Everyone,

A die-hard rotary guy and friend of mine (47samurai) called me a few weeks back and said he was going to be in town. He claimed to have a stack of old school Mazda sales literature and asked if I was interested. Interested? Me? Duh, well of course. Now, I thought he might have one or two things, but what Kevin showed up with was absolutely amazing. Some of these I had seen before, but a couple just blew me away. Anyway, I'll be posting these up one by one over the next week or so. Chime in if you've got something similar or know the history behind some of these items!

Thanks again Kevin (47samurai) for making my day!

First off is a membership brochure for RX-7club of America. Publishers of the famous Rotary Rockets magazine. Remember those? This one was SURE to make most guys want to sign up NOW



Next up is a brochure distributed by dealers that featured Bob Bondurant. Yup, a big Mazda guy back in the day!



Anyway, more to come in the next few days. Show me what you're got!

 

Hmmm...Bob seems to have run his FB into the wall.

 

you meant SA!!!!!!!

 

Oops, yes, SA. The best kind of 1st gen.

 

That Bondurant booklet is interesting. Is it just general driving tips like "slow in, fast out", "this what an apex is" or are there some actual RX-7 specific tips?

 

Yes, mainly driving tips, however he does provide some of his RX-7 driving "impressions." Here are some additional pics of other literature I scored. Sorry for the delay, was out of town over the weekend!

 

Goldmine indeed

In for more awesomeness!!

 

soooo cool! congrats

 

Thanks guys. Yea, it was totally unexpected, which makes it even better. I'll post up all of the early RX stuff next, then finish with the SA, FB and FD literature. After I started this, I realized it would help to have some order to the way I post things.

 

More RX-3 info!

 

Friday night addition!

 

looking nice

 

Thanks Mazda1200. Here's a few more!

 

A few more to add tonight. Previous posts are my old school score. Now, on to more RX-7 items...

 

More Sunday Night RX-7 Literature LOVE!

 

All of this needs to be scanned in high quality and uploaded. Goldmine indeed.

 

Jealous

 

That options photo just answered so many questions of mine!

 

Agreed. If you have a way to scan them, I have a site/page/hosting to put them on (see signature).

 

Thanks guys. Agreed, I'll look into getting them scanned, but it may be awhile since I'm pretty swamped right now at work. If you reply telling me the ones you'd like scanned FIRST I can use that to set the firing order. Here are a few more to share. Getting down to the final few.... Some final Gen 1 items. Enjoy!

 

Last of the literature pics. No Gen 2 brochures, but here are the Gen 3 items I inherited... Thanks for watching guys!

 

Found this

 

Wow, very cool!

 

I would frame that invitation. That's pretty awesome

 

TFW the rx3/r100 book shows a crankshaft bearing cap on the cover...