rivalrx

I bought the car from 1 pic in Idaho Craigslist. I paid the dude and he held it for me for 9 months until I saved up enough for shipping to NZ from LA. Top man. You will see in later pics that the dude put 4 new tires on for me $100 US and they are NEW white walled 13's turned inside. So keen to reverse then on my steel rims with the chrome trim and centre caps..that or choose from the 2 sets of Mazda hub caps for it.

Just read the thread! Love the old 808 RX3. Nice work

I will load more later as I don't want to peak too soon. I've not seen the car in the flesh as yet (should be checking it out this January. been living in London for the last 6 years so had this bad boy tucked in a shed waiting for me to get involved. I'd like to think I have 95% of the important bits to get it running....apart from an engine and exhaust that is....both reasonably important... Should be a cool head turner and fun project that doesn't cost the earth...yet I'm not planning to paint it at all.

Few pics landed in NZ NOS hub cap s1 RX2 NOS stone tray I aquired

Here are some more pics from the shipping company in LA. these were the first good pics I got after buying it 8 months earlier....solid.

Crack up! The blanking holes are all there on the firewall so should be easy enough to do. I have to apologise for the 'mega upload' of pics. I have a thread that not many people looked at on another forum so I'm updating it slowly but surely. Pic's speak 1000 words and all that.

some more badges for the coupe... I will keep the 618 ones on it Parts update time... I now have a set of front RX2 rotor badges These ain't my hooves... My 'new' RX3 cross member

Here is the rx2 beaver with twin reds that I got from Florida along with the coupe steering wheel. The dude happily cut it off and sent it to idaho to be brought back in the car. Result.

HAHAHA MAckas drive through. GOLD. I have all the bits to convert it no drama and as it's not a 'minter' I dont mind RHD ing it. It can be complied leaving it LHD though.

Project discussion //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41663-rivalrx-1972-mazda-618-coupe/ Here are the first of a long line of pics initially from the USA

Build thread //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41664-rivalrx-1972-mazda-618-coupe/ Right. I bought this last year or so from Idaho USA and now it is sitting in a barn in NZ...stoked. I need to have it complied therefore the following I'm having done at the same time as the rust needs fixing Rx2 rear beaver out on Both rear quarter rust patches sorted Area below the front and rear windscreen repaired for rust Steering column moved to the right hand side (yes LHD to RHD conversion) Steering box and idler arm switched Once complied it can be certed for 13b and all the other bits before being road worthy. It's spent its life in Idaho which is one of the top 3 driest states in the USA making it a perfect project. I bought it based on a few pics from craigslist so I'm stoked to land it in nz and find it's pretty solid. These were only produced in USA for 1 year making this one rare Mazda...Wikipedia says... 616/618 (USA)[edit] The 616 was a major component of Mazda's United States expansion in 1971, having been preceded by its rotary brother, the RX-2, the previous year. It featured the 1.6 L (1,586 cc) engine, which was later used in the 808. The American Capella was updated and renamed the next year. The 1972 618 had a larger 1.8 L (1,796 cc) engine. Lasting just one year, the 618 nameplate was not used again in the United States and the only Capella for 1973 was the RX-2.