Mrs WLDRX2's Mazda B1600

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So June last year, on another ute pick up mission, Becky spotted a wee b1600 sitting sad and unloved in the back yard of a Timaru workshop.

It looked solid enough with only a small amount of rust in the wiper panel, but the floor of the wellside was long gone, but the rego was on hold, and was in overall tidy condition.

Where it was sitting for 10 years

 

 

 

 

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Beckys plan was/is to just tidy it up fix the rust, get a wof and enjoy.

I um got a wee bit side tracked as I do, and dropped it off to a mate to do the "small" repairs needed for a wof.

but without Becky there we got a bit excited .

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The rust was removed from around the wiper panel, and as expected, there was far more than you could see.

Then with the rear glass out a small amount of rust was starting in the frame, so that was fixed, a previous impact on the front edge of the bonnet needed looking at and then and then and then, you get it.

Beckys planed small tidy up has hit a bump (me) and has snowballed . woops. 

But in good news, the wellside will have a new floor and the ute will be ten times tidier than before, and that sweet racing stripe will be gone.

 

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just about time for paint

 

 

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Bye bye racing strip, rust and dents.

 

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So, a nice quite afternoon putting things back together.

A lot more low and it should be sweet, wof first though.

 

 

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Becky thinks it looks better with the tonneau cover, I think it looks better without .

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So, some over fortnight parts from Japan.

Turned old crappy to new shiney.

It's so nice having a Mazda that you can order new parts for, and not have to sell your soul for.

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Got the guard indicator lenses as well.

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whoo hooo.

1 wof = 1 happy wife.

 

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So, 10 months on from the first wof, we have loved using the wee ute, a couple of things have been changed.

We got the windows tinted, it's a very small cab and gets bloody hot, and most importantly the height has been changed, not low enough for me, but Rebekah loves to remind me it's her ute, not mine.

She now has the bug, and in the next month or so we will be getting the interior sorted.

 

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It is so amazing what a big difference such a small thing can make to a car.

new rubbers make it a different beast 

 

Also, still stoked to have a Mazda that you can get new parts for.

 

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We never got onto the interior, got a bit side tracked with my mazda. 

But after hunting off and on for some other wheels, a mate spotted these on facebook.

Stoked with the fitment, and best of all, Rebekah agrees with me that it needs more low, so I've been given the go ahead to go down another inch and a half. 

After a morning at the hotrod breakfast, she now wants a small front chin spoiler/air dam.