Mazda Carol/600 PRA - 1962

WHat a fantastic little car, cant say ive ever seen one before!
Glad to hear its going to get such a thorough resto
Whats its history do you know? Where was it found etc?

Very cute!

Let's get the Carol of doom in this thread:




And some bonus ones:

Excellent.

I especially like that old Mazda emblem on the bonnet. Be sure to keep us informed of how it progresses.

Cheers guys. I love that race car one with the crazy camber. I have loads of pics of them around I might post a few up later.

Regarding the car, I think you will be very suprised at some of the technology in this little beast, I know a well known restorer who owns one and knows his old cars and couldn't believe them when and has been addicted since.

The Carol 600 has a rear mounted 586 cc OHV engine and a total length of 320 cm and width of 132.5 cm. The car was called the 'Carol' most of the time, and the '600', 'P600', and 'N600' in other markets. Independent front and rear suspension with rubber springs and a wopping 28 horsepower to boot. Although despite the power is weighs little over 300kg.

Peachey

Ok well I think you just may be right that that is a mistake. But i got that from a well informed source and someone who has more experience with these then anyone else I have even heard of. I will have the car wieghed when I get a chance and will find out which is right.

In the meantime I have these specs. This is the best I have from the internet so far, and even that took alot of searching. This is from a 1966 Model 600.

Body type: 4S SAL (anyone know what this means?
Doors: 2

Wheelbase: 1930mm, 76"
Track: Front - 1050mm, 41.3"; Rear - 1100mm, 43.3"
Length: 3200mm, 126"
Width: 1326mm, 52.2"
Height: 1340mm, 52.8"
Length to wheelbase ratio: 1.66
Kerb weight: 585kg, 1290lb
Fuel Capacity: 20L, 4.4 UK Gallon

Engine type: Straight 4, OHV, 8 valves total/2 per cylinder
Bore x stroke: 54.00mm x 64.00mm
Bore/stroke ratio: 0.84
Displacement: 586cc, 35.76 cubic inch
Compression ratio: 8.50:1
Max output: 28.4PS (28BHP, 20.9Kw) @ 6000rpm
Max torque: 41.2Nm (30lbft, 4.2kgm) @ 4000rpm

Top speed: 101kp/h (63mph)
Power to weight: 47.86 bhp/ton

Engine location: Rear
Engine allignment: Longitudinal
Steering: Rack and Pinion
Brakes(F/R): Drum/ Drum
Transmision: 4 speed manual
Drive: RWD

Hopefully that will help you understand and answer any questions a little easier. Obviously this is just secondary data and is likely to have several mistakes, but you get the idea.

Peachey

it is definitely grrroovy. I'm guessing 4S SAL means 4 seater (very tiny people probably) saloon?

Awesome!

Was this one of the cars from the big Mazda auction a few years back?

Whats this 'big mazda auction'? That sounds interesting.

Fantastic car by the way, unbelievable the stuff which turns up on here!!!1

Thanks for covering that one Saru. I have a apic of the car they had there at the auction, it is actually a two door. I doubt they willl ever get it 100% original whoever bought it unless they have loads of them for spares. It was a little better condition then mine body wise in a few areas but it was missing most of the harder to get parts and what was there was damaged.

My car has virtually everything, needing only bodywork and rust which is no worries for me. Luckily I am in the right trade.

Also Saru, do you reckon you could keep this a little quiet on Ausrotary for the time being, will post full project once done but I wanna just rock up randomly on a cruise and suprise/trip out a few guys not to mention don't want any unneeded security risk cause it will be getting stored and worked on in a workshop which isn't mine so its not really a problem I want to have.