1984 silver series 3

[ian65]

it does look nice that tornado silver. that's the mazda museum 12a turbo in the pic isn't it?
if you get your fb as nice as that one it'll look great. i think they had a maroon interior?

that one in the Mazda museum has got the black interior...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceYZdmAX7D4

[codge]

Hmm.....Sunbeam Silver K3 or Morris Minor Rose Taupe? Hard Choice there.

Red Coachline will look great on K3....

[mark7p]

Ian,

Have just read this, what a story, and to get it for free, plus the parts, I really do wish you all the best, with getting her back on the road, will contimue to follow the story, pity he did not have another spare moon roof to sell.

Mark7P

[BO0557]

Going all the way on it you MUST go that dark graphite color it looks the goods!!!

[ian65]

stripped the engine bay now for paint and have taken the opportunity to pull the manual steering box so that I can replace it with my power steering setup....



here are comparison photos of both the manual and PAS steering boxes and columns.... the PAS column is 2 piece which makes it ideal for FC subframe swaps...





because I need the speed sensor to provide the signal to the PAS ECU, I've put my turbo clocks into this car as well... which also gives me the factory boost gauge to go with my turbo installation...



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[RamoNZ]

Is it just me, or does Ian have the most fantastic grass!?

Can I ask what um.. grass seed you use?

p.s - welcome (almost) to the world of the power steered turbo

[ian65]

i've almost decided to respray this car in it's original sunbeam silver... but.... tornado is nice isn't it?! I could do with seeing that colour on a car in the flesh before I make a final decison... do Mazda make any current models in tornado silver?

[ian65]

engine bay now ready for top coat....
I've cleaned it all back, re-seam sealed some of the joints where the original sealer had shrunk back and given it all a coat of etch primer and then grey primer...





















front inner wings done...



just need to get the colour on it then I can start building it back up.

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[ian65]

got some colour on tonight....

















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[RamoNZ]

Looking cracking Ian!

You reserving judgement on the colour then? Nothing wrong with the Silver of course, but that Tornado Silver just looks fantastic and would certainly make you unique (as if the FB wasn't unique enough...!)

Either way this is one lovely motor