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Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:46 pm
by Lucky
lol, common as muck :lol: I was going to post a pic of yours, MR TOOL, but I couldn't find one :oops:

Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:03 pm
by TOOL
Here you go gingerbeard (iPhone only)

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Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:46 pm
by RamoNZ
Nice 7 man, I much prefer the guards without the side repeaters, not sure how I am going to get rid of mine - such an ugly solution to the problem (check out UK models to see what I mean)

Nice 2 aswell! Thats a helluva labour of love, i've seen that on other forums before - hope you get time to sort it though, should be sweet when its done!

Gotta love a Herschel - my favourite colour ;)

Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:39 am
by jdmrx2
Couple more pics of the seven. Photos taken early in the piece before I polished the rims, new rubbers, badges, tail lights etc, but had done some work rejuvenating on the paint.

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South Oz style rotaflow muffler

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And just for a laugh here is a pic of my "Rotary trailer"

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Picking up a 3rd set of tail lights tomorrow as I would like to do a Series 5 style conversion on a set so that they appear standard from the outside but will illuminate with round cirles in them. Will post up some pics when done.

Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:59 am
by jdmrx2
TOOL wrote:Here you go gingerbeard (iPhone only)

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I love that coupe......I have a few pics off of the net of your car on my PC that I use as inspiration for my build Your car is what made me decide to run without rear quarter reflectors as it looks so good!!

Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:19 pm
by MelloYello
Hiya and Welcome.

I have seen your thread on Japanese Nostalgic Car. Nice to have you here.

James

Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:32 pm
by TOOL
Thanks mate. Yeah, that's Euro spec. Doesn't have reflectors in the guards front or rear. Doesn't have sealed beam headlights.
Stock as a rock as Mazda intended.
What motor are you putting in it?

Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:26 am
by jdmrx2
Once again, thanks for the welcome guys!

As for engine, I have an RX4 vintage 13B extended Bridgeport for it. Also have a modified Nikki carb. Obviously not an original build up, but at least old school. Gearbox is 12A turbo, std diff.

If the car was fairly original when I bought it, I probably would have stuck with a "proper" resto, but have gone my own path as it had been messed with prior. I have also converted the front from series 1 square headlight to series 2 dual round lights using a series 2 radiator support.

Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:26 am
by TOOL
Something like this then:

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Good choice.

Re: New member from Australia

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:45 pm
by Lucky
Good choice going to twin round headlights, too. I know it's close to heresy, but I think they looks o much better than the rectangular ones. Less....errrrm.... Peugeot :oops: