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| wonkipop |
 Dec 5 2025, 02:47 PM
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was watching a great little documentary on the development of the wankel engine by mazda in the 1960s. this image came up at a point where discussion shifted to japanese focus on the US market and the foreign car "invasion". i grabbed a screenshot.
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| chmillman |
Dec 5 2025, 04:01 PM
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QUOTE(wonkipop @ Dec 5 2025, 09:47 PM)  was watching a great little documentary on the development of the wankel engine by mazda in the 1960s. IIRC Mazda bought the Wankel motor patents from NSU. I had a ‘72 RX-2 I bought used in like ‘74. It was great, loved that car! Motor had incredible power for a little boxy sedan, revved to 7,000 RPM and sounded a bit like a two-stroke (Wankels are actually). And I think I sold it to buy my first 914 in something like ‘78 or ‘79. Also fun to note that the three principal internal combustion engines were all invented by German engineers. Herr Otto, Herr Wankel and Herr Diesel… Vielen Dank, meine Herren! |
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| 930cabman |
Dec 5 2025, 05:09 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,516 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(chmillman @ Dec 5 2025, 05:01 PM) QUOTE(wonkipop @ Dec 5 2025, 09:47 PM) was watching a great little documentary on the development of the wankel engine by mazda in the 1960s. IIRC Mazda bought the Wankel motor patents from NSU. I had a ‘72 RX-2 I bought used in like ‘74. It was great, loved that car! Motor had incredible power for a little boxy sedan, revved to 7,000 RPM and sounded a bit like a two-stroke (Wankels are actually). And I think I sold it to buy my first 914 in something like ‘78 or ‘79. Also fun to note that the three principal internal combustion engines were all invented by German engineers. Herr Otto, Herr Wankel and Herr Diesel… Vielen Dank, meine Herren! Germans (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
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wonkipop 914 being unloaded - port of baltimore Dec 5 2025, 02:47 PM
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Nicely coated with salted air and starting to rus... Dec 5 2025, 08:02 PM wonkipop
was watching a great little documentary on the d... Dec 5 2025, 04:27 PM Flyinlow I had a 73 RX3 bought new went like a scared rabbi... Dec 5 2025, 06:17 PM rgalla9146 :) The NSU RO80 used forged Fuchs alloys.
The... Dec 5 2025, 07:40 PM wonkipop
:) The NSU RO80 used forged Fuchs alloys.
Th... Dec 7 2025, 04:04 PM oldie914 You are right about the rust.
In 1970, I moved to ... Dec 6 2025, 02:01 AM wonkipop
You are right about the rust.
In 1970, I moved to... Dec 6 2025, 04:50 AM rgalla9146
You are right about the rust.
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I note that the photo is captioned as Port of Bal... Dec 9 2025, 01:26 PM |
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