rxsumo Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Here our '3 Coupe. We have done a ground up on the car, and we were lucky that the base car had its original numbers matching 10A and 4 speed. Its done ok for itself on the show scene, highlight being Best RX3 at the '04 Nationals. Not bad for a stocker...eh Future work..... Have the exhaust painted, replace the oil cooler hoses with the NOS ones I have in the store Get around to fitting the 8 Track Player (then I might get a FM Radio ) Tidyup the front crossmember and paint the sump Get the rear tail panel sorted, replace the missing number plate bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxsumo Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 Okay...heres some more pikkies These are really old ones from just before coming home from the restoration shop The tail-lights The front before the bumper went on (and the grille got repainted into its correct colours) Heres some early bragging pikkies (although the underside hadnt been cleaned before the photos) And proof that it does come out of the shed occassionally, at the annual Lake Ferry day Dec 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisRx4 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 beautiful car, thats insane that one that standard is still around POST IN THE DISCUSSION THREAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxsumo Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 Its been a while since we have done anything but drive and do routine service on the '3 However we have just found a source for under bonnet decals, so the boonet now looks like it should. Bonnet Even had the original OK quality control stickers And a "dealer" sticker.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxsumo Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share Posted October 23, 2010 Birthday time for the RX3 We ended up in Japan for a couple of days, while heading to Europe for a mates Wedding, so I brought some genuine Watanabe wheel bolts for the wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxsumo Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Well after 15 years or so of ownership , I've decided to trade the RX3 in, but all is not lost, there still is a RX3 in the garage. The new car is a 1972 RX3 Coupe, that has been around the MREC for many years, and has a heap of different motor and box combos from a 13B J-Port to a 13B Turbo, and now a 10a PP. The car has a heap of Mazda factory parts, including a 4 speed close ratio box, 4.9 LSD, factory fast steeering box, and all the fibreglass bits to build a Group 2 lookalike, with both types of front and rear spoilers When I was in Tokyo, I managed to score a set of the correct fender flares for the early body shell. The intention is to build it into a replica of the 1970's Mazda Japanese racers like this At the moment, I've just finished putting all the race driveline bits back in the car (the previous owner has started to turn the car back into something more road oriented), the next exercise will be to sort out the centre console which was missing when I got the car, and the centre dash wiring. Hopefully it will be ready for its first outing at round 1 on the Intermarque series. Once I find the money tree again, I want to get some moulds taken off the new fender flares, and get them installed on the car.....guard cutting time...especially on the rear, then to import some 9 or 10 inch wide Watanabes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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