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hardly any 1st gens for sale for months and months and now there seems to be loads coming up for sale.....

Here's another Elford turbo project car for sale..... a bit more of a challenge this time... might be a cheap way to get hold of an Elford setup for your own car though...

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How many Elford projects have been up for sale over the past 3 years?............................. hardly any and then we get 2 in a week.

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syebba wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1975-MAZDA-92 ... 3f162e9fcd


very nice RX4 with RX7 engine.
929 dude ;) and it's not that nice. Who paints over chrome?







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TOOL wrote:
syebba wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1975-MAZDA-92 ... 3f162e9fcd


very nice RX4 with RX7 engine.
929 dude ;) and it's not that nice. Who paints over chrome?


People in the 90s, that's who!
I don't know much about pre RX7 rotaries..... what does he mean Tool ' MAZDA 929 COUPE, Basically a RX4'
surely it's one or the other isn't it?

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The 929 had a 1800 piston engine in it, all he has done here is replace the piston engine with a rotary one and call it a RX4 as they shared the same body.
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It's a converted piston version. It's a 929. Basically the same means it's NOT a rotang.

Used to be owned by a guy called Simon who did most of the work. FB running gear. Not sure how he squeezed an FB axle under the back.
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A7RXY wrote:The 929 had a 1800 piston engine in it, all he has done here is replace the piston engine with a rotary one and call it a RX4 as they shared the same body.
No, he swapped ALL the running gear. Converted the rear axle to leaves, etc.

He will have had to change quite a lot of stuff. Easy to do in NZ or Oz where you can get parts like crossmembers but I suspect this one has been bodged quite a bit.

It's near me so I might go check it out.
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Well what ever mutation it is,it's had an offer already!
Offer pending at the moment.
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TOOL wrote:
A7RXY wrote:The 929 had a 1800 piston engine in it, all he has done here is replace the piston engine with a rotary one and call it a RX4 as they shared the same body.
No, he swapped ALL the running gear. Converted the rear axle to leaves, etc.

He will have had to change quite a lot of stuff. Easy to do in NZ or Oz where you can get parts like crossmembers but I suspect this one has been bodged quite a bit.

It's near me so I might go check it out.
My Dad had a 929 back in the 70's and all I was saying was that the 929 had a piston engine and the RX4 a rotary one, and assumed he had used a 929 body, it still looks an abortion though .............
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Agreed :lol:
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