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  • ArthurDent

    June 30, 2008 9:27 p.m. ArthurDent New Reader

    I went to the junkyard today to buy a few bits and pieces. I noticed a this Mazda 808 which used to be at a storage yard near my but it looks to have been sent to the local scrapyard sadly. Doesn't look too bad and shared the body shell with the desirable RX-3 (the RX-3 has round tail lights).

    The Mercury Capri is an early 70s one with a 2.0L four shared with the Pinto - very rare to see. This one looked in not bad shape.

    Hopefully being on the bus means they are to be saved. Scrapyard was closed so I couldn't ask.

    more pics

  • Volksroddin

    June 30, 2008 10:10 p.m. Volksroddin New Reader

    nice photo's........poor bug looks like the same color as the one that I gave to pupburggers

  • gamby

    June 30, 2008 11:17 p.m. gamby UltraDork

    Those are 2 sick junkyard finds.

  • ddavidv

    July 1, 2008 5:22 a.m. ddavidv SuperDork

    That Capri is NICE. I haven't seen one that dry in a decade. Feel free to drop it off at my place.

    I drove a 808 once. It ain't much of a car without the rotary.

  • 914Driver

    July 1, 2008 5:53 a.m. 914Driver HalfDork

    Where is this mystical place where rust hibernates and paint is not UV effected?

    Where's that jealousy happy face anyway?

  • Travis_K

    July 1, 2008 10:22 a.m. Travis_K New Reader

    Arent some of the parts from that mercury truck worth $$$? Also, im pretty sure someone would pay alot of money for a decent 2 door RX3 shell. The capris are cool, but not really worth that much I dont think, although I certainly wouldnt mind having one.

  • Jay

    July 1, 2008 10:31 a.m. Jay HalfDork

    Forget rotaries. That Mazda would be so right with a snarling 3.5L Rover V8. It would be like a 3/4 scale muscle car.

    J

  • Keith

    July 1, 2008 10:46 a.m. Keith UltraDork

    I'll bet those cars were put on the buses so they'd be visible, and attract the likes of us.

    Can't see it working. Nope, not at all.

  • Tom Heath

    July 1, 2008 10:54 a.m. Tom Heath Production Editor

    3/4 scale musclecar—coming soon to an issue near you...

    although it's not a Mazda, nor powered by a V8.

    On topic- I think I want a Capri, but I know I'd like an RX-3.

  • ArthurDent

    July 1, 2008 12:07 p.m. ArthurDent New Reader

    These are in Lethbridge, Alberta just north of Montana. Lots of old rust free cars here. Sadly the economy is doing rather well in the last couple of years so people having junking older cars quite fast of late.

    I'm going back to the yard on Wed so I'll see what is up with them. It used to have a Fiat 128 on a bus and also has a fintail Mercedes as well so hopefully they are for sale as a whole and folks can save them. Sadly not me as I'm lacking funds and space.

  • GameboyRMH

    July 1, 2008 1:01 p.m. GameboyRMH Dork

    What kind of Fiero is this? Looks WAY better than the CRX-ish looking model:

  • Tim Baxter

    July 1, 2008 1:13 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    For all ya'll drooling over the Capri, from Readers' Rides: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/reader-rides/381/

  • Volksroddin

    July 1, 2008 1:29 p.m. Volksroddin New Reader

    seen it already and vote'd up as well

  • Jensenman

    July 1, 2008 2:08 p.m. Jensenman UltimaDork

    My brothers' Capri was just like that one except it was brown. It met an untimely demise in a washout outside of Spartanburg SC one night. Yes, alcohol and stupidity were involved.

  • ddavidv

    July 1, 2008 10:50 p.m. ddavidv SuperDork

    The Fiero is most likely the 2M4, with the rod-throwing 4 cylinder engine. Junk. You could get the original Fiero body like that with the 6, called (yes, really) the 2M6.

  • smog7

    July 1, 2008 11:09 p.m. smog7 Dork

    thats it this post has inspired me to go to the junk yard tomorrow

  • dean1484

    July 1, 2008 11:54 p.m. dean1484 HalfDork

    Enquiring minds want to know where said yard full of projects is located

  • ddavidv

    July 2, 2008 6:23 a.m. ddavidv SuperDork

    8 posts above yours is the answer, my reading comprehension challenged friend.

  • MadScientistMatt

    July 2, 2008 11:09 a.m. MadScientistMatt HalfDork

    Jay wrote: Forget rotaries. That Mazda would be so right with a snarling 3.5L Rover V8. It would be like a 3/4 scale muscle car.

    J

    I've seen one with a SBF and Mustang emblems before.

 

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