well what about putting a rotary in a mazda truck? like a old ford courior, or a older b series truck like in the late 70s or early 80S??? can it be done???

 

Mazda made a rotary truck from 74-77. They are similar to a curier. Same cab different interior, dash, fenders, box, grill etc. much cooler than a curier. Check out www.mazdarepu.com there is a lot of pics and info there. there are several of us on here that own REPU's and drive them daily.

CJG

 

yea i know all about them repu's, but....... its IMPOSSIABLE to find a true repu here in north carolina.... i dont think there is any at all what so ever...ive got some good engines, and i was wanting a project to do this summer....ill have a better luck findind a old ford or mazda truck than a repu.... thanx

 

Theres a guy on this forum tring to sell his REPU it has no engine or tranny..no big deal..

Anyways im just passing the word for him so contact him for info on the truck ..

Hes in Texas..

AIM name is knight1976rx7

 

The conversion can be done.. You will just need to make mounts and transfer all the cooling system Junk.. The courier also has a narrower frame.

 

i have a 79 ford courior i was wanting to put a 13 b in it
could i use the same trans
and how much might it cost

 

To see a clean looking RotaryEnginePickUp look below at mine

BTW they're always rusty. Mine was no exception. 12 gallons of Metal Ready deruster and 12 wire wheels for the grinder. 2 cases of rubberized undercoating.

 

I found mine in Richmond Virginia. More rust than any west coast repu has ever seen I can assure you. There is a pair for sale in Arkansas right now. If you want to travel some.

Hey Brad did you change the color some of your truck there? Looks like flourescent green almost now. Me like.

 

well, if you cant find them near you check into getting them shipped. i looked at getting some cars shipped, from oklahoma area to Los Angeles was around 600.

 

Factory Lawn Green color. Matched to the paint behind the bench seat. The CD didn't come out the right color. My paint is closer to the green on the tailgate. Thanks for kudos!

 

look at this one

 

Chris's blue repu from checkpoint motors was a front runner in the San Francisco Open Street Prepared Class. Against a Viper!

 

here are some pics of my REPU.

http://s4.invisionfree.com/RotaryBlv...?showtopic=854

 

DriveFast7

I have been waching you re-build your REPU and it looks SO SWEET.

 

That's not a REPU, Dan. It's a rotary powered B-series pickup. I never once called my friend's 13B powered B2000 a REPU, and neither did he (it's the red one he was selling). Of course we had genuine REPUs, so it's pretty easy to see the difference.

Hey Dan, are you going to bring your truck tomorrow?

 

Well Yes I will be bringing MY VERSION of the REPU tomorrow :']

DAn

 

really? You can make a repu handle that good?!!! Is he going to bring it down for sevenstock? I would love to see this one in person and talk with the owner.

 

It was a TON of work but well worth it. I stripped the undercarriage and body down to bare metal. Undercarriage got 2 coats primer, 2 coats epoxy black paint, 2 coats of rubberized undercoating. Including springs and rear.

Took 18 months of dedicated weekends to get it stripped, derusted, and painted plus countless misc. other things (interior, exhaust, make mechanically sound) then another 4 months at a more relaxed pace to tune and touch up here and there.

She's a beaut but I'll never buy a rusty car in need of complete restoration!

Brad

 

Yea leave that task to us crazies.
I agree that your truck looks real nice man, job well done.

 

fd3boost, do you have some larger pics of that repu in your sig, it looks sweet! I would like to see more of it.

 

It's not my truck. Mine is under going a complete overhaul.
But here is a picture. It is a yellow truck same as mine thats why i like the pic.
I did some photoshop as you might notice for the avatar version.

 

They look good in yellow!

 

I think so to. I had planned on doing mine up in some metallic yellow. Something similar to cym or maybe cym iself. The stock yellow that they came in is similar to the current RX8 yellow. The 74 color was called "flare yellow" Its nice but i prefer metallic.

 

theres my repu... a shame it doesn't run still oh and that pic is without the motor in it... the front end usually sits about 2 inches lower... its got a cool low in the front slightly higher in the back look... about the blue repu with the TII engine... whats the point of that top mount intercooler if they got no scoop? i'm sure its fast and all, but hell even with a scoop the stock TMIC was only good for bout 12 psi... i'd hate to see what its good for with no cool air to help it out...

 

What would you guys pay for a repu? Its got a straight body from what I could see. It has a camper shell on it at the moment. Unfortunately the guy took the rotor emblem off of the grill and replaced it with some flag emblem or something. He's asking 1000. I may try to get a few pics of it.