! Thirty year cold start.

[@whitemoor66]

Well that was worth waiting for! Been decades since I last saw one of these. Exhaust was amazingly clean after being laid up for so long.

[@matthewbrown2037]

I can't remember if I mentioned this on another video, as I lose track, but back in the mid eighties one school I went to my headmaster had a red MK2 RX7 on a C plate, when I first started there, then traded that in for a white one on an E plate about a year before I left there to start my last school. Not long after starting there one of my classmates mothers came to pick him up one Friday, (boarding school), in a red, 1982 MK1, on an X plate, which had an Elford turbo kit fitted to it. This was quite a popular upgrade at the time, which made an already fairly quick car, (for it's day), into something that would show a clean pair of heels to almost anything at that time, bar top end performance cars. Ever since those school days I've always had a soft spot for the RX7, but especially the MK1.

[@stevewelbert5039]

Second Gen added the Rear differential. Mine was an '82. I still miss that car a million times over!

[@angatuedward6580]

This is amazing. I got a rare chance to dismantle a rotary (wankel) engine and I had to fabricate the seals. Not some project I will repeat in the near future. I managed to fire it and it ran with a misfire for some days before stabilizing. This was definitely RX7. I couldn't stop it from consuming engine oil??? I heard the Mazda sing some smooth Japanese notes. That's one of your best missions and here comes my subscription!

[@mariusz3173]

I start my one once a month, sounds and runs exactly the same !

[@matthewwindows9332]

Another cracking barn find. Many thanks for showing us this 👌

[@_Makanko_]

I so hope this finds a great home. Great garage find Jonny. Love how it was a colleague from work that got her to get in touch , great community.

[@lindapipe8112]

Had a 1982 626. The car was bullet proof. Quality Japanese engineering strike again.

[@bitdigital8052]

This car is all my cousin used to talk about. “RX-7 with the Rotary Engine”. He used to race the hell out of these in the West Indies. They also used to swap the rotary engine into the Toyota Cressida Sedan I believe.

[@legerdemain]

A 1983 was my very first car, bought used in 1995. It's really nice to see these are treated so well by history. I moved to an MX-5 Miata NA later, the RX-7 definitely drives like it's kin to the MX-5.

[@jims6614]

Love these barn find videos. Am still waiting to find a McLaren F1 in my neighbours garage.

[@Rust_in_Time]

Just be glad that the Siamese cat in the harness wasn't still in there when you opened the door.... Meow!