Posted on 09/24/2015 9:18:05 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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Wife owned a ‘73 RX2 when we first met.
It would really fly !
We had a ‘73 RX-3 Station Wagon (with fake wood trim, even). Fast car, but only got 16 mpg.
My boss actually had a Suzuki RE-5 for a while, but sold it before he knew how collectible they would become.
What was the last year for the rotary in the RX-7?
Sounds like Roger Miller singing that diddy...
Put the 13-B motor in the RX-2(it came with a smaller motor dont remember 13-A not sure so long ago) I kicked ass in that car.
The rotary motor problem was the seals. I am not technical.
The RX-8 is a boat and did not sell well, although I see them on the road occaisionally. I thought the Rotary motor would do better in the USA.
Oh you made my day. Long time ago....
1986-87?
Great running cars but they couldn’t meet the CAFE mileage and pollution standards AFIAK.
I think 1993. Had an uncle who’s now married (he was a player back then) and I saw him with a different woman every time in it, and it was an FD. It had a distinct sound that’s for sure..
They haven’t had a rotary car on the market since 2012, but that was RX-8
I had a 1980 RX7 that I took in lieu of money owed me. It was a fine little car. I now wish I hadn’t sold it.
“Sounds like Roger Miller singing that diddy...”
Does, doesn’t it— catchy!
Yeh I remember the Mazda rotary. Had one brand new. The engine blew up. :-)
In the age before seatbelts...
As a young boy I had a plastic wankel rotary engine model which fascinated me.
Vaguely recall something about that.
Knew a guy that had one. He carried extra oil in case he flooded it, and would have to dump oil down the carb to reseal the rotors.
Don't know if it was on the order of an ounce or a full quart.
My company used to remanufacture these engines before we sold the business to Caterpillar. Really cool to see old engines brought back to life.
We had an rx3 hatch back, and later dad bought a Mazda Cosmo iirc had a rotary as well. Both cars were pretty solid as I don’t recall dad ever having to work on them other than oil and other maintenance items. Guess that cosmo is something of a collectors item now.
Wonder why? Seems like a cool concept.
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