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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 02:50 PM
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A Fury RX4

This was in the rock auto newsletter. You can't make this stuff up!

http://www.rockauto.com/Newsletter/index.html

Wallace's 1974 Mazda RX-4



This is my 1974 Mazda RX-4. I race an RX-3 and an RX-7 with the Sports Car Club of America. One of my fellow racers had this car and was competing in a class call ITA. It was basically a street stock class with some modifications. I purchased the car when he puked the engine. I put a new engine in it and was driving it for some time before I “furred” it out.

Being an old race car every panel on it was bent to some degree. I decided it was easier to glue fur to it than to do the body work. Rules say no metallic paint and no primer. Rules do not say you can’t have hair! All I need to do is shave numbers into the fur. This is still an SCCA legal ITA ride. Now street legal – this car is fast, handles like it's on rails and everybody loves its look.

I’ve purchased tie rod ends, brake pads, and caliper kits from RockAuto. Thank you for the excellent selection of hard to find parts!

Wallace in Georgia
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 04:16 PM
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I actually like it.
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 07:37 PM
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I "think" that belongs to Kubota Wally, he has my old RX3 ITA car
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 08:02 PM
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^ you are correct... Kubota wally owns that furry beast
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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That is hilarious!. In ITA he gets to run the larger 13b and bigger carb but the weight and length of the 4 are a disadvantage.

Ingenious solution to bodywork issues!
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