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Feb 20, 2007 23:09:54 GMT
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Here's the one I saw in the UK a few years ago, late 90's I'd guess.   DVLA says it came off the road in late 1998, shame. Saru, I see what you mean about the windows - on this one it's more like a chunky B-pillar, whereas on the early one it's a small pane, which I suppose was a look inherited from the previous model 929 coupe (fastback style one). |
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Mazda 929 Coupe "wedge"DarrenW
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Feb 20, 2007 23:14:28 GMT
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isn't that a 626 not a 929? Meh. Of course it is. :slapswrist: |
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Saru
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Feb 20, 2007 23:53:09 GMT
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Here's the one I saw in the UK a few years ago, late 90's I'd guess. That one has Rotary Turbo on the side!  Super-rare. Sad that it's been decommissioned.  You're thinking of this 929/RX-4/Luce:  Oooh, pillarless. But there was also a 121/RX-5/Cosmo (CD-series) of the same era with an opera/vent window:  Unlike the RX-4, the RX-5 has a coil-spring rear end and 4-wheel discs in the rotary models. They had a stupidly tall diff ratio when new so they have a reputation among rotor-heads of being heavy and slow. Change the diff ratio and they go as hard as an RX-4 and handle better. And also an intervening 929/Luce between the fastback LA-series and the HB series that most of this thread has been about:  The white one above is a pre-facelift sedan version. There is also a "hardtop" version with almost exactly the same bodyshell but frameless doors and a slightly different roofline:   The post-facelift cars have the same nose as the beloved 929 wagons and I've seen at least one 929 wagon with the stacked headlights, too. But the wagons never came with a rotary AFAIK and were actually ran in parallel with the HB-series cars. |
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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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Alistairk, I bow to your greater knowledge. I've always known them as opera windows but vent windows makes sense. Terminology may vary around the world , but the portholes in the back of 1970s / 80s landau roof'd coupes like the Lincoln Continental and Chrysler Imperial are reffered to as "Opera" windows and are fixed. Opening ones in other yankie coupes are called vents. Thats where I take my belief from. |
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Feb 21, 2007 14:00:47 GMT
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Yes, it was the 121/RX5/Cosmo model I meant with that similar centre window – odd that they didn’t call it 929 when in reality surely that’s all it was?
That hardtop-with-a-pillar sedan is weird isn’t it? I’ve got a picture at home of what would be the stack-light version but with only a single round headlight and sidelight below.
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Feb 21, 2007 16:58:35 GMT
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Saw this in Malta... Sweeet plate huh? UFO 929   |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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Feb 21, 2007 20:17:15 GMT
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Cool plate! Saw an Accord in Malta (years ago) with GOD 666...
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Feb 21, 2007 21:19:06 GMT
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Cool plate! Saw an Accord in Malta (years ago) with GOD 666... Some of the Maltese have got quite a well tuned sense of irony... |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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Feb 21, 2007 21:33:20 GMT
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Hmm. I know of a 929 coup with several of the funny gadgets for sale, a 2.2 carb, with adjustable suspension, winter, sport, and economy i think it was  But no fancy small window.. Red with gray interiour  |
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Feb 21, 2007 21:36:36 GMT
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There was a nice white hardtop on yahoo auctions a couple of weeks back for not a lot Found it ;D ;D Rotory for the mo fo win   And have yourselves a bonus Cosmo   |
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Feb 21, 2007 21:49:40 GMT
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/\ Mad!  Here's that odd saloon. |
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Saru
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The white-with-brown roof Cosmo is what we call here the "Landau" RX-5/121. We only got them in gutless 1.8 and 2.0L piston 121 versions. A genuine rotary Landau is pretty unusual.
spottelaurel, I'd guess that AOE284 was sold in a country that legislated for round headlamps. Anyway, it's just crying for some natural slam and dish.
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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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wow that saloon with the round lights looks great
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Super-rare. Sad that it's been decommissioned. 
But no fancy small window.. Red with gray interiour 
