The in-period Miata's and Proteges had single din radios and cubbies that looked very similar to the rx7 ones.

 

i didn’t know that, if I can’t find one I will definitely look into that, thanks a lot man!

 

Our local yard had about 15 Proteges. I managed to pull out about five radios before the yard crushed their entire inventory and shipped the shells to China. Just sayin', don't hesitate.

 

Pulled this out of a Miata last year. (Still dirty!) This actually matches the unit I have in my car, which came from a Protege.

The din -bins come in various configurations, some with dropdown opening lids.

This bin (below) may match that used in some Version 4 FD

Make sure to grab the dash side harness connector, if you can.

The plugs in my RHD plugged right into the Protege radio.

They usually remove the radio from RHD when exporting, but luckily they left the connector plugs in the dash.

This generation of radio needs the ford "prongs" for removal. The wrecker yard should have a set handy.

You need to pry of the little plastic side bars (don't lose them).

 

I understand Mazda may have had four models of radio across their range for that era. I suspect googling this model number would lead to more info. I also pulled a full Bose cassette/CD player head unit from a Miata of the same era, including stand alone R/L amps.
The Version 6 FD (S8) started using Mazda's next generation of double din radios. Again the head units looked similar across the range. But the units look a little out of match with the carry over dash graphics. By the later models, Mazda was pushing a range of head unit alternatives available from the dealers. In Europe a CD changer unit was a promoted feature of the cars sold there.

 

oh nice! Any chance you’re willing to sell it?

 

Perhaps try someone locally first. I'd be concerned about shipping damage.

 

Mazda Stock radio Model "IM30" taken from a Protege, but possibly also appeared in the Miata, in period. Bin is from the Protege, and feature a release lever, allowing non-damped drop forward of lid. The "push to release" type lid, sometimes seen in the FD allows for a damped drop down, but the mechainsm is more prone to breaking, and will not stay flushly closed. I have two 1.5 inch gauges in the bin behind the lid.

 

^ I had one of those in perfect shape in my MX-6, wish I kept it when I sold the car to someone that just want all the rare body parts.

 

perfect, thanks so much for the information and help, I have located a few of them

 

Buy several, haha. We may have created demand.

 

Sorry to deviate but just had to ask a question to @Redbul What type of shift **** is that and are you using a stock shifter (looks short in the pic)? Your setup looks great!

 

That is a Re-A carbon look ****. It is on a stock shifter.

It is about 400 gram (stock is 300) and I have an additional 300 grams of circular fish weights under the boot. Combined with rebuilt bushings and a top grade transmission fluid, it is very smooth. This on an 160,000 km transmission. The **** warms up nicely.

That said I also love the tall wood nardi ($100 direct purchase) for its feel (too light without the fish weights though).

Those are 2001 Type R Bathurst R factory CF look plastics, as well.

I like the stock textured plastics better, but OEM+, is OEM+.