1974 Mazda RX4 Coupe

[SSScoupe]

Hi Folks,

After buying a nice 87 RX7 Fc in the uk last year and getting the Rotary bug, i ve recently moved to oz and decided to hunt down an RX3 or Rx4 project...

After realising that RX3\' s in oz are at a huge premium and cars and parts are ridculously expensive, i ve been on the trail for and RX4 coupe and recenlt found one locally which was once a show car with a 13b turbo, but engine has been removed, paint stripped and currently fitted with an unfinished 12a Bridgeported motor, 5 sp RX7 box and LSD.  Car is the most solid i ve ever come across for an 37 old jap car but engine is incomplete so i ve yet to discover if the freshly built motor is any good!

i pick it up tomorrow so long as sale doesn\'t fall through... can\'t wait!


I am going to some help though!  Not having owned  a 12a rotor before i need to know if any 13b and 12a parts are compatible? 12 a is from a series 1 rx7 i believe.

I am missing at present:

Dizzy
Starter
Airfilter and housing
Half of wiring loom
Exhaust from exstractors back
Windscreen wipers and frames
wingmirrors
rear window winders
rad hoses
rubber surround for boot

Car also needs interior re triming and paint.

 





Any help much appreciated!

[Marcrs]

I have an airfilter housing

drop me an email to marcrs@live.com with your details

[steve garbutt]

Lovely looking car, best of luck with it.
Keep us posted as to the progress  

[Ada7]

Looks great. Loving the old skool

Adam

[SSScoupe]

Some more pics....

[Lacey]

Every time I see one of these it makes me jealous, since I want one myself and will never afford one :rollin

Either way lovely looking RX4 in what looks like unbelievably good condition!

[jon newman]

u got it then? v nice, where are u staying in oz should be heaps of info on ausrotary.com  they are pretty helpfull.

jon

[SSScoupe]

Going to be in Perth, WA for next couple of years studying, so have brought this as side project to take my mind off all the work im getting from College!  

Car is very straight and solid with just usual rust in boot area and some in the inner wings... nothing major really.  To be honest not having a boot floor in a present should useful for access when working anyway! I won\'t be welding that till last i doubt!

First job, getting the door open on drivers side and handle working correctly! A glass out job i think! :Grrr

[turborx]

are you on perth rotary
http://www.perthrotary.com/index.php

[bumpstart]

open the passenger door and check the pillar between the hinges for a repair to a crack,,, just checking to see its its one of my old girls

[bumpstart]

PS
 heaps of spares currently up on perth rotor,, some free,, be quick

[SSScoupe]

Not on perth rotary, but cheers for the info and tip guys, i ll take a look!  I think there is a crack by the passenger door pillar..!!! Let me go have a look and i ll take a pic... if it is one of your old one\'s bumpstart, any info and history would be appreciated!  Was originally yellow from factory, then at some point a metalic green, now a primer white!

[SSScoupe]

Bumpstart: a couple of pics of the small crack you mention... look familiar>??  Although re reading your post, thats not between the hinges is it doh! More floor pan and passenger pillar !!  Just looked at passenger door by hinges but can\'t see any repair...  




Just a small paint bubble...?  There is however a small weld on the other side of that shot?

[SSScoupe]

and took the advice and posted on perth rotor too :-)

http://perthrotary.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=3509

[bumpstart]

the crack repair  in the door pillar in the last pic is in the right spot but the colours you list are not quite as i remember them

if its the car i originally suspected then it will be LA23S and the original colour is white,, though may have yellow then black in the boot only

if it s that car the undercolour will be white and whatever colour is on the white will have happened after it passed on through me circa 1998


however just by the description of the colours,,
 if they are the outside shell colours
then almost certainly the car used to come through me for fix up now and then
( though i dont recall it having the common pillar crack at the time )
and was owned during the middle 90\'s by a bloke called deryck or dex as he is known till around 1996/7 is when he sold it
it was a wishy washy emerald green  
dex now owns a home build 318 BMW with 13bt


when i last saw that rx4 it had a rare TQX 5 spd conversion which puts the shifter on a lean
( the strange TQX gearbox was intended for a tiny clutch behind a fluid flywheel and has a park position )
the car also had an old school 13b at last time i saw it