RX_007's Kiwi new 121 !!!

[RX_007]

Kia ora guys ...

Me name is Pat I'm originally from Thailand but has been in NZ but a long long while now.

About me cars I have always been a Mazda fan my first car is a 1990 Mazda Familia GT I had a little accident involving power pole and phone box so after that incident I bought myself SA22C !! yes boys and girls me first Rotary it wasnt in the best cond but got to start somewhere right ?

Since then I moved on to a few FD3S's(one of them dubbed "RX 007" hence the user name-some of you may have seen this ??) and now this ....

1978 Mazda 121 with a 2 litre Piston .. hmmm not an RX5 but oh well

141,xxx kms Most of its is still orginal even the windscreen with the aerial that goes right thru the middle

Anyway Here it is I called it " The poo brown " !!! Actually My wife came up with the name and I'm sticking with it

As you can see she's a minter ... I have got a a few plans for it but not too radical maybe giving it a rotary treatments ??

I would rather keep the original interior too even though my wife does not like it haha .. it's so retro and ugly yet its cool !!!

I want to dump it too so once I dump it I will put some more pics up.

Anyway let me know what u guys think about my poo brown !

I am open any suggestions but doesnt mean that I am goin to do it

[RX_007]

Geez thanks for all your comments you guys are really enthusiastic here .. haha then again you probably got a life

Anyway ...

Front end before ....

So .. I have decided to take these ugly rubber protectors off

and snapped one bolt along the way .. mind you this is 31 years old bolt

and 31 years old worth of dirt build up ....

brushing me grill !!!

headlight surrounds before .. darker shade of grey and

and after .. brigther silver

and after all the work .... priceless haha .. I couldnt get the grill shinier especially up the top and pity about those rust spots underneath the headlight

That's it for now kids ...

[fuel]

If you aren't aware, we have the project build and discussion threads separate so the build thread isn't clogged up with comments from people and you aren't having to spend ages scrolling through pages and pages for updates.

Your discussion thread is here, already two pages worth - viewtopic.php?f=18&t=21346

[RX_007]

Oops didnt know that there is such a thing as build discussion topic haha my bad

Well I thought I show you guys some imprefections and some randoms

Engine bay .. She's a stocker alright .. well apart from the oil cap and minus the rubber hose that goes on top of the manifold to the air filter but i dont need it anyway since it will be always in the garage so no icing up carbie

Engine shot from the other side ! Note the newly painted airfilter cover ...

I have decided to change the wheel nuts and I was dead set on ones the similar color to the car which I've found .. they are extra extra long bozo style ... My Mrs. thinks they are ugly .. what do you guys reckon ?? Well I like them anyway plus I was having a hard time taking some of the nuts off in fact nearly snapped them so just as well I changed them

the crack right the middle of the dashboard

and the back parcel tray .. any suggestions of what I should do here carpet , vinyl , cf ??? etc ???

some faded paint .. not sure if you can see it but this is one of the worst panel

over the years there were some fuel leaks due to old fuel cap I have now sort this out but obviously the old owner could not care less if you look carefully you might be able to see the fuel trails .. u know what I mean ?

and one of the worst (visible) rust spots

The manuals I got with the car !!! Original too

some specs ....

and some more .. might be useful for somebody ??

This is the best bit ever ... It's from the casette manual

HAHA attractive alright !!!