Classic Mazda's

2qk4u

Does anyone have classic Mazda's ? 30 years or older ?
Im a fan of RWD and Rotary cars, anyone got anything interesting ?

I want to go classic after owning lots of performance cars, I have a 91 RX-7 FC3S which I considering breaking for a Mazda 323 (79) Rotary conversion.
I would prefare to sell it and buy a Mazda RX-3.
Does anyone know of any 30 year old 323's for sale ?

Sids Not

Thats a nice FC..shame to break it though..a 323 with a rotary's just going to look like a 323...with a rotary...:o..store it and get the engine and car you need..;)

Gary ITR

I would love to get my hands on a 79/80 323. I had a good scower around a while back but with no luck

jay28

Australia seems to be the place to pick up the old mazda's, or Japan of course.

Wouldn't mind an rx3 myself

carchaeologist

There was some guy selling a low miles 323,this shape,

for 15 grand awhile back..
id love some of what he was smoking.:)

Sids Not

carchaeologist wrote: »

There was some guy selling a low miles 323,this shape,

for 15 grand awhile back..
id love some of what he was smoking.:)

Speechless..............:eek:

Gary ITR

I would like the facelifted version of the one above, same car but square headlights and not as rounded bonnet. Was only round in 80 and 81 afaik

2qk4u

carchaeologist wrote: »

There was some guy selling a low miles 323,this shape,

for 15 grand awhile back..
id love some of what he was smoking.:)

I had one of these many years ago in lime green... was a great car. Hard to find now...

2qk4u

Sids Not wrote: »

Thats a nice FC..shame to break it though..a 323 with a rotary's just going to look like a 323...with a rotary...:o..store it and get the engine and car you need..;)

Thanks, it would be a shame to break it. I cant afford it at the moment.

carchaeologist

2qk4u wrote: »

Thanks, it would be a shame to break it. I cant afford it at the moment.

Sick up some pics of the 323,would like to see it!:)

Bitten & Hisses

Onkle wrote: »

I would like the facelifted version of the one above, same car but square headlights and not as rounded bonnet. Was only round in 80 and 81 afaik

A guy in UCC with me back in 1997 had one of them with the square headlights. He went on the beer one night and left it parked on double yellows. The car was towed, but he presumed it was stolen. By the time he found out it had actually been towed, it had racked up so much in fines that he just left it there.

Sids Not

Would you be prepared to go through this fo a RX3...........;)

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=37155&page=1

Dedicated to the cause or what............:P

G Luxel

jay28 wrote: »

or Japan of course

im afraid that cars are dissappearing at an enormous rate over there, old cars tend to be imported into the country from abroad. There are very few old mazdas there. Even mazdas that are common over here are non-existent over there. The only classic mazdas I saw were in a museum and they were from the early 70s....

alastair

My Da went through a Mazda phase in the 70's.

We had a Mazda 808 estate in white, which was destroyed by a car bomb in Monaghan in '74, and then replaced with a yellow one just like this:



...which was replaced with the first round headlamp 323 in the highly exotic colour option of black. This was seriously the first mainstream black car in donkey's at that stage. The square headlight replacement model was much more fashionable when it came out - made the early adopters look very past it.

S.I.R

Onkle wrote: »

I would love to get my hands on a 79/80 323. I had a good scower around a while back but with no luck

i know where theirs a 84 if its any use... on old irish plates...


needs a Fair bit of work but shes driving afaik :rolleyes:

Gary ITR

S.I.R wrote: »

i know where theirs a 84 if its any use... on old irish plates...


needs a Fair bit of work but shes driving afaik :rolleyes:

The 84 is the next generation, don't really like it