RetroMat
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Feb 23, 2007 19:04:54 GMT
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RetroMat
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Feb 23, 2007 19:07:06 GMT
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RetroMat
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Feb 23, 2007 19:08:25 GMT
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RetroMat
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Feb 23, 2007 19:10:53 GMT
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RetroMat
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Feb 23, 2007 19:12:38 GMT
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RetroMat
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Feb 23, 2007 19:16:43 GMT
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Feb 23, 2007 19:23:52 GMT
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Feb 23, 2007 19:24:48 GMT
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I loikes that one  I know they did the 4x4 one but were the rest Fwd or Rwd  |
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Feb 23, 2007 19:29:03 GMT
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The answer is ... a mix. pre 79 are rwd (estates were made till a little later) and the rest are fwd or awd
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Last Edit: Feb 23, 2007 19:29:28 GMT by mikelmr
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Feb 23, 2007 20:55:18 GMT
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Some beauts on here, that 4-door DOHC in white is giving me a (metaphorical) pan handle. How about the Bantam?   The one below is the one that got me into them in the first place - £150, 15,000 trouble free miles over 18 months, sold for £350:  And this is one I recently saved from the crusher - coincidentally it now lives near my mum so I still see it. I had the back arches done before moving it on so it now looks mint.  |
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Feb 23, 2007 21:05:51 GMT
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Amazingly robust little cars these.
Bantam pickup still made in SA, and the 323 sold as a Mazda Midge...... nice again.
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froggy
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Feb 23, 2007 21:15:48 GMT
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the black 78 1.4sp three door i had in my teens is still the best car ive ever owned ,they seemed much better balanced than the escort and were a superb drift car even with only 75hp.if i ever saw one for sale now either black or silver id snap it up  |
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Feb 23, 2007 21:32:46 GMT
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i don't really know why, but this speaks volumes to me   excellent stuff, retro mat! |
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Feb 23, 2007 21:34:05 GMT
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Good selection there! All inspired by the purchase of a certain green 323? I like the look of those early Lasers, but the facelift one isn't so crisp (though it appears there was a factory version of it in Oz).  Seems like they tried to make following model of Laser less like the 323.  I know it's the following model, but have another 323-based pickup - this one apparently done by the factory?!  That blue 3dr belonging to the guy who joined here is great isn't it? Ownership of the green one, brief as it was, means I'm more keen than ever to get hold of this some day, TWR spoiler and all. Spoken to its old lady owner, she has my number......  |
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Feb 23, 2007 21:47:30 GMT
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Pester her and pester some more, spottedlaurel, DO NOT let that get part ex`d down at Reg Vardys, it`ll end up as a pizza delivery car, which incidentally was the fate lined up for the one below until I intervened!  I gave it a new lease of life, a new MOT and sold it someone who wanted it for what it was (after using it for a couple of months) |
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Feb 23, 2007 22:32:17 GMT
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There was one of these for sale in a salvage yard in Sunderland a few years ago. It had a CVH engine. Horrible. I really wanted it but could not bring myself to pay £350; it got baled. |
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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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I hate it when people put you in that position, you want to get yourself an oddball and save it from being compressed but the guy operating the crusher is having a bubble with the price. Its annoying and a shame but you cant let yourself be made into a curse word and if it gets baled its the guys fault for asking too much. Everything I`ve snatched from the jaws of the crusher has come at the right money and thats how it has to be, really, just a drink on top of what it would weigh in for. Shame though you wouldnt have got that mixed up in a car park.
Is it me or has that magazine tested the same car twice that month!
The 323F pickup was some kind of concept, I think Mazda might have realised that anymore different metal being applied to the BG chassis (they were doing the 3-dr like mine, 5 door F with every bit of the body different, then 4 the door that looks like mine at the front but actually has different bonnet and wings for no good reason) would put them out of business and pulled the plug.
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RetroMat
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i'd really like to find a rwd one, rotary conversions seem very popular like the black wagon mikelmr: have you still got yours, wasn't it getting a rotary? spottedlaurel: That silver one looks mint, defiantly keep on the case! |
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Last Edit: Feb 25, 2007 4:06:48 GMT by RetroMat
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Feb 25, 2007 11:51:45 GMT
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yes still got it and still very much a work in progress. 13b 6 port rotary, 48 IDA throttle body, weber alpha ECU etc. , tubbed, adjustable 4 link, engine dropped around the steering linkage as low as it wil go and lots of other mods ... theres not a lot left standard!
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