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Old 03-12-2013, 02:36 PM
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I hadn't seen the new seats in the car and came across this thread. They look great! And you are really fixing the car up , overall. Keep up the good work. Hopefully, you'll make it to 944Fest this year.
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i really like the seats!! thank you again for the good deal on them!! not sure if i'll make it out to 944 fest this year. i used most of my vacation time when my wife gave birth to our 4th child on Feb 12th. i've been off of work since then on vacation and i go back on monday, April 1st.
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I remeber you from rx7club squad car and teh silver blue metallic fb 1st gen ftw. I had the turbo 12a blow through setup over there.
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yea i still have that RX-7. i cut back and am down to just 2 Mazda's.
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updating the thread with current pics of my 944:























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hoping to get to the fog light covers and the final ground point cleaning today.
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Very nice mazdaverx7!
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thanks! its getting there. i need to replace the wheels with either a set of early 951 phone dials or some manhole cover's.
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here are a couple quick pics i snapped as i was walking out the door for worklast night. the pics show the freshly painted lug nuts. took less than an hour to do all of them yesterday.



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yesterday before work i came out to find the car covered in pollen.. didn't matter much to me about the pollen so much as the gas light being on... proved to be a fine drive yesterday afternoon, despite the low fuel and the coating of pollen:







a couple days ago however, i was able to check and clean the air filter and inspect:

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a couple days ago my son helped me change the oil on the 944. he had a blast and insisted that i take a picture of the event:

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as far as current annoyances go, other than the wiper rack freezing, i'm still stuck with this high idle. considering a bad idle air control valve. no vacuum leaks and its still high.

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took a few pics of the 944 and the 94 Corvette today:





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A 944, c4, and rx7? Get yourself a grand national and you will be in an 80s wonderland.
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They say you sometimes end up with the cars you wanted when you’re a kid


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