1977 RX-3 New Project
 

A good friend of mine located this 1977 RX-3 for me. Preparing a divorce lawyer as we speak. The body is solid with some surface rust. Will be needing some misc. parts. Definately in need of an interior. Plans are as follows. 13B 4Port with small bridge. Lighten rotors, pinned and balanced. Color will stay the same for now. Will need an interior as I said before. If I'm not mistaken this is an SP. Someone correct me if I'm wrong

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Here are more pictures. Engine already taken out. Came with a 12A, Mikuni side draft and headers. Has coil overs in the front.

great find!

Nice starting point since it came with a full exhaust, carb and suspension.

car looks good, and yes if am correct i believe all the 77 and 78 car are sp cars.

Late 76 also

glad to see there's still some out there. i just can't find any.

nice find buddy

Technically it did not come with a full exhaust. Just the headers. No drive shaft. Disc all around and of course No interior. I will be hitting this forum hard for parts. Already purchased an intake from a forum member. Going with 48 or 51 IDA weber down draft. I am really trying to stay within a budget. I built the RX-2 from the ground up and blew my budget several times over. I learned from that build and will stay focused........I hope.LOL

Going 12-A or 13-B, if 12-A, use the mikuni for now, use 12-A tranny, depending on your diffy, you can extend a 12-A driveshaft, and use use RX-7 front seats. These will let you get by until you have the rest of interior. Take your time but concentrate on getting it running. if you start rushing, you will be outside your budget. Been there, done that many times

Just noticed your going with 13-B bridge but you got my point

Great project you've got there.
Keep us posted.

Will the RX7 1st gen seats be a direct fit or will I have to replace the rails? I do have RX7 seats in pretty decent shape. My priority is to get the car running before anything. The cosmetic portion of it will come slowly.

You need RX-3 stock front seat rails and need a little massaging to mount FB seats to Rx-3 rails. You can mod the first gen seat rails but requires too much tweaking

light are from an rx3SP, nameplate is also, check on the Registration tag and see the registration number S124 and if says RXSSP inside the hood. Nice car I am working on one myself getting it ready will post pictures late on.

I have a complete sp car at my house you can come get all you need just make sure to bring some cash.29651 is the zip if your interested

Nice project you have there :) Is the board behind the back seat standard? I haven't seen one before. I'm building an SP replica myself, good luck with the progress.

864angel112, pm sent regarding SP parts.


Keith ;)

Can you post whats available, and price, can post here, craiglist or ebay, looking for the following, oil cooler, spare tire, jack dash parts, wiring door, trunk and ignition locks. let me know my email is tonka_1956@yahoo.com email me picture of the car. or how much you want for the car.

Board piece
 

The board piece looks stock.

Yea that's what I thought, the tabs holding it in place would be there for that reason. I'm just not sure if our Aussie spec cars had them. In my experience, our cars had a black plastic sheet, like cardboard and about 4mm thick, in the boot/trunk side instead of inside the cabin.


Keith ;)

how rusty is it?

If I'm not mistaken, the older ones have cardboard with fiberglass insulation in the back as well as black plastic sheet but beginning in 76, mazda replaced it with a sheet metal. the time when a ford pintos were blowing up after they get rear ended? I wasnt around then so I could be wrong

That's affirmatve on the 76. Mine has a body color piece of stamped sheet metal between the rear seat and fuel tank.

Just come by the house and look at it

Let me know when you want to get rid of it :) Oh and I picked up another SE. Mint condition with 76K on the odo.

looks good it looks like sp, my opinion is the real deal i use to own like 4 sps from time to time and i tell you they getting harder to find last one i had sold it to a friend in puerto rico.ill get another one soon im just taking a break. good luck with the project looks very solid restore the car is worth it you gonna get lots of people looking at the car every where you go .[IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/ea4n53.jpg[/IMG]

New Project
 

Very nice find Larry lots of luck buddy, and talk to you soon!!! "Keep On Rotatin"

Cuidate PAPA! Ill keep you posted o the build.

Rx3sp
 

Keep us posted on the SP, I am working on mine with new parts, looking for an 5sp Tranny and two small metal covers that goes in the trunk floor.

I am looking for the trunk lock with key, or if you have the ignition, locks and key, also 2 small plates that goes on the trunk floor, and if you can sent picture of the car to see what you have left of it. Got Cash....paypal, check or money order let me know the price. Thaks Angel:nod:

mazda rx3sp
 

just picked up a 77 orange rx3sp from missouri and i have a protege 3 in yellow too

77-78 sp's
 

sp's made in late 76 from august up but never titled as a 76 model year all were titled as 77-78

Nice

let me know when you plan on selling it.

My best friend has parts for a RX3 what are you looking for?

Let me know if you plan on selling it very interested

any spare parts he have for sale to email me with them to Tonka_1956@yahoo.com or juancarlos1056@yahoo.com

an sp only has one sp badge on the passenger rear quarter . are the rear windows fixed ? Thats also an sp thing . 78-80 sa and glc seats are pretty much the same as stock sp front seats .Hope that helps .