'79 SA... My first Old School Ride!!!
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Happy Rotoring!
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The JDM cars had lots of available parts and options not originally offered on North American cars, but which eventually trickled over to some of our later versions. Items like stereo's, wheels, seats and trim.
Mach Green was a color which Mazda used in its launch advertising. It was not ever officially offered as a NA color. For 79, we got Sunbeam Silver, Aurora White, Sunrise Red, Spark Yellow and Daytona Blue. You can add Beat Black too, but only for the 79 Limited model, which also got some of the aforementioned JDM stereo equipment and wheels.
Mach Green was a color which Mazda used in its launch advertising. It was not ever officially offered as a NA color. For 79, we got Sunbeam Silver, Aurora White, Sunrise Red, Spark Yellow and Daytona Blue. You can add Beat Black too, but only for the 79 Limited model, which also got some of the aforementioned JDM stereo equipment and wheels.
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The JDM cars had lots of available parts and options not originally offered on North American cars, but which eventually trickled over to some of our later versions. Items like stereo's, wheels, seats and trim.
Mach Green was a color which Mazda used in its launch advertising. It was not ever officially offered as a NA color. For 79, we got Sunbeam Silver, Aurora White, Sunrise Red, Spark Yellow and Daytona Blue. You can add Beat Black too, but only for the 79 Limited model, which also got some of the aforementioned JDM stereo equipment and wheels.
Mach Green was a color which Mazda used in its launch advertising. It was not ever officially offered as a NA color. For 79, we got Sunbeam Silver, Aurora White, Sunrise Red, Spark Yellow and Daytona Blue. You can add Beat Black too, but only for the 79 Limited model, which also got some of the aforementioned JDM stereo equipment and wheels.
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I had the sheer joy of meeting Tim today and seeing this amazing original survivor car in person. Let me say: it. Is. SPECTACULAR! The car is truly an amazing car and it was meant to be in Tim's hands!
THANK you Tim for meeting with me and showing off your car!
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THANK you Tim for meeting with me and showing off your car!
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Waffles - hmmm good
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Tim, you had asked about cleaning your waffles. Here's the thread I mentioned:
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generati...refurb-771611/
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generati...refurb-771611/
If you have any questions post them up in that thread or IM me.
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Yes, I will post up some pics and questions tonight. I'm trying to understand how to clean up some "nasty" wheel weight corrosion on my waffle lips, where it appears that they repositioned wheel weights, but the corrosion and pitting remain. Not sure if this will "clean up" or if the lips will need reconditioning. I'll post up pics later to give you and idea.
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Guys, here's the "corrosion" from the lead wheel weight that I was mentioning. I've tried several cleaners to remove this including Simple Green. Any other ideas? Haven't tried "Easy Off" yet.
On a side note, was tan interior offered on U.S. spec '79s and '80s? If so, could you get that interior color with any exterior color, or was it only certain ones? Just curious! Thanks for the feedback on either topic!!
On a side note, was tan interior offered on U.S. spec '79s and '80s? If so, could you get that interior color with any exterior color, or was it only certain ones? Just curious! Thanks for the feedback on either topic!!
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Thanks NCross. Yes, hoping to someday do a Mach Green recreation in left hand drive. Just trying to understand what pieces I'd need to make that happen. Looks like using a Spark Yellow donor car with clean interior would be a good starting point. Then, seats out of an 82, recovered in tan plaid fabric. Then, right color code for the green, correct wheels, some fender mirrors....
Anyone aware if anybody stateside has attempted such a build?
Anyone aware if anybody stateside has attempted such a build?
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Happy Rotoring!
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Any road rash on the outer rim can be dressed down in this cleaning phase by hand fileing and blending with a mill smooth file. After a couple rounds of alternating etch cleaning and blasting, get out the fine emery paper, crocus cloth and steel wool. Some Never Dull and a good metal polish compound like Simichrome are must have's as well. I polish both the outer rim and center cap hole. I clean it here with normal wheel cleaner as the etching stuff will dull all your hard work. Its a labor intensive process but yields a nice result. I've devoleped a bit of a perferred process after about 8 or 9 sets of rims but am always doing it a little different. Their is no exact right way.