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Published on December 4th, 2019 |
by BajaBusta
1988 Mazda RX-7 Convertible Test Drive
Mazda was accused of copying Porsche’s 944 a little too closely with the second generation RX-7 , but Hiroshima got the drop on Stuttgart in bringing a convertible version to market. The timing was good for other reasons, too. According to the product manager, the convertible market had grown three fold in the previous three years.
A Convertible version was born in mind form the star of this gen RX-7. Even so, the decapitation exercise, handled in-house by Mazda, required substantial modifications to the stock monocoque shell. Double skinned sheetmetal was used to add box section support to the cross-members behind the engine and the cabin, the door hinge pillars were beefed up, the side-sills were fabricated in thicker metal, and plates were added to the floorpan.
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