my name is René. I´m coming from Germany - more precisely from Beervaria
I´m nearly 24 years old and study mechanical engineering. Before this I graduated an industrial mechanic education.
Now to my roadster.
I spotted it on a online-platform. The seller used it as a parts car for his own roadster. No engine, no transmission and it stayed outside for a long time.
We bargained about the price and one weekend in the summer of 2011 a friend of mine and I drove 300km to grap it.
The Seller had a set of rear lights, some datsun badges and some other stuff which I got with the car.
Finally we push it on the trailer and drove back home.
First I had no space at home, but another friend bought a farm with a big lawn. Yes, of course - you will ask Why outside? but hey it stands outside for many years without something like this nice cap on it
Some time later I started to strip it.
Big problem on all old cars - the rocker panel. Mine was rusty...
and has a hole...
yes okay.. maybe more than one
A split
A hole on the left side
Another hole in the hood (thinking rain was dropping to it from something like a roof)
yammi, it so.....crispy
It was not very difficult to see that this car had an accident
left wheel house
right one looks better .... (Who will find the mouse?
) 
... I thought
Anybody filled this hole with some layers of FBE
The floor during some de-rust-work
And after
Actually the floor sheet is mostly okay, but the big holes told me "Made a new floor"
So you can see I have a big mountain of bodywork.
But I had another problem - no drivetrain
You have to know this was the interesting thing on this roadster because it was a cheap and nostalgic "frame" for a Rotary-project.
Rotary engines make a lot of bad exhaust gases. So you have to pass emission tests. But there is a law gab
Only cars which are made after 1969 have to pass these tests, no matter how old or new the engine is.Another point, it was done before me ... but with a 12A NA no turbo
check this Link http://bringatrailer.com/2011/03/14/bat ... oadster-2/
Some month later I bought a 86 Mazda RX7 Turbo II accident car. Engine was renewed after 80k km. 10k km later the accident happend ... in 1996!!! Before I bought it the seller get him a service (oil, spark plugs, oil filter) It starts perfectly.
Another time later the engine came out
and there it is a 13B turbo
In this time I cleared my Garage out and bought this engine lift.
and I started to strip it like the roadster, to learn something about the engine and delate parts like the air pump, rats nest and some other emission stuff.
During this I detected this cracks on the manifold ....
... and on the hot side of the turbo
This sould be enough stuff for an Introduction post
hope you enjoy itI will open a new Thread in the Tech Section with project Rotary or something.
@Admin: Please tell me when I should/could use this thread for my Project - THX
it appears to me that your vin is SPL311-28759. If this was a 69 car that was has modified side lights, you will find the vin number on the dash, drivers side, by the windshield If I remember correctly. wenkle's are an interesting beast, i'll have to check back on your progress! good luck!
