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Full Version: Old Mazda ad with 914 mention
Came cross this Mazda R-100 ad from 1971. Says it was faster to 60 than a 914! How dare they! And...how many R-100s are still being driven?
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The first Mazda rotary motor seals would give out within a couple of years.
Later when they started using Teflon seals? You could pick up one of these cars up from the wrecking yard for next to nothing and have a low mileage rocket. I dated a girl in the 70’s whose dad was a Mazda mechanic. He rebuilt the motor in a R-100 with the new seals and it was a rocket. I remember in the late 70’s we were sitting in the R-100 in the driveway and he would rev it over 10k rpms in neutral and hold it there. He would say “try that in your car”
Later when they started using Teflon seals? You could pick up one of these cars up from the wrecking yard for next to nothing and have a low mileage rocket. I dated a girl in the 70’s whose dad was a Mazda mechanic. He rebuilt the motor in a R-100 with the new seals and it was a rocket. I remember in the late 70’s we were sitting in the R-100 in the driveway and he would rev it over 10k rpms in neutral and hold it there. He would say “try that in your car”
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