WOW!! Never saw one of those before. But it truly captures the feel of small European and Japanese sheet metal from the '60's.Nice project.Best of luck to you!!
"Don't crush it! Restore it!!"
Hey, what part of the worlddo you hail from? Surly this can't be ion the States?
m0n0x!de
01-28-2008, 09:53 AM
Nice guys!:)
97mg
01-31-2008, 05:28 AM
Hey thanks for the kind words virgin1, im in Australia where we luckily still have some of the pre 70's vehicles alive and well. Not many on the road though :)
At the moment she is having paint and panel work (aka rust) repaired, and then it will be time to tinker properly. Would love to squeeze a 12A in there, but have to check on our strict engineering restrictions over here.
Are you in the US? What is the scene like over there for the old Japanese cars? The American classics of course are worth very good money over here :D
Cheers,
Iv
virgin1
01-31-2008, 06:26 AM
Yuuppp! I'm one of those obnoxious Americans, born and raised. :D
I think most of the old Japanese cars here are now race cars... vintage SCCA Production cars and the like. Not many on the roads. But your car reminds me very much of the look my old '68 Datsun pick up had.. especially the front end/grill area.
I stole this pic from the web, so it wasn't the one I had, but similar.... (wrong mirrors, wheels and mine was white)
http://www.evalbum.com/img/39/039a.jpg
Can you see the resemblance?
American classics and Muscle cars are out of this world here. You have to be a millionaire in most cases to afford them. Barrett-Jackson, eBay and other places that cater to these cars havereally driven (no pun intended) theprice and collectability of them. Perhaps that's good, but it takes away almost any chance of the father and sonshade-tree mechanics taking on such a project.
I assume you Mazda has a small piston engine currently? In the '70's 'round here we were getting the early RX series of cars that offered a Wankel, a single 4bbl carb, lots 'o' power to weight ratio and not very good mileage, but it was amazing how much power developed from that little, tiny, round engine in there. And it took up almost no room, and comparatively little weightcompared to the American V8's of the time.