mazda rotary rx3

peterk19

id love to be able to get one of these does anybody know if thee is any in this country or better still one for sale thats maybe in need of some restoration i fell in love with them when i was in New Zealand last year.
Pete

Silvera

I too saw a few in NZ last year.
I recall driving behind one (mid-80's model) for quite a while and thinking that it (slightly) reminds me of an Opel Manta from behind.

I reckon I have seen one or two for sale over the years on the Buy & Sell ?!

rotor_dude

hello,

i also like the rx3 mazda, i am originally from new zealand and have owned a rx3 coupe series 2 which is the 12A shape which wasnt brought into the uk you only have the series 1 which is a 10A version

i too am looking for a rx3 or rx4 coupe as there a classic rotary car

i own 3 rx7's at moment x2 series 3 rx7 and series 5 13B turbo version i am rebuilding engine on

just to let you know there are some rx3's in england on ebay now and then and there is a mazda club in ireland starting up click link below

http://www.setbb.com/rx7/index.php?mforum=rx7

also
uk forum
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com

if you do buy a rotary and need work done feel free to pm me or email me

later

glen

rworks@rotorworks.co.nz

ds20prefecture

Class car - there's a couple of dudes over on Octane.ie with RX7s and a lot of knowledge of rotaries generally.

mullins

I have an RX-3 coupe, but I seriously wouldn't part with it for less than £5,000 because they are extremely hard to find in good condition.

MercMad

Funny I was just reading about Dr. Felix Wankel at the weekend and they mentioned the Mazda Cosmos ! (I wonder did the spell checker allow that name)

Interesting cars !

The good doctor put in a 4 rotor engine into a new 1972 350SL for himself, apparantly a very fast car, though he was always driven by someone else as he never had a licence !!

Paschcom

I must look under the hood of my '72 350SL and see if that really is a V8 or if I've somehow got hold of the good doctor's rotary powered version.
On second thought's my car actually goes - without a whole lot of regular mechanical input - so I reckon its unlikely to be rotary given their reliability record.
I hope he also did some work on the brakes - as I wouldn't like to be trying to stop a W107 SL going any faster than the V8 power allows! Its not called a Panzerwagon for nothing!