scored some rare stuff
 

I just got home and am going through it, but found some stuff that is SERIOUSLY cool. STU and Rotary Dude might not even have scene a few of these items. I went to a yard sale and a guy had a bunch of vintage rx stuff. I ended up buying everything. What was really cool though was that he had all kinds of Mazda factory stuff and paperwork. In quickly breezing through I have found copies of

1. The original mazda itinerary for the first time they entered daytona. The dates they shipped the cars japan, and every step leading to the race. Diagrams of the track. and even an itemized list of everything they were taking

2. The forms mazda filled out to enter the first daytona race. Photos of the all aspects of the car and signed by mazda's Doctor of engineering.

3. The forms Mazda filled out with IMSA to enter the car and show that was eligable for racing in 1978. They cited that production started on the car in 1/78 and that by April they had produced 8000 units. They didnt even list rx7 on the form, just car sa22c.

Have boxes of big box of this stuff to go through, lots of mid 70s racing beat stuff. Rx2 & Rx3 competition preparation manuals. Petty engineering catalogue for the 1st gens. Mazda Motorsports price and parts list. I am not sure what is on it, but original rx7 microfiche? It might take awhile, but would like to get some of this stuff scanned.

Scan it up and send it over!

At a fucking yard sale!!!!!!!!!!! WINNNNNN.

That's awesome man.

Wow! Nice find!

epic find. Who was the guy running the garage sale? Was he connected to the factory team in any way?

Wow, you scored. When you have a chance, scan some of the stuff and put it up for us!

+1 for scanning it in. in need of rx3 comp manual here too

will try to get picks up soon, just slammed at work and trying to get caught up.

a quick inventory

1. NOS Complete OEM rebuild kit for old school 6mm 12a. Everything still in the the mazda M package.

2. New unopened Mazda Rotary Engine model kit (sure many have seen this)

3. Pristine Rx2 Grille

4. Rx2 combo switch

5. New misc Rx2 window trim pieces (still in package)

6. New OEM rx2 rubber bumper guard???

7. 2 brand new looking rx2 rear quarter badges

8. 1 of the rx2 c pillar badges

9. rotor badge RE for lower fender or trunk lid.

10. Shop Manuals in original mazda binders

A. 1971 complete factory rx2 parts list
B. Rx3 / 808 Chassis Shop Manual
C. Mazda complete shop manual

11. Petty Engineering complete catalogue

12. February 1980 Import automotive parts and accesories manual
with a feature on the rx7, rotary engineering, petty engineering
cool dealership photos, and Racing Beat.

13. CD ROM from mazda, renesis tortary engine design and technology

14. Weber catalogues going back to 1965

15. Haynes Manual for rx2

16. Copy of Mazda rx3 competition preperation manual

17. Haynes Weber Carbuerator Manual

18. Mazda Competition Parts Catalogue for 1st gen (SA)

19. 1993 - 1995 Rx7 Drivability Troubleshooting

20. Mazda Training Folder (Rotary Engine Theory) (ASE)

21. rx7 microfiche

22. Mazda 1982 competition parts list 1982

23. Rotary Engineering Catalogues and fliers

24. Then there is the big binder of all of the papers that I mentioned originally.

That is awesome no I don't have these three things and I would love to get and see scanned copies of them the IMSA forms (#3) are especially important as they help validate other information. These things are exceptionally valuable to someone like myself because I am one of the few that are trying to build faithful recreations of the Daytona cars. Please post these or links to them.

lol you stopped by his house huh? Thats cool, a few of us thought about going up there, but I dont have the money to spare. Congrats man.

For those who wonder - the guy was a mazda tech, wanted to dump off all his rotary related stuff.

Jeez, I'd like to see the weber manual. I dunno how to take it apart without breaking it!

Oh, I'd glad to hear you got it as well. When he said Chris was supposed to stop by, I thought it was a different Chris. Glad a collector of rare parts got it rather than someone who would sell for a boat load.

Yes, he was a Mazda Tech, but got this stuff from someone had been collecting stuff for years that was a tech also. I guess this was just the tip of the iceberg of what that guy had.

He wasnt sure of many of the parts and what they went to, he did know the stuff was rare.

Actually, Chris did contact him. I just beat him there. The REPU will be back in Vegas and @ its new home at Ben's shop soon.

RotaryDude, on some of the papers submitted for IMSA, it shows one of the cars and declares it VIN #500025

Thought I would share this, the itinerary leading up the the 1979 24 hours of Daytona.

Monday, December 18th - Three Rx-7s and parts leave Hiroshima for Kobe

Saturday, December 23rd - Three Rx-7s and Parts containerized for shipment to Los Angeles and leave kobe

Saturday, January 6th - Containers arrive Los Angeles customs clearance

Wednesday, January 10th - Containers shipped from Los Angeles to Mazda Motors of America (EAST) Jacksonville by Truck

Wednesday, January 17th - Containers arrive MMA-East, Jacksonville

Thursday, January 18th - D. Barnett Leaves for Jacksonville

Saturday, January 20th - Japanese team departs Hiroshima for USA

Sunday January 21st - Japanese Team Arrives Jacksonville

Monday, January 22nd - Unpack parts - Rent 2 Trucks

Tuesday January 23rd - Inspection of cars

Wednesday January 24th - Prepare parts and cars for shipment to Daytona. Japanese drivers arrive Daytona.

Thursday, January 25th - Japanese team, cars and spares depart for Daytona. Meeting American Team. Preparation of race cars for practice.

Friday, January 26th - First Testing and Practice Date

Saturday, January 27th - Drivers and Team meeting/adjustment of race cars.

Sunday, January 28th - Second testing and practice date

Monday, January 29th - prepare race cars for inspection

Tuesday, January 30th - complete race cars for inspection

Wednesday, January 31st - Technical Inspection - First official practice

Thursday, February 1st - Second Practice - First Night Practice

Friday, February 2nd - Third Practice - install engines and transmissions - second night practice

Saturday, February 3rd - Start of 24 Hours of Daytona

Sunday, February 4th - Finish of 24 Hours of Daytona

Monday, February 5th - Pack up for Jacksonville

Tuesday, February 6th - Depart for Jacksonville - Instruction of RX-7 Race Car for US team by TKK team

Wednesday, February 7th - Instruction and disassembly of engine, transmission, etc.

Thursday, February 8th -Preparation for 12 hours of Sebring race by Mr. Iwami and Mr. Matsuura. Instruction on TKK Race cars my MR. Iwami & Mr. Matsuura for race teams which are taking over those cars, hopefully at MMA-E Training Room.

END

Nice score!!!
did he have any old school mazda signage or banners I am looking for something along those lines.

Ive been helping Ben around his shop the last few days. Saw one repu, can't wait to see yours. You should show up around scr forum from time to time man, we hardly hear from you!!

Dude - What a treasure find! Thanks for posting the Daytona itinerary. Very cool bit of history along with the VIN number.

Hi Evilwankel,

Yeah, I stopped by today. Cool you were able to give him a hand. I might also have a front iron here in the next few days.

The Red REPU that you saw is Bens. I had it prior, but Ben wanted it and I traded it to him for work towards putting my yellow 77 together. I used to live about 30 mins from Bens shop in Yuba City. That truck and Mine were a fixture at his place for quite some time. With pics of the two posted on the old school section of this site.

Ben will be a great resource and an asset to the Vegas rotary community.

I will start to be more active soon, miss meeting up with the crowds and wolfing down Sonic or In n Out. I have just been slammed at work pretty much this entire year and it seems on the road more then home. The REPU will be coming back, and I will be bringing another old school rotary to the vegas scene in the next few months in the way of a 71 rx2.

We can meet up at Bens sometime if you want to check the Weber stuff.

choop - unless you have a passion for hanging onto the NOS RX2 parts, I highly recommend you post them up on Ebay.AU - that's the AUSTRALIAN Ebay site. They will pay absolutely INSANE prices for this stuff - I'm talking double, triple + what you'll likely get in the US. I know this first hand...

Look forward to some PICS of some of this great, historic swag-
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

And the choopacabra raises the bar. Now we await Smeagol's move. :egrin:

amazing stash you have for sure!

I would honestly paypal you $20 if you would upload ANY information we do not have in our
archives!!!!! The more info the better!

I just bought this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

Never seen one before, interested to see what's inside.

I will try to get of the stuff up soon to share. have been burried at work these past few months, (my department only 60% staffed). I know at work it is set up that they can be scanned and sent to my office in PDF. I will give that a shot today.

Thanks

the FD one is really good, its REALLY specific. that one is pretty general

Hey Choop, I've been scanning a lot of RotaryDude's manuals and would be happy to scan your stuff into some Adobe PDF files. I'd also like a shot at your RE badge for the RX-2, as it's the same as what I need for my REPU.

Good News,

I took one of the docs to work today and it scanned pretty nice. It has been emailed to BWAITS and he will be loading it up. It will be pretty big, 14 pages. It is fun to read through as the forms were meant for a piston engine.

I appreciate the offer for $20, but I would never take money from anyone on the forum to share this stuff. It will all eventually be loaded up on the site.

Thanks

Thanks Choop. Keep em coming. I will upload them as quick as you send them.


The scan is now up on the iWankel.com manuals page:

http://www.iwankel.com/index.php?opt...=article&id=48

-billy

ok looked at the cool as scans, now knowing that these documents were submitted on what date? Interesting that it would try to show chassis 25 as having been built in March of 78 when it should be 2/78.

Next question I have for you on the orig docs do you have the pictures in color? what color is the rx7

I've got eFax. If you want to send it (toll free) i'll post the PDF files for everyone. Send me a PM if you want. I'll give you the number

:(
Rotary Engine Overhaul Criteria, 1979; Large File or Small File

doesn't download.....

Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

Fixed.

let us know if any of you find any more typos in the links.


-billy

I should have had the courtesy to say "THANKS!" before I b!tched a link was broken....

Truly appreciate the efforts made here!!!!
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

Stu

There will be lots more posted Crit has been working diligently I sent him about 4 or 5 boxes of manuals over the last year.

http://iwankel.com/manuals/public/RX...7,%20Large.pdf no work
http://iwankel.com/manuals/public/RX...7,%20Small.pdf no work
http://iwankel.com/manuals/public/RX...ng,%201976.pdf no work
http://iwankel.com/manuals/public/RE...7,%20Large.pdf thats a 1.6GB+ file. Are you guys nuts? :)


Keep up the good work.

Thanks for spreading The Love 'Dude!

:)
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

I fixed the RX-3 FSM links above on Vintage, but I can't find a reference to a 76 wiring diagram, and I don't have one on the FTP server, even if it's misspelled. Where did you find that link to a 76 wiring diagram?

The 77 REPU parts manual is another thing - the truck was already a dismal failure and we've never seen a paper hardcopy of the FSM for the last year. All we've found is the microfiche, which I scanned at a library. For every page, I had to refocus and it took FOREVER to get it all scanned in. Because several pages had poor focus, they turn to mud when you try to compress them at all. So, the large file is in its native file size and is a behemoth. In the end, though, not many guys are even gonna need it and 1.6GB isn't what it used to be.

Thanks for the support guys, and let me, bwaits, Sgt Fox or rotarydude know when y'all come across this stuff.

http://iwankel.com/manuals/public/RX...ng,%201976.pdf is listed under Rx-4. I think its supposed to be http://iwankel.com/manuals/public/RX...ng,%201976.pdf

Sure is. I'll fix it. Thanks.

I found that interesting also that they claim production started on 3/78 and VIN 500025. It might be worth looking in the registry that they claim 8k cars were built by 4/1, and to see how accurate that is also.

They are not actual photos, but it seems to be the light green color. (i am color blind though)

I will try to get more scanned soon and sent over. This was the first one that shows the car in stock dimensions, the second pamphlet details the daytona car and reflects any thing different from the stock config.

Just curious, were you the one I was bidding against on ebay for the SA NOS Moldings and NOS 79 limited badges?

I am almost caught up at work, so will try to get some more stuff scanned and sent to Billy. Thanks everyone for your help.

Crit, did you still need a REPU tailgate?

Nope, I've got a tailgate. I need to update my parts thread.

yea I bid on a lot of NOS stuff, we currently have a bunch of projects that need that stuff

...me

;)

Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

See its not always me y'all got to watch out for on the NOS stuff but yes I do bid on alot of it.

Just trying to maintain an inventory of NOS SA bits at both ends of the Country, Dave

;D

Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

hell of a score, I was so bummed when I heard all the stuff was gone ... but atleast someone who would appreciate it got it

Huh that is interesting considering my SA is dated 4/78 and I have 504000 :scratch:

doesn't quiet make sense to me but I am relatively new so (shrug)

http://foxed.ca/rx7manual/85body.png
'85 Body Shop Manual

I think I got ripped on this one... Oh well, at least now we know what it is.

I know that they were building US and JDM cars at the same time or at least in the same months, could be that they numbers they are talking about are for total Chassis? I don't have my production info in front of me but I would love to see a pic of your data plate. If you look at my avatar you will see what I mean

Yeah perhaps they were referring collectively

looks like yours except 4/78 - 504000 on mine :nod: I kinda like all the "0"'s lol