Used the Gran Turismo game soundtrack for these vids. Think this one is called "Gurney's Eagle".

...and much better looking! 👍

Yes, it's good music! 👍

Thank you for your advice, I will bring it on to the owner. The Berlin license plates are just for decoration. This is one of the very first cars that were imported to Norway. And keep up the good work on your restoration jobs!

See! Now we're talking! :^)

@@xntrcshft Maybe you need to have seen one in the flesh to appreciate them...??

@@piccalillipit9211 I think you have a point there, yes. A few things look a bit odd on photos, but look perfectly adequate in real life. Take the steering wheel for example.

Hmmm. We were trying to keep a positive tone here...

When they were in production, owners would greet others by holding up their hands showing so many fingers to indicate how many replacement engines their car had received.

@@chrisst8922 More precisely: After 1970, each finger signified one time the owner had drained the car of oil to provoke an engine seizure a few hundred miles before the warranty expired. NSU received thousands of seized engines, coincidentally with mileage just under the warranty limit and topped up with fresh engine oil. The initial problems seen on early engines was solved, but the generous warranty meant customers preferred using that warranty from running their cars without one. In the short term a handy way to get a new engine, in the long term an efficient way to bankrupt a small, creative auto manufacturer. ;^)

Yes, that bronze colour was stunning, too. These cars really benefit from metallic paintwork.

Sorry, mate, you got that wrong.

i don't see much a problem with it, looks fine to me

Let's just agree that it is quirky, unusual, and an acquired taste. 😇 We like avoiding negative comments.

It is extremely beautiful!

@@xntrcshft ok so why dosnt it sell for over 100,000 dollars like rotary mazdas do? its simply not attractive in its styling, it has no character, it dosnt look tuff or cheeky, its bland. it has no racing history like rotary mazdas do, nobody relates to them, as the car they got "hooked" on rotaries on a first ride, its nothing.Rotaries are known for anoying the normies, being fast obnoxious and loud, nsu ro80 is none of that. nsu rotaries are not as collectable as mazda rotaries, they just dont cut it. i know nsu was the first , i know all about rotary history, but it was mazda who perfected them.

Hehe, mener å huske et lignende forsøk med 616 med 1586cc ga omtrent samme toppfart. Med tanke på at 1800'n ble lansert på 60-tallet var den vel ikke så fryktelig slapp? Rx4 ble ikke importert til Norge, så denne bilen er opprinnelig svensksolgt. 929 coupé begynner endelig å bli ettertraktet den også. Wankel-Mazda er absolutt en opplevelse. Spesielt de utemmede variantene fra 70-tallet.

Right on! 👍

It's the silent express. Need to mike up the exhaust for the full effect. See my latest upload if you want more sound. ;^)

Yep, it's music 🎼♫ 🙂

Skal bli enda bedre med ny Nikki! 👍

That is a US-spec Rx-3 automatic with the late model big ridiculous US bumpers.

Good question! Give me a few days & I'll find out.

I said "good question" and it was! Those wheels come from a guy in Belgium, who ordered a test batch from China. So they're pretty rare.

@@xntrcshftHa. Yeah they’re an odd stud pattern shared with Porsche I think, but Porsche offsets are all wrong for it. So essentially there is nothing out there for them apart from the stock wheels.

Thanks! Hopefully, this season will be all about out and about. 🏁😎

Det umulige tar bare litt lenger tid. 🇯🇵

The Mazda Roadpacer is an Australian Holden body with a 13B rotary engine and Mazda gearbox. Plus a lot of luxury extras, such as a refrigerator in the trunk. So it is not related to the Luce or other Mazda cars.

Yours is no less stunning. Great colour, too! 👍

I got mine from PacPerformance in Australia. They are 1,5" lower and about 40% stiffer the originals with those dampers. Apparently, you can have other specifications made, too.

Tks

Hi there, Always difficult to do from a distance, but there are a couple of good manuals out there on the internet as pdf files. They are both better than the Haynes manual. If you can't find them, let me know and I'll have a look for you. 👍

Here you go, try this: foxed.ca/rx7manual/manuals/RX-2%20FSM,%20Small.pdf

Tks

Where can i get the front break discs?

@@manuelbonalsilva7919 Pac have overdim ones. You could try phils rotaries for original spec ones. He has a store on ebay. Discs are the same as on the 616 capella.

Thank you. Yes, I'll do my best. 👍

Wow! That makes you a member of a very exclusive club! This one belongs to Noriaki's engine builder. It is the only one in Europe, and quite possibly the last surviving unmodified car.

It is a UK Ford colour from 1969 called "Aquatic Jade Metallic". Some Capris, Mk2 Cortinas and Escort Mk1s came in this colour, but it's pretty rare.

Mazda accelleration is the best accelleration 👍

Great! 👍Then you need to see this (if you haven't already). A Scandinavian spec, 13B Rx4: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYC6fJKeZrh4rZo

A fair point. Apparently, the 12A turbo is the best engine Mazda ever made.

Top man! 👍

Good car for a long trip. It even has a fridge in the back! 👍

You're right. Nobody valued these cars back in the 80s. There were so many, and people had happily moved on to faster and more comfy rides. Classic car enthusiasts didn't think the Cortina was classic enough. Only by the late 90s did people start smiling and giving the thumbs up when you were out driving. Took some time to realize they were responding to the Cortina. I remember wondering why everyone suddenly seemed so happy. 🙂

The estates were very cool cars. I discovered and sold on two barn find 1500 estates in the early 90s. One from 1966 and a very early one, built in June 1963. Good solid cars. Probably both long gone now. If you don't mind a LHD, you can still find a mk1 in decent condition for around five grand in Scandinavia.

I was offered one from a friends scrapyard for £5 same colour blue, mended boot floor and got good few years motoring from it.

@@davidpatterson9107 👍

That's a real bargain. Paid £185,50 in 1985 money and exchange rate. 2,5 times what the breaker's yard would pay for it at the time.

Bought a complete stainless system from Racing Beat. You find it here: www.racingbeat.com/RX7-1975-1985/Complete-Exhaust-Systems/16417.html

@xntrcshft I've been looking to get the same setup, but a lot of people say that it's kinda quiet but it seems like it's loud. Can you do a updated video also maybe driving it?

@@jgfontanez8873 Sorry, I can't make a new video, cause I swapped that car for an Rx2 a few years back. I wouldn't call it quiet. It's got a good rasp and people hear you coming down the road well before they see you, but it's still reasonably civilised. That is until you give it some proper beans uphill in 2nd. That's more like taking off in a small plane. A very literal conversation stopper, if you want. My partner was not so keen on those noise levels. I thought it was the perfect compromise. Not too exhausting (sic) on a long drive either, and I did a few. And excellent build quality, too. Recommended!

@xntrcshft Thank you so much for the information. This really helps me ill definitely be getting the same setup for my 84 rx-7 .

@xntrcshft I just ordered it. Question: Did it come with any block off plates ? Racing beat said it does, but I didn't see it in the description, so I figured I would ask.

We have a magician who specialises in Mazda interiors. (He will do Noriaki's dashboard top, too, soon). Owner told me the Rx4 front seats have new vinyl on the sides, stitched to the patterned centers. Looks factory. Truly amazing work! Engine was built to original spec. I'm not that familiar with 13Bs, but will ask about those diaphragms...

The early non-electronic distributor 13B engines had one distributor and two sets of points. One for the trailing plugs and one for the leading plugs, as one set fires just before the other to help get an even burn. The early 10A and 12A engines actually had two distributors with one set of points in each.

​@@streddaz What you're describing is the normal setup on a normal old 13B, but I was refering to a bizarre setup in some 13B engines that had *three* set of points in its distributor. Re-checking just now the workshop manual of this odd version shows the ignition system is described as "one is normal leading point, another is trailing point, and the other is leading retarded point" (This description is from page 5:2 of the manual "RX-4 FSM 1975", which I see is still available in PDF version via Google). Anyone know the reason for the extra (3rd) breaker point? My guess is it's something to do with the emissions/pollution controls of that era.

@@PartTimeLaowai I hadn’t seen that setup before. Only ever seen distributors with two sets of points. Must be for a specific region, and as you said, maybe an emissions thing.

The car was sold new in Sweden, famous for various (sometimes odd) measures to protect domestic car production against imports. For example, the 818 (808) coupé came with the Rx3 front, because headlamp wipers were obligatory. But the engine was restored in Norway. I'll see what I can find out.

As they say: a Great Little Car. If Mazda had put a 12A rotary in it, it would have been the F(abulous)LC. ;^)

Akkorat sånn Gran Turismo-musikk. Fra GT6, faktisk. ;^)

Yep. Those kei cars made me wish I was a foot shorter...

Jepp! Passer bra til gammelbilvidåi.

470 bhp. Neck still hurts...

@@xntrcshft so jealous 🙄

Superbe voiture, la 616. Notre famille avait une berline vert foncé de 1971 et une rouge de 1977. 40 chevaux de moins que la Rx2, mais très amusante aussi.

Glad you enjoyed it & thanks for watching all 5! 👍