Bathurst Type X?
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Redbul (12-08-21)
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heres a better photo, if you want me to take off the center horn cover and get a picture lmk, i think maybe the red on those bolts around the horn were painted by the previous owner
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Redbul (12-08-21)
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@RotaryNoob420 Decals finally came in
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The book mentions the 95's have unique badging, I don't imagine Mazda would have changed the decals from one year to the next on the B-X. The only differences are I think the ones that are already known. Black cars had one set of decals, and white had another. Everything I've looked at points to BB 95's having that decal. So it should be period correct, unless some marketing material proves otherwise, but I can't imagine Mazda would redesign the logos after 95 and then use the same ones for the remaining B-X model years.
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The book mentions the 95's have unique badging, I don't imagine Mazda would have changed the decals from one year to the next on the B-X. The only differences are I think the ones that are already known. Black cars had one set of decals, and white had another. Everything I've looked at points to BB 95's having that decal. So it should be period correct, unless some marketing material proves otherwise, but I can't imagine Mazda would redesign the logos after 95 and then use the same ones for the remaining B-X model years.
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Well it could be wrong both way, maybe the 777 95 bx’s only had that burgundy decal with cw & bb’s or maybe in 95 they were using that red & gold decal.. no evidence proving either unfortunately… can we reach out to mazda or something lol
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@SwappedNA Sorry for being late to the party on this, but I did a grade search on your car using Mazda Japan's tool and got the following results confirming it is indeed a Type R Bathurst X, one of 777 limited - see below (translated from Japanese):
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@SwappedNA Sorry for being late to the party on this, but I did a grade search on your car using Mazda Japan's tool and got the following results confirming it is indeed a Type R Bathurst X, one of 777 limited - see below (translated from Japanese):
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KYPREO (07-19-22)
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The "Base:: Type R Bathurst" puzzles me though. I think I have indeed seen reference to a 1995 Type R Bathurst, elsewhere, but otherwise have not confirmed its existence. The parts manual seems to indicate the BX was based on the base Type RB and makes no mention , that I can find,of a Type R Bathurst.
There is also a mysterious reference to a Type RM.
(RM might be a winterized version.)
There is also a mysterious reference to a Type RM.
(RM might be a winterized version.)
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The "Base:: Type R Bathurst" puzzles me though. I think I have indeed seen reference to a 1995 Type R Bathurst, elsewhere, but otherwise have not confirmed its existence. The parts manual seems to indicate the BX was based on the base Type RB and makes no mention , that I can find,of a Type R Bathurst.
There is also a mysterious reference to a Type RM.
(RM might be a winterized version.)
There is also a mysterious reference to a Type RM.
(RM might be a winterized version.)
Then there is a December 1996 Type RB Bathurst X with 700 limited edition - the brochure was posted by Akomix on page 1 of this thread. Unlike the version V and version VI Type RB, it was a manual transmission model, not automatic and had the top power rating at the time, 265PS. This is also shown in the Spirit R brochure.
They are similar visually and in terms of features. But you will notice that the B pillar decal is slightly different between the two.
The Type R Bathurst X is a version 3 based car so chassis number starts with FD3S-3xxxxx
The Type RB Bathurst X is a version 4 based car so chassis number started with FD3S-4xxxxx
Last edited by KYPREO; 07-19-22 at 05:59 PM.