And that place might be the 88 in calif.? Think I will use galv duct material pur it and fill the back with expandable foam, and glass it both sides??? Pur the other holes and surface rust and use glass.. Long way to go. Should have had it done before this ,but a heart attack and open heart surgery slowed me down. Durn! Bob

 

wish you were closer Bob. You supply me with beer and bbq, and I will supervise you like a City of LA employee.

 

Do it from afar. how in hell do I get the caliper pins out of the disc brake one can be driven but the other is rusted in a blind hole,just one more thing. Bob

 

Bob,
In addition to the brake pad clip, there are 2 small cotter pins that holds them pins in place. These are located between the outer caliper and the outer brake pad.

 

Thank you sir, the cotters were so rusty I overlooked them,now to pull the rotors then the rear brakes. Feels good havin fun. Bob

 

Remember this guys, ya gotta grow old but you dont gotta grow up. Bob

 

Very nice there Bob!

One of these good days it will run like a champ!

Karis

 

Bob, if you need parts for the rear drum brakes, let me know. I have 2 sets that came from my 73 and 75 RX-3's that I converted to rear disc. Rather put them to good use than take up space.

 

HEY IM NEW TO THIS SITE,BEEN LOOKING FOR A GOOD SITE WELL I CAN MEET ROTOR HEADS, I MOVED DOWN FROM THE CHICAGO AREA AND NOW IN BEUTIFULLLLLLL ,BRADENTON,FL/./LOVE DOWN HERE, WELL I BEEN WORKING ON MY RX3 IS RUSTY BUT IT HAS ALMOST EVERYTHING ORIGINAL BUT ONLY NEW THING IS RUST THAT STARTED CREEPING UP 4 YEARS AGO WHEN MY BUDDY JUST TOOK OF TO PR LEFT CAR STRANDEDD AND IT RUSTED,,

ANYWAYS ,,IS STILL TURNS HAS A TURBO II ENGINE WITH TURBO II TRANNY AND A 600 CARB,, 9" FORD DIFF,., AND IT ACUTALLY LOOKS GOOD BUT CLOSE UP IT LOOKS z(NOT GOOD) IM RESTORING IT FULLY AND MY BOY IS A PRO ON RACING CHASSIS SO HE HOOKING IT UP.. WELL ALL ORIGINAL LOOK BUT A GOOD ROLL CAGE FOR THE TRACK AND I STILL WANT TO DRIVE IT DAILY TOO. WILL SEE.. SO FAR IM MEETING LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE MY CAR LOOK GOOD SAFE AND FASST... ..check it out ill try to get better pictures

 

Hello Chino

Welcome to the board, Nice looking car and pit!

You look to little to be driving!

Take more pictures and post them on the top thread,

Andres

 

Bob...dang... you have a little bit of work ahead of you... can't say I have seen too many 74 wagons... I know you say it's a 73... but would that be the date on the door jam sticker

Chino, welcome to the forum, thats a wild paint job and a big pit... you look a little young to drive thou...


and I see wacky got a new avatar... wacky is the resident rx3 nut... he 3 beers shy of a 6 pack, but we still enjoy his company

 

Hey Bob! Nice find!

You mentioned that its a '73 model but I would have to say that its a '74...

Here is a picture comparison of your front end to my '73 to see the difference...





BLWFLY: you posted:
I read this somewhere so I'm not real sure but as far as I know the place they were not sold / imported to was Australia. I'll check with the aussie boys on their forum to verify this...

 

73....74 ? 73 is what it says on the title. it was imported into Alaska. is there anyplace that we can check the vin,that should tell us.????

 

YEEEHA! again. the calipers are salvagable the sliders will move the piston moves. now that hairpin on steroids spring that holds the pads apart, it ran off and i need one ,anyone?

 

Hello Mr. Bob

This info is from the Hollander Interchange Manual

Maybe you can use the Vin # to verify the year,

I hope this help,

Andres

 

Tulsa turbo and RotoRican according to the Mazda general info sheet my car is a RX3. the vin is163376, this falls between 160674 abd170134Time frame listed by mazda for wagon the date they list is NOV 74, They srart RX4at100006 through183776. RX 4 starts at100070 Oct 73 through136443 Sept of 77. Is everyone thoroughly confused??????????? Thank you Roto Rican Bob

 

Well thats my son . And my blue pit. Is noly picture i had at that time, i have more on a cd some where,,Will try to get more soon,

 

HMMM that bumper looks way different then mine! Wonder why?

 

looks like it shoulda came on the Aussie cars, that would take care of some rooo's!!!

 

'73 has the skinny bumpers and the center nose piece was fully framed. '74 and later had the top chopped off the center piece and a chrome band ran across the top edge of the nose.

 

and the headlight bezels dont wrap around to the side like the 74'

 

Ha good one. I was gonna say the same about the bumper except that it looks like something the americans would have on their cars. The bumper doesnt look like anything I ahve seen before. Maybe its of something later like a series 3. We didnt get the series 3 RX3's in Australia. Or the SP.

The bumper is definitely not one that came to Australia. The car is probably a series 2, due to having a series 2 nosecone. I have a Series 2 RX3 with the same nosecone and its a late '74 but I'm sure the series 2 started in '73.
Tulsa Turbo your '73 must be a late series 1. The nosecone you have we refer to in Australia as the 10a, or series 1, nosecone whereas we call the series 2 nosecone, same as this wagon, the 12a nosecone.

 

Im an exception. my 75 RX-3 came with small bumpers and SP tailights .