When you’ve seen a car since your earliest days of being in the hobby, it’s easy to get complacent. Another day, another Porsche, Camaro, Rolls Royce, and so on. But then a vehicle comes along that you’re quite familiar with and that is still a stand-out example of that model. This 1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL is perhaps one of the most loaded-up and detailed examples of an FB-chassis example we’ve ever seen, and it comes with the sort of documentation that tells you everything you need to know: this car was loved from the day it left the showroom. Find the Mazda here on eBay with bids to $7,900 and the reserve unmet.

The seller reports that the one and only owner this Mazda has ever had was given a bonus at work, presumably for some measure of outstanding performance. And he took that money and went right to the local Mazda dealer, where he purchased what was presumably a dream car of his, the first-generation RX7. Not only did he get the car on his vision board, but he also got one loaded with seemingly every option that the dealer could affix to it, including the rarely-seen targa-style brushed B-pillars. It was clearly loved in that time, as even the factory fog lights retain their original rock shields – that’s the stuff of unobtanium.

The RX-7 features a gorgeous burgundy leather interior, which remains in excellent condition. The car has been sparingly used, racking up less than 50,000 original miles. However, that’s not to say it wasn’t driven. While eBay descriptions can sometimes stretch the truth, the condition of the car seems so honest, and the picture of a mess of a paperwork so dense, that we’re inclined to believe it. According to the listing, the gentleman who bought the car used it for back-country drives around Florida’s hidden roads with his son, saving it for those special occasions when the two of them could wind the little rotary-powered coupe out, as the manufacturer intended.

Once the father passed away, however, some of the joy was gone and the car was used even more sparingly, before being offered for sale here. The Mazda’s 1.1L rotary engine produces 101 horsepower and 107 lb.-ft. of torque. Now, if it were my money in 1984, I would have sprung for the 1.3L GSL-SE model, which kicks out a respectable 135 horsepower and 133 lb.-ft., respectively. However, this car sports so many factory accessories and remains in such well-preserved condition, it seems likely a Mazda collector will overlook the smaller engine in favor of owning a low mileage specimen in excellent condition.