Looky what came home today 81 626 lux coupe

tr6lover · **Posted:** Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:02 pm

After many years of scouring the planet, i finally found a rust free 81 Mazda 626 luxury coupe with no rust for sale for $400. Took me 18 hours of driving this weekend to go get it, but it is that clean its worth it! Needs an engine, but the outside and inside are in great shape, even has the original radio, 83,000 miles and its a STICK, WHOO HOO! LOL

Sunroof, original alloys, everything is as sold in 1981...

Needs a few small things here and there, now i have to find someone parting one out i guess, anybody on here got parts for one?

Oh, did i mention WHOO HOO! hehe

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serrasalmus · **Posted:** Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:07 pm

Nice... -do you have more pics?

B1500boy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:10 am

man sweet looking coupe, got one as well. We missed out on the cool mags and sunroofs until later on in the 626 range.

EggBath · **Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:41 am

Looks nice, starting to like the series 2 626's...

ben · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:05 am

Great score. It looks super clean for $400! Love the light green color too.

gambit4000s · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:25 am

awesome car! very nice color
i love retrieval road trips, its the best kind of road trips, and usually turns out to be "honeymoon" of owning the car, it never seems to break down when on a trailer :lol:

KresSlyda180 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:09 pm

Congrats on ur cool find.

Oh great.. now I miss my 79 beige and 82 red 626 coupes.

slimwhitman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:58 pm

I love it. And the color is the best part! Gotta love those '80s era wheels.

tr6lover · **Posted:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:09 pm

Thanks guys for all the great comments on the car. I just bought a wrecked 84 RX7 with a rebuilt Mazda engine in it with 6,000 miles on the rebuild which will be the future drivetrain in the car come springtime. I look forward to making some progress asap. Just bought some NOS mudflaps with the MAZDA logo on them that should look very nice when its back on the road in a few months. I hope my 83 Civic 1500S doesnt get jealous that theres another Jap in the family now...LOL!
Ill keep this updated as i go along...

slimwhitman wrote:

I love it. And the color is the best part! Gotta love those '80s era wheels.

ben · **Posted:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:15 am

Wait, have you posted pics of this Civic S yet, and if not, why?

rx_007 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:38 am

Nice find ... I think if you look down under in NZ there are millions of them here haha

philip · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:18 am

Congratulations, on your find. They are a really sweet looking car.
Drive nice and are comfy to boot.

Beware the window regulators. Make sure you lubricate the tracks and the winding mechanism. Otherwise you will be very sad trying to track replacement ones down after you have broken one! :cry:

philip · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:19 am

Now that i'm looking closely, compared to the Australian delivered S1 and S2 626s, It's really interesting to see how the front of this coupe is a "hybrid" assembly - S2 nose cone and bumper, with S2 headlight surrounds and S1 headlights

My S1 and S2 hardtops - I bought both of them from Queensland and had them shipped to Victoria!

Hey tr6lover, any chance of some pics of your top radiator support panel and from directly in front of your coupe?

Thanks mate.

Camshaft · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:11 am

slimwhitman wrote:

I love it. And the color is the best part! Gotta love those '80s era wheels.

+1

Nice find. What is wrong with the engine?

tr6lover · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:36 pm

Sorry for not getting back to this post right away, i dont check it much now with starting my new job now..The motor is seized from sitting for 18 years and wont even turn over by putting a 6 foot bar on the crankshaft nut.....I am quite excited to get her running again as i hope to attend MAZDAFEST in Indy May 1st, its only 4 hours from us...Hope she makes it!

GO CHIEF WAHOO!!!!!

LOL

Camshaft wrote:

slimwhitman wrote:

I love it. And the color is the best part! Gotta love those '80s era wheels.

+1

Nice find. What is wrong with the engine?

tr6lover · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:38 pm

Philip,

Ill try to get you some pics of the support and nose area, but we are expecting snow this weekend so it may be next week after it thaws back out , ok? If i dont get back to you, remind me ok?

Thanks

Paul

philip wrote:

Now that i'm looking closely, compared to the Australian delivered S1 and S2 626s, It's really interesting to see how the front of this coupe is a "hybrid" assembly - S2 nose cone and bumper, with S2 headlight surrounds and S1 headlights

My S1 and S2 hardtops - I bought both of them from Queensland and had them shipped to Victoria!

Hey tr6lover, any chance of some pics of your top radiator support panel and from directly in front of your coupe?

Thanks mate.

kv77 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:51 am

philip wrote:

Now that i'm looking closely, compared to the Australian delivered S1 and S2 626s, It's really interesting to see how the front of this coupe is a "hybrid" assembly - S2 nose cone and bumper, with S2 headlight surrounds and S1 headlights

Hey tr6lover, any chance of some pics of your top radiator support panel and from directly in front of your coupe?

Thanks mate.

Didn't all american cars and cars imported there in the 80ties have those sealed beam headlights? Check out an "american" 323 (GLC) too.

serrasalmus · **Posted:** Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:56 pm

You are right1 -These are american lights!

Looky what came home today 81 626 lux coupe

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