Well I put my family day to good use, and expanded my family of Mazdas. After about 10 hours of driving, some hard work to dig it out of the ground and get it out of the bush, it's now at home tucked away. You may be wondering by now what it is. I'm not sure of the year, I'll have to decode the VIN # (if possible), but it's a Mazda R100 Rotary Coupe! Complete with the original 10A twin distributor rotary engine. It's in pretty rough shape and will need ALOT of work......but I think I'll be up to the task. It looks alot worse than what it really is. It will need extensive exterior sheet metal work, some floor pan repair, and spare tire well. Otherwise it seems pretty solid. Anyway that's it for now. Sorry there are no pics but I'm dead tired and I forgot my camera today. I'll get some pics tomorrow night and post them up. Wish me luck!

 

dam you need pics or ban

 

Is that the little red one that the guy had on Kijiji with a bunch of other rare old cars?

 

Sure is. That guy has quite the stock pile of cars there. Anything and everything you can dream of.

 

Awesome dude good luck with that, I expect to see a restore thread!

 

Eventually, yes I do want to restore it. At the moment though I really don't have the resourses to do so. I need to get myself a nice shop of my own where I can keep it and work on it. Also my Rx-4 is doing a good job of draining my budget so for now the focus will still be on it. One project at a time....

 

*jealous*

 

Very nice. In a few years there might be a decent number of old rotaries around. And Buggy, I'll be in your area Canada day weekend to Dive in Tobemory so we'll have to go for a beer!

 

oh my goodness!! no wayy!! get those pics up asap!! detailed pics!! exterior, interior...and every angle!! man...I am sooo jealous!!!!

Good luck with the car! and hope you'll be able to fix it up to new!

 

Sounds good, I'm already looking forward to it. By then my Rx-4 will be out and about. We should cruise the Bruce Penninsula in the old school rotaries. It would be a blast. There are some great roads in that area, which is why we do the Bruce County cruise.

I took a bunch of pics of the car tonight. I'll post them tomorrow when I have more time. I got some key parts I was waiting for today for the Rx-4 so I spent the night working on it.

 

Here are the pics I promised of the R100. It's gonna need ALOT of love....

 

 

Last of the pics. I threw in some teaser shots of my Rx-4. It's comming together....

 

 

Wow the RX-4 is looking real good Bryon, Nice find with the R100 too!

If you want to add a real rare Mazda R360 to your collection or an NSU Ro80, let me know

 

I think I'm good for now. The projects I have now should keep me out of trouble for the next few years..... the NSU ro80 would be pretty kick *** though......

Thanks for the comment on the Rx-4. I'm getting really excited to get it on the road. By the way, if you know any good sources for parts for that R100 let me know. I'm gonna need a bunch.

 

Nice find on the R100. And nice looking RX4 ya got going there.
What year is the 4? I know it's '76 or newer.

 

It's a '76 but I've given it some custom touches to clean it up a bit. Got rid of all the ugly trim and stuff on the bumpers, just little things like that.

 

Quick question for you guys.....does anyone have any experience trying to put a car like this in their name. I'm told it's possible but no one seems to know exactly how. I don't have the ownership. The guy I bought it from didn't have it either, wasn't given one when he bought it. I'm thinking I'll have to find out from the MTO who the vehicle is currently registered to, try and contact that person, and get some kind of written consent to hand the car over to me. Hopefully the person isn't dead by now...... Any ideas?

 

http://stores.shop.ebay.com.au/MAZDA...__W0QQ_armrsZ1

these guys will likely have some stuff ...I've bought from them . Pricey , but reliable

 

Nice, thanks for the tip. They've got alot of stuff I need. Might have to grab one of their rubber seal kits for the Rx-4 as well.

 

What are your plans for the R100 I have a few as well as a stash of parts for them. I might be able to help you with some of the stuff you need.

 

That would be awesome if you could. For right now I'm just gonna hold on to it. I realize there is going to be a huge cash investment to get it back on the road so it will be a project later in life. I'm not sure exactly what my plans are as of yet. I would like to totally restore it back to stock if possible, but that would be even more expensive and an even larger project. First things first though, get it stripped and see what I have for sure. If and when I need parts I'll be sure to contact you.

 

o man you lucky bugger this is stuff dreams aremade of !

 

oooooh that looks rough, too much for me to take on. But a bodyman could certainly see the light, not my talent though.