such an awesome find and who you sold it to has done a massive job keeping it look still like this and throwing a 20b in it,just tops it off and even more awesome its rolling at summernats 2023,, best find best build off the century,, massive job,, dude thank you for finding this and passing it on,
man you must be so proud of what you have started with this discovery. Gotta admit, i was a little sad when you let it go, but you must have known what was in store for this little gem. legend status unlocked!
kia ora from Rangiora bro, was watching richard rawlings on youtube the other day and there was a series 1 rx7 in a yard he walked right past and i thought far out hard to get those, to find a mazda rx3 in the bush is just incredible!! Keep up the primo vids bro - Ka rawe e hoa :) (excellent my friend)
From memory the rotary gearbox had special ratios to suit the motor so well worth saving .It would also make the basis for a John Keanegenuine historic racer shell .
I actually can’t believe how far away the parts end up from the cars you find lol? Do various people start to strip them then every other person that comes along thinks they’ll drag the car somewhere to flip it up or down again for other parts? If only the bush could talk😜
Can’t believe that’s just sitting out there, and to think what else could be out there that someone once thought was trash many years ago, great find mate!
@@romandybala in this case probably but I grew up in an old mining town and the amount of old wrecks just sitting out there from people giving up on them back in the day is nuts, weather it was stolen or left there to become a parts car
Finding your channel is like doing Media archeology. Saw the Low Standards episode featuring this Mazda just a couple of weeks ago, Then you visited Guy over the ditch and he introduced me to your thing. This idea of 'matching a find to a builder' may have been accidental but it could work out to be of benefit to all, including the car.
Great find pal…your so excited i can feel it in scotland🤣,,,sill sounded solid when you taped it,few more taps next time please ….so hope you manage to get this one home good luck 🏴👍😎
cheers dude, Next time I see it Ill be sure to tap it plenty for you. Will also make a note of that for future finds. I cant leave you boys in the dark.
@@AutomotiveKarnage thanks DJ ,so wondering what your going to do with this one if you get it,I’d be tempted to use rx8 running gear and seats clusters etc. To get her up and going again,I don’t know about down there but here rx8s are not worth much and are plenty in breakers yards….. looking forward to next video cheers again….🏴👍
Hey mate. Love the channel. Just wondering how you would go about registering a car like that with no title or proof of ownership? Ive got a ke70 in just a little bit better nick, but before i go too far, i want to know i can register it 😂
here in UK, you could buy a conversion kit to put a ford motor in mazda rotaries, so that pinto lump may of been in that mazda, more research reqd to confirm, but best to bring it home with you just in case. rx8's are nearly finished over here now, just a few decent ones left even that pinto lump is getting scarce over here, used to be in every ford for sale, bar the fiesta, loved those engines, powerful, simple, reliable. sold a plastic air cleaner for a 2ltr. pinto cortina, [wiped the muck off it first, but still old junk] for £120 earlier this year - crazy prices over here at present. id be bringing that one home first, then doing the history bit whilst its in your yard, could be worth a few bob.
Wow Dom I missed out on buying a Rx 3 ragtop coupe was blue and mint from a car sales here in nelson nz back in 1988 wanted $2495 buy the time I got back from the bank with money it was sold was only an HR or so sat in it with a sold sticker on window for the last time we were gutted , cheers, shaneo, nelson , 👍
Hi, Is there any way you could tell us where this vehicle is? We are in the business of restoring cars to their absolute factory spec and not modify them in any way and would love to give this one a crack. Regards, Pac Performance
Wow , this definitely needs to be saved . Very very little rust too , people repair things in way worse condition . Find a rusty car from a cold damp climate which will possibly have a great interior which isn’t sunburnt and you’re laughing 👍
I also watch Coldwarmotors on RU-vid from Canada , Scott said once that if you want good solid metal you go south to the hot climate , but for interior you go north to the cold , wet , snow climate . I totally understand what he said 👍
Yep the front 1/2 of a red Holden...That wide rim looks like a wide HR wheel...Block look is a 2.0 Crotina/Escort OHC... Air cleaner is not from either the Maz or Cortina...Maz had a 4 barrel and the Ford had a 2bbl Webber...That one is from either a early Ford or Holden...Who scatters parts like that.?...
Spot on knowledge as always mate. A mate of mine identified the air cleaner next to the Mazda as a early Holden. The parts are always so scattered and random man. I once found a XY grill next to a 200B wagon.
I bet the rotary engine blew it's seals in it's lifetime or something, and this RX3 was swapped with that Ford Pinto 2L sohc engine before it was dumped Would explain that non Mazda Air cleaner in it and ford alternator perhaps
@@dylanwilliams3807 I'm pretty sure only America got the Ford Pinto. I may be wrong, but the Ford 'Pinto' engine is probably unrelated to the usdm car of the same name. The Pinto engines are inline 4 SOHC 8 valve engines, in 1.3-2.0 L. Pretty sure they're made by Ford of Europe, and were used in basically every RWD ford of the 70s and after. Sierras, Taunus/Cortina, Transit, Granada's, Escorts etc. They were used and sold in AU too as they got several cars by Ford of Europe, such as the Escort.
Nice find. Wondering though how do you get permission from the traditional owners to be on the Land to even search for cars, and if you find a vehicle, how do you obtain cultural permission to remove/buy it?
I thought you would have used a drone to scour areas.. Also, is the RX3 a 10a Rotary or a 12b? I can't remember.. I'm gettin a bit old and the memory is fading.. Cheers son... 🥂🍺🍺
Wow Man yea cool find they are so rare,there’s a lot of stuff missing but man these days that’s a start, I with you like wow again my friend had a RX3 Coupe here in NZ I had a RX4 coupe back in the day, rare as hens teeth that defiantly needs saving🤩🤩👍👍😎😎
Bodywise the RX3 was basically a Mazda 808 with an improved nose, parts will be Very HARD too find nowadays! A rotary engine wreckers will have them, at a price of course. The 808 Mazda,s were BAD for RUST, thats why you do not see anymore.
@@spamanator666 makes sense same in the UK i thought the bush might have different rules . Learn something new every day . Would it be different if it was government land since you are saving them a job cleaning it up
@@AutomotiveKarnage so I'm assuming you have had to do this on the other cars you have got out the bush and even the parts you have rescued and sent all over the country I have to admire you dedication. Its not like some cars are just out side town some are a good days drive to find them . Keep up the good work
Yes a relative of mine actually got charged for taking parts off a car that had been wrecked, assuming the car was just left to die in the bush for a long time 😢😢
