Patrick James

Recently, I mentioned in a post that “I have even got to fulfill one of my lifelong dreams!”… and that is TRUE!

Cars (in every sense) have always been a lifelong love of mine… I enjoy everything to do with motors (which probably explains my line of work involving training Driving Instructors) but performance cars have always held that mischivious allure for me! I’ve always wanted to take a performance car and turn it into a Show-car… so you can imagine the countless hours that have been spent on dreaming about the ways I was going to put my own mark on the car!

One car that always held a lot of appeal (in an almost scary way) was Mazda’s RX7. Sadly, the everyday commitments meant that I couldn’t afford to begin this dream project and that it was likely to remain exactly just that… a dream!

Well that was all up until very recently! Of late it seems that things in my life have been improving and I was finally in a position to start considering doing something about getting the car I had always wanted!

And so began the search… Luckily it didn’t take long! I came across a website H&H Performance Imports and they had what seemed to have a good clean example of the Mazda RX7. So… I decided to give them a call and got talking to a John Higgins who I must say was really helpful and to be honest, a pleasure to deal with… there was none of the all too common smarmy sales crap… John was straight talking and a gentleman… In truth I was a little nervous about buying my first Japanese Import (yet to arrive via Britain) but he was able to put my mind at ease and insured that the car was mechanically sound. he walked me through the process and put my mind at ease!

So, two weeks later, the right price and several conversations with John, the deal was done and the car was here in Ireland. When I saw the RX7 2.6 Twin Turbo with Rotary engine I was delighted… SHE was finally here! MY Mazda RX7! SHE was lovely and under the bonnet was untouched (unmodified) as promised with very low genuine miles. Granted there were a few touch-ups needed (purely cosmetic) but nothing that I hadn’t been advised of prior. Only downside was the colour but I’d planned to change that anyway!

With all that done Project RX7 begins! I have already started bringing in parts from Japan and America so I intend to keep a blog diary with info. and photos as the car develops! and if anyone has any suggestions on things to consider for the project or stories of their own please post a comment as I would love to hear them!