Mazda 800 wagon quick tidy up.

RestoreMaz · **Posted:** Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:57 am

saturday....when i said quick i ment quick!!

All rubbed down here, ready for cleaning and masking.

cleaned, masked up and ready for colour.

Ok colour here. I used acrylic paint on this car to keep costs down.
You dont have to paint it in a booth, so we saved on tow truck costs, booth hire, paying a painter etc.

We just have to give it a cut back with wet and dry paper and run the buff over it to get a shine. Its old style, but works well and gives great results for the price.

I will cut it back and buff it tomorow or the next day.

tried some simmons wheels on it also...i reackon it looks great!

gypsy · **Posted:** Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:48 am

Very nice Dave.... its a quirky little car manufactured in a era where there wasn't much respect for Japanese cars, I bet it has better features and finish than a eh or ej holden, probably a lot less rust as well !

mik20b · **Posted:** Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:31 am

I'm away for the long weekend but from these photos I'm itching to get back and check it out!!!

Thanks mate!

mik20b · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:34 pm

Found a photo of the parts car that we actually bought first. We were put on to it by a trimmer friend of ours who was at coma wreckers buying parts for himself and saw it sitting there all lonely! We contacted the wrecker, agreed on a price and drove down to pick it up!

Beware · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:46 pm

Awesome work Dave! Very nice work for such a fast job.......gotta love little wagons!

Just out of interest, do you know if the front bench setup would work in a 1200/1300, same rails etc, or would it be too narrow?

mik20b · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:58 pm

i doubt it... its pretty narrow, its only got 2 rails on the outsides closest to the sill's. and the tunnel i think would be taller in a 1300...

Beware · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:21 pm

Thought as much....just thought it might be cool for something a little different.

Look forward to seeing the rest of the build and the finished product!

RestoreMaz · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:40 am

Chopped it back and started buffing today. Only got the roof and one side done so far. should be all finished tomorow.

STB · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:16 am

Looking good Dave..
Farecla is your best friend when doing jobs like this.
Your using G3? What do you use for a swirl remover?

Tally · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:53 am

Looks great man! No mucking around here!

What grade sand paper did you use to rub it back with? Still need to rub back my car lol

turbo323re · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:31 am

cool wags nice work :tu:

VintageRotaryDecals · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:03 pm

Wow! I can't believe the progress being made :tu:

Awesome work!!

degruchy · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:37 am

Great work, cool little car too! There's a nice unrestored one on AusRotary at the moment...these things always seem to be on the other side of the country though.

Keep it up, you'll be finished by next weekend! :mrgreen:

RestoreMaz · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:02 am

Slowly getting there..

mattrx2 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:47 pm

Awesome work dave, these wagons are super cool dont know why they dont have more of a following. The pic with the simmons looks ace!

fupersudge · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:25 pm

I would love to get of one of these.

Progress is looking amazing!

gypsy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:14 pm

Nice, this photo I think is appropriate... Photo from new.

Sven7 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:44 pm

Wow, amazing build so far! I vote stock steelies though! OEM FTW.

jdmrx2 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:11 am

Coming along nicely!! Love the decal on the side, suits the car well.

Love the vintage look, but can't help wondering what an 800 would look like with mini tubs.....

Truly inspirational work as always Dave

akaloosey · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:38 am

What a cliffhanger! I must say you have a flair for the dramatic. Racing up to the grand conclusion and then leaving everyone hanging on the edge of their seats. Any further updates you can share with us as I keep checking back on this to see the finished results.

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