Anybody restoring a 1970-72 Mazda 1800? Found this one in a wrecking yard. The old girl has seen better days but offers a few usuable parts. One of the best looking sedans Mazda ever made. About the size of a RX-4. Styling by Bertone of Italy. Super rare in N. America. The Coupe was offered with Rotary Power (13A) with front wheel drive but never sold in U.S.

 

can someone post photos of what it's supposed to look like stock/restored? Seems like a very cool little sedan

 

This is what it is supposed to look like.

 

Interesting. Looks a lot like a BMW 2002 but without the ugly grille. Might be a good sleeper candidate. I'm thinking 20B...

 

I know where there is a fairly complete 1800 wagon in a junkyard here. I really like the styling of the 1800, especially the grille opening, very Italian.

 

I friend of mine has 2 of those. Here is his web page for anybody that happens to be interested.
http://www.geocities.com/mazda1800/

 

wow those 1800's look excellent

 

Mazda RX-1800 in Australia

Me and a friend own a LHD ex.Canada 1800 estate & a 1500 SS sedan both to be converted to 20B & 13B bridge port respectively.

 

i want the wagon...

 

Update: The junkyard with the 1800 wagon was on the news last night. Seems they had a fire that destroyed a bunch of cars. The name of the junkyard is A&A on Greenhill road just outside of Eugene. Their # is 541-689-6115. Maybe they still have it.

 

Oh my GOD the R130 Luce coupes are beautiful...the only front-wheel drive rotary EVER, even rarer because it used the 13a.

 

R130 photo please?

 

http://www.geocities.com/mazda1800/r130.html

There.

 

Sexy!

 

There was a Luce Rotary Coupe (R130) on display at Sevenstock last year. Hope it is there again this year. Not many were made as the price tag in 1970 was over $5000. They came fully loaded including a/c , power windows and power steering (a rarity on early rotaries). If you can find a copy of the July 1970 Road Test magazine you'll find a complete road test and review.

 

try finding parts for one of those Luce's! New OR used!

 

Really, with those front and rear bench seats you could finally have sex in a Rotary.

 

 

I have a '71 1800 wagon. It's complete, daily driven, and in decent shape. I am thinking about selling it.

 

 

The 1500 wagon is the one we prowl the wrecker yards for... it yields a lovely set of 4.6 diff gears...

 

 

thats SMA's 1800 from Ausrotary.com

if u want more pictures go to ausrotary and search rx1800 in the general discussion


that is one low and sweet car.....has a 13b

LONG LIVE OL-SKOOL!

 

Almost true. You may not have heard of it, but the Soviets apparently were fascinated by rotaries. There has been a rotary Lada Samara that I think was produced for the local highway patrol for some time. The only real problem was the rebuild interval, which was less than 20000 km (12500 miles), thanks to inferior materials.

Incidentally, Soviet rotaries had the same size rotors as Mazda's 13B and 20B.

 

The Ro80 was also frontwheeldrive...


That will be the easiest to find...

//Magnus