Having consolidated its foothold in the minivehicle market with the R360 Coupe and the Carol, the Toyo Kogyo Company (today's Mazda) unveiled the Mazda Familia 800 in October 1964, marking the company's entry into the small passenger-car market. The Familia attracted attention as an innovative car, featuring an engine made largely of aluminum alloy, as well as grease-free polyurethane rubber bushes to simplify maintenance of the chassis.
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These images are from http://my.reset.jp/~inu/ProductsDataBas ... -4door.htm
Many thanks to the guys at ausrotary.com for directing me to these.
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Contact us if you can assist with any of the following:
* Front bonnet Mazda cursive badge
* One 1000 badge (found the other one on ebay, along with rear boot badge which should be arriving soon).
* New tailight lenses
* Front indicator lens
* Front bench seat
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On a dark evening in the Melbourne AU suburb of sunshine we went to investigate the car, which was purchased for a very modest sum. This site is an act of record keeping and hopefully a resource for those lucky enough to enjoy these historic vehicles.
The owner started her up, and a throaty purr errupted from the engine bay. First impressions were bad as the paintwork had achieved that Australian summer look aka chalky and there was evidence of a couple a small dings. On closer inspection though it was clear that she was definately worthy of the work to come. The dash was excellent, and most things were in good order. I started building a "list of things to do" in my head.. which was soon filled... and the time came to drive her home.
As my first experience with a Manual Column shift, it took a little while to make it a smooth journey, but after a couple of miles things were going well. The Westgate Freeway and associated hills were no trouble at all and quite a few people peered in astonishment as this pink bomb came hurtling up the left lane.
Home in one piece... we put her to bed in the garage, a place where some minor and major surgery is yet to happen.
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