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Feb 19, 2007 13:45:09 GMT
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One of the many "cars I should have bought" was a lime green Mazda 929 coupe. It was a 1982 or 1981 IIRC and it was up for sale at £995 in 1990 or so. It was in mint condition. I missed out on it (you snooze, you looze) and saw it a couple of times later around Nottingham, still looking awesome. Page with many pics on is here: lieuxdits.free.fr/mazda929.htmlPics are too big when linked...  how whacky is that? Anyone seen one or more interestingly anyone know if that green beasty is still about (long shot 10 years after I last saw it) |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 19, 2007 15:58:16 GMT
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Theres a fair few in France, never seen or heard of one in the UK though. I reckon i will get one eventually in France, they have the best tape player of any car evAr.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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King Maz
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Feb 19, 2007 17:14:45 GMT
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Oh don't show me that!
I've only just recovered from the 626 Coupe thread.
Mr Bo11ox will tell you that it gives you "fire under the skin" apparently.
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Feb 19, 2007 19:33:52 GMT
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I used to work on one when I was at the local Mazda dealer (ipswich) about 10 years ago... it was the same colour as that pic but it had a black stripe over the bonnet and roof. I hadn't seen it for years and then I spotted it last summer in the local morrisons car park  no camera though  |
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Feb 19, 2007 19:44:01 GMT
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Feb 19, 2007 20:11:50 GMT
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Interesting to hear there are one or two about. I think one came to JAE at Billing some years ago, doesn't sound like either of those - probably a Japanese import via a USAF serviceman as it had the Q...LEW plate they often seem to wear, IIRC.
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Feb 19, 2007 20:18:20 GMT
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Saru
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These age of 929s are ACE! In Japan they came with the MA (carb) and then FE (carb and then injected) 4-pot lumps and also varying configurations of rotary. And also a diesel -- go figure. The gun was (obviously) the 12a Turbo with 165hp from the factory. Only the piston ones are 929s. Rotary ones are Cosmo or Luce depending on spec level but not on body type as you could get a Cosmo coupe, hardtop and sedan and a Luce sedan and hardtop (I think). The MA dates back to about 1965 and is a very old-school style of OHC 4. The FE is a much better/newer design engine though in the 929s it was never very special. The EFI one is obviously the choice. Random fact: Some Kia 4wds have the highly desirable DOHC version of the FE. Pic from the French website:  These also came on 4-door sedan and 4-door hardtop versions. Sedan:  Hardtop:  (Brown!) The 4-door hartops are, IMO, the coolest with 4 frameless doors and all the fruit. I really, really, really want one. They're cheap as chips here, too. Well, the piston ones. Genuine rotary ones imported used from the land of J are on the order of $4000+ compared to around $2k for a 4-pot. |
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Last Edit: Feb 20, 2007 1:21:30 GMT by Saru
1974 Saab 99 EMSI bought a new car. It's 35 years old. My friends said I was mad. We'll see.
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Snoozin
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Awesome. A good mate of mine had a Luce sedan packing a 12A, with automatic. It was one of the slowest things evAr, but it did have the benefit of sofa-like interior, buttoned velour ft ultimate w!
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There was a nice white hardtop on yahoo auctions a couple of weeks back for not a lot  |
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Shouldnt have clicked on this, thats another one to add to favourite searches on ebay, along with Chrysler 180, so that`ll be two emails every day bringing up listings for 929 brochures and 180 rear wheel cylinders but no actual cars, ever, I suspect!
Never even knew these things existed.
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Feb 20, 2007 10:13:47 GMT
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Those 929 sedans do seem moderately common on the continent, or did when I visited a few years back. Seen them in France and Norway and got brochures on them from Holland and Germany (plus lovely lovely Japanese one). Recently bought a Dutch coupe brochure, so maybe you could find one over there Vicsmith? Having said that Dutch used car prices don’t seem particularly bargainous so perhaps better to import one from Japan? Just remembered I scanned these, taken from this thread:   retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1168559951&page=1 |
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Feb 20, 2007 10:54:08 GMT
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Now I`ve seen the coupe from the rear. Coupled with the fact that this car has quad pop-up headlights I am going to be in some kind of eternal torment until I find one.
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Feb 20, 2007 10:56:15 GMT
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Imagine how much worse it would have been if you'd seen one and not bought it.
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Saru
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Feb 20, 2007 11:06:55 GMT
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The coupe in spottedlaurel's post is the series 1. Notice the "opera" window behind the door. I am 95% sure that it is not a fixed window!
The coupe in my post is a series 2 which did not have the opera window. Not all coupes of either series had the quad pop-ups, and some of the 4-door hardtops had them, too.
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1974 Saab 99 EMSI bought a new car. It's 35 years old. My friends said I was mad. We'll see.
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Feb 20, 2007 12:15:13 GMT
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I thought an Opera window was fixed? Opening onoes are "vent windows" I think? Or is that just US terminology...
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Feb 20, 2007 12:16:27 GMT
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Just noticed the cut-out on the LH corner of the coupe’s bootlid, which I assume is the fuel filler. My 240K has a similar arrangement –it makes filling it up that bit more pleasant, far better than grovelling around halfway down the car’s flanks.
Damn you Saru, mentioning about differences between Series 1 and 2 models when I’m not at home. I love looking through brochures, etc and getting to the bottom of pointless stuff like that. Last night I spent an hour or so trying to work out the spec’s of and differences between Patrol 160 and Y60 pickups, which just to add an extra bit of confusion you got in Australia as Ford Maverick.
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Mazda 929 Coupe "wedge"DarrenW
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Feb 20, 2007 13:45:21 GMT
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This later one did the Czech Wrecks rally with us last year:  It went well! No idea if it got brought back to the UK though! |
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Feb 20, 2007 14:12:52 GMT
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isn't that a 626 not a 929?
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Saru
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Feb 20, 2007 22:59:48 GMT
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Alistairk, I bow to your greater knowledge. I've always known them as opera windows but vent windows makes sense.
The spiderman car in DarrenW's post is a 626 coupe, or MX-6 as they were badged in Oz. Most/all of the ones of that shape that we got were 4WS, too. And some were turbo'd with stacks of torque steer.
Oh, yeah, just to be clear: 929 -> RWD. 626 -> FWD.
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Last Edit: Feb 20, 2007 23:00:19 GMT by Saru
1974 Saab 99 EMSI bought a new car. It's 35 years old. My friends said I was mad. We'll see.
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no camera though 
That is so cool! I've never even heard of a 929 coupe before TBH! It's part of what I love about R-R, I seem to learn something new every time I visit. I'll be nearly quite clever soon you know! 
