Rare RX-4 Coupe saved .

[clive]

I am pleased to say that Lisa and myself are now the proud owners of a super rare RX-4 Coupe after wanting one of these from when they were new.

Whilst working in a Mazda garage as a 15 year old boy l used to sit in these and think "Wow it\'s like an aeroplane" this is because of the way the Dashboard wraps around and the overhead console in the roof.

It\'s been strange for me to now discover in the sales brochure that came with the car that Mazda themselves describe it as having,

"The form and function of an aircraft cockpit radiate from the pilots position in carefully planned orchestration"  

I am pleased to say the car is 100% complete with a non ripped interior and is pretty rust free top and bottom after being stored for some 20 years in dry storage, with just 32,000 miles and one Mazda dealer owner, who owned 5 dealerships and was 70 years old when he brought it  and it even still has the plastic on the rear seats and side panels.

When it was put into storage they filled the engine completely so it filled the rotor housing\'s with a special storage oil from Mazda so l am hoping that we will have an engine that will fire up and be O/K even after all these years !

Whilst not totally pristine it should be good enough to bring to JAE providing we get it running and an MOT where l believe people who are Rotary fans and have never seen one of these will be staggered at the way Mazda really wanted to let the world know that this IS a Rotary powered car by the rotors etc dotted around the car just like they have with the RX-8

As far as we know there is not at at the moment an RX-4 on the road in the UK and or maybe Europe so this is a great find for not only myself but also MRC

Thanks go to Carl for coming with me to collect it and the loan of his car and trailer to get it home from Bristol.

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[MikeLMR]

woohoo very nice \'barn find\' there Clive

I look forward to seeing it  :cool

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Didn\'t come up too bad after it\'s first wash in 20 years !

[SCOOMER]

That looks Very Nice!!!!!!

How on earth did you find that?

Scott

[flectron]

Originally posted by clive
Rare RX-4 Coupe saved .

saved from what?? flectron?

what can i say prez? she\'s a beauty!:cool :cool
i covet.

Gord

[clive]

Rotors are everywhere !

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[clive]

Originally posted by flectron
saved from what?? flectron?

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Gord

The man who was kind enough to sell it to us put an R100 in the bin 5 years ago so thats why l say "saved"

Far to many times cars like this have gone to the scrapper due to people wanting room etc , but we got this one:)

[flectron]

Originally posted by clive
The man who was kind enough to sell it to us put an R100 in the bin 5 years ago ...

omg. crushing.

[travellinbob]

WOW, oh my goddness!!!:eek:  That is awesome. I cant tell you how jealous I am. That is such an awesome find. Very impressed. How did I know that Mr Hayward would have been involved in this somewhere:D  He is the original Mr old skool.
  But PLEASE dont post anymore stories about R100\'s being scrapped. Put me right off me tea and will probably have to see a counciler.
  cheers, and all the luck in the world with it.
                     michael.