yetchh

Sorry.. pre 80's..

Where do they get their old cars? If they even have older cars.. I went to a few PaP's in melbs and older cars were hard to come by.. by old I mean pre 70's

haha yeah, I regret selling my mint blue EB1 honda civic.. i'm 6'5 and it was easier to get in and out of than my zephyr..

4x120 I think, only a couple of other cars share it.. some early Hondas and some euro cars(peugeot?)

yeah, apparently tho the japs loved them, prob is that americans had a taste for autos and Rx5+rotary+auto=slow... that make two cars I now own that flopped.. shame about your other two, I still think they're hard to sell now but in saying that I just got 600 for one with a dead reg so maybe things are on the up.. Cheers bro, as a matter of fact I have a pair of nos surrounds direct from japan, but they are def for keeps although I'm thinking about maybe taking a mould for them so I don't have to use them

Crushed? bugger, that may have happened to my silver one if I didn't sell it, stripped of course.. how long ago did you crush them? The red rx5 looks pretty sick, I can't understand why people don't like them, the driving positions awesome, they handle better than pretty much all of the previous mazdas, they do look top heavy with standard rims on tho. As for the stud pattern, it does tend to make new alloys out of reach but steel wheels can have stud patterns changed pretty easy, I've even had my minilites slotted to fit and then slotted back to standard (dunno if that's possible anymore).. who knows..

good shit..

Cheers bro, hopefully this one won't be a long one, then I can start my wagon.. good to know about parts, any specific 121 parts?

Nah, the original put a leg out of bed after 8k redlining. That motor is from some parts that we picked up(I'll keep it for a spare block just in case), the auto out of the silver 121 I just sold. This car originally came with and rx5 5 speed which is going back in along with a genuine rx5 diff, not sure if its lsd or not, never checked.. She looks awesome from 5 or so meters hahaha, from half a meter you can start to see "issues" but I dont think I'll worry about paint for a few years or till it really starts to look shit, which ever comes first..

Gave it a clean, it amazes me how your brain forgets the little thing over the years.. removing the dust revealed a 6/10 paint job, lots of little nicks, stone chips and a couple of pressure dings etc, still looks good but the fine tooth comb is more revealing.. some pics black interior, center console is def different from 78 model

cheers.. yeah its pretty sweet, the only one I've ever seen with black interior. Not sure if its classed as a series one as def has some small differences from the latter years, gonna give it a clean today and maybe go pick up the engine/box and diff.. build thread.. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/33436-1976-mazda-121-mat-resurection/&

zipped...

Ok, time to start another project thread.. just drove my 121 back from storage with the plan to revert it to its former glory which, wont really take tooo much, fingers crossed.. Discuss.. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/33439-yetchh-121/& Former glory (circa 1999) present day, back in the garage after a 10 year hiatus.. felt very dodgy driving with one headlight and lapsed reg and some crazy grinding noise from the rear.. anyway, pics Temporary storage.. Back home.. 12 years worth of dust.. what it had was a turbocharged 2.0 Ma, rx5 5 speed.. standard had about 80hp, not sure what it had after we turbo'd it but it was lethal. So that engine has also been in storage and looks a little worse for wear externally but has only done about 2000ks after a rebuild (leg out of bed) so should be ok.. the whole lot (including the silver 121 on trademe) was gonna be sold, blue one put back to standard with auto but no buyer could be found for the price so into storage it went.. until now..

I concur..

shit bro, you dont waste any time, the 51's shadows hardly dimmed in the storage unit and your already painting the firewall.. if I shut my eyes I can still see it there..

always a problem with older motors.. there is always a 4cyl diesel

How hard is to rebuild the 23? Even to pull it apart and check..

man.. there's Oldschooler's everywhere

you could also ring Solly's, thats the local GB freight company, see their trucks down here a bit so must do chch deliverys.. for the cost of a trailer the time and the gas it might be more economical..

def keep it fatory.. whatever it came with

It'll be some very slow progress bro, dunno about 1st as I have at least 2 years of sorting three other cars first haha.. the busy life of a classic fanatic this photo is of a mates 100% original in oz, its what it should look like

cheers fellaz, every month or so I kick myself for buying such a heap of shit thinking why would I bring this on myself, but buying one of these cars wof'd and reg'd doesn't always mean the rust isn't present, these things rust like its going out of fashion, even my gold wagon has these issues, drivers side nearly as bad as the landau but from the outside it looks totally mint, I'll start another thread with that one at some stage as well.. as stated it will be pretty much a new car when I finish, but since they only made 1300 of them and they have all the GT running gear bar the 4v 351c, I think ultimately it will be worth it..

Hah, not a beater but am keen and still thinking WTF was I thinking, plus, they're kind of easy once you get in there and pull them apart.. just a few spot welds.

that would be awesome, cheers

Thats what I need to know, you have any contact details by any chance do ya?.. yeah back in "paradise", 3 quakes later...