Something in Common

[myatt1972]

An enhanced look with the use of a "go faster stripe"

[CHC (RIP)]

filled up at the same petrol stations or the same supplier - **ell or B*? :3gears-rh

[David Nock (RIP)]

I have to give top prize to Prof....1st home straight away with the right answer. Our\'s is in the license holder.

Then a prize to Stu for door handles (not spotted that, must be Rally Marshal friendly then?).

and a special prize to Keith for his flattering comments ..."enhanced look" eh. Yeh
Keith....like it.

Thanks for all the other replies, great fun.

Prizes? I\'ll bring my new tyre pressure gauge to a meet sometime and make sure yer\'all up to the mark.

[David Nock (RIP)]

both have 4 wheels?

Rally Car 5?.....Our car 6 in street trim (plus 3 or 4 more lurking somewhere).

[David Nock (RIP)]

Hi Brian the folowing is from Tuan Foley posting as \'Tuanage\' on page 47 of \'How Many 1st Gens\' thread.

Tuan is the son of Fintan Foley who rallies the car in Ireland, particularly in the \'Rally of the Lakes\'.

Hi i\'m new here, though i\'ve been well and truly diagnosed with rotary syndrome  

i saw on page 13 of this thread there was some discussion about the first batch of cars brought to the UK. My father owns an rx7 rally car with the reg FKJ 419V, and we\'ve been doing much detective work over the years to try find the history of the car.

We believe it was one of the press cars along with the sequences FKJ 417, 418 etc. It was owned by Mazda Motor company for the first two years, during which time TWR prepped it for group 2 rallying. It competed on the 1980 RAC, jointly entered by Mazda and National Breakdown. It competed on several other events over the early 1980s, and upgraded to for Group B competition at some stage. Later on it was taken off the stages and began a very successful career as a racing car, wining its class in the European Championship. It then competed in the UK on the circuit scene before my father spotted it at an NEC show one year, recognised it was a rally car (strengthened + raised turrets and a few more tell tales) and brought it back to Ireland and put it back into rallying guise. It was only then we began to find out the history of the car and that it was one of the VERY early UK Rxs and rallied by Mazda.

There could be more info or contact points on irishrotary dot com

I have a write up in the old RX7 club mag from 2003/2004.....I\'ll hunt it out. No tech details from memory though.

[David Nock (RIP)]

Rally Car 5?.....Our car 6 in street trim (plus 3 or 4 more lurking somewhere).

If fact Rally Car 6 as well. Can see the spare.

[syebba]

There\'s 3 or 4 rally fb\'s up 4 sale at the mo,saw them last night,not cheap though!

[syebba]

Both drivers drink Costa Coffee & eat McMuffins?

Funniest post to cliff:Giggle

[kiwimazda]

There\'s 3 or 4 rally fb\'s up 4 sale at the mo,saw them last night,not cheap though!

That\'s why I am building one. It won\'t be to the same spec but with a bit of luck it will give value smiles for pounds spent. And with mine being lhd if I up grade to works spec body kit it will look the part.

[A7RXY]

Brian you also have more room for the turbo, but can you also change the steering rack ?
  Dibs

[syebba]

That\'s why I am building one. It won\'t be to the same spec but with a bit of luck it will give value smiles for pounds spent. And with mine being lhd if I up grade to works spec body kit it will look the part.

We all know you can race a car as well as build it Brian,i\'m sure it\'ll be plenty of smiles per mile!;)

[David Nock (RIP)]

Here ya go Brian.....2 pages from 2003 Rally Article. Hope they print OK


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[Prof]

I have to give top prize to Prof....1st home straight away with the right answer. Our\'s is in the license holder.
 

Woo  Hoo :wiggle
 
Just came back from a walking holiday in the lakes to find I won :cheers

[David Nock (RIP)]

Yes, Well done Prof
It was the old RX7 club, pre computer era.

....and Happy Birthday by the way.

Dave