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JoeFerg
 Post subject: Hello from Canada - Mazda Rotary guy with 72 616
PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:59 pm 

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Location: Kitchener Ontario Canada
Hey All,

I'm a certified Mechanic working at an independant Porsche repair shop during the day and rebuild Rotary engines at night lol.

I have a 1972 Mazda 616, check out the thread I posted in the Mazda section.


I've done alot of looking around on Google for info on the 616 and they seems to be a fairly rare car in North America. Are there still lots around? Or do I have myself a gem?

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I also have an 85 RX-7 that I'm building into a Time Attack Road Race car, will post pics of it soon.

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Super X
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Canada - Mazda Rotary guy with 72 616
PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:14 am 

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Hey JoeFerg. Nice Capella! I don't think there were any '72 616's in the US only '70/'71 616's. I believe in '72 they had a 1.8 4cyl and was called the 618. The sales numbers were pretty low and most people bought RX2's so they were dropped before the '73 model year.

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JoeFerg
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Canada - Mazda Rotary guy with 72 616
PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:18 pm 

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I'm 99% sure mine is a 1972 according to the ownership and it definately had a 1.6L engine along with all the 616 emblems.

Maybe its one of the last 71's which sold as a 72?

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Garant
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Canada - Mazda Rotary guy with 72 616
PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:38 pm 
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Dave77
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Canada - Mazda Rotary guy with 72 616
PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:42 am 
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Super X wrote:
Hey JoeFerg. Nice Capella! I don't think there were any '72 616's in the US only '70/'71 616's. I believe in '72 they had a 1.8 4cyl and was called the 618. The sales numbers were pretty low and most people bought RX2's so they were dropped before the '73 model year.


Canada seems to have got a lot more piston powered Mazdas than the US.
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Robb
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Canada - Mazda Rotary guy with 72 616
PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:19 pm 
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Nice car.
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JoeFerg
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Canada - Mazda Rotary guy with 72 616
PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:40 am 

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Thanks guys.

Robb do I know you?, I have a feeling I do....

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zionfarm
 Post subject: Re: Hello from Canada - Mazda Rotary guy with 72 616
PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:48 pm 
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Is there any new updates to your 616?

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