Nice 1300 coupe sydney Australia

RestoreMaz · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:16 am

Some pics of johns 1300 coupe, purchased by his father new in the early 1970s, from Reg Smith mazda dealership, Artarmon nsw.

(Sorry about the low quality telephone pics)

Buzz3n · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:22 am

amazing car, love the arse end and ragtop

Eeyore · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:29 pm

Wow the complete rear garnish must have been a ticky one to source.

philip · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:48 pm

How good is that!!!!!!!!! :shock:

oldmaz · **Joined:** Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:51 pm **Posts:** 59

Nice example same dealer i got my R100 from. Dave, is it restored and did it have that garnish on it from new.

RestoreMaz · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:42 am

oldmaz wrote:

Nice example same dealer i got my R100 from. Dave, is it restored and did it have that garnish on it from new.

He put that garnish on this weekend, it came from Dave in SA.

mazdajon · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:24 pm

oldmaz wrote:

Nice example same dealer i got my R100 from. Dave, is it restored and did it have that garnish on it from new.

And where my Carol 600 and 800 Deluxe sedan came from as you already know. My Carol still has the dealer sticker on the back window.

Beautifull 1300 coupe, so nice to see one like this still. Love the rear garnish.

ratmaz · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:26 pm

Why did this car come with a patch of vinyl on the roof ?
On other's iv seen it covered the whole Roof.

I know this was common in the 20's and 30's to use a patch of vinyl cover the seams in the roof.

It's a Very nice car the rear garnish looks so much better than that of a R100.

john · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:15 pm

ratmaz wrote:

Why did this car come with a patch of vinyl on the roof ?

It's not a patch of vinyl. It's a "rag top slider" or "slide rag" top. Kinda like a sunroof, but vinyl/fabric, instead of glass/metal.

Looks like this when open:

ratmaz · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:35 pm

holy shit thats Cool.

I must have been living under a rock as iv never seen one like that.

ewokracing · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:34 pm

google "webasto".

john · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 6:45 pm

ratmaz wrote:

I must have been living under a rock as iv never seen one like that.

They are very popular in the vintage Volkswagen and custom mini-truck community. :tu:

http://www.slidingragtops.com/

This may be only the second one I've ever seen on a JNC. First one I saw was on a 510 wagon. Looked good there, and on this early Mazda too.

JB 1300 GF · **Joined:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:51 pm **Posts:** 7

Thanks Dave for posting the pics up for me and also help out with the garnish and tail lights.

As Dave mentioned my old man purchased it from reg smith motors pacific highway in Artarmon on the 30-10-70 im not sure exactly what it cost but i can try find out ...

as for the ragtop it was an optional thing back in the day so my old man thought it would be a good idea at the time ,the ragtop is a Tudor Webasto as previous said above it was fitted by Auto Sun and air pty ltd in brookvale in the early 70's maybe a year or so after he purchased it. I still have the ragtop booklet that came with the ragtop and also have the owners handbook and service coupon book and sleave that came with the car..

As for the rear garnish i was very lucky to obtain it i was just in the right place at the right time i had been looking around for a while i just happened to come accross one and snapped it up knowing i would'nt find another one anytime soon ..

anyway if you what anymore answers feel free to drop me a message

cheers guys

jono

STB · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:53 pm

Looking good Jono, just need the GF quater window trims now..

Call me over the christmas break mate..

JB 1300 GF · **Joined:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:51 pm **Posts:** 7

yeah will do bro i was able to source some GS window trims but unfortunately i was only able to find 1 GF trim appentaly they are very very hard to find and some say there not sure if there is more than 2 pairs in existence....

speak soon jono

1969_1500 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:29 pm **Posts:** 1

Nice! I am currently tidying up a 1969 1500 deluxe auto sedan in Lark Beige. It was purchased new from Water's Garage Roseville which is a short distance from Artarmon. Crazy to think that how uncommon it was to buy a Japanese car at the time, that these 2 cars were from dealerships just kilometeres away!

nwclassichonda · **Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 2:49 pm

Wow nice!

ham120 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:53 pm **Posts:** 1

hey dave that thing looks mad!!!!! is he in our historic mazda club?? cause he should be.
he'd look great sittin next to my fa3ts on a cruise or show

jace · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:18 pm

that beautiful.

glad to see one without a ridiculous 13bt in it.

jdm10a · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:31 pm

I still can't get over how nice and original this car is, and still in the same family from new. testament to how well your dad maintained it over the years and obvious its in great hands now with you. Normally I wouldn't want to see a car in this condition modified but gee how good does that rear end look now top job.

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