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Nov. 19, 2011 9:43 a.m. Nitroracer SuperDork

Don't see these coming up for sale too often, needs work though. Not mine.

For sale is a 1974 Mazda rotary truck. With 136,xxx miles on it. It was a parts runner for a garage and turned into a project that never got finished. It has been sitting for several years in our shop. It is complete EXCEPT for the tailgate and both front fenders. They were given to a body shop to be refinished and the shop went out of business shortly after. The owner of the shop disappeared along with the fenders and tailgate. The truck has some kind of aftermarket header installed on it. It has a 13B rotary engine in it and a manual transmission. The truck also includes some extra parts. Asking 1000 obo. These trucks are rare!! Call (717) 215-2034 NO TEXT MESSAGES!

*UPDATE truck started an runs great just needs some fresh fuel and a battery!

http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/cto/2708421591.html
Nov. 19, 2011 11:07 a.m. Mazdax605 Dork

Kind of sucks the fenders are missing. They are sort of unobtanium. The tailgate isn't such a huge deal as you can use a B-series,or Courier of the same vintage, but the fenders are really hard to find in decent shape,or at all.
Nov. 19, 2011 4:11 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

i'm getting a 3/5 scale model, late 60's GMC truck vibe right now.
Nov. 19, 2011 4:24 p.m. Taiden Dork

Doesn't someone on here daily one?
Nov. 19, 2011 5:15 p.m. 44Dwarf Dork

Fenders are Ford Currier right? so there another source yes i know there not plentifully but.....
Nov. 19, 2011 9:53 p.m. Mazdax605 Dork

Taiden wrote:

Doesn't someone on here daily one?

Well yeah that would be me. Post #2.
Nov. 19, 2011 9:54 p.m. Mazdax605 Dork

44Dwarf wrote:

Fenders are Ford Currier right? so there another source yes i know there not plentifully but.....

Not the same. Will bolt on but the REPU fender is a good couple of inches wider at the flare,and may be different in the headlight grille area. I would have to look again,but trust me REPU fenders are hard to find.
Nov. 20, 2011 6:23 a.m. SVreX SuperDork

In reply to Mazdax605:

Sounds like it's time to let someone make a fiberglass mold of your fenders.
Nov. 20, 2011 7:48 a.m. integraguy SuperDork

it's a good thing my brother doesn't read this regularly as he is in the area and would like to find another REPU to replace the one he had about 15 years ago.

You know something is rare when the "twin" that could donate the missing parts is also extremely rare.
Nov. 20, 2011 8:15 a.m. Mazdax605 Dork

I know a guy in MD that is selling three of these. One that I think is daily drive material,another that is close,and a parts truck.

SVreX: My fenders aren't even close to being a good base for a mold. They aren't bad, but I would think you would want perfect, and that isn't what I would call mine. There was some talk a few years back of someone making a mold, but I don't think it went anywhere as REPU owners are historically cheaper than GRM'ers. A company in CA did make a reproduction of the front air dam out of fiberglass, and I bought one of the 10 or so they made. I have never used it, but I have it.
Nov. 20, 2011 11:37 a.m. SVreX SuperDork

Good molds can be made from "not bad" parts- especially on something like a fender that has long smooth lines.

Just takes little more effort.
Nov. 20, 2011 11:57 a.m. JThw8 SuperDork

SVreX wrote:

Good molds can be made from "not bad" parts- especially on something like a fender that has long smooth lines.

Just takes little more effort.

Yep, you'd just have to work the molds once it was done. If someone had a set of fenders to work with that they could give up for a few months (I work slow) I could probably pull a mold of them.
Nov. 20, 2011 12:25 p.m. Keith SuperDork

I saw one of these a few years ago. It had just been used for "jaws of life" practice by the local fire department. So sad.
Nov. 20, 2011 1:43 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

keep those kinds of stories to yourself man
Nov. 21, 2011 8:26 a.m. stan SuperDork

How much do these share mechanically with RX7s? Do they use a 12a or a 10a or?
Nov. 22, 2011 3:31 p.m. frogy130 New Reader

In reply to stan:

13B
Nov. 22, 2011 6:15 p.m. Mazdax605 Dork

4-port 13B to be more specific. They shared the 13B with the RX-4 back in the early 70's.