Last Sunday attended the meet for the Ausrotary Bonanza Cruise for 2008. As the first little meet this car has attended it was great to meet other Mazda fanatics and a nice range of incredible 60's and 70's classics.
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Done and dusted, now officially registered and on the road. Mission complete! Will keep updating blog of course with future plans and developments to the Kinder Surprise car :)
My heartfelt thanks go out to a lot of people who made this journey possible.
Jonathan of Japanese Restorer magazine, for his kindness and unparalleled knowledge of these vehicles, advice, and help finding the rare things along the way. I recommend J Classic followers grab his backissues as they are a great testament to these old things.
http://hometown.aol.com/japaneserestorer/index.html
Dave, for support, encouragement and wonderful advice. Good luck with the Wags mate!
Paulie, for letting me see another one of the same model and letting us rescue some of her. Hope the coupe is coming along well!
Pedders St Kilda, for willingness to help out an old car and go beyond the call of duty to find components and research viable alternatives.
http://www.pedders.com.au/storeFinder/1/store59
Wakeman Automotive, for their interest, flexibility and happiness to work on her.
http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/Wak ... e-Services
Jamax Auto Electrical, for being so happy to keep things old-school, and having the patience to get things back to original.
http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/Jam ... Electrical
Mazda Japan, for still having some things on record!
The Austrotary Forums, for all the friends and encouragement from you guys, and the endless support!
http://www.ausrotary.com
And finally Tone, I hope your cars are going well mate, and I am in debt to you for the opportunity to work on this car, the reference material, and the willingness to help out.
Long live the old Mazdas!!
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Waiting 2 weeks for rego appointment so having a bit of fun cleaning her up under the hood. Poo, cobwebs, spiders, leaves and general purpose muck gone! Water bottled bleached reisntalled.
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More titbits dealt with today, steering wheel assembly cleaned up and tightened, drivers door lock pin was in way of window winder assembly so had to reset it, rear seats back in after sealing in the behind seat section where the fuel tank is, in the hope of preventing some of the fuel smell. Carb choke spring re-wound and re-installed to operate flap, dodgy window winder repaired. They are a crazy design with a tapered pin holding the assembly together, which is great until there in any wear in the holes. A split pin might work, but have discovered a screw through the mechanism works wonders, and no more banging pins out with hammer and punch! Grease and oil change done also.
Things left to do:
* Wheel alignment front end
* Sound deadening under bonnet
* Carpet!
* Front tyres later down the track
* Sunvisor holders - find non rusty set
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HORRAY!!! Passed Road Worthy today with new brake lines and ball joints. What a relief! I completely missed that last week was the 1 year anniversary of our ownership of this car. So 12 months from collection, to safe for road use status. Next week will see this thing finally put on the road, fully registered. At that time there will be much beer consumed, and many many thanks going out to all who helped out.
Until then, she is now under cover and the rear seats go back in this weekend (were removed for access to rear shockaz).
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