My 1974 Rx-4 Coupe

chrisrx · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:04 am

When I got the car

started cleaning and restoring

just a few pics from around canberra (date was not set on camera :wink:

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Tally · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:41 pm

Nice man, great find!!! I hope you keep it original!!!

Cheers
Tally

p.s are you on ausrotary.com?

jono · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:47 pm

looks so clean and nice and original. certainly has the wow factor that modern cars don't have.

ben · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:26 pm

Luce, I'm home!

Lookin' good! :tu:

Thanks for posting pics. Keep us updated!

chrisrx · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:18 am

yeah im on ausrotary aswell, just to many school kids on that forum so i thought i'd do a search for a few other forums

van · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:02 am

Oh very nice!

Please don't follow the usual classic Mazda trend in Australia of slapping big 18" modern race rims on it and becoming a power-hungry drag nut!

chrisrx · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:21 am

hahaha i'll leave that to all the sydney guys with their FR17 simmons. mines sticking with the steelies and hopfully undergoes a full respray in the next year in the original (WP) nova white.

nasubiray · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:10 pm

Awesome. Another saved RX-4! :mrgreen:

chrisrx · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:08 am

i know i have the wrong grille badge on it for an aussie delivered Rx4 but im still looking for a rotary engine grille badge which are very hard to come by. :cry:

if they are for sale they usually cost an arm and a leg.

nasubiray · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:51 am

I think it goes just fine. Originality doesn't mean 100% restored to original :tu:

So old school RX parts in Australia cost an arm and a leg? I was checking up prices on brake rotors and they're about $285 USD :shock:

and that's just for a pair.

MattCurlew · **Posted:** Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:53 am

van wrote:

Oh very nice!

Please don't follow the usual classic Mazda trend in Australia of slapping big 18" modern race rims on it and becoming a power-hungry drag nut!

lol yeah such a shame.. it can look very good though but I prefer it more original.

Love your RX-4 !! Do you have some more pics?

yadav · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:34 am

here is a couple of photos of my old rx-4 and this one hanging out together

chrisrx · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:49 am

that was a good weekend actually driving the rx4 down from canberra.

the vanetians and redone number plates have been added since i bought it.
heres some new pics (sorry i should have washed it a bit better - water restrictions in QLD)

it quite a nice daily driver although i'll need to change the wheel bearings and replace the shocks at the front as theyre getting a bit saggy.

RotoRmanFran · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:14 am

That's a great looking car you have.
Looks pretty straight. Nice to see some Aussie stockers.

chrisrx · **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:06 am

A few pics from the weekend. quite a few nice cars out at one of SEQ's dams.
Trying on some rx8 stuff

http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u307/NRE-808/rotary%20cruise/

MsRX4 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:57 pm

ooo i wish mine looked like that condition.. but without the rx8 stuff... looks nice....im jealous...haha

chrisrx · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:09 am

the rx8 cover was only sitting on top of the blue aircleaner as you can see :lol:

you should post up some pics of your rx4

chrisrx · **Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:08 pm

bit of an update:

Ended up getting a new windscreen fitted last week to replace the one with large cracks (thanks shannons insurance, would have cost me $550 just for the window alone) and it took them a couple of goes to get the front window stainless trim to stick down again. Mazda wanted $6AUS for each clip when 24 are needed pfffffttt (i tracked some down for 6 cents each through a glass specialist). Mazda are fucking jokes when it comes to prices.
anyways the new window still has the antenna wires in it and plugged into the back of the 8 track and AM radio which is sweet.

I also got some new exhaust hangers from Mazda (had to be specially made to order aparently, took months to get in) as the rubber ones holding the REAPS decided not to play any longer. $30each for the large round rubber ring hangers and $20 for the set of other ones. I guess they saw me coming.....

RotoRmanFran · **Posted:** Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:26 pm

chrisrx wrote:

A few pics from the weekend. quite a few nice cars out at one of SEQ's dams.
Trying on some rx8 stuff

http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u307/NRE-808/rotary%20cruise/

Nice pic, it looks deceivingly like a Renesis motor in there, so much so that I was going to ask what the performance was like.
Luckily i spotted the snorkel of the standard carbie set up...LOL

chrisrx · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:49 am

photo from last weekend.

My 1974 Rx-4 Coupe

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