RX2 of the week

[Casey]

Looks stunning 

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Tomorrow we enter Week 12. This time we have another Japanese Capella Rotary Coupé, but in a more compact format (1/24).

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Week 13 brings us back to the U.S. to a pale yellow 1971 coupé.

[Jamie R]

Week 13 brings us back to the U.S. to a pale yellow 1971 coupé.

That's a lovely colour, suits the era


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That's a lovely colour, suits the era

Absolutely! Saturn Yellow, paint code YC, I guess, judging from the colour chart Clive posted above.

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For week 14 – a blue metallic US-spec 1971 coupé. A very nice job. The positioning the wing and c-post badges is a bit creative, though. Need an example to follow, see last week's saturn yellow car.

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For week 15 we have a bunch of left-over bits and bobs. Various 1971-models in various states of (dis)repair. Enjoy!

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Week 16... Well, it just has to be a 616 week, doesn't it? My dad's green 71 can start it off. The RE(!)-registered white car has a bit of a sinister history. It was a rental car involved in a Mossad hit gone wrong in Lillehammer!

[Casey]

 

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Week 17. We head back to 20 August 1971 for these pics of a rally rigged coupé. Working on finding out who the driver is. Adding a shot of a brand new Rx2 interior. © Frits Solvang, Dextra photo (Creative Commons License)

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Last week's rally driver is a young Tore H. Bratlie, who enjoyed quite a bit of success driving Simcas later in the 1970s. He also raced NSUs.
Inspired by his rally-rigged Rx2, for week 18 we return to some more pics of Serge Garosi's historic rally car:

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Bathurst 1971 – back when they fitted proper wheels on their cars down under. 

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For week 20 it's time to start looking at Norwegian Rx2s. There are 12-14 cars in the country, most of them coupés, some on the road, some in storage or under restoration. This car was one out of no less than three orange 1971 coupés that changed hands last year. The ad came up the week after I bought mine. This car has been restored very nicely and has, like mine, been converted to the series 2 grille and headlamps. The new owner is looking for a complete original drivers seat (that is LHD, of course), any condition as long as its repairable. If you know of one, I can put you in touch.

[Casey]

That is gorgeous - in superb looking condition 

[Jamie R]

Yup 100% agree


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