12a_323wagon Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/51586-barn-find-mazda-1200-ute/ Discuss here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Jeez, brave man tackling an ex-Stewart Island car. If it drove, use it. That was as far as road safety went, haha. There's another Mazda fiend in the Wanaka area now too who will probably pipe up soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12a_323wagon Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hahaha yea man thats pretty much it, the engine swap is a bit rough to say the least! Its not too bad as far as i can see so far, a bit of rust at the bottom of the right B pillar, a wee bit in the left door. The tail gate is too far gone to save though i think. Yea theres a dude with a couple rotarys floating around i think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmatedan Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Dam thats a find bloody cool project but looks like u got a little work to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelJFox Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Dude, that looks rad! Well done. Love these lil' cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12a_323wagon Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Yea such a rad wee ute, defiantly got a lot of work to do!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Wicked ute man, these are everywhere in thailand (must have bought the tooling from mazda) - may be a source of parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63Ragtop Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 nice find, don't fuck it up! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12a_323wagon Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Wicked ute man, these are everywhere in thailand (must have bought the tooling from mazda) - may be a source of parts Yea seam to see a lot of parts on ebay and what not from Thailand, will have to start stocking up! nice find, don't fuck it up! Hahaha nah man, This ones going to get proper restore love, not going to chop it up. Plan is just full restore and slam as much as i can with out cutting anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bistro Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 awesome find! bugger about the lapsed vin but it is a worth while vehicle to restore. I am hopeing you have plans to keep it in factory yellow!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12a_323wagon Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 awesome find! bugger about the lapsed vin but it is a worth while vehicle to restore. I am hopeing you have plans to keep it in factory yellow!!! Cheers! Yea will be worth it for sure! Ute was white standard but yes will keep it same kind of colour, have to find out what standard colours they came out in. I like the idea of a mustard/creamy kinda yellow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi808 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Someone say Mazda!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12a_323wagon Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Someone say Mazda!? Yes sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi808 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Mean. I got your utes older brother! Are you going to keep all of the Pistons or sneak a 13bpt into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi808 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Actually I think my ute is you utes younger brother haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12a_323wagon Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Mean. I got your utes older brother! Are you going to keep all of the Pistons or sneak a 13bpt into it. Sweet!! 1500? Yea going to keep all those pistons i recon, feel bad cutting it up! If i was to put a rotary in it id like to go 10a but they are pretty fucking rare too now or just go the whole hog 13bbpt. But 1200 it will be i hope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi808 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Mines a b1600 with all of the Pistons. Do you work in Wanaka? We can do slow quiet mazda cruises haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12a_323wagon Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Rad, Yea man work at Toyota. Hahaha keen as! Might not be rolling for a while though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bistro Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Cheers! Yea will be worth it for sure! Ute was white standard but yes will keep it same kind of colour, have to find out what standard colours they came out in. I like the idea of a mustard/creamy kinda yellow. Ah yes, the old commercial white haha. Glad you've got your eye on a nice factory colour, I've always had a soft spot for the pale yellow myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Sweet ute dude, look forward to following this build! theres a cool red one that gets around here still on hubcaps ect looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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