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#12
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From: Ottawa, Soviet Canuckistan
Beautiful. Absolutely stunning. I only wish it had the grey interior, but still, amazing.
#14
I'm pretty sure this would be considered a survivor car, low miles, all stock, absolutely pristine condition, this is a total collector showpiece or factory museum piece, it's gorgeous though.
#15
To prove the point, I bought my SA as a used car in Jan 1984 instead of a new
GSL-SE because I wanted a good autocrosser and the lightest model.
All those extra electronic gadgets and fuel injection are just bad memories waiting
to happen.
Give me a carb and manual windows and no sunroof please
#16
like this one. Now my car, definitely a survivor, with the scars and imprefections
all there.
This is a really nice car but to ask that kind of money, insane. Its a dealership selling
it, so you takes yer chances there. BTW, reserve will never be met is my call on this one.
#19
this is a nice looking car.
How about this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...item1c260aac18
How about this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...item1c260aac18
#20
Both of those look to be investment grade. Getting them from the original owner or their immediate family w/the window sticker and documents is THE way to go if your into collectability. Invest a few grand now and keep the thing "maintained" but in the same condition and it just may net you a couple more grand in 10-15 years. Just about as risky as your 401K anymore. Curious, the first one (the 85) did they switch the placement of the battery cabels around sometime in FB'dum or did some one put the plastic cover over the neg cable clamp instead of the positive one?
#21
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From: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Both of those look to be investment grade. Getting them from the original owner or their immediate family w/the window sticker and documents is THE way to go if your into collectability. Invest a few grand now and keep the thing "maintained" but in the same condition and it just may net you a couple more grand in 10-15 years. Just about as risky as your 401K anymore. Curious, the first one (the 85) did they switch the placement of the battery cabels around sometime in FB'dum or did some one put the plastic cover over the neg cable clamp instead of the positive one?
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this is a nice looking car.
How about this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...item1c260aac18
How about this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...item1c260aac18
actually the good story is this one time in 1998 or so, this guy drives a nice blue 83 in, and says my wife won't let me buy her a new car, can we fix this to look like its new?
so we ordered ALL of the outer trim, moldings, lenses, weatherstrips, badges, etc etc, and sent it to the paint shop, and 11k later, it looked like it just rolled out of the factory.
so U2 blue FTW
#23
that car is awsome i would love to have that. it so cool to see the interior is still red and not pink lol. but with it having been drivin so little what are the chances the seals in the motor arent dried up?
#24
Really? SA's have the positive cable to the front of the vehicle and protected with the cover. The negetive cable is attached to the rear most post. I'm not sure you could even stretch the negitive cable far enough to reach the front if you turned the battery 180 degrees. Maybe, if you unsecured it from the fender and took all the slack out of it. Just a detail that stuck out to me. I would not kick it out of my garage over it! An example of a correct, stock SA engine bay.