a friend of mine found this in a field in norfolk (UK) panasport g7 wheels in 16" staggered fitment
got to be a rare beast! its a bit of a mess but hopefully salvageable
really are some good finds in the uk lol
a friend of mine found this in a field in norfolk (UK) panasport g7 wheels in 16" staggered fitment
got to be a rare beast! its a bit of a mess but hopefully salvageable
really are some good finds in the uk lol
Last edited by hooligan; 10-28-2012 at 09:15 AM.
Dandy (08-03-2015),oldgrayleather (05-27-2017)
Wow wow wow! SO much potential to be beautiful again! I hope your friend has the resources to bring her back!
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2013: Budget RTR build, massive increase in participation, 3rd place overall, NWOR SCCA (RTR)
2014: Suspension and more active competition in STS. 3rd place overall, NWOR SCCA
2015: Time for some "form" and vintage styling (while still racing NWOR, of course).
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Oh wow!!! Ive never seen one fitted outside of Japan and even still they are rare to see in Japan! Did you or your friend buy this car?? I would totally try to restore that car !!! Thank you so much for sharing this!!
yes my friend bought it, the problem is rust behind the rear arch extensions there are holes inside the trunk lol
if the car is beyond repair the kit will be removed and go on to another 220bhp turbo car project
Nice find shame it's really friggin ugly
Love it! Make sure you post a link to the build!
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The widebody is pretty awesome, just needs a new front bumper and some different side repeaters.
I like it! I can't wait to follow this tear down/build up!
Hi all... and thanks Hooligan. Well "I was that soldier"........ collected the car last night. I first walked away form the car due to the under kit rust in the rear. I then went back for the wheels and thought, wtf... i may as well buy it. Only since chatting to Hooli and another esteemed roadster friend did I realise what i'd got. Despite is "ugly?" looks, I think that its "worth" is in sticking to its origins...so all the body panels will stay and be refurb'd. Not sure of direction on drivetrain etc or colours. We had indeed been planning a turbo rebuild in Gulf colours but not sure this is the car for that. I suspect that this may just be a body kit now with all its tuned parts gone but we will explore....
on the subject of looks... well, if was good enough for Jack Hayashi it's good enough for me.. the car was originally in BRG (and since done in blue) but if restored on this shell may well go back to its roots like this one....
Dandy (08-03-2015)
The drive last night was interesting, I was dreading the 16" wheels but in fact the car was totally planted! .....
Power wise, i'm not sure. It has a stock'ish zorst and no induction which won't help. It wasn't the typical responsive revvy 1.6 but has a very deep engine tone under acceleration which I SO hope may just indicate a bored out 1.6 engine.
Hello all, I'm another piece of this puzzle. The car is being stored at my house at the moment so Mrs Cribbohx doesn't see it. Having driven it to work this morning it really does drive well, but I'm pretty sure the engine is standard. If anything it might have a different ECU as it appears to have a V-TEC like syndrome above 4,500 rpm which no other roadster I have driven has had.
It does drive very well though and the heaters work which is a bonus compared with my car!
Thanks for the warm welcome guys.
The Hayashi is my dads (cribbohx) and mine and will be putting it back to its former glory.
If the Hayashi doesn't have its original engine (forged pistons, uprated cams etc...) we will more than likely put our 230bhp turbo engine and running gear in it so it goes as well as it looks.
I will put a build thread up so you can watch the progress unfold, we might dyno it (rolling road) to see what it is currently putting out and go from there.
But i will leave you with some more piccies
James
Wow it looks really nice in the BRG, and Maybe some Gold or Bronze G7 would make it really pop! I cant wait to see this restored to its former glory!
Ill get those photos scanned you PM'ed me about, in the meantime you can find some more info here
http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread....y-Shop-Hayashi