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Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: BlitzBoy on July 10, 2008, 01:51:31 PM

Check this thing out, 13A front wheel drive Longitudal mounted power train

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=765519

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: Martiny on July 10, 2008, 02:36:28 PM

Well, its an R-130 and not an RX87 as per the title.

Still a stuuning , rare car, though !

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: BlitzBoy on July 10, 2008, 02:43:02 PM

ahh the RX87 was the prototype that the R-130 was based on got ya, I still like the "87" badge he has got on the car look sweeet

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: Paul-Tll on July 10, 2008, 11:13:59 PM

looks like a Triumph Pi2000 or Stag (Front end) with a bit of vauxhal viva at the back? nice car though!
Paul..

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: Nik da Greek on July 10, 2008, 11:16:51 PM

Good grief, that is just fugly! Looks like its been used in animal testing. No wonder they didn\'t sell many!

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: Rot8r on July 11, 2008, 07:23:50 AM

Quote from: Martiny;515650Well, its an R-130 and not an RX87 as per the title.

Still a stuuning , rare car, though !

Thanks for your positive comments, Mazda only designate R or RX to prototype or Export Mazda\'s rotaries. The RX87 was going to be called the R130 on the export market however they never did export any so there is no such thing as an R130.

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: clive on July 11, 2008, 09:00:30 AM

Don\'t know if anyone has any info on this one but a Mazda Europe guy once asked me if we had any Rotary 323\'s in the club,

Turned out he was joking as he didn\'t expect there to be, however he did go on to tell me that he had found with the aid of his Mazda computer he found that in 1990 Mazda made and tried out 150 323\'s on the JDM market

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: BlitzBoy on July 11, 2008, 09:44:09 AM

ahh so its a RX87, personally I like the looks, very 60s Italian design reminds me of the old Lancias

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: Ada7 on July 11, 2008, 09:46:25 AM

I kinda like it. Is a bit different :)
The rx87 badge would be good for a rx8 fronted 7 too :D

Adam

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: Rot8r on July 11, 2008, 10:38:14 PM

The luce rotary coupe was the only production rotary mazda in Japan to be badged with RX.

In Japan they had their own names for rotary cars.

Gen 1 Familia=R100 (68-73)
Gen 1 Luce= RX87
Gen 1 Capella =RX-2 (70-78)
Gen1 Savanna =RX-3 (71-77)
Gen2 Luce =RX-4 (72-76)
Gen2 Cosmo =RX-5 (75-80)
Gen2 Savanna =RX-7 (78-84)
Gen3 Savanna =RX-7 (85-92)

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: Martiny on July 12, 2008, 07:19:17 AM

Ok, so Its a gen 1 Luce, its still not and RX87---- :-)

Title: Now this is what you call old Skool - Luce Rotary Coupe RX87
Post by: Rot8r on August 09, 2008, 10:51:50 AM

Quote from: Martiny;516176Ok, so Its a gen 1 Luce, its still not and RX87---- :-)

(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4653/avataruz1.jpg)

Thats what the badges say

Title: Video\'s 13A Rotary Engine
Post by: Rot8r on November 23, 2008, 02:32:56 AM

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=GfkLUMJk44M

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=LzX_X5AZ5dw

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=ngSoLlhYB9o

Mazda Rotary Club

Cars by Model Type => Old school Mazda's => Topic started by: BlitzBoy on July 10, 2008, 01:51:31 PM