This is just a thread that I wanted to start to keep track of the restoration process on my Pacific Avatar. That's right, an actual PA. And with only 17,XXX original miles. This car is in pretty decent shape considering it spent the last decade sitting in a field.

And to all the guys from NorCal 7's. Sorry that it took me so long to get these pictures up, but I didn't have internet at home until today.

And the plans for this car are as follows. I'm going to restore it to how it would've looked from the factory. I'm not going to try and make it any faster than it was in stock trim. I am going to change the color scheme on the car, as well as the seat material. But that's it. These cars are incredibly rare and I just don't see the point in modifying it.

Well, here are a few pictures from the first couple of days after delivery. Let me know what you guys think.

Zach

 

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I forgot to mention that I will keep this thread updated with info as well as pictures as the restoration progresses.

Zach

 

Yes please these are some of the few pics I have ever seen of 1 and the other pics dont really show the interior. Realy nice find.

 

omg!!! do you know how lucky you are?!! how in the hell did you find the car?...thats as og as you could ever get! if you fix that jem up real nice you could get some seriuos $$$$$$
i have been looking for one of those for years to complete my rotary collection ....
it looks like its on good shape too for sitting in a field...custom built to order!!
oh ,in cases you didnt know, thats a 626 trunk lid
what color are you going to paint it? i hope your keeping the wheels on there! Weds with the center caps, dont let camocarl see those wheels!

 

wow, that is one seriously rare car!!!

I am greatly looking forward to seeing the resoration progress on this car.


man, you are one lucky sob., have fun with it and good luck!


~bk

 

That's awesome. If there was ever an FB that was candidate for a complete and total resto, that's it.

 

Does it run? Looks like a nice pickup. Never seen a vert first gen.

 

What a great find man i never thought a convertable 1st gen would look so good. I mean when i see that car i see it as it was 10 yrs ago or so.

I bet it was a pretty car and would fly too back in the day. And i would also say that when you get it finished it will be as equally as nice too. I second the wheels too they are true calssics.

 

Damn! Really nice! If you don't mind me asking...What did you pay for it?

 

Nice zach, i love the PA, i want a ride lol, I didnt know they came turbo'd tho.

PS. Berry's FD is really beutiful >< i wish my paint looked like that

 

Wow... speechless.

Arkay? Never heard of it... but very cool

 

holy crap! you are lucky as heck. where did you find that? in the states? how much did you drop for that? dont modify that. do a full factory restore and itll be worth $$$ in the future. a nice little investment.

also, does anyone know the number of these made?

 

Nice, i'd start with a nice wash!

 

The built to order mazda's didn't come with holley's did they?

 

Is that a draw through carb setup?

I've heard of these cars, but never seen one, seems pretty freaking cool.

How many of these were made? I'm assuming the Holley was part of the package?

It's interesting that they didn't also upgrade the oil cooler.

 

http://cp_www.tripod.com/rotary/pg18.htm

I thought the boosted rotarys were a nikki blowthrough/fuel injection hybrid setup like in article above?

 

Drawthrough!! YYYEESSSS You should make 250-300 if you build the engine right. that's friggn sweet man. I wish I had a project like that!

 

Nice find. Thats crazy that it only has 17k miles. Keep us posted with the restoration. Congrats.

 

The top looks a lot like my dads old TR8s top. Cool car!

 

That is a crazy bad *** find. I cannot wait to see it finished in the restoration process. Absolutely amazing.

 

looks like that thing has been mud riding. 1st things 1st, replace the brakes

 

Amazing!! Convertible AND turbocharged. Only thing better would be a widebody to add on.

Seriously - how much did you get it for?!?!?

 

zach you are soooo lucky! i want to come up and help you! when are you tearing into her?

 

Looking good Zach. Can't wait to spray her, gonna be gorgeous.